"Animal Farm" Anagrams Trivia Quiz

Answer: George Orwell

George Orwell is actually the pen name for an English author who was born in 1903 with the name Eric Arthur Blair. He is most famous for writing "Animal Farm" (1945) and "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (1949). He died in 1950.

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Answer: Animal Farm

One of the most well-known political allegories of the 20th century by George Orwell, this portrays Soviet communism prior to 1945 and, in particular, Stalin's rise to power and some of the abuses that followed.

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Answer: Old Major

This character, also known as 'Willingdon Beauty' is a pig of advanced years who has a dream about a perfect world without men. When shared with the other animals, this dream becomes the catalyst for the rebellion on the farm.

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Answer: Snowball

Snowball and Napoleon take over the leadership of the animals after the death of Old Major. They lead the animals in a revolution and drive away Mr. Jones. After that, "Manor Farm" is renamed and it becomes "Animal Farm". Napoleon eventually drives Snowball away and takes sole leadership of the farm.

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Answer: Napoleon

Starting off as a lowly pig, he eventually becomes a dictator, exploiting the other animals on the farm. He is said to have been modeled on Josef Stalin.

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Answer: Squealer

This persuasive pig was in effect the propaganda minister for, as well as a supporter of, Napoleon. He used many techniques to guide his more gullible colleagues and was not adverse to changing the rules (the Seven Commandments) to suit himself.

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Answer: Beasts of England

"Beasts of England" was the farm's original anthem. It was taught to the animals by Old Major. They sung it often after the revolution and was a great source of pride on the farm.

"Animal Farm!", a short anthem written by the poetic pig Minimus, replaced the original anthem.

Eventually, after Napoleon became more powerful and more corrupt, he replaced the anthem again. "Comrade Napoleon", a biased celebration of Napoleon's leadership, was installed as the new anthem.

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Answer: Mollie

Mollie is described as a vain, self-centred mare who enjoys being pampered, eating sugar cubes and wearing ribbons in her mane.

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Answer: Pinkeye

There were rumours of an assassination attempt on Napoleon and Pinkeye played the role of food taster in case Napoleon's food had been poisoned.

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Answer: Muriel

Muriel is a wise old goat who everybody likes and respects. She is one of the few animals on the farm who is literate and it is with her help that the other animals realise that the Seven Commandments are being continually rewritten by the devious pigs.

Muriel represented the minority of working class people who were just educated enough to understand the system and make their own decisions.

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