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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 02:25 AM
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Got this from my old man. Hope y'all enjoy. I give it a day before I post the answers

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 "*."
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 05:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Cheetah
Got this from my old man. Hope y'all enjoy. I give it a day before I post the answers

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.

boxing

2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?

niagra falls

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?

strawberrys

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?

it grew there.

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

dwarf, dwindle, dwelling

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

period, coma, colon, semicolon, question mark, exclamation point, hyphen

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.

rubarb

12. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter "*."
shoes, socks, sandals,
without cheating...
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 07:05 AM
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You people who think you know it all
bug the crap out of us that really do!!
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by MOS95B
You people who think you know it all
bug the crap out of us that really do!!
x2

i got 10/12
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 08:24 AM
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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?
Baseball



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

in Minnesota its true.


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

Lettuce




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




also sneakers skies and slippers
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Gumball

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

also sneakers skies and slippers
also snowshoes, skates, stilettos (as in stiletto heels).
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 11:46 AM
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I didn't bother with the ones already answered.
Originally Posted by Cheetah
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?
I know rhubarb is one.

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.
He can be beaned, balked, or steal first under very limited cicumstances. I'm not sure of the rest.

Originally Posted by Cheetah
11. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.
The durien. It grows in Malaysia, looks like a spiked football, smells like an outhouse, and it'* illegal to eat them indoors.
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Princess Jeanie
Originally Posted by Gumball

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

also sneakers skies and slippers
also snowshoes, skates, stilettos (as in stiletto heels).
Don't forget stilts, shackles(OK, technically that'* the ankles), and stockings.
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Cheetah
8. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them?
Apostrophe, quotes, parentheses.
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 12:10 PM
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Since this is the last one not answered completely:

Originally Posted by Cheetah
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 is the other.
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