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Posted by saw on September 10, 2004, at 2:18:47
For all of you that will never make "Who wants to be a millionaire" or even "The weakest link"... here's the world's easiest quiz! (Passing requires 4 correct answers)
1. How long did the Hundred Years War last?2. Which country makes Panama hats?
3. From which animal do we get cat gut?
4. In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
5. What is a camel's hairbrush made of?
6. The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
7. What was King George VI's first name?
8. What color is a purple finch?
9. Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
All done? Check your answers below!
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Answers to quiz:
1. How long did the Hundred Years War last?
116 years2. Which country makes Panama hats?
Ecuador3. From which animal do we get cat gut?
Sheep and Horses4. In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
November5. What is a camel's hair brush made of?
Squirrel fur6. The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
Dogs7. What was King George VI's first name?
Albert8. What color is a purple finch?
Crimson9. Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
New ZealandWhat do you mean you failed?!!?!?!?
Sabrina
Posted by Catgirl on September 11, 2004, at 20:01:21
In reply to The world's easiest quiz ..., posted by saw on September 10, 2004, at 2:18:47
They make brushes out of squirrel fur? (picture me looking perplexed!)
Posted by 64Bowtie on September 12, 2004, at 13:57:58
In reply to The world's easiest quiz ..., posted by saw on September 10, 2004, at 2:18:47
See? Beliefs can be faulty!
Rod
Posted by Racer on September 13, 2004, at 20:20:54
In reply to The world's easiest quiz ..., posted by saw on September 10, 2004, at 2:18:47
And here are a couple of explanations, just because they interested me...
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> Answers to quiz:
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> 1. How long did the Hundred Years War last?
> 116 yearsRemember, they didn't fight all the time. There was the planting season, the harvest season, the fighting season, and so on. Mostly, life went on with a few months of pitched battles now and again. Joan of Arc fought in this war.
> 3. From which animal do we get cat gut?
> Sheep and HorsesY'all know how I feel about *this* one, but it's usually sheep, not horses. Anyway, it's quite often synthetic, anyway, nowadays. (The fibers in violin and cello strings, though, are still horse hair.)
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> 6. The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
> DogsIt's "Canary" like "Canid", not canary like the bird...
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> 7. What was King George VI's first name?
> AlbertAnd this is the one I really wanted to explain, because it's sentimental. Prince Albert was not the eldest son, that was Edward VIII -- who abdicated in order to marry Wallis Simpson, the American divorcee. Albert changed his name because Victoria had requested that there be no future King Albert, in memory of her late husband, Prince Albert. When Albert came to the throne through his brother's abdication, he took the name George in deference to her wish. He was still called Bertie, though, by scandal sheets and friends.
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> What do you mean you failed?!!?!?!?
>Lest anyone think I passed the test easily, I didn't. George VI, Canary Islands, Hundred Year's War, and cat gut were the only one's I remembered offhand. Although I did know that none of them were obvious...
Thanks for the chuckle.
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> Sabrina
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