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07/12/2006 10:38:58 PM · #1 |
These are not trick questions. They are straight questions with straight answers. I'll post answers in 30min or so...care to take a stab at these?
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 six or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter "S."
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07/12/2006 10:44:24 PM · #2 |
Originally posted by macpapas:
4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
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Strawberries
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07/12/2006 10:45:12 PM · #3 |
1. swimming...well didn't catch the spectators...this would only work for the contestants
What about boxing...don't they calculate the hits and what not at the end to see who wins in there is not a KO?
Message edited by author 2006-07-12 22:59:15.
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07/12/2006 10:45:37 PM · #4 |
Cool!!!
I'll take a stab at:
#4 = Strawberries
#6 = Dwarf, dwindle, dwadle
#9 = sandals, stillettos, shoes, sneakers.... that's all i got |
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07/12/2006 10:46:41 PM · #5 |
5. It grows inside the bottle...as the pear starts to grow and "bud" they put the branch inside the bottle...after it has fully grown they cut the branch.
Message edited by author 2006-07-12 22:49:02.
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07/12/2006 10:48:24 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by skinnere:
Cool!!!
I'll take a stab at:
#4 = Strawberries
#6 = Dwarf, dwindle, dwadle
#9 = sandals, stillettos, shoes, sneakers.... that's all i got |
#9 - add socks and slippers
Message edited by author 2006-07-12 22:48:51. |
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07/12/2006 10:52:04 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by kawesttex:
Originally posted by skinnere:
Cool!!!
I'll take a stab at:
#4 = Strawberries
#6 = Dwarf, dwindle, dwadle
#9 = sandals, stillettos, shoes, sneakers.... that's all i got |
#9 - add socks and slippers |
and Salamanders.
Hey - it could happen.
LOL |
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07/12/2006 10:55:40 PM · #8 |
1) horse events
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4) stawberries
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7)comma, full stop (period), quotation marks, exclamation mark, question mark, colon, semi colon, brakets?, slash?
8)pumpkin
9)shoes, socks sandals, sneakers, slippers, stockings, skates, skis |
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07/12/2006 10:56:45 PM · #9 |
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07/12/2006 11:05:19 PM · #10 |
You guys are off to a good start! Here are the correct answers so far:
1)Boxing
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4)Strawberries
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6)Dwarf, dwindle, dwell (not sure about "dwadle"?)
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9)Lot of good options there - although I'm not too sure about Salamanders??? But hey, it COULD happen! |
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07/12/2006 11:13:12 PM · #11 |
9) add snowshoes, stilletos,
2) Niagara Falls
7) comma, period, colon, semi-colon, exclamation mark, question mark, apostrophe,
Back for more in a bit
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07/12/2006 11:16:32 PM · #12 |
7) Period, Comma, Colon, Semi-Colon, Question Mark, Ellipses, Dash, Parentheses, apostre (yeah Frank Zappa), Exclamtion Point, Tilde
8) Pomigranit
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07/12/2006 11:16:40 PM · #13 |
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07/12/2006 11:17:05 PM · #14 |
| 3) I think potato, rhubarb and asparagus fit this category |
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07/12/2006 11:25:51 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by RayEthier:
3) I think potato, rhubarb and asparagus fit this category |
Potatoes don't, because any repeat growth is from the potatoes left in the ground, actually a new plant, not a return of the old. But you're right on the other two :)
8. Lettuce? |
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07/12/2006 11:26:59 PM · #16 |
1. boxing
2. Niagara Falls ?
3. peppers, asparagus ?
4. strawberry
5. heat?
6. dwell, dwarf
7. period, comma, semi-colon, colon, question mark, apostrophe, exclamation point, quotation mark,
8. lettuce
9. socks, shoes, sandles, sneakers, stockings, slippers, |
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07/12/2006 11:31:25 PM · #17 |
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07/12/2006 11:32:39 PM · #18 |
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07/12/2006 11:35:15 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by macpapas:
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 six or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter "S." |
Resisting the urg to scroll down :-) Not sure if you posted answers yet...
1 - Boxing, Ice Skating, Bikini Contests :-)
2 - Niagra Falls
3 - Potato and Punkin?
4 - Strawberry
5 - Great question - I will ask the worm in the bottle next to it :-)
6 - Not a clue
7 - , ; : . ? " ' - (em) ` not sure about the other 5
8 - Dunno
9 - Slippers, Socks, dunno |
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07/12/2006 11:39:23 PM · #20 |
Ok, you guys are pretty good! Here are the...
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 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 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"... sandals, stillettos, shoes, sneakers, socks, slippers, snowshoes, skis
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07/12/2006 11:43:45 PM · #21 |
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07/12/2006 11:46:51 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by BeeCee:
So what's our prize? ;) |
A few extra data points for the next time you play Trivia Pursuit! |
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07/12/2006 11:58:33 PM · #23 |
#8 Lettuce
sorry, didn't read the other answer there....
Message edited by author 2006-07-12 23:59:07. |
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