I Bring You a Brain Teaser

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Here is a riddle but not by the Riddler.  Getting 4 right is perfect....a measly 4....

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 is 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. What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?

All done?  Here are the answers:

1.  116 years
2.  Ecuador
3.  Sheep and horses
4.  November
5.  Squirrel fur
6.  Dogs
7.  Albert
8.  Crimson
9.  New Zealand
10.Orange

(It's okay.  I failed too.)

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Sarah Palin is invited to meet with the Pope while he is vacationing south of Rome in Venice, and the Pope asks her to join him on a Gondolar ride through the canals.  They are admiring the sights and agreeing on moral issues when a gust of wind blows the Pope's zucchetto hat off his head and into the water.

The gondolier starts to reach for the Pontiff's cap with his pole, but this move threatens to overturn the floating craft.

Sarah waves off the tour guide saying, "Wait, wait, I'll take care of this.  Not to worry."

She steps off the gondola onto the surface of the water and walks over to the Pope's cap, bends over and picks it up.  She walks back across the water to the gondola, steps aboard and -- amid stunned by the silence -- hands it back to the Pope.

The next morning, the topic of Democrats everywhere is, "Palin can't swim."

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My favorite word today is psychokinesis.  N.,  I know this one.  Def.:  How many of you believe in this?  Raise my hand.