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New Senior School Final Exam.

you only need 4 correct out of 10 questions to pass.



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 hairbrush made of?

6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?

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

What color is a purple finch?

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?

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



Remember, you need only 4 correct answers to pass.

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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 hairbrush 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








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?

Me, too.

(And if you try to tell me you passed, you LIED!)

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the war was not really fought continuously for a hundred or 116 years.  rather, it was a series of wars, a succession of conflicts, that covered that period.  thus:

The war is commonly divided into three or four phases, separated by truces: the Edwardian Era War (1337–1360), the Caroline War (1369–1389) and the Lancastrian War (1415–1453), which saw the slow decline of Plantagenet fortunes after Joan of Arc (1412–1431) appeared. Contemporary European conflicts directly related to this conflict were the Breton War of Succession, the Castilian Civil War, the War of the Two Peters, and the 1383-1385 Crisis. The term "Hundred Years' War" was a term invented later by historians to encompass the events. (wikipedia)


The Battle of Crécy


English and Franco-Castilian fleets at the Battle of La Rochelle


Henry V and the English army at the Battle of Agincourt


Joan of Arc rallies French forces at the Siege of Orléans

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hala, si banana republic akong gi-test ani.  he got 7 out of 10.  suya lagi ko.  i only got 4, honest. senior citizens na gyod diay tingali mi, hihihi.

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4. Russia celebrates the October Revolution in November

At the time of the revolution, the Russian Empire still was using the ancient Julian calendar, which had been discarded some 150 years earlier by most Western countries. The result was that each day in Russia was dated 13 days earlier than the same day in the West.

According to the old calendar, the date of the Bolshevik revolution was October 25. But according to the new Gregorian calendar, the date actually was November 7.

Only after the Bolsheviks established the Soviet Union did the country adopt the new calendar. So it was the Bolsheviks themselves who were responsible for changing the date of their October Revolution of October 25 to the national celebration November 7. (http://wiki.answers.com/)


 Much-publicized photo purporting to show the storming of the Winter Palace, October 1917. It is in fact from a Bolshevik re-enactment staged as a civic spectacle on the third anniversary of the action. The actual fighting at the Palace took place at night and there were no cameras present. (http://www.nevsky88.com/)

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6. The Canary Islands in the Pacific

Contrary to its name, the islands have little to nothing to do with the canary bird. Rather, it is the bird that is named after the islands, not the converse. The name Islas Canarias is likely derived from the Latin name Canariae Insulae, meaning "Island of the Dogs", a name applied originally only to Gran Canaria. According to the historian Pliny the Elder, the Mauritanian king Juba II named the island Canaria because it contained "vast multitudes of dogs of very large size". (wikipedia)


The Canary Islands (Spanish: Islas Canarias), also known as the Canaries (Spanish: Canarias), is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries is one of Spain's 17 autonomous communities and an outermost region of the European Union. The islands include (from largest to smallest): Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro, La Graciosa, Alegranza, Isla de Lobos, Montaña Clara, Roque del Este and Roque del Oeste. (wikipedia)

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8. The purple finch

[Purple finch] adults have a short forked brown tail and brown wings and are about 15 cm (4 in) in length and weigh 34 g (1.2 oz).


male purple finch
Adult males are raspberry red on the head, breast, back and rump; their back is streaked.


female purple finch
Adult females have light brown upperparts and white underparts with dark brown streaks throughout; they have a white line on the face above the eye.

-data and images from wikipedia

So why is it called a purple finch?

The color purple (historically) is a mixture where red was more prominent than blue. Royal purple is referred to as crimson, which is the color that appears on the Purple Finch. Most people see the purple finch as being a raspberry color. (http://answers.yahoo.com/)

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most welcome, hof.  always have been aswang for trivia, always will be.

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10. The color of the black box in a commercial airplane


An example of a flight data recorder; the underwater locator beacon is the small cylinder on the far right. (English translation of warning message: FLIGHT RECORDER DO NOT OPEN)

A flight data recorder (FDR) (also ADR, for accident data recorder) is an electronic device employed to record any instructions sent to any electronic systems on an aircraft. It is a device used to record specific aircraft performance parameters. Another kind of flight recorder is the cockpit voice recorder (CVR), which records conversation in the cockpit, radio communications between the cockpit crew and others (including conversation with air traffic control personnel), as well as ambient sounds. In this both functions have been combined into a single unit. The current applicable FAA TSO is C124b titled Flight Data Recorder Systems.


Flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder

Popularly referred to as a "black box" by the media, the data recorded by the FDR is used for accident investigation, as well as for analyzing air safety issues, material degradation and engine performance. Due to their importance in investigating accidents, these ICAO-regulated devices are carefully engineered and stoutly constructed to withstand the force of a high speed impact and the heat of an intense fire.


After the crash of Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907, Brazilian Air Force personnel recover the flight data recorder of PR-GTD, the Boeing 737-8EH used for the flight, in the Amazon Rainforest in Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Contrary to the "black box" reference, the exterior of the FDR is coated with heat-resistant bright orange paint for high visibility in wreckage, and the unit is usually mounted in the aircraft's empennage (tail section), where it is more likely to survive a severe crash. Following an accident, the recovery of the FDR is usually a high priority for the investigating body, as analysis of the recorded parameters can often detect and identify causes or contributing factors. (wikipedia)

so why is it called 'black box' to begin with?

Early flight data recorders were literally boxes painted black, hence the term "Black Boxes". It wasn't until 1965 they were required to be painted bright orange or bright yellow to make them easier to find at a crash scene. The term "Black" also often implies death and the last moments of fatal flights are often revealed throught the FDR. Perhaps this is a reason the moniker stuck even after the devices were painted. (http://answers.yahoo.com/)


2009: The black box of Air France flight AF447 at the bottom of the Atlantic

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