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The quiz for people who know everything  

 

1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.       

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    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 two perennial vegetables?

 

    4. Not all fruits contain the same number of seeds. Fruits such as usually have lots of seeds. Generally, oranges, apples, and pears contain about 10 seeds. Other fruits, such as avocados, plums, and peaches, have only one seed. Can you name the fruit with its seeds on the outside of the fruit?

 

    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. Few words in standard English begin with the letters ‘dw’. Some of them are common, and some are not so common. Can you name three of them, common or uncommon?

 

    7. There are fourteen 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, dried, or in any other form except fresh.

 

    9. Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet that begin with the letter ‘s’.

 

                                                 How did you do?  You will find the answers below.

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Answers to Nine Questions

1. The one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends: Boxing

 

2.  The 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 of every day.

 

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 the pear got inside the brandy bottle: It grew there. The bottles are placed over the pears when they are small, and are wired in place on the trees. The bottles are left there for the entire growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.

 

6. Words beginning with ‘dw’: Dwarf, dwarves, dwarfishness,dwell, dwelt, dweeb, dwine, dwaal, dwams, dwale, dwindle, dwelling,  There are, of course, variations of some of these same words.

 

7. Fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar: Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.

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8. The only vegetable or fruit only sold fresh: Lettuce.

 

9. Six or more things you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter ‘s’: Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts.