Quiz

Pterodactyl · Feb 10, 2015

These are not trick questions. They are straight questions with straight answers... The answers are in the second post. Don't peek.

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.'

Pterodactyl · Feb 10, 2015

Ouiz anawers:

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
.