Ruby1Nic Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 This is a quiz for people who know everything! These are not trick questions. They are straight questions with straight answers 1. Name the one professional sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends. 2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward? 3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables? 4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside? 5. In many liquor stores you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is Whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle? 6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters 'dw' and they are all common words. Name two of them. 7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them? 8. Name the o nly vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh. 9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter 'S.' I'll come back with the answers in a 'wee while' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 This is a quiz for people who know everything! These are not trick questions. They are straight questions with straight answers 1. Name the one professional sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends. Boxing 2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward? Statue Of Liberty? 3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables? Cabbage & Potatoes? 4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside? Strawberry 5. In many liquor stores you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is Whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle? I know the answer to this one as I have seen it done - the pear is grown inside the bottle, the bottle is placed over the branch when it buds. 6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters 'dw' and they are all common words. Name two of them. Dwarf ... Dweeb? 7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them? Comma, colon, semicolon, exclamation mark, full stop, quotation marks, question mark, ummmmm hyphen ummmmm ummmmmm give up LOL 8. Name the o nly vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh. Lettuce 9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter 'S.' Shoes, Socks, Slippers, Sandals, errrrmmm I'll come back with the answers in a 'wee while' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura_E Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 1: Boxing 2: Niagara Falls, or Mount Rushmore- I can't decide! 3: Rhubarb, asparagus (not to be a smart arse but I think there are more than 2 ) 4: Strawberries 5: The seeds are planted in the bottles???!!! 6: Dwell, dwelling, dwarf? 7: Comma, colon, semi-colon, apostrophe, exclamation mark, hyphen, slash (?), does a question mark count? 8: Lettuce 9: Socks, slippers, sandals, ski boots, slip-ons, do shoes count? I'm interested to see how much of a fool I've made of myself now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melp Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 1. Name the one professional sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends. White Water Rafting 2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward? Niagra Falls 3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables? Cucumber 4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside? Strawberry 5. In many liquor stores you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is Whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle? The bottom of the bottle was added after the pear was inserted. Or maybe its an inflatable pear and was blown up inside the bottle. Perhaps there was a series of little strings pulling it into position like they do with ships. 6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters 'dw' and they are all common words. Name two of them. Dwarf, Dweller, Dwagon [as in fire breathing monster] 7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them? Colon, semi colon, apostrophe, full stop, comma, exclamation mark 8. Name the o nly vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh. Cucumber 9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter 'S.' Socks, shoes, sandals, slippers, scholls, erm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruby1Nic Posted July 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 Well, a wee while has passed so for anyone who is waiting here are the answers: Answers To Quiz: 1. The one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends . Boxing 2. North American landmark constantly moving backward s . Niagara Falls (The rim is worn down about two and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.) 3.. Only two vegetables that can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons .. Asparagus and rhubarb. 4. The fruit with its seeds on the outside ... Strawberry. 5. How did the pear get inside the brandy bottle? It grew inside the bottle. (The bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small, and are wired in place on the tree. The bottle Is left in place for the entire growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.) 6. Three English words beginning with 'dw' Dwarf, dwell and dwindle . 7. Fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar ..... Full stop, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation mark, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses. 8. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh.... Lettuce. 9. Six or more things you can wear on your feet beginning with 'S' Shoes, socks, sandals, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts. Well done folks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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