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Jan-4-2005 18:37

See if there is interest for this.

1. Each day I will post 10 questions, at random times of the day.
2. Each Quiz runs exactly 24 hours.
3. The first person that has all 10 questions right, wins. Or if no one has all questions right, the best one wins.
4. You can only post answers ONCE for the same quiz.
5. No cash involved. Just glory. :)

Jun-15-2006 03:46

Okay, the one I was working on still needs a bit of tweaking so you can get this one instead which I came across the other day - just to keep the ball rolling:

The World's Easiest Quiz
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 first name?
8) What color is a purple finch?
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
10) How long did the Thirty Years War last?

Jun-15-2006 04:00

lol ok i was actually sitting here making funny answers til my brain clicked into gear...
1. hmmm more than a hundred years 115? or therabouts...
2. Ecuador
3. Sheep, horse, anything but cat. I think 'cat' has somethign to do with a translation of 'string'.
6. Dogs (this is where 'trick quiz' kicked in)
7. Albert
8. gee I'm reading a biography of Rasputin at the moment and this was in it... and it's still hazy. November? It's the Bolshevik revolution right? But like they called the end of East Germany / Berlin Wall the October Revolution (I think) ... so either way, not October :) maybe not even Russia.

and that's me done. lol where 'are' Chinese goosberries from? Google Google where for art thou...

Jun-15-2006 05:59

1. 116
2.Ecuador
3. Sheep
4. October in Russia, according to their calender but it was November with that other one
5. Horses?
6. Yeah, I go with SS
7.George?
8. Purple?
9. They came from China. They were bought over to New Zealand most probably in the Goldrush Days, right at the start of Colonised New Zealand History.
10. 30?

Jun-15-2006 07:31

please note I am numerically defficient and my answer for 8. is actually for 4. der.

Jun-15-2006 14:13

1. 116 years
2. Ecuador
3. Sheeps and horses
4. November
5. Squirrel fur
6. Dogs
7. Albert
8. Crimson
9. New Zealand
10. 30 years

Jun-15-2006 23:39

And indeed we have a winner - Lucian, with 10 correct answers. Well done!! :)

Just to sum up:
1) 116 years, from 1337 to 1453
2) Ecuador
3) Sheep and Horses (according to wiki “it is supposed that the word is properly kitgut ("violin string"), kit meaning "fiddle", and that the present form has arisen through confusion with kit = cat”)
4) November - on the 7th to be precise (Russia used the Julian Calendar until 1918 so their calendar was 13 days “behind” ours). The upheaval is also known as the Bolshevik Revolution or November Revolution
5) Squirrel fur (or alternatively ox, goat, pony or blend of several hairs)
6) Dogs (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) Crimson
9) New Zealand (True, they did originate from China, but today we mainly associate them with New Zealand even though Italy is now the top producer. New Zealand is where they were given the name “Chinese gooseberries”, where the plant was also cultivated, developped and marketed into the fruit we know today, and then later renamed “kiwi(fruit)” as part of a marketing strategy in the late 50s/early 60s)
10) Thirty years of course!! Why look so surprised? (from 1618-1648)

Jun-15-2006 23:47

poor squirrels :(

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Jun-17-2006 02:01

try again... (sumone wanna delete my first attempt?)

even though it's not my go... in honour of the mondegreen post... heare are some misheard song lyrics... can you figure them out?

1. Your kangaroo love will just have to wait.
She say, love don't come easy, it's a game of gibbon tape . . .
2. All my luggage, I will send to you.
3. Carryin' beans, now we're sharin' the same jeans.
4. Hold me closer, Tony Danza
Count the head lice on the highway.
5. I wanna know Have you ever seen Loraine?
6. She's got a tick in her eye.
7. Good King Wences' car backed out
On the feet of heathens
8. Everybody in a wholesale frock
9. Stuffing my face with his fingers
10. Slow walking Walter, the fire engine guy

Jun-17-2006 02:05

apologies for the running question... *gives up trying to fix it*