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HUMOR: The World's Easiest Questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Fri Mar 1 09:10:24 1996
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 09:04:46 EST
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 00:06:14 -0800
From: connie@interserve.com (Connie Kleinjans)
Subject: HUMOR: Seven of the World's Easiest Questions
From: somogyi@digmedia.com (by way of Ira Feldman <somogyi@digmedia.com>)
7 of the World's Easiest Questions
1. How long did the Hundred Years War last?
2. In which country are Panama hats made?
3. Where does catgut come from?
4. What is a camel's hair brush made of?
5. What kind of creatures were the Canary Isles named after?
6. What was King George VI's first name?
7. What color is a purple finch?
And their answers:
1. 116 years from 1337 to 1453.
2. Ecuador.
3. From sheep and horses.
4. Squirrel fur.
5. A large breed of dogs.
The Latin name was Insularia Canaria - "Island of Dogs."
6. Albert. When he came to the throne in 1936 he respected the wish of
Queen Victoria that no future king should be called Albert.
7. The distinctively colored parts are crimson.
