The World's Easiest Quiz?

1. How long did the Hundred Years War last? Answer
2. Which country makes Panama hats? Answer
3. From which animal do we get catgut? Answer
4. In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? Answer
5. What is a camel's hair brush made of? Answer
6. The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal? Answer
7. What was King George VI's first name? Answer
8. What color is a purple finch? Answer
9. Where are Chinese gooseberries from? Answer
10. What kind of tree is the Douglas fir? Answer
11. Where did french fries come from? Answer
12. In which state was playwright Tennessee Williams born? Answer
13. What country has the world's largest Spanish-speaking population? Answer
14. In what season does Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream takes place? Answer
15. What do honey bees collect? Answer
16. Which colony was higher in latitude, Upper Canada or Lower Canada? Answer
17. How long did the Thirty Years War last? Answer

Answers to the Quiz

1. 116 years, from 1337 to 1453.
2. Ecuador.
3. From sheep and horses.
4. November. The Russian calendar was 13 days behind ours.
5. Squirrel fir.
6. The Latin name was Insularia Canaria - Island of the Dogs.
7. Albert. When he came to the throne in 1936 he respected the wish of Queen Victoria that no future king should ever be called Albert.
8. Distinctively crimson.
9. New Zealand.
10. A pine tree.
11. Belgium, but first came popular in northern France.
12. Thomas "Tennessee" Williams was born in Columbus, Mississippi.
13. Mexico, which has twice as much people as Spain.
14. Spring, around May Day.
15. Nectar.
16. Lower Canada, now part of Quebec.
17. Thirty years, of course. From 1618 to 1648.

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