Texsox Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 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. 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.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Gleason Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 (edited) When do we get the answers? I think I know #4 and that is it. My guess is a strawberry. Edited March 25, 2009 by Kid Gleason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I would guess #1 is gymnastics or figure skating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosMediasBlancas Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Mar 25, 2009 -> 12:36 PM) I would guess #1 is gymnastics or figure skating Boxing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I see you left out the baseball question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3E8 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 9. shoes, socks, sandals, slippers, spikes, skates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 6. Dwindle, Dwell, Dweeb 7. Comma, Semi-Colon, Colon, Exclamation Mark, Question Mark, Period, quotation mark, hyphen (not sure on the last 2) 8. Bananas 9. Shoes, Sandles, Socks, Slippers, stockings, sneakers (if that counts), skates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I can't get questions 2 or 3 so far, and I only have two of the "dw" words (dwindle. dwarf). The rest I'm pretty sure i know. The pear brandy one is a really interesting story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 25, 2009 -> 01:49 PM) 6. Dwindle, Dwell, Dweeb 7. Comma, Semi-Colon, Colon, Exclamation Mark, Question Mark, Period, quotation mark, hyphen (not sure on the last 2) 8. Bananas 9. Shoes, Sandles, Socks, Slippers, stockings, sneakers (if that counts), skates Is dweeb in the dictionary? Certainly you can buy frozen bananas, banana puree, etc. I'm thinking kiwi fruit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Zelig Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 (edited) 1-Iditarod (sled dog racing) 2-Looked it up, won't tell 8-Avocado Edited March 25, 2009 by Leonard Zelig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 25, 2009 -> 01:49 PM) 6. Dwindle, Dwell, Dweeb 7. Comma, Semi-Colon, Colon, Exclamation Mark, Question Mark, Period, quotation mark, hyphen (not sure on the last 2) 8. Bananas 9. Shoes, Sandles, Socks, Slippers, stockings, sneakers (if that counts), skates 6. Dwelling and Dwarf thats 5! And #1 is definitely boxing As for the frozen food, can't you buy frozen banana chips? (or am I thinking of just dried?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Gleason Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Fruit of the loom??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Mar 25, 2009 -> 01:56 PM) 1-Iditarod (sled dog racing) People know who leads that race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Mar 25, 2009 -> 01:56 PM) 1-Iditarod (sled dog racing) 8-Avocado 1 is definately boxing. I think you're right with avacado. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Mar 25, 2009 -> 01:50 PM) I can't get questions 2 or 3 so far, and I only have two of the "dw" words (dwindle. dwarf). The rest I'm pretty sure i know. The pear brandy one is a really interesting story. Went to wikipedia to look that up...very cool. Never would have thought of that, yet so simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Zelig Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Mar 25, 2009 -> 12:58 PM) 1 is definately boxing. I think you're right with avacado. Well done. Thanks, except I looked it up and I'm not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Zelig Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Mar 25, 2009 -> 12:58 PM) People know who leads that race. At each checkpoint yes, but not in between. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Mar 25, 2009 -> 02:02 PM) At each checkpoint yes, but not in between. But it is a race. At any given point someone is always in the lead. People may not know due to the fact it is run in such ridiculous conditions and in the middle of nowhere but if they had UAVs up there following the mushers there would always be a leader. On one level you may be right in a sense, but I think the gist of the question was to single out a sport where there is no way for the participants or spectators to ever truly know who is ahead at any given time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 My answers are just guesses. Dweeb is slang but in dictionary, I think they were looking for dwell, dwindle and dwarf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted March 25, 2009 Author Share Posted March 25, 2009 There are correct answers so far for 1, 4, 6, 7, and 9. 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. 4. The fruit with its seeds on the outside..... Strawberry. I think this should include Pineapple, that was my guess 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. 9. Six or more things you can wear on your feet beginning with 'S'. Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts. Today is National Mental Health Day. You can do your part by remembering to send this e-mail to at least one person. My job's done! Just don't send it back to me. I've already flunked it once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 QUOTE (Texsox @ Mar 25, 2009 -> 02:30 PM) There are correct answers so far for 1, 4, 6, 7, and 9. Answers To Quiz: 4. The fruit with its seeds on the outside..... Strawberry. I think this should include Pineapple, that was my guess No on pineapple. It's a bromeliad that is commercially propagated through cut cultivars and most commercial cultivars lack seeds which negatively effect fruit quality. Now, corn, on the other hand, should be accepted. And yes, corn is technically a fruit and not a vegetable since it's basically the seeds and over-ripened ovaries of the plant that we are consuming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daa84 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 avacado is made in guacamole all the time....im guessing its watermelon, but there are watermelon flavored popsicles, not sure if that counts.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daa84 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 (edited) is 2 statue of liberty? plates separating is my guess Edited March 25, 2009 by daa84 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Gleason Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I WAS RIGHT WITH STRAWBERRY!!! I'M KIND OF, SOMEWHAT, A LITTLE, SMART!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Zelig Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 QUOTE (daa84 @ Mar 25, 2009 -> 01:59 PM) is 2 statue of liberty? plates separating is my guess No, but you're in the right region. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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