I don't know if this is a repeat or not, if it is, I'm sorry..don't look! I'm about 150 posts behind.
Sort of a stupid test, but oh well.
Subject: Quiz - For those who know it all.
There's one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends? What is it?
What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?
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?
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.
What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
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?
Only three words in standard English begin with the
letters "dw." They are all common. Name two of them.
There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can
you name half of them?
Where are the lakes that are referred to in the "Los
Angeles Lakers?"
There are seven 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 six.
It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold
frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form
but fresh. What is it?
Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet
that begin with the letter "s".
(Answers below)
ANSWERS TO QUIZ:
Boxing.
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.
Asparagus and rhubarb.
Baseball.
Strawberry.
The pear 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 whole growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are
snipped off at the stems.
"Dwarf", "dwell", and "dwindle".
Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark,
exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipsis.
In Minnesota. The team was originally known as the Minneapolis Lakers and
kept the name when they moved west.
Batter hit by a pitch; passed ball; catcher interference; catcher drops
third
strike; fielder's choice; and being designated as a pinch runner.
Lettuce.
Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, snowshoes, stockings. |
