Did you know...that the poet and painter D. Rossetti wrote a poem about his wombat?

the poem 

How good is your general knowledge? Do you watch or read news a lot? How about science magazines? Have you been interested in all your subjects back in school? 

Which came first: the chicken or the egg? 

How many languages do you understand? How good are your geography skills? When did Constantinople fall? Do you immediately recognize a painting when you see it? 

 What is the name of the king who is killed by Macbeth?

Surely, you've heard many times of the Pub Quiz Nights in the Office Pub. My friends and I, we like to go there every Tuesday, have a couple of drinks and subsequently answer some tricky questions. Well, ever since our small, brainy and crazy group (Alliterations Anonymous) was founded last summer (in a very official and ceremonial way), I'm obsessed with the thought of winning the quiz one night. In order to promote and finally achieve this very high-aimed plan I decided to feed my brain with as much general knowledge as it can cope with. Which sometimes does not work that well. Oh well...

Here are some useful links you can check out in order to feed your brain a little:

• If you want to quiz yourself, you can do it here: http://www.quizfactor.com
• Instead of TV, you should watch this: http://unplugthetv.com/post/21671093706/ghost-hunting (you can still skip videos you don't want to watch
• If you want to learn a new language, try this: http://duolingo.com
• This site is simply amazing because you stumble upon many interesting things: https://www.stumbleupon.com/logged-out
• If you want to memorize famous authors, painters, places etc you can try this http://www.memrise.com

And here are some YouTube channels that make you smarter. And are very entertaining at the some time!

• super-creative and super-smart http://www.youtube.com/user/Vihart
• John Green ftw http://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse
• fun science http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC552Sd-3nyi_tk2BudLUzA
• fun science with Charlie http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEB92E275F78C7301

Have fun with them! May the force be with you! And may the odds be ever in your favor! 

Hakuna Matata! 

And if nothing works...grab a book from your shelf. 

I should mention that this post has nothing to do with your common sense.