QUIZ
Answers below.
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 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 airplane?
Answers
1 116 years
2 Ecuador
3 Sheep and horses
4 November
5 Squirrel fur
6 Dogs
7 Albert
8 Crimson
9 New Zealand
10 Orange (of course)
I'm sure every one of you managed 10 out of 10.
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14 comments:
Hmmmm, not quite 10/10, but close.
Only ) out.
1/10!
I knew about the Canaries. It's a language thing. If you know the Spanish for dog, you're laughing. Most of the rest, I knew were not the obvious answer, but I didn't know the real answer.
ooooops, am I thick!
No just honest tris that's why I am keeping stum.
Doh!
Only got a measly …… guess that’s me off the pub quiz team.
Next topic please.
So - no time for quiz. Busy planning riot on twitter.
Got number 11 right!
Originally Chinese Gooseberries were from China and still grow wild there.Imported to NZ as seeds in 1906.
I looked them up first. Does that count? ;)
Don't worry Tris, I didn't do too well either. :)
Ah CH, me too. :)
Strange isn't it JRB, we think we know the answers to questions like that ...
Oh Dioclese, haven't been on twitter today so not guilty!
Mmm Crinkly. :)
So those who answered China were correct muzza? Thanks for the info.
Jeanne, in modern education that would be called initiative perhaps. :)
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