THERESA
Sunday, July 20th, 2008, 06:37 PM
Quiz for People Who Know Everything Boy, was I mentally challenged!
This is a quiz for people who know everything! I found out in a hurry
that I didn't. These are not trick questions. They are straight questions with
straight answers. I also LOVE the quote at the end!
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.'
See below for answers:
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. 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,
stilts.
This is a quiz for people who know everything! I found out in a hurry
that I didn't. These are not trick questions. They are straight questions with
straight answers. I also LOVE the quote at the end!
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.'
See below for answers:
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. 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,
stilts.