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This is for all of my intelligent
friends and family................. Enjoy and do
not cheat.
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 color is a purple finch?
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
10) What is the colour of the black box in a commercial airplane?
Remember, you need 4 correct
answers to pass.
Check your answers below .
ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ
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
10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane? Orange
(of course)
What do you mean, you failed? ( I did as well!)
(And if you try to tell me you passed, you lie!)
Some more Silly Questions???
How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
Stop and think about it and decide on your answer before you scroll down.
The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator,
put in the giraffe, and close the door. This question tests whether you
tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.
How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
Did you say, Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the
refrigerator?
Wrong Answer.
Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take
out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door. This tests your
ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.
The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals
attend .... Except one. Which animal does not attend?
Correct Answer : The Elephant. The elephant
is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there. ? This tests your
memory. Okay, even if you did not answer the first three questions
correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities.
There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and you do
not have a boat. How do you manage it?
Correct Answer: You jump into the river and
swim across. Have you not been
listening? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting.
This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.
According to a major consultancy firm, around 90% of the Professionals
they tested got all the questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several
correct answers. The consultancy firm said this conclusively
disproves the theory that most professionals have the brains of a
four-year-old!!!
The next puzzle is a simple observational test.
The question is to find what the following words all have in common;-
- Banana
- Dresser
- Grammar
- Potato
- Revive
- Uneven
- Assess
Incorrect
Answer........ All have got at least 2 double letters.
Correct
Answer...........If you place the first letter of each word at
the end and then read the words backwards they will read the same as they
did forwards!!
Another couple of simple spatial
puzzles involving Lateral Thinking!
How do you get
10 horses into 9 stables?
How do you turn
nine matches into 10?
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