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This is a quiz for people who know everything! Sadly, I knew the answer to only 6 of them. These are not trick questions. They are straight questions with straight answers. Maybe you got this email from somebody else, but I thought it was interesting.

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 E nglish 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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1. The one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader un til the contest ends . . Boxing

2. North American landmark constantly moving backward . 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 &n bsp;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, stilts.



How many did you get right?



 
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Got 6 right. #1 is not totally true. In some places they announce the judges scorecards after every 4 rounds.
 

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I missed #1, 2, and 3. I'm pretty sure Chess is a sport, but you don't know who wins until it's over. And are olives considered vegetables??? I figured Mt. Rushmore might be moving backwards, cause the earth is spinning.
Fun quiz tho!


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I guessed Chess too! Good to know someone else thought of that, lol.
To the best of my knowledge Olives are a fruit. Which question were you using them for?
 

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I guessed Chess too! Good to know someone else thought of that, lol.
To the best of my knowledge Olives are a fruit. Which question were you using them for?
I was using olives with apsaragus for the perennial veggie question. :dunno:
I guess olives are like grapes, but it was the only other one I could come up with!


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if it flowers and has a seed it is a fruit....

i got 7 right, missed #2 + #3

said garlic and ginger for number 2

and the statue of liberty because if is facing in the opposite direction that the earth moves......
 

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I'm sure the answers are in the second post or something, but I'm taking a shot first, before I scroll down.

1 - the sport is boxing (though MMA is similarly scored and works the same way -- THAT, I know)

2 - Niagra Falls. I admit I've heard this question before.

3 - Uhm ... yeah ... I'll say ... rutabagas and turnip greens. I dunno, I don't know anything about either, so there's my guess. Rutabagas probably aren't even vegetables.

4 - Strawberries. That one's a lot easier.

5 - The pears grow up inside the bottle, and the bottle is removed by snipping the pear off the tree.

6 - dwarf, dwell, dwindle. The last two came to me immediately. I sort of cheated on 'dwarf' - a DVD copy of Lord of the Rings is sitting right here.:headroll:

7 - comma, period, colon, semicolon, dash, question mark, exclamation point ... uhm ... quotation marks, apostrophe, parenthesis.

... that's al I can think of. I could probably stare at the keyboard and get all of them. :pokemyeye

8 - shoes, sandals, socks, skis, snowshoes, slides, slippers, sneakers.

Now time to go check:sadcry:
 
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online test! Just kidding!

Do you all remember the book Real men don't eat quiche? This test just reminded me of it. Find the book, take the test. It's funny!

Cole
 
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