Thursday, April 29, 2010

got this in an e-mail.
thought i'd pass it on:




New High School Exit Exam,
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> you only need 4 correct out of 10 questions to pass.
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> 1) How long did the Hundred Years' War last?
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> 2) Which country makes Panama hats?
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> 3) From which animal do we get cat gut?
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> 4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October
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> 5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?
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> 6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what
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> 7) What was King George VI's first name?
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> 8) What color is a purple finch?
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> 9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
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> 10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial
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> Remember, you need only 4 correct answers to pass.
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> Check your answers below ....
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> ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ
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> 1) How long did the Hundred Years War last? 116 years
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> 2) Which country makes Panama hats? Ecuador
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> 3) From which animal do we get cat gut? Sheep and Horses
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> 4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
> November
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> 5) What is a camel's hair brush made of? Squirrel fur
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> 6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
> Dogs
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> 7) What was King George VI's first name? Albert
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> 8) What color is a purple finch? Crimson
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> 9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from? New Zealand
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> 10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?
> Orange (of course)
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> What do you mean, you failed?
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> Me, too.
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> (And if you try to tell me you passed, you LIED!)
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> Pass this on to some brilliant friends,
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> so they may feel useless too .
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