Stack 'em Up: Lego Blocks Quiz

Leg godt' means 'play well' in Danish. Coincidentally, one translation of the word in Latin is 'I put together.'

Ole Kirk Christiansen started the company in Billbund, Denmark, in 1932.

Factories in Klando, Czech Republic, and Billbund, Denmark, are responsible for much of the manufacturing process.

OK, so maybe you didn't know this one off the top of your head. The pre-Lego granules are primarily composed of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS).

Lego plants around the world produce 33,000 bricks a minute.

It comes out to about 16 billion bricks a year.

There are about 3,000 kinds of Lego pieces. That's a lot for a factory to keep track of.

According to Lego.com, seven fly off shelves around the world every second.

Bricks are what you probably think of as the standard Lego piece, and plates are one-third as thick.

Legos sure have come a long way. There definitely aren't any regular old bricks in a MINDSTORMS robot.

There are 4 billion minifigures out there, so they haven't quite taken over the world ... yet.

Lego made many theme sets over the years, but the 'Star Wars' and 'Winnie the Pooh' sets were the first officially licensed ones. 'Star Wars' became an instant best-seller.

The original Legoland is, of course, in Billund, Denmark. The others are in Windsor, England; Ganzberg, Germany; and Carlsbad, Calif.

DUPLO blocks -- for ages 2 to 6 -- are twice as high, long and wide as regular Lego blocks.

The Lego & Steven Spielberg Movie Maker Set comes with a minifigure of the director himself.

Lego designers originally wanted all the minifigures to look the same so kids could put their own spin on things. But the first female nurse showed up in 1978.

BrickMasters get six Lego sets over the course of a year and a special Lego magazine.

Legofactory.com lets you dream up your own creations and then actually make them with all the custom parts.

A limited number of people can take the Lego Inside Tour at two designated times each year.

Scientists in a program at MIT called 'Lifelong Kindergarten' helped Lego create the MINDSTORMS products.