Answer these simple questions

I'm going to try a little experiment. In my next post I will ask you a few questions that should be easy for you. I will post the answers next. After you read the questions post what you think the answers are and then come back and see if you were right.

1. How long did the hundred year war last?

2. Which country makes Panama hats?

3. From which animal do we get catgut?

4. In what month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?

5. What is a camel gair brush made from?

6. The Canary islands are named after what animal?

7. What was King George VI's name?

8. What color is a purple finch?

9. Where are Chinese Gooseberries from?

Answers:

1. 116 years, from 1337 to 1453

2. Ecuador

3. From sheep and horses

4. November

5. Squirrel fur

6. Insularia Canaria- Island of the Dogs

7. Albert

8. Distinctively Crimson

9. New Zealand

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

8) What colour is a purple finch?
Crimson

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
New Zealand

Okay......ya can delete me now

reply to post by One Moment


I'm guessing you've seen this before?

I feel like I just opened one of those chainletters over email...

Is that where you got this? lol

Answer to all of them :- Could not give a #

reply to post by At0mZer0


Of course . Where else would I get anything this ridiculous?

dude you posted the answers in the post right after the questions.

FAIL

edit to say its because I could see the first two as I scrolled down to hit Post Reply.


I like doing these sort of things to people at work where they have to answer on the spot and cant use any resources besides their memory. Sadly I've found out that I work with adults who dont know what country the US won its indepence from (and I'm in Michigan)

[edit on 13-6-2010 by Totalstranger]

Ok- so the point of doing this little experiment was what?
What results were you looking for?
People to make fun of?

[edit on 13-6-2010 by AccessDenied]

reply to post by AccessDenied


Nope, my experiment didn't have anything to with the answers. I wanted to see how many people realized where this came from.