A test for all you MLU's

[Just17]

FOR ALL YOU SMART PEOPLE!!!  You know who you are  


New Seniors College Exam, you only need 4 correct out of 10 questions to pass.


(Passing requires only 4 correct answers)





1) How long did the Hundred Years' War last?


2) Which country makes Panama hats?


3) From which animal do we get cat gut?


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




Remember, you need only 4 correct answers to pass. Check your answers below...




























ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ

1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?                                     116 years

2) Which country makes Panama hats?                                             Ecuador

3) From which animal do we get cat gut?                                           Sheep and Horses

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?    November

5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?                                           Squirrel Fur

6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?     Dogs

7) What was King George VI's first name?                                          Albert

What color is a purple finch?                                                        Crimson

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?                                         New Zealand

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

What do you mean, you failed  ......  again?

Me too   .....   again!

[oldjim]

Failed  ......  again?
Yep me to, the only one I got right was the black box one.
I swear the older I get, the more my brains leak out my ears..
Jim 

[sammy2fish]

I figured the answers wouldn't be the obvious ones.  Cute though...

[gandy]

Two correct. Is that 50%? The black box and the Russian October Revolution. I knew Panama hats weren't made in Panama but I guessed Honduras. I knew cat gut doesn't come from cats but I guessed cows.

[T6]

i only knew the last one

about the canary islands, it left me with the doubt so i searched and found that is not sure the origin of the name, canary supposedly comes from cannis(latin for dog) but there is a plant in the island called canna

there was a bereber tribe called canarii mentioned by plinius, in the near africa, where the islands are located

[ppiklapp]

Darn failed again and I is a graduate of secondary education.

[Vorteggs]

Two and a half correct answers

And one incorrect question...

[taelti]

What a failure is me! 

[Bald Brick]

I got five right.

And the rest wrong:

I knew that the Hundred Years' War lasted a wee bit longer than a hundred years, so I put down 112. Should be worth half a point, shouldn't it?

Then I knew that Panama hats weren't made in Panama but in some country not far from Panama, so my guess was Colombia. Shouldn't that give me an extra quarter-point? (This is a bit embarrassing as I have owned a genuine Panama hat from Ecuador. I knew more and had more money then....)

I added "goat gut" to my cat-gut answer, but I still count my answer as correct.

Then I thought the camel's-hair-brush question was a trick one, so I answered "a camel". I should have know better.

I have no idea what a purple finch looks like or where I would find one. But crimson is sort of reddish purple, not far from what the colour setting on this forum call purple. So this really may have been a trick question, even if many people use "purple" for "even-more-bluish-lilac-coloured".

And of course I didn't understand why a black box shouldn't be just that -- although after some contemplation I now do.

[aguila]

Well, I suppose that the interior of an un-opened black box IS black...

[T6]

"Then I knew that Panama hats weren't made in Panama but in some country not far from Panama, so my guess was Colombia. Shouldn't that give me an extra quarter-point? (This is a bit embarrassing as I have owned a genuine Panama hat from Ecuador. I knew more and had more money then....)"

no quarter point for you, say that colombia is almost panama is like saying that you live in usa and you are part canadian

[Vorteggs]

Two and a half correct answers

And one incorrect question...

Yes I found an incorrect question and I hope this gives me 2 points.

If so I have 4 and a half points and I am passing?

[Bald Brick]

"Then I knew that Panama hats weren't made in Panama but in some country not far from Panama, so my guess was Colombia. Shouldn't that give me an extra quarter-point? (This is a bit embarrassing as I have owned a genuine Panama hat from Ecuador. I knew more and had more money then....)"

no quarter point for you, say that colombia is almost panama is like saying that you live in usa and you are part canadian

Aren't all North Americans?  

[Just17]

Two and a half correct answers

And one incorrect question...

Yes I found an incorrect question and I hope this gives me 2 points.

If so I have 4 and a half points and I am passing?

Nope ......  the question is not wrong  

[Bald Brick]

Two and a half correct answers

And one incorrect question...

Yes I found an incorrect question and I hope this gives me 2 points.

If so I have 4 and a half points and I am passing?

Nope ......  the question is not wrong  

Well, the Chinese gooseberry question is partially wrong? Kiwifruit were cultivated in China long before the Kiwis gave them the name Kiwi and even before they called them Chinese gooseberries. And today they may come from many places in Southern Europe and South America. (Certainly not only from New Zealand. They can even be grown in Hawaii.)


Edit: I opened up my trusty Wikipedia and the Kiwi article is quite interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwifruit