Quick Quiz - how smart are you?

Question

1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?
2) Which country makes Panama hats?
3) From which animal do we get catgut?
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 gooseberries from?
10) How long did the Thirty Years War last?

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OK - I'm going to post the answers below... some of you got some of them right!




Answers To The Quiz Below:

1) 116 years, from 1337 to 1453.
2) Ecuador.
3) From sheep and horses.
4) November. The Russian calendar was 13 days behind ours.
5) Squirrel fur.
6) The Latin name was Insularia Canaria - Island of the
Dogs.
7) 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.
8) Distinctively crimson.
9) New Zealand.
10) Thirty years, of course. From 1618 to 1648.

Answer 1

1. 116 years
2. ecuador or sth like it
3. no idea
4. october?
5. camel?
6. canaries?
7. either albert or henry
8. brown
9. not china?
10. 30 years...?

Answer 2

1) 100 years
2) Panama
3) Cats
4) October
5) Camel Hair
6) Canary
7) George
8) Purple
9) China
10) 30 years

Answer 3

1. 100 years
2. Panama
3. Cat
4. October
5. Camel's hair
6. Canary bird
7. George
8. Purple
9. China
10. 30 years

These are probably all trick questions, but honestly I didn't have the strength to do the research. I'm giving you a star, tho, because if they are trick questions, they're good ones !!

Answer 4

1. 116 yrs
2. Ecuador
3. sheep and goats
4. October
5. horses, squirrels, goats, sheep, bears
6. dogs
7. Albert
8. Adults have a short forked brown tail and brown wings. Adult males are raspberry red on the head, breast, back and rump; their back is streaked. Adult females have light brown upper parts and white underparts with dark brown streaks throughout; they have a white line on the face above the eye.
9. New Zealand
10. 30 yrs

Answer 5

1.) 100 years
2.) Panama
3.) Cat
4.) October
5.) Camel's hair
6.) Canary
7.) George
8.) Purple
9.) China
10.) 30 years
( I hope I'm right!)

Answer 6

1)hundred years
2)panama
3)cat
4)october
5)camel hair
6)canary
7)george
8)purple
9)china
10)thirty years

Answer 7

100 years
panama
cats
october
camels hair
canary
george
purple
china
30 years