The world's easiest quiz....allegedly

[sally_maria]

Stolen from alicambs

This is an easy quiz, allegedly, and passing it 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 hair brush made of?

6) The Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean are named after what animal?

7) What was King George VI's first name?

8) What colour is a purple finch?

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?

10) What is the colour of the black box in a commercial aeroplane?






1) How long did the Hundred Years War last? 116 years

2) Which country makes Panama hats? Ecuador

3) From which animal do we get cat gut? Sheep and Horses

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? November

5) What is a camel's hair brush made of? Squirrel fur

6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal? Dogs

7) What was King George VI's first name? Albert

8) What colour is a purple finch? Crimson

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from? New Zealand

10) What is the colour of the black box in a commercial aeroplane? Orange (of course)

Comments

[rustica.livejournal.com]

I am ashamed to say I did not know the answers to any of those. I was in the right ballpark for question 1, and I think I once knew the answer to question 4.

I'll be the one in the corner wearing the dunce's cap.

[sally_maria]

I didn't do much better - I knew 4 and 10 but that's it.

[alitalf.livejournal.com]

I only knew the answer to 10.

[the-marquis.livejournal.com]

I got 3 right and would have remembered the other name for kiwi fruit, thus getting 4, if I wasn't so Na'Quis'd!

[sally_maria]

You did better than me, then, I only got 2. :-)

[deepbluemermaid.livejournal.com]

I got 4, 6 and 10 right, and I guessed what the answer to 9 would be. But as far as I know, it's not right: kiwifruit are now associated with New Zealand, but they're not native. I think they really are from China! At least, they're not from here...

This icon is rarely so appropriate - the kiwi is NZ's national bird, after which the fruit is named. It's weird to me that kiwifruit are just called 'kiwis' overseas, as a) that's the bird and b) that's what NZers call ourselves!

[sally_maria]

I ought to have got 6, because I remember learning that when I went to Tenerife earlier in the year.

I'd always call it a kiwi fruit, though I hadn't actually associated it with New Zealand, which is silly, because I do know where kiwis (and Kiwis) come from.

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

I've never said, or heard said, just 'kiwi' for a kiwi fruit. (I'm British).

[deepbluemermaid.livejournal.com]

Hmm, actually, I think it must be more of an American thing.

[malaheed.livejournal.com]

9 out of 10

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Which one didn't you get?

[sally_maria]

Congratulations! Much better than me.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I only didn't know 5 and 8.

[sally_maria]

That's pretty good going. :-)