World's Easiest Quiz?
(answers below)

1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?
2) Which country makes Panama hats?
3) From which animal do we get the catgut used to string tennis
rackets?
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?

extra credit:
11) How many gallons does a ten-gallon hat hold?
12) Where did the game of Chinese checkers originate?
13) Where was the Battle of Bunker Hill fought?
14) What kind of musical instrument is the english horn, and where was it invented?
15) Where was the Woodstock Festival held?
16) Where were Venetian blinds invented?
17) Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?
18) Is there a 4th of July in England? Yes or no?
19) Some months have 31 days. How many have 28?
20) How many outs are there in an inning?
21) Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's sister?
22) Take the number 30, divide it by 1/2, and then add 10. What do you get?
23) There are 3 apples and you take two away. How many apples do you have?
24) A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half an hour. How long will the pills last?
25) A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 of them die. How many sheep are left?
26) How many animals of each sex did Moses bring with him on the ark?

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1) 116 years, from 1337 to 1453.
2) Ecuador.
3) From sheep and horses.
4) November. The Russian calendar was 13 days behind others.
5) Squirrel fir.
6) The Latin name was Insularia Canaria -- Island of the Dogs.
7) 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) Distinctively crimson.
9) New Zealand.
10) Thirty years, of course. From 1618 to 1648.

11) three-fourths of a gallon
12) Sweden and England
13) Breed's Hill
14) oboe. ?Venice
15) Bethel ?NY
16) Japan
17) nobody
18) Yes. It comes right after the 3rd.
19) Twelve (12). All of them have at least 28 days.
20) Six (6). Don't forget there is a top and bottom to every inning.
21) No. He must be dead if it is his widow!
22) Seventy (70). 30 divided by 1/2 is 60.
23) Two (2). You take two apples...therefore, YOU have TWO apples.
24) One hour. If you take the first pill at 1:00, the second at 1:30, and the third at 2:00, the pills have run out and only an hour has passed.
25) Nine (9). Like I said, all BUT nine die.
26) None. I didn't know that Moses had an ark.

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