A Quiz for People Who Think They Know Everything

[Thenardier]

Posted: 8/10/05 at 7:40pm

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. Name the only sport in which the ball is always in
possession of the team on defense, and the offensive team can score without touching the ball?

5. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

6. 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?

7. Only three words in standard English begin with the
letters "dw" and they are all common words. Name two of them.

8. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can
you name at least half of them?

9. Where are the lakes that are referred to in the Los
Angeles Lakers?

10. There are 7 ways a baseball player can legally reach
first base without getting a hit. Taking a base on balls (a walk) is
one way. Name the other 6.

11. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold
frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.

12. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet
beginning with the letter "S."


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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 . . .
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 only sport in which the ball is always in possession
of the team on defense, and the offensive team can score without touching the ball . . .baseball.

5. The fruit with its seeds on the outside . . strawberry.

6. 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.)

7. Three English words beginning with dw . dwarf, dwell and
dwindle.

8. Fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar . . .
period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.

9. The original lakes referred to in Lakers . . . in
Minnesota. (The team was originally known as the Minneapolis Lakers, and kept the name when they moved west.)

10. Seven ways a baseball player can legally reach first
base without getting a hit . . . taking a base on balls (a walk) . . .
batter hit by a pitch, passed ball, catcher interference, catcher drops
third strike, fielder's choice, and being designated as a pinch-runner.

11. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned,
processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh . lettuce.

12. Six or more things you can wear on your feet beginning
with "s" . . .shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates,
snowshoes stockings, stilts.

Posted: 8/10/05 at 7:45pm

I know the answer to number five. I love strawberries! Yummy... I actually have a Strawberry C Monster in the fridge.. hmm... Might go drink that.

[The Grovers Corners Yenta]

Posted: 8/10/05 at 7:52pm

On Question #11........What about radishes?

[Aigoo]

Posted: 8/10/05 at 7:53pm

I got the strawberry one. I actually said it outloud. Freaked out my brother.

[Calvin]

Posted: 8/10/05 at 7:56pm

I'm as queer as they come, and I got the sports questions.

Take THAT, James Dobson!

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 8/10/05 at 7:57pm

I DO KNOW EVERYTHING. THANK YOU FOR MAKING MYSELF FEEL LESS OF WHaT I AM..

WHAT?1 THATS NOT COOOOOOOOOOOORECT INGLISH?!!!!!!!!!! REMEMBER I KNOW EVerYTHING!!!11111

[Taryn]

Posted: 8/10/05 at 10:51pm

I guessed boxing and got ten forms of punctuation. Woot!

[Elphaba]

Posted: 8/10/05 at 11:47pm

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?

asparagus and rhubarb.

I am 98% sure that tomatos do not need to be replanted.......I remember my mothers producing for several years


and damn these questions were hard!

Updated On: 8/11/05 at 11:47 PM