h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

This is the world's easiest quiz, requiring only 4 correct answers to pass:

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'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?

Finished? Check your answers below!



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 color is a purple finch? *Crimson
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from? *New Zealand

Very clever Bels. It's nice to have some mental stimulation after all that food, alcohol and crap tv yesterday

I'm afraid I failed miserably though, getting just questions four and seven correct

I faired even worse, getting just question 9 correct.

All the limited edition Christmas which had a christmas flavour to it and was quite nice and moreish that I was drinking last night seems to have killed off the remaining brain cells I had left from Uni

Oh, I forgot --

Who wrote Beethoven's Tenth Symphony?


Answer:



Brahms. Beethoven only wrote nine symphonies, but Brahms's first symphony is sometimes referred to as 'Beethoven's Tenth'.

I think these should be Jeopardy questions. I would pay good money to see those eggheads get these questions wrong.

Hmm, 'where are they from' is a bit misleading for 'chinese gooseberries' - the original species is a native Chinese plant, Actinidia chinensis, even if all the modern commercial growers are in New Zealand.

Azara

I've never heard of Chinese gooseberries, and my parents are Chinese. Hmm...

Chinese gooseberries are also called Kiwi Fruit, or more commonly these days, Kiwis.

Ahhh...Kiwis I have heard of. Well, that explains it, then.

i was standing at a smoothie counter in sydney some years back, reading the menu. i said to the man behind the counter that if he was really putting kiwi in the kiwi smoothie he would upset all the new zealanders (you know bits of feather and beak) not to mention the sensibilities of forest and bird members. he didn't laugh.

calling kiwifruit 'kiwi' is a foreign invention to which i am totally opposed.

could be worse though. anyone heard of zespri ?