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    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.'



    THIS IS PRETTY COOL - HAVE A GREAT DAY

    Highlight below for answers


    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

    2. North American landmark constantly moving backwards. 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 marks, 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.
    Last edited by zazen999; 28-04-2009, 11:23 AM. Reason: hiding the answers...
    The love of gardening is a seed once sown never dies ...

  • #2
    I got 4 and 5 without looking, and could proably have got 7, but couldn't be arsed.
    For 2, I guessed the Statue of Liberty, because it faces East, out to sea (I think), and the whole American continent is slowly moving West (again, I think). However, Niagara Falls is obviously true as well.
    Tour of my back garden mini-orchard.

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    • #3
      Aaargghh!!!No.6 has reminded me of an Email my sis sent me...probably getting on for 10 years ago!...still never did work out the answer...every now & then I think of it...
      Name three words in the English language that end in "gry"...the one I can't get is "apparently" an everyday word(though I'm sure I never say it??)
      HELP!!!
      the fates lead him who will;him who won't they drag.

      Happiness is not having what you want,but wanting what you have.xx

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      • #4
        Originally posted by andi&di View Post
        Name three words in the English language that end in "gry"...the one I can't get is "apparently" an everyday word(though I'm sure I never say it??)
        HELP!!!
        angry
        hungry
        and urmm.....



        Nice one Hans Mum!!!
        "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

        Location....Normandy France

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Nicos View Post
          angry
          hungry
          and urmm.....
          Here you go...but only look if you really want to spoil the answer!...

          Gry Riddle: Words that End in Gry

          "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

          Location....Normandy France

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          • #6
            I love you Nicos!!!...although I can't believe after it periodically playing on my mind for the last 10 years,it was/is such a pathetic/annoying answer!...the Email I got was either question 1 or 2!
            the fates lead him who will;him who won't they drag.

            Happiness is not having what you want,but wanting what you have.xx

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            • #7
              I got 5 right but I thought 'tug of war' was the first answer! I also thought artichokes & jerusalem artichokes might have been the answer to no.3 but guess I was wrong.
              Into every life a little rain must fall.

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              • #8
                I'm just chuffed I got the fruit and veg ones!

                *does a little dance
                A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

                BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012

                Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.


                What would Vedder do?

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                • #9
                  I've hidden the answers in case anyone wants to have a proper go without seeing them....just highlight the text [it is just very very pale not invisible].

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
                    I've hidden the answers in case anyone wants to have a proper go without seeing them....just highlight the text [it is just very very pale not invisible].
                    There was me thinking that HansMum was the clever cloggs!
                    Tammy x x x x
                    Fine and Dandy but busy as always

                    God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done


                    Stay at home Mum (and proud of it) to Bluebelle(8), Bashfull Bill(6) and twincesses Pea & Pod (2)!!!!

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                    • #11
                      I would have thought perpetual spinach may count for question 3?
                      Got boxing and the fruit and veg ones staggeringly.

                      Great quiz, I like that a lot.
                      Bob Leponge
                      Life's disappointments are so much harder to take if you don't know any swear words.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
                        I've hidden the answers in case anyone wants to have a proper go without seeing them....just highlight the text [it is just very very pale not invisible].
                        well that was clever...bit like writing with lemon juice!!!
                        "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                        Location....Normandy France

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Finedon.Dandy View Post
                          There was me thinking that HansMum was the clever cloggs!
                          not capable of doing anything as clever as that FD.......... thanks Andrea.
                          The love of gardening is a seed once sown never dies ...

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by HeyWayne View Post
                            I'm just chuffed I got the fruit and veg ones!

                            *does a little dance

                            Me too!

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                            • #15
                              Got the first one wrong,hmph!!

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