Trev
05-05-2006, 12:58 AM
>>For BRAINIACS only
>>
>>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. This should make you think!!
>>
>>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 answers below . . .
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>>Answers To Quiz:
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>>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.)
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>>6. Three English words beginning with dw . dwarf, dwell and dwindle.
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>>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.
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>>8. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed,
>>cooked, or in any other form but fresh . . lettuce.
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>>9. Six or more things you can wear on your feet beginning with "s" . .
>>shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes,
>>stockings, stilts.
Just post how many you got correct.
>>
>>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. This should make you think!!
>>
>>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 answers below . . .
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>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. . 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.
Just post how many you got correct.