The World's Easiest Quiz?

 Things are not always as they appear.....

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 hair brush 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 goose-berries from?
   
   
10. How long did the Thirty Years War last?

ANSWERS

 

116 years, from 1337 to 1453.

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Ecuador.

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From sheep and horses.

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November. The Russian calendar was 13 days behind ours.

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Squirrel fur.

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The Latin name was Insularia Canaria - Island of the Dogs.

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Albert. When he came to the throne in 1936 he respected the wish of Queen Victoria that no future king should ever be called Albert.

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Distinctively crimson.

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New Zealand.

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Thirty years, of course. From 1618 to 1648. (O.K., technically that's 31 years....)

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