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Just A Fun Little Quiz
Answers are at the bottom. See how many you get right without peeking. I didn't do so good
>>> 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 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
>>> insi de 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."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Answers To Quiz:
>>>
>>> 1. The one sport in which neither the spectators nor the
& gt;>> participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends .
>>> . Boxing
>>>
>>> 2. North American landmark consta ntly 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 ri pe, 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, bracket s, 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.
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