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Offline zieg85

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A quiz, for those who know everything.
« on: August 29, 2009, 09:13:23 am »
1. Name the one 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 only 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.'



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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 .... Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, 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, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilt
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Offline fitz

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Re: A quiz, for those who know everything.
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2009, 03:30:17 pm »
If the fight ends by way of a K.O. there is no score.

Offline DnStClr

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Re: A quiz, for those who know everything.
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2009, 12:13:24 pm »
So what do we call the guy on the ground. The leader? lol
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Re: A quiz, for those who know everything.
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2009, 02:43:56 pm »
Very good, Don - Thanks
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Re: A quiz, for those who know everything.
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2009, 05:34:20 pm »
So what do we call the guy on the ground. The leader? lol

It would all depend if he gets back up before the 10 count. Ever watch Rocky (any one of them)? Many a fighter has gotten up and gone on to win the fight.

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Re: A quiz, for those who know everything.
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2009, 05:11:27 pm »
The only ones I got right were 5, 6, and 7. I don't know jack about fruit and plants and seeds and stuff.