DIRTY HARRY Loc: Hartland, Michigan

QUIZ FOR MY VERY BRIGHTFRIENDS

There are only nine questions.



This is a quiz for people who know everything!


I found out in a hurry that I didn't, so I’m sending it on.

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.'

 

 



 

 

 




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 mark, 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. 

Sendai5355 Loc: On the banks of the Pedernales River, Texas

Don't forget "dweeb."

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

And many more that have those four words as roots - Dwelling, dwarfism, dweebish, dwindling.

Designdweeb Loc: Metro NYC & East Stroudsburg, PA

That what I said

spaceylb Loc: Long Beach, N.Y.

You "beet" me to it.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Interesting. I got the first two.

paulrph1 Loc: Washington, Utah

Some people do cook lettuce. Not a normal practice though. And what about artichokes for as perennial vegetable.

TMeitz

Dwayne

ottercreek Loc: Southwest Ohio

Technically, the strawberry is an aggregate accessory fruit, meaning that the fleshy part is derived not from the plant's ovaries but from the receptacle that holds the ovaries. Each apparent 'seed' (achene) on the outside of the fruit is actually one of the ovaries of the flower, with a seed inside it.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

I got seven--is that ok?

B1548

Item number two. Also North Carolina Outer Banks are moving back at a slower rate.

EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace

If you are satisfied with a 78%. That would be a C grade.
OK, C+ then.

However, that is better than I did.

Past Pro Loc: Spring Hill, Florida

Dwight. . .

lenben Loc: Seattle

The other "fruit" that has its seed on the outside is the cashew.

TheShoe Loc: Lacey, WA

Lettuce is sold after being chopped, bagged, and irradiated. Does that not count as being processed?