The World's Easiest Quiz?
(Answers at the bottom. NO CHEATING!)
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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Answers To The Quiz
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.
PUZZLE
TIME!
1.
A sundial is a timepiece that has the fewest number of moving parts. Which timepiece
has the most moving parts?
2. Two men are sitting on a bench waiting for the bus, one is dressed very nicely, the other
looks a bum.
The bum says to the other "I really like your shirt, where'd you get it?"
The second man replies "I bought
it a very exclusive shop, I'm sure you've never heard of it" clearly annoyed at the bum's question. The bum, clearly annoyed
at the rich man's snobbish behaviour says, "Is that so? Well, I bet you $50.00 I know where you got your shoes!"
The rich
man took him up on the bet.
What answer got the poor man the $50.00?
Can you think of it on your own? Or are you going to be a baby
and look at the answer?
Drag from the % sign to the $ sign below for
the answers.
%1. an hourglass 2.His answer is "you
got them on your feet!"$
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