Test Your Knowledge: How Smart Are You?

Lisa! · Nov 30, 2005

Passing requires 4 correct answers...)

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:)

Pengwuino · Nov 30, 2005

1) 116 years
7) Albert
10) Orange

Lisa! · Nov 30, 2005

well done, but you need to answer another question to pass it!

Pengwuino · Nov 30, 2005

uhhh purple finch is part red, part white :P

Jonny_trigonometry · Nov 30, 2005

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)

Pengwuino · Nov 30, 2005

Man jonny, you got #R wrong.

Lisa! · Nov 30, 2005

Jonny_trigonometry said:

~) The Lisa!

Bad boy!

@ Pengwuino: It would be a lot better if you said part white and part black like penguins!

rachmaninoff · Nov 30, 2005

I think I got three right:

3. goat
4. November
8. brown

Artman · Nov 30, 2005

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

Lisa! · Nov 30, 2005

Is it that difficult? :bugeye:

Artman said:

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

True!

Teegvin · Nov 30, 2005

2) Ecuador

3) Sheep?

4)November

10)Orange

Lisa! · Nov 30, 2005

1) 116 years
2) Ecuador
3) sheep and horse
4) November
5)

6)

7) Albert
8) Crimson (Let's forget about colors o:)

)
9)

10)orange

Teegvin said:

2) Ecuador
3) Sheep?
4)November
10)Orange

Good!

Anttech · Nov 30, 2005

wolram · Nov 30, 2005

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

That is a trick question, camel's don't brush their hair.

Artman · Nov 30, 2005

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.

matthyaouw · Nov 30, 2005

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.

I'm pretty sure cat gut is sheep too.

Jonny_trigonometry · Nov 30, 2005

Lisa! said:

Bad boy!

Jonny_trigonometry · Nov 30, 2005

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:

mathwonk · Nov 30, 2005

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.

Jonny_trigonometry · Dec 1, 2005

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.

Lisa! · Dec 1, 2005

Give you the answers later!

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..

PS : I'm quoting Anttech!

And you can find this quiz(this 1 wasn't a quiz! o:)

) through those links!

veij0 · Dec 1, 2005

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.

Lisa! · Dec 3, 2005

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

SpaceTiger · Dec 3, 2005

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?

matthyaouw · Dec 3, 2005

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:

Lisa! · Dec 3, 2005

SpaceTiger said:

Who would brush a camel?

AS wolram mentioned no one even itself!

11. Where can you find SpaceTiger?

SpaceTiger · Dec 3, 2005

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.

Lisa! · Dec 3, 2005

Another tricky question! I thought we could find him in space. :shy:

SpaceTiger · Dec 3, 2005

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.

Lisa! · Dec 3, 2005

How was I supposed to know !? :blushing:

I always wondered how you came up with this name!

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