This quiz is really low-tech, so I have the questions here, and the questions with their answers below the fold. This is, of course, a self-graded, self-reported quiz.
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 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) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?
Answers are below the fold ..
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 catgut?
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 are named after what animal?
Dogs
7) What was King George VI's first name?
Albert
8) What color is a purple finch?
Crimson
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
New Zealand
10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?
Orange, of course
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Well, I got three (#3, #6, #10), but I knew what the rest of the answers weren't. Does that count for anything?
#8 - The females might disagree.
I got right #4 and #6, and also knew that the answer to #1 was more than 100 years, but couldn't remember the actual figure. A hard quiz!
I knew the answers I gave were wrong...but didn't know all the right ones. At least you have given me something to drive colleagues nuts at the water cooler next week.
I only knew 1, 4, and 7, and of these I only really knew 1 and 4 - the answer to 7 I remembered from the first time I took such a quiz.
#9: Chinese gooseberries are from China (http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/ACTINIDIACHINENSIS) but were first cultivated commercially in New Zealand.
i think that number 9 was a poorly written question.
I knew 4 and 10 only, though I realized that all the answers are not-as-you-may-expect.
No they're from east asia (my mother and law grows them). The New Zealanders bread them so that they became huge, and furry and are now called kiwis (after the similar looking bird).
#10 only. Nice quiz.
I got 1, 4, 3, 7, and 10. The others I had no idea.
That was a good quiz.