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Quiz: How much do you know about famous hats?
Off the top of your head.
THERE HAVE BEEN many ceremonial hats, or in this case mitres, on display as the largest ever conclave to elect the new pope gathered in Rome.
The Pope himself also has a raft of headware for different occasions, but how much do you know about these other well-known hats?
This is a Yeomen Warder, what nickname do they have that is also the name of a well-known gin?
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Hendrick
Old Tom
Beefeater
Bombay Sapphire
This chef's hat is known as a what?
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A toque
A poque
A loque
A roque
In US academic tradition, tassels on mortarboards have different colours to signify different fields of study.
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True
False
The word 'sombrero' derives from the Spanish word 'sombra', meaning what?
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Sunshine
Shade
Wide
Rounded
This is the Fez, tradionally associated with which era or Empire?
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Roman
Ottoman
Greek
Mongol
This traditional Scottish hat is an example of a what?
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Bonnet
Crabbit
Lassie
Bairn
This mask shows a piece of striped head cloth worn by pharohs which is known as what?
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Horus
Nemes
Nebty
Sceptre
This hat won by Harrison Ford in the Indiana Jones franchise sold at auction last year for how much?
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$6,300
$63,000
$630,000
$6.3 million
Brought back into fasion by Peaky Blinders, this eight-piece flat cap is known as a what?
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Newsboy cap
Reporters cap
Paperboy cap
Fishers cap
Colloquially known as the "Green Berets", what is this unit cofficially titled?
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National Guard of the United States
United States Army Special Forces
United States Marine Corps
United States Navy SEALs
You scored out of !
A
Top of the class!
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You scored out of !
B
Lovely result
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You scored out of !
C
'I'll take it'
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You scored out of !
D
You just about scraped it!
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You scored out of !
No mortar board for you
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