‘Evident’ questions

(Read somewhere, some time ago)

This is probably the world's easiest quiz. There are 10 questions and you need to get five right in order to pass. Are you ready? Here goes:

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 hair brush made of?

6) The Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean are named after what animal?

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

8) What colour is a purple finch?

9) Where do Chinese gooseberries' come from?

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

And now you can check your answers:

1) Answer: 116 years (from 1337 to 1453).

2) Answer: Ecuador.

3) Answer: sheep and horses.

4) Answer: November.

5) Answer: squirrel fur.

6) Answer: dogs (the name comes from the Latin 'Insula Canaria' meaning 'island of dogs').

7) Answer: Albert (if you got this one wrong, go and see the film The King's Speech).

8) Answer: Crimson.

9) Answer: New Zealand.

10) Answer: orange.

- CATGUT: cuerda o hilo de tripa (usado en Los instrumentos musicales y en cirugía) 7

- PURPLE FINCH: pinzón púrpura

- CHINESE GOOSEBERRY: kiwi

- CRIMSON: carmesí