Trivial Fact The flamingo can eat only with its head upside down. The mockingbird is the official state bird of Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

World's Easiest Quiz . . . or is it? (answers below)   1. How many states are there in the United States of America?   2. How long did the Hundred Years War last?   3. Which country makes Panama hats?   4. From which animal do we get catgut?   5. In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?   6. What is a camels hair brush made of?   7. The Canary Islands in the Atlantic are named after what animal?   8. What was King George VI's first name?   9. What colour is a purple finch? 10. Where are Chinese gooseberries from? 11. What colour is the black box on airplanes? 12. How long did the Thirty Years War last?

Trivial Fact Mudslinging dates back to the time of the Romans. White togas were worn by all candidates for office in the Roman senate. Citizens threw mud at an unpopular candidate until his toga became "toga maculosa" (a toga defiled with mud). Cicero referred to the victims as "polluted senators." They were no longer to be candidates (which means literally, "white ones.")

Answers to The World's Easiest Quiz 1. There are 46 states in the U.S.A. Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia are officially commonwealths, not states. 2. 116 years, from 1337 to 1453. 3. Ecuador. 4. From sheep and horses. 5. November. The Russian calendar was 13 days behind ours. 6. Squirrel fur. 7. The Latin name was Insularia Canaria - Island of the Dogs. 8. 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. 9. Distinctively crimson. 10. New Zealand. Chinese gooseberries are better known as kiwi fruit. 11. Orange 12. Thirty years, of course. From 1618 to 1648.

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