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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?

10) How long did the Thirty Years War last?

please don't be a stupid person and look up the facts on the web, just answer this if you know them.

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I think the hundred years war lasted for 79 years.

Lols. o.O

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nup

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3. catgut comes from sheep

4. the October Revolution is celebrated in November....the 7th, I believe??

6. the Canary Islands are named after the latin for dogs

7. I think George VI was actually an Albert.

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Lols. o.O

I think the hundred years war lasted for 79 years.

The Hundred Years' war was fought for 81 years. It wasn't all exactly consecutive though, so if you count the intertwined peace periods, it makes it over 100 years long.

Is the purple finch red?

Edited May 20, 2008 by frotorious

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Haha! I am sitting at work, and two people behind me started having a conversation about.....chinese gooseberries! So...

chinese gooseberries are another name for kiwi, which comes from New Zealand!

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1) How long did the Hundred Years War last? give or take 80 on off but over 100 yrs

2) Which country makes Panama hats? near panama but dunno

3) From which animal do we get catgut? guesss horse, cow, dog, pig

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? - dunno

5) What is a camel's hair brush made of? - guess goat

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

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

8) What color is a purple finch? not purple, - pinkish, likea robin but lighter and smaller

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from? - NZ, no idea why

10) How long did the Thirty Years War last? 30 plus the europe involvement, started 16??

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1)all wrong. the hundred year war lasted around 87 years 148 days 15 hours and 6 mins (to the nearest second)

2)tuff one i'm guessing Papua New Guinea

3)catgut comes from the rare species of camel. it's a holy food and can only be eaten on the anniversary of the hundard year war.

4)there was none so they don't celebrate it

5)catgut

6)the common rabbit

7)his birth name was hilbretmongonarycharlesjohn, but his name was shortened to bob

8)a colour unknown to man?

9)papua new guinea, they come with hats

10)i dont care

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1) How long did the Hundred Years War last? I learned it was 115 years.

2) Which country makes Panama hats? They are of Ecuadorian tradition. (Went there last year)

3) From which animal do we get catgut? I thought it was hog intestine??

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? November.

5) What is a camel's hair brush made of? No idea, but I'm betting it's not Camel.

6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal? Don't know.

7) What was King George VI's first name? Wasn't it George?

8) What color is a purple finch? They look brown to me, but I am colorblind, so who knows.

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from? Stealing from LIS, New Zeland. Weird.

10) How long did the Thirty Years War last? I'm ashamed that I don't even know WHERE it was fought.

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1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?

106 years

2) Which country makes Panama hats?

Ecuador

3) From which animal do we get catgut?

Sheep

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?

Don't know about this one.

5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?

I believe it's squirrel hair.

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

Dogs.

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

Edward?

8) What color is a purple finch?

Yellow, i think.

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?

Thailand, if i remember.

10) How long did the Thirty Years War last?

Not sure.