FOR YOUR EANRTET RTAINMENT
NOT SO OBVIOUS
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Almost all questions are somewhat tricky, not that they are necessarily meant to be. Sometimes a
question is more of a riddle, while other times questions are rhetorical with no answers expected.
However, some questions appear to have the answer built into them, such as “What color was
Napoleon’s white horse?” or “Who is buried in Grant’s Tomb?”
Here are 12 questions that may appear easy but can easily be answered incorrectly. Try them and see how
you do. If you answer more than 50 percent of them correctly, you are probably as smart as you think you are.
If you get less than 50 percent correct, you are more like the rest of us.
QUESTIONS:
1. How long did the Hundred Years’ War last?
2. In which country are Panama hats made?
3. What is catgut made of?
4. What is used to make moleskin trousers?
5. Louis XVIII was the last French king. How many previous kings of France were named Louis?
6. What were the Canary Isles named for?
7. What was King George VI of England’s first name?
8. What color is a purple finch?
9. What is a camel’s hair brush made of?
10. How long did the Thirty Years’ War last?
11. Where did the battle of Bunker Hill take place?
12. How many legs does a 100-legged centipede have?
ANSWERS:
1. The Hundred Years’ War over the control of France lasted 116 years from 1337 to 1453.
2. Panama hats are made in Ecuador.
3. Catgut comes from the intestines of sheep, goats and horses, not from cats.
4. Moleskin is made from cotton and has a soft nap.
5. There were only 16 kings named Louis since the one known as Louis XVII died in prison and never
became king during the time France was a republic.
6. The Canary Islands (Insulae Canariae in Latin) were named for dogs that lived there.
7. King George IV’s name was Albert, but he honored the wish of Queen Victoria that no future king
should be named Albert out of respect for her husband.
8. The purple finch is primarily colored dark pink or dark red.
9. Camel hair brushes are made of squirrel fur.
10. The Thirty Years’ War lasted from 1618 to 1648, which is thirty years, just as the name says.
11. Most of the fighting occurred on the nearby Breed’s Hill that is below Bunker Hill.
12. It varies depending on the number of body segments. One pair of legs is on each segment. The number
of body segments varies by species, but of the 3,000 different types, none has 100 legs.
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