# The World's Easiest Quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 11, 2001, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-easiest-quiz/49503 "2001-01-11T13:13:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-easiest-quiz/49503/1 "2001-01-11T13:13:25Z")
OK, everyone, there have been some cool games with some really obscure trivia involved. Gosh, they made me feel stoopit! If I can’t answer even one of those questions, what am I doing here on the boards trying to squash ignorance and all? Here’s an easy quiz for you. The first person to answer all 10 correctly wins immense braggin’ rights. 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 evolution? 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. What country do Chinese gooseberries come from? 10. How long did the Thirty Years War last? Let the games begin. ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-easiest-quiz/49503/2 "2001-01-11T13:20:58Z")
pssst, ‘canaries’ is not the answer to 6. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-easiest-quiz/49503/3 "2001-01-11T13:24:14Z")
Ok, I’ll bite, even though I know some of these are probably trick questions… Easiest, eh? So if I get them all wrong I’m damned to Heck, right? 1. How long did the Hundred Years War last? 100 years! 2. Which country makes Panama hats? Panama! 3. From which animal do we get catgut? cats! 4. In which month do Russians celebrate the October evolution? October! 5. What is a camel’s hair brush made of? camel’s hair! 6. The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal? Canaries! 7. What was King George VI’s first name? George! (or King!) 8. What color is a purple finch? purple! 9. What country do Chinese gooseberries come from? China! 10. How long did the Thirty Years War last? 30 years! ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-easiest-quiz/49503/4 "2001-01-11T13:25:09Z")
Dan, one correct! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-easiest-quiz/49503/5 "2001-01-11T13:27:01Z")
[list=1] [li]Oman[/li][li]oogametes[/li][li]operculum[/li][li]ornithology[/li][li]opera glasses[/li][li]Oppenheimer[/li][li]onomatopoeia[/li][li]orange[/li][li]onycholysis[/li][li]Oort cloud[/li][/list=1] How’d I do? ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-easiest-quiz/49503/6 "2001-01-11T13:28:05Z")
1. 112 2. Dunno 3. Sheep 4. Dunno 5. Dunno 6. Dogs (_Canis_) 7. Dunno 8. (_Carpodacus purpureus_) - Depends on sex and subspecies - Rose on adult males, brightest on head and rump, with brownish coloring on wing and tail. Adult females and immatures are heavily streaked brown and white, adult females also have a whitish eybrow and cheek stripe. The Pacific coast subspecies _C.p. californicus_ is buffier and more diffusely streaked than the more widespread _C.p. purpureus_, especially in females. (Found throughout eastern plains states and east coast US, west coast US, Baja California and Canada (noticibly absent from the western plains and US Rockies). 9. Australia 10. 35 ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-easiest-quiz/49503/7 "2001-01-11T13:31:36Z")
**Unc** , Oh my! **screech** Three. (you could have said “red” for number 8!) ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-easiest-quiz/49503/8 "2001-01-11T13:39:20Z")
Could have, but I’m here to fight ignorance too! (Okay, I may put you to sleep in the process, but ya’ll be educated, dangit! - 'Taint my fault that the Purple Finch practices sexual dimorphism!) 😛 1. 114? 2. 37? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-easiest-quiz/49503/9 "2001-01-11T13:39:40Z")
One! One! One! Yesss! If I had gotten three, I was going to do the Snoopy happy dance. If I had gotten more than 7, I was going to do a waltz. But since I only got one… hmmm… Fraid I’ll have to do the lapdance in a g-string for some unlucky lady. 🙂 (Besides, **someone** had to guess the obvious ones!) ---
**Author:** ![hibernicus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hibernicus/32/2802_2.png) [@hibernicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hibernicus)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-easiest-quiz/49503/10 "2001-01-11T14:00:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spritle \* > \*\*Here’s an easy quiz for you. The first person to answer all 10 correctly wins immense braggin’ rights. > > 1. In which month do Russians celebrate the October evolution? > 2. What is a camel’s hair brush made of? > 3. The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal? > 4. What was King George VI’s first name? > 5. What color is a purple finch? > 6. What country do Chinese gooseberries come from? > 7. How long did the Thirty Years War last? > > Let the games begin. > \*\* 1. a) they don’t. b) November 2. Dogs (and for a bonus point, the Canaries are not in the Pacific. 3. Albert 4. Chinese gooseberries are kiwi fruit, so you could say NZ. 5. 35 years ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-easiest-quiz/49503/11 "2001-01-11T14:17:10Z")
Hibernicus, Three. (Though I really shouldn’t reply, since you didn’t attempt them all and now the others hav an unfair advantage.) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-easiest-quiz/49503/12 "2001-01-11T14:59:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spritle \* > \*\* > > 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 evolution? > 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. What country do Chinese gooseberries come from? > 10. How long did the Thirty Years War last? > \*\* 1. I got 92 years, but other sources give or take a few years. 2. Ecuador 3. Sheep. no one better come after my cats! they can have the dog though. 4. I knew this one even without previous help, it’s November, helps to have Russian Inlaws. 😉 5. this site [http://www.berol.co.uk/pen/](http://www.berol.co.uk/pen/) says Camel and Rat hair. don’t know though. 6. dogs 7. well this is a new one on me Albert Frederick Arthur George is his name so Albert is his first! 8. Red/brown depending. 9. how far back are we going? this site [Loading...](http://www.wildelife.com/nws/guido/kiwi.html) says they come from China, New Zealand, and the US 10. 30 years 1618-1648 ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-easiest-quiz/49503/13 "2001-01-11T15:04:18Z")
**Edward** , a whopping 8 correct! (according to my sources). And, of course, your answers must match mine to be considered correct. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-easiest-quiz/49503/14 "2001-01-11T15:14:19Z")
1. How long did the Hundred Years War last? 87 years 2. Which country makes Panama hats? England 3. From which animal do we get catgut? Sheep 4. In which month do Russians celebrate the October evolution? May 5. What is a camel’s hair brush made of? Camel’s hair? 6. The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal? Dog 7. What was King George VI’s first name? albert 8. What color is a purple finch? red/brown 9. What country do Chinese gooseberries come from? new Zeland 10. How long did the Thirty Years War last? 35 years (shameless answer stealing… ;)) ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-easiest-quiz/49503/15 "2001-01-11T15:33:33Z")
Twisty, 5 correct. You stole some of the wrong ones! (going quickly from shameless to shameful :)) ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-easiest-quiz/49503/16 "2001-01-11T18:47:29Z")
Just a little _bump_ to keep it alive for our friends across the globe and for those still working. I’ll post answers tomorrow morning (my time). ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-easiest-quiz/49503/17 "2001-01-11T21:04:03Z")
Good quiz, **Spritle!** **1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?** 116 years, from 1337 to 1453. **2) Which country makes Panama hats?** Ecuador. **3) From which animal do we get catgut?** Sheep and horses. **4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October revolution?** November. The Russian calendar was 13 days behind ours. **5) What is a camel’s hair brush made of?** Squirrel hair. **6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?** The Latin name was Insularia Canaria - Island of the Dogs. **7) What was King George VI’s first name?** 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) What color is a purple finch?** Red. **9) What country do Chinese gooseberries come from?** New Zealand. **10) How long did the Thirty Years War last?** 30 years. 1618-1648. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-easiest-quiz/49503/18 "2001-01-11T21:16:53Z")
This quiz came from a Bathroom Reader. I recognized it at once, and I knew all of those except the Chinese Gooseberries and the Finches, because I forgot. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-easiest-quiz/49503/19 "2001-01-11T21:36:07Z")
Like Speaker, I read this quiz in a bathroom reader. So I won’t answer the questions. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-easiest-quiz/49503/20 "2001-01-12T00:32:53Z")
I first saw this my senior year of high school, and as such won’t give away the answers (though ianfin already helped). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-easiest-quiz/49503.md?page=2)