I think we can all agree that this is family of very smart people. Or at least smart alec people. I got this quiz in my email this morning. Out of nine questions, I got three and a half correct. (And I am brilliant, as most of you know)
I am posting the questions here and the posting the answers in the comments. Don't Cheat. Answer the questions and then post how many you get correct. Partial credit is allowed (I got one of the vegetables in #3, that's my 'and a half').
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."
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Quiz for People Who Know Everything
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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.
I got 4,5,6,7,9. I would add spurs to the list on number 9.
1. I guessed weight loss...hmm
2. the leaning tower of pisa is not on the continent, so I didn't know.
3. I guessed potatoes; i was wrong
4. strawberries! that one was easy
5. i guessed heat. Don't "they" get an egg in a soda bottle buy heat. The right answer was ingenious. Steven, HOW did you know that??
6. my guesses: dwell, dwelt and dwarft...so I guess there are for with dwindle.
7. that was easy for me too. I didn't even look at my keyboard. I only guessed 7 then I got bored.
8. my guess was avocado. Don't laugh. I remembered reading an awful "oprah" book once where someone tried to freeze lettuse and send it on a train accross the united states. It didn't work.
9. shoes, socks, slippers, saran wrap (you could!), sluffing lotion (to make your heels nice and smooth), a silk tie; and I agree with the spurs!
Ok, so I got 3 1/2. I feel fine about myself; great in fact.
Bart says:
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?
Mt. Rushmore (total guess)
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
4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
Strawberries
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?
Magic
6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "dw" and they are all common words. Name two of them.
Dwarf, dwindle
7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar... Can you name at least half of them?
period, comma, questionmark, exclamation point, apostrophe, double quote, single quote, semi-colon. that's 8 and I didn't look at my keyboard.
8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.
Watermelon, melons
9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter "S."
socks, shoes, stirrups, cement (sounds like "s"), ski bindings, spikes, slippers, swim fins - 7, not counting cement!
I got 4 1/2. I think watermelon should count for #8. That would give me 5 1/2. I didn't get rhubarb.
Anyone else think we should get credit for watermelon for #8?
Ok! Dawney says she has seen jarred watermelon... dang! BUT question #1 is wrong from the person who wrote the quiz because during the match the announcers tell you who is ahead on points...
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