Subject: Quiz for Know Alls
Posted by: tezza1551
Date: Nov 12 10
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 tow can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All others must be replanted every year. What are the only perennial vegetables ?
4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside ?
5. In liquor stores, you sometimes see pear brndy with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle has not 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". Name two of them.
7. There are at least 14 punctuation marks in the English language. Name seven.
8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked or in any form other than fresh.
9. Name at least six things that you can wear on your feet that begin with the letter "S".
Have fun !
Posted by: tezza1551
Date: Nov 12 10
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 tow can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All others must be replanted every year. What are the only perennial vegetables ?
4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside ?
5. In liquor stores, you sometimes see pear brndy with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle has not 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". Name two of them.
7. There are at least 14 punctuation marks in the English language. Name seven.
8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked or in any form other than fresh.
9. Name at least six things that you can wear on your feet that begin with the letter "S".
Have fun !
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houston1127
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2. Niagra Falls. 4. Strawberries. Reply #1. Nov 12 10, 6:36 PM |
StarStruck60 
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1. Boxing 5. They hang the bottle from the pear tree with the fruit bud inside it and the pear grows to maturity in the bottle. Reply #2. Nov 12 10, 6:43 PM |
Jasminebed
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3. Pretty sure that there's more than two, but Asparagus and Artichokes spring to mind. Reply #3. Nov 12 10, 6:47 PM |
| Jasminebed
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6. Dwarf and dwindle. 7. Period, comma, colon, semi-colon, apostrophe, quotation mark, parenthesis 8. Lettuce 9. Shoes, socks, sandals, skis, snowshoes, sabots, slippers Reply #4. Nov 12 10, 6:51 PM |
Anton
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1 can't be boxing. In the fights I have seen on tv, they tell us what the judges scored for each fighter after each round. Add those up and we know who is in the lead. Reply #5. Nov 12 10, 7:08 PM |
| honeybee4
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3. Asparagus, taro, cassava, rhubarb Reply #6. Nov 12 10, 7:27 PM |
| honeybee4
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6. dwarf, dwindle, dweeb, dwell Reply #7. Nov 12 10, 7:28 PM |
tezza1551
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OK, all good so far. Anton, according to what I was given, the answer to 1 is boxing. So.. no one has guessed # 8 yet... it's a fairly common vegetable, too. Reply #8. Nov 12 10, 8:40 PM |
| tezza1551
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Sorry, Jasminebed.. just reread your post, and yes, 8 is lettuce. Reply #9. Nov 12 10, 8:41 PM |
| Anton
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Maybe for the live crowd, but not on tv. Reply #10. Nov 12 10, 9:18 PM |
Trigger7
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No. 8, How about Radishes, are they ever cooked, processed, etc? Great Food for Thought! Reply #11. Nov 12 10, 9:32 PM |
| Trigger7
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Are Pineapple seeds on the outside? Reply #12. Nov 12 10, 9:33 PM |
| honeybee4
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You can find recipes for stir fried lettuce online. Reply #13. Nov 12 10, 10:22 PM |
salami_swami
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But you don't BUY lettuce stir-fried, Honeybee. You only buy it fresh, and stir-fry it yourself. :-) Reply #14. Nov 13 10, 11:25 AM |
| honeybee4
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You are right Salami-Swami, but I do buy processed lettuce all the time. Reply #15. Nov 13 10, 12:33 PM |
| houston1127
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HB, you're right that lettuce is processed in the sense that it is washed and perhaps chopped or shredded; but it is always fresh. Never is it processed in the sense that it is cooked, frozen, or otherwise preserved. Heck, I don't even know of any other way lettuce can be used, besides fresh. You can't even deep fry it properly, I don't think! Reply #16. Nov 13 10, 3:37 PM |
| EmmaF2008
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4. Strawberry Reply #17. Dec 07 10, 1:31 PM |
astir
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9. socks, shoes, slippers, stockings, sandals, stilletos, stilts, skates, skis, snowboard Reply #18. Dec 25 10, 4:55 PM |
supersal1
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I would have thought 1 was tug of war. Reply #19. Dec 25 10, 5:45 PM |
Dee30
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8 watermelon ???? Reply #20. Dec 27 10, 8:51 PM |
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