World’s easiest quiz (not) – answers

By Kay McMahon, 17 October 2000

Here are the answers from our World’s easiest quiz (not!):

1. 116 years, from 1337 to 1453.
2. Ecuador.
3. From sheep and horses.
4. November. Before the Revolution the Russians used the Julian calendar, which is currently 13 days behind ours.
5. Squirrel fur.
6. The Latin name was Insularia Canaria – Island of the Dogs.
7. Albert. When he came to the throne in 1936 he respected the wish of Queen Victoria that no future king should ever be called Albert.
8. Distinctively crimson.
9. New Zealand.
10. Thirty years, of course. From 1618 to 1648.

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