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Old Jan 21st 2008, 5:28 pm
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Default The world's easiest quiz........

Ten questions - your 'pass' mark is 4/10......... answers below (no peeking).

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 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?


And the answers.......... see later thread.......

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Old Jan 21st 2008, 5:32 pm
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Ten questions - your 'pass' mark is 4/10......... answers below (no peeking).

1) How long did the Hundred Years' War last?
99 years...
2) Which country makes Panama hats?
China
3) From which animal do we get cat gut?
Cow
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
November
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?
wood
6) The Canary Islands are named after what animal?
Uuuuuhhhh...Pass???
7) What was King George VI's first name?
King
8) What colour is a purple finch?
Rouge
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
Hunan
10) What is the colour of the black box in a commercial airplane?

Same colour as the plane
And the answers.......... see later thread.......
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I reckon you got 1/10.......
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I reckon you got 1/10.......
Pass???
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I reckon you got 1/10.......
2/10 non...??

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2/10 non...??

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October Rev was in Nov - what else did he get right?
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October Rev was in Nov - what else did he get right?
I should've written July...
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October Rev was in Nov - what else did he get right?
no 8...it's crimson...

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no 8...it's crimson...

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no 8...it's crimson...

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She's right...... she's just not a pretty face........
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10 orange
9 NZ

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Default Re: The world's easiest quiz........

Originally Posted by The Dean
Ten questions - your 'pass' mark is 4/10......... answers below (no peeking).

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 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?


And the answers.......... see later thread.......
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10 orange
9 NZ
Correct and correct........
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Hi shag - how was the golf in Ab Dab?
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Hi shag - how was the golf in Ab Dab?
Hi yeah not bad at all - did'nt actually see that much though as I was doing some damage to their beer stock. But it was a nice couple of days.
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