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Passing requires 4 correct answers...):rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

1) How long did the 100 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 goosberries from?

10) What's the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?


PS You can't say it's a quiz!o:)
 
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1) 116 years
7) Albert
10) Orange
 
well done, but you need to answer another question to pass it!
 
uhhh purple finch is part red, part white :P
 
1) 100 years
2) Panama
c) Cats
$) Germany
R) Ivory
~) The Lisa!
{) King
\n) Snakes would see it as dark green
9) C9a
10) Bright Orange (thats the only one I know)
 
Man jonny, you got #R wrong.
 
Jonny_trigonometry said:
~) The Lisa!
Bad boy! :devil:

@ Pengwuino: It would be a lot better if you said part white and part black like penguins!:-p
 
I think I got three right:

3. goat
4. November
8. brown
 
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. True
6. False
7. 42
8. Geese
9. True
10. 1492
 
  • #10
Is it that difficult?:bugeye: :confused:

Artman said:
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. True
6. False
7. 42
8. Geese
9. True
10. 1492

True!:-p
 
  • #11
2) Ecuador

3) Sheep?

4)November

10)Orange
 
  • #12
1) 116 years
2) Ecuador
3) sheep and horse
4) November
5):-p
6):-p
7) Albert
8) Crimson (Let's forget about colorso:) )
9):-p
10)orange


Teegvin said:
2) Ecuador
3) Sheep?
4)November
10)Orange
Good!:smile:
 
  • #13
1)
http://www.google.be/search?q= 1)+H...ient=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official
2)
http://www.google.be/search?hs=5hX&...+country+makes+Panama+hats?&btnG=Search&meta=
3)
http://www.google.be/search?hs=G3C&...ch+animal+do+we+get+catgut?&btnG=Search&meta=
4)
http://www.google.be/search?hs=q3C&...ate+the+October+Revolution?&btnG=Search&meta=
5)
http://www.google.be/search?hs=L4C&...camel's+hair+brush+made+of?&btnG=Search&meta=
6)
http://www.google.be/search?hs=2jX&...re+named+after+what+animal?&btnG=Search&meta=
7)
http://www.google.be/search?hs=54C&...ing+George+VI's+first+name?&btnG=Search&meta=
8)
http://www.google.be/search?hs=S5C&...t+color+is+a+purple+finch?&btnG=Search&meta=+
9)
http://www.google.be/search?hl=en&h...=Where+are+Chinese+gooseberries+from?&spell=1
10)
http://www.google.be/search?hs=B6C&...x+in+a+commercial+airplane?&btnG=Search&meta=

do i get a prize?

ohh and yes I am bored..
 
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  • #14
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?

That is a trick question, camel's don't brush their hair.
 
  • #15
wolram said:
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?
That is a trick question, camel's don't brush their hair.
Darn, I answered "true" to that. It's obviously false.
 
  • #16
Lisa! said:
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?

I don't know about the ones in the Pacific, but the one's in the Atlantic are named after the dog.
I think I should get two points for that one.
:-p

I'm pretty sure cat gut is sheep too.
 
  • #17
Lisa! said:
Bad boy! :devil:

:biggrin:




o:)
 
  • #18
Pengwuino said:
Man jonny, you got #R wrong.
what?? no way, I double checked! then I triple checked, then I checked an Rth time and I'm sure it's right.! oh man.:blushing:
 
  • #19
as a child i enjoyed groucho,marx's show,in which every week, the consolation question was always; "who was buried in grant's tomb?"i also remember wondering the first few times, what the answer was.
 
  • #20
thats a good question... who was buried in grant's tomb? Better yet, which Grant? It couldn't be my friend Grant, because he's not dead yet, unless someone buried someone else in his tomb already! I'll have to ask him if he's made himself a tomb yet, if at all... Maybe some dude named Grant owned a tomb a long time ago, and he sold it to someone else, and that someone else is buried there.
 
  • #21
Give you the answers later!:-p
1)
http://www.google.be/search?q= 1)+H...ient=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official
2)
http://www.google.be/search?hs=5hX&...+country+makes+Panama+hats?&btnG=Search&meta=
3)
http://www.google.be/search?hs=G3C&...ch+animal+do+we+get+catgut?&btnG=Search&meta=
4)
http://www.google.be/search?hs=q3C&...ate+the+October+Revolution?&btnG=Search&meta=
5)
http://www.google.be/search?hs=L4C&...camel's+hair+brush+made+of?&btnG=Search&meta=
6)
http://www.google.be/search?hs=2jX&...re+named+after+what+animal?&btnG=Search&meta=
7)
http://www.google.be/search?hs=54C&...ing+George+VI's+first+name?&btnG=Search&meta=
8)
http://www.google.be/search?hs=S5C&...t+color+is+a+purple+finch?&btnG=Search&meta=+
9)
http://www.google.be/search?hl=en&h...=Where+are+Chinese+gooseberries+from?&spell=1
10)
http://www.google.be/search?hs=B6C&...x+in+a+commercial+airplane?&btnG=Search&meta=

do i get a prize?

ohh and yes I am bored..
:bugeye: :bugeye: :bugeye:
PS : I'm quoting Anttech!:wink: And you can find this quiz(this 1 wasn't a quiz!o:) ) through those links!
 
  • #22
1) 100 year war took longer than 100 years. I can't remember how much longer
2) Well it definitely aint Panama. Ecuador as suggested?
3) I do not know what a catgut is. I might know it in finnish :)
4) Here the problem lies in the calendar system. The use gregorian and julian calenders have mixed this up
5) This I don't know either
6) I have heard this one but don't quite remember. I have a book which contains some of these but checking it out now would be cheating.
7) no idea
8) no idea
9) no idea
10) yes bright orange it is. easier to find. I remebered this from that book.
 
  • #23
Too lazy people! You could simply find all the answers if you clicked on any of Anttech's links!:devil: Now I give you the answers:

1. 116 years
2. Ecuador
3. Sheep and horses
4. November
5. Squirrel fur (Camel is the name of the person who made it for the first time! )
6. Dogs
7. Albert
8. Crimson
9. New Zealand
10. Orange
 
  • #24
Lisa! said:
1) How long did the 100 years war last?

14. One to hold the ladder and 13 to...wait, no, that was something else.

False.


2) Which country makes Panama hats?

Probably China or Taiwan.


3) From which animal do we get catgut?

If we pull hard enough, whichever animal gutted the cat.


4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?

None of them anymore.


5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?

Who would brush a camel?

I don't feel like doing the rest. Is there extra credit?
 
  • #25
matthyaouw said:
I don't know about the ones in the Pacific, but the one's in the Atlantic are named after the dog.

Oh my word, did I really add a posessive apostrophe to that? I'm so ashamed:cry:
 
  • #26
SpaceTiger said:
Who would brush a camel?
AS wolram mentioned no one even itself!:-p

11. Where can you find SpaceTiger?
 
  • #27
Lisa! said:
11. Where can you find SpaceTiger?

In the holding pen with a cardboard mock-up of Frodo Baggins. One of these days he's going to help me find my precious.
 
  • #28
Another tricky question! I thought we could find him in space. :shy:
 
  • #29
Lisa! said:
Another tricky question! I thought we could find him in space. :shy:

Naw, the helmet's only so I don't hurt myself when I run into things.
 
  • #30
How was I supposed to know !? :blushing: I always wondered how you came up with this name!
 

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