A Little Test To Check If You Are Awake!!

[CailinDeas]

This test will keep that dreaded disease that effects your memory at bay! *
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*1) How long did the Hundred Years' War last?*****

*2) Which country makes Panama hats?*****

*3) From which animal do we get cat gut?*****

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

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

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*6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?*****

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*7) What was King George VI's first name?*****

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*8) What colour is a purple finch?*****

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*9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?*****

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*10) What is the colour of the black box in a commercial airplane?*****

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*Remember, you need only 4 correct answers to pass.*****

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*Check your answers below** ....*****

*ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ*****

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*1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?** 116 years.*****

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*2) Which country makes Panama hats?** Ecuador.*****

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*3) From which animal do we get cat gut? **Sheep and Horses.*****

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*4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? **November.
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*5) What is a camel's hair brush made of? **Squirrel fur.*****

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*6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?** **
Dogs.*****

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*7) What was King George VI's first name? **Albert.*****

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*8 ) What colour is a purple finch? **Crimson.*****

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*9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?** New Zealand.*****

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*10) What is the colour of the black box in a commercial airplane?** **Orange
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*What do you mean, you failed?*****

[josaphine32]

Can someone be a love and pass me the Dementure tablets please, x

[grasscarp]

Very interesting Cailin. I fell for it all!

[Georgiesmum]

That was good, thanks.

[tiggerblue10]

I knew the Russian Revolution, King George and hundred years war questions. I didn't know the others though.

[Butterbun]

I didn't fail. I knew most of them.

[boxtops]

I didn't know about the squirrel hair, but I knew the others :-)

[elgreco]

Sorry to say but the Canary Islands are in the Atlantic. I'll get me coat

[Old_Geezer]

No, passed, just.

But on those I got wrong they were all, "I don't know but certainly not ....."

[sandyRoe]

Are ther Canary Islands in the Pacific too?

[ABerrant]

Back in 2007 only 3 correct were needed to pass.

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Phrases-and-Sayings/Question996362.html

The first time I saw this quiz was 30-plus years ago in Reader's Digest.

[ABerrant]

oooops! - that link was from way back in 2011. I mixed up the date with this post.

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Question438563.html

[FredPuli43]

Didn't know that George VI 's first name was Albert. He was called David at home, wasn't he? Confusing. The rest I knew, but I should get out more, and not have a history of pub quizzes !

[FredPuli43]

And there must be another Canary Islands! Put you coat back. They are in the Atlantic, and the name comes ultimately from the Latin for dogs, canes ("Kah-nays")

[Hopkirk]

Fred, I think his brother King Edward the 8th was known as David, though his names were Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David.

George the 6th was known as Bertie, though his names were Albert Frederick Arthur George.

He chose to be King George because Albert was considered a bit too German for the times.