You only need 5 correct answers to pass.

I give the answers below.

 

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 Atlantic are named after what animal?

 

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

 

8)   What colour is a purple finch?

 

9)   Where are Chinese gooseberries from?

 

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

 

11)   In which month do the Cambridge University Colleges hold their May Balls?

 

12)   When do Spring Tides occur?

 

13) How many islands are in the Thousand Islands archipelago?

 

14) How long is Victoria's Ninety Mile Beach?

 

 

Remember, you need only 5 correct answers to pass.

very very few people have passed!

 

Answers below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANSWERS TO THE EXAMINATION

 

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 Atlantic are named after what animal?  Dogs from the Latin - Insula Canaria

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

8 ) What colour is a purple finch?  Crimson

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?  China, of course, where else?

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

11) Cambridge May Balls take place in June

12) Spring tides happen every new moon and every full moon

13) The Thousand Islands archipelago has 1864 islands

14) The Ninety Mile Beach is 94 miles long

 

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