BS: High school exit exam

Subject: BS: High school exit exam
From: Louie Roy
Date: 21 Jan 11 - 05:17 PM

This was emailed to me and I thought I would share.It only takes 4 correct answers to pass and it is harder than you think.
1--How long did the 100 year war last
2--Which country makes Panama hats
3--Which animal or animals do we get cat gut from
4--In which month do the Russians celebrate the October revolution
5--What is a camel hair brush made of
6--The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal
7--What was King George VI first name
8--What color is a purple finch
9--Where are Chineese gooseberries from
10--What is the color of the black box on a commercial airplane

Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam
From: EBarnacle
Date: 21 Jan 11 - 05:20 PM

Approximately 100 years
Ecuador
cats
october, tovarisch
camel hair
dogs
don't know
purple
china
It can be either yellow or orange.

Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Jan 11 - 05:27 PM

7 is Albert

Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam
From: GUEST,999
Date: 21 Jan 11 - 05:35 PM

Canary Islands are in the Atlantic.

Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam
From: GUEST,999
Date: 21 Jan 11 - 05:37 PM

Named after wild dogs that lived there.

Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam
From: Dave MacKenzie
Date: 21 Jan 11 - 05:41 PM

There is apparently speculation that the dogs referred to are actually monk seals, which would have been sea dogs in Latin.

Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam
From: GUEST,999
Date: 21 Jan 11 - 05:45 PM

Thanks, Dave. I love to learn new stuff.

Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam
From: EBarnacle
Date: 21 Jan 11 - 05:57 PM

Nice touch. I blew right by the issue of the ocean.

Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam
From: Dave MacKenzie
Date: 21 Jan 11 - 06:08 PM

As for the Hundred Years' War, it lasted for 116 years, including a few periods of peace.

Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam
From: GUEST,999
Date: 21 Jan 11 - 06:09 PM

I saw this quiz many years back. I think that Panama hats are made in South America--but dinged if I recall which country.

Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam
From: Bob the Postman
Date: 21 Jan 11 - 06:16 PM

Definitely Equador.

I think camel hair brushes are made from badger hair.
Purple finches are a pinkish red.
Chinese gooseberries come from New Zealand.

Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam
From: Louie Roy
Date: 21 Jan 11 - 06:37 PM

You catters done great
1--116
2--Ecuador
3--Sheep or Horse
4--October
5--Squirrel
6--Dog
7--Albert
8--Crimson
9--New Zealand
10--Oramge

Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam
From: Mrrzy
Date: 22 Jan 11 - 05:58 PM

I knew dogs...

Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam
From: gnu
Date: 22 Jan 11 - 06:54 PM

I had a beagle. Named him Duke after The Beverly Hillbilly's dog.

Beagle... stunned as me arse. Chase anything to the death.

Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam
From: Charmion
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 01:08 PM

1--How long did the 100 year war last?
Considerably longer than 100 years.
2--Which country makes Panama hats?
Ecuador
3--Which animal or animals do we get cat gut from?
Sheep
4--In which month do the Russians celebrate the October revolution?
November (Julian to Gregorian calendar shift)
5--What is a camel hair brush made of?
Squirrel hair
6--The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
The proper name is Islas Canarias, derived from the Latin for "Island of Dogs."
7--What was King George VI's first name?
Albert; his wife called him Bertie.
8--What color is a purple finch?
Both sexes have brown wings and tailfeathers and a brown-speckled cream-coloured belly. The head and shoulders of the male are red.
9--Where are Chineese gooseberries from?
New Zealand; they are more commonly known nowadays as kiwi fruit.
10--What is the color of the black box on a commercial airplane?
Red

Can I go now?

Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam
From: GUEST,999
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 05:04 PM

I just went, and the bathroom`s free.

Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 08:38 PM

Oh dear,

Here I sit, brokenhearted,
I paid a penny, and only farted...

Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam
From: ragdall
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 09:06 PM

I only knew 7, 8 and 9. I guess I'll be stuck in high school forever?

Foolestroupe, where did you find a bathroom for only a penny? Even in Hungary it's the equivalent of USA 50 cents.

Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 23 Jan 11 - 11:22 PM

My grandfather told me that... :-)

It's OLD folkllore ... don't remember the rest of it.

I can remember back in the 1950s there were a few very old public toilets that I saw with the penny mechanism here in Aust. None around now that I know of - too much trouble and temptation.

Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam
From: Charmion
Date: 24 Jan 11 - 08:16 AM

The only price I ever saw charged in Canada was 10 cents. In Germany, it was 20 pfennig.

And I haven't seen a pay toilet at all in years and years.

Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam
From: Dave MacKenzie
Date: 24 Jan 11 - 08:40 AM

Whatever price they charged, it was always "spend a penny", from the good old pre-decimalisation days when you could find one without a microscope. I remember thinking that one good thing about devaluation when the pound dropped from $2.80 to $2.40 was that now a penny would be the same as a US cent.

Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam
From: wysiwyg
Date: 24 Jan 11 - 09:01 AM

One can now get a MED instead of a GED. ;~)

~Susan