# World's easiest quiz

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-easiest-quiz/69684>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 21, 2001, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-easiest-quiz/69684 "2001-06-21T20:33:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![curious\_george](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-easiest-quiz/69684/1 "2001-06-21T20:33:36Z")

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WORLDS 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?  
ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ

11. How long did the Hundred Years War last? 116 years

12. Which country makes Panama hats? Ecuador

13. From which animal do we get catgut? Sheep and Horses

14. In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?  
November

15. What is a camel’s hair brush made of? Squirrel fur

16. The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal? Dogs  
Canares, from the Latin, meaning dogs) P.S.: The Canary Islands are in  
the Atlantic Ocean.

17. What was King George VI’s first name? Albert

18. What color is a purple finch? Crimson

19. Where are Chinese gooseberries from? New Zealand

20. How long did the Thirty Years War last? Thirty years

What do you mean, you failed!?!?!?!?

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**Author:** ![Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtar)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-easiest-quiz/69684/2 "2001-06-22T00:39:19Z")

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Cute.

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**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-easiest-quiz/69684/3 "2001-06-22T05:09:14Z")

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Squirrel fur?? How does someone get away with selling squirrel fur as camel’s hair? Where do they get squirrel fur? Are there squirrel farms I don’t know about? I’d think it’d be even harder to get squirrel fur than camel hair. Why don’t they just call it squirrel fur and charge more for it?

I got the Canary Islands one right, so there. Nyah.

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**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:** [June 22, 2001, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-easiest-quiz/69684/4 "2001-06-22T05:21:32Z")

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[Deja vu all over again](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=54935).  
And purple finches are red/crimson only if you are talking about the male - females are shades of brown.

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**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2001, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-easiest-quiz/69684/5 "2001-06-22T11:54:18Z")

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So then, my camel-hair sportcoat…