Quiz for people who know everthing!

[Judy Harder]

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 

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.'   

THIS IS PRETTY COOL  - HAVE A  GREAT DAY   




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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 ...  Full stop, comma, colon, semicolon,  dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation mark, 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, stilettos, sling-backs, stilts. 

PLEASE DO YOUR  PART
......... Today is National Mental Health  Day. You can do your part by remembering to send an e-mail to at  least one unstable person !   

Well, my job's done!