I love that the Hundred Years War lasted more than a hundred years. It's like people saying that the only man-made thing you can see from space is the Great Wall of China when there are all of the satellites around the Earth.
If it's any consolation, I tried all the major and minor characters before I finally realised which way the wind was blowing and hit on the answer. I even tried 'pleb' out of desperation.
Arguably, neither is Big Brother. He never actually appears in person in the book, and there's a good chance Orwell intended for him not even to be real within the book's world.
@Findlay, yes, that's why I went through the entire novel naming everyone and their Victory Gin, before I sat back on my heels and guessed BB as a last resort :P
I think Russia is the most northerly country that was part of the Roman Empire, not the UK, owing to Crimea. I expect this fact has either a pre-2014 source, or doesn't acknowledge Russian control of Crimea. Either way, I believe this site usually considers Crimea Russian in quizzes, and Russia goes much farther north than the UK.
At the time Russia consisted of a number of Slavic tribes and Russia conquered Crimea in 1783 AD while Romans held it through 47 BC and 340 AD and they fell in 395 AD.
There appears to be some debate or disagreement about how far around the Black Sea the Roman Empire itself actually reached and which part were just vassal states.
Russia is considered by some historians to be the continuation of the Eastern Roman Empire, which considered itself a continuation of the Roman Empire, since the capital was moved from Rome to Constantinople. So there are multiple reasons why Russia should be considered the correct answer, but I also see plenty of reasons why the UK should be considered the correct answer. Maybe the question could be clearer.
Aren't slings also called catapults in places like Britain? Atleast that's what they are called in India. 'Sling/slingshots' is generally a more American term.
I think slings are usually considered a subset of catapults. Please accept Catapult.
It's not slingshot, it is sling. A sling is basically a rope with a rock tied to it that you whip around in a circle above your head then throw. You are thinking of a slingshot, which is similar to a catapult.
Can you really use Big Brother as a character? Who played that part? Big Brother was a political concept comprising the state's surveillance of all citizens.
If you're refering to the movie, BB was played by Bob Flag. The question was about the novel, though.
But seriously, even though I agree that him being a character is debatable, I think a lot of people here missed the forest for the trees on that question, considering how widely known the reality show is.
From 1968-1971, there was an American TV show called Julia starring Diahann Carroll. (Granted, that show has been off the air for 50 years LOL!)
I think slings are usually considered a subset of catapults. Please accept Catapult.
But seriously, even though I agree that him being a character is debatable, I think a lot of people here missed the forest for the trees on that question, considering how widely known the reality show is.