World's Easiest Quiz ...?!

Originally posted by demonseed
1) How long did the Hundred 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 firs ...[text shortened]... se gooseberries from?

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

...and another thing... What was the ship called in the film 'Mutiny on the Bounty'?

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Caixa-Preta_GOL.jpg

Quite right it's orange. Only questions 5 and 8 left to get.

Originally posted by demonseed
Quite right it's orange. Only questions 5 and 8 left to get.

Well, apparently the purple finch is a few different colours:

"Adults have a short forked brown tail and brown wings. Adult males are raspberry red on the head, breast, back and rump; their back is streaked. Adult females have light brown upperparts and white underparts with dark brown streaks throughout; they have a white line on the face above the eye."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_finch


EDIT: While I'm on Wikipedia, camel hair brushes are apparently made from anything but camel hair:

"Paintbrush bristles are [sic] derived either from the hairs of horses, squirrels, goats, sheep, bears, or some combination of these."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_hair

From the answerbag: "The term camel hair is very misleading. Camel hair brushes actually consist of various inexpensive hair types like Asian pony, bear, sheep or lesser grade squirrel hair. There is not a single hair from a real camel in a camel hair brush."
I think my "ponies with other animals on top" was an accurate enough to be correct answer?

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Caixa-Preta_GOL.jpg

This is hardly conclusive proof that they are all orange.

# How long did the Hundred Years War last? 116 years
# Which country is best known for first producing Panama hats? Ecuador. "Panama" hats have been made for more than 300 years by craftsmen from small Ecuadorian villages. In more recent years, they are also made in Hawaii (US), Costa Rica, and other parts of the world.
# From which animal do we get catgut? Typically from sheep and horses, not cats; but there are also other animal sources.
# In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? November
# What is a camel hair brush made of? A Camel hair brush can be made of ox, goat, squirrel, pony, or any variety of other natural animal hairs. Camel is the name of the person who invented the Camel hair brush.
# The Canary Islands are named after what animal? Dogs (Canares, from the Latin, meaning dogs)
# What was King George VI's first name? Albert
# What color is a purple finch? Crimson
# Where are Chinese gooseberries most frequently grown? New Zealand, the U.S., Europe, and Chile. Chinese Gooseberries are native to China but are now grown commercially in other countries. In Chile, these fruits were initially called Chinese Gooseberries, but they are now more widely known as kiwis, which comes from the kiwi bird, the national bird of New Zealand.

Originally posted by trevor33
# How long did the Hundred Years War last? 116 years
# Which country is best known for first producing Panama hats? Ecuador. "Panama" hats have been made for more than 300 years by craftsmen from small Ecuadorian villages. In more recent years, they are also made in Hawaii (US), Costa Rica, and other parts of the world.
# From which animal do we get catgu ...[text shortened]... more widely known as kiwis, which comes from the kiwi bird, the national bird of New Zealand.

As these answers correspond to my answers they are deemed right; all other answers are deemed wrong.

how can you accept crimson for a purple finch? its wings are brown and they're the bits you see most of.

Originally posted by demonseed
1) How long did the Hundred 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 firs ...[text shortened]... se gooseberries from?

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

1) Not 100 years, but I don't know.
2) Cuba?
3) Cows and other animals as well. It's actually "cat"tlegut.
4) Don't know. October?
5) Don't know. Camel hair?
6) Canaries?
7) George?
8) Purple?
9) China?
10) Orange, or sometimes other colors.

Didn't know most of them.

Originally posted by doodinthemood
how can you accept crimson for a purple finch? its wings are brown and they're the bits you see most of.

A bird's colouring, as any good ornithologist knows, refers to its breast.

oh, fair enough. Evidently I'm not a good ornithologist.

the black box IS black, its a trick question, depending on what coutnry your from, but in australia, america and UK its BLACK

Originally posted by knightistwoqueens
the black box IS black, its a trick question, depending on what coutnry your from, but in australia, america and UK its BLACK

On a commercial airline it is orange.