World’s Easiest Quiz

(Passing requires only 4 correct answers)

1. How long did the Hundred Years War last?
2. How long did the Thirty Years War last?
3. Which country makes Panama hats?
4. From which animal do we get catgut?
5. In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
6. What is a camel’s hair brush made of?
7. The Canary Islands in the Atlantic are named after what animal?
8. What was King George V’s first name?
9. What was King George VI’s first name?
10. What color is a purple finch?
11. Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
12. What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?

ANSWERS
1. 116 years
2. Precisely 30 years: 1618 to 1648
3. Ecuador
4. Sheep and Horses
5. November (Russia was still on the Julian calendar)
6. Squirrel fur
7. Dogs (‘canis’ – the birds got their name from the islands)
8. George, of course (in full, George Frederick Ernest Albert, 1865-1936)
9. Albert (in full, Albert Frederick Arthur George, 1895-1952)
10. Crimson
11. New Zealand (they’re better known as kiwi fruit)
12. Orange

(submitted by Wylie Jordan)