A Quiz For People Who Think They Know Everything

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1. There's one "sport" in which neither the spectators nor
the participants know the score or the leader until the
contest ends. What is it?

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." They are all common. Name two of them.

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

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

10. There are seven ways a base ball player can legally
reach first base without getting a hit. Taking a base on
balls-a walk-is one way. Name the other six.

11. It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold
frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other
form but fresh. What is it?

12. Name six or more things that you can wear on your
feet that begin with the letter "S."

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1. There's one "sport" in which neither the spectators
nor the participants know the score or the leader until
the contest ends. What is it?

Boxing.

2. What famous North American landmark is 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. 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
and rhubarb.

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.

5. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

Strawberry.

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?

The pear 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 whole growing
season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at
the stems.

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

Dwarf, dwell, and dwindle.

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

Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen,
apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point,
quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces,
and ellipses.

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

In Minnesota. The team was originally known as
the Minneapolis Lakers and kept the name when
they moved west.

10. There are seven 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 six.

Batter hit by a pitch; passed ball; catcher
interference; catcher drops third strike;
fielder's choice; and being designated as
a pinch runner.

11. It's the only vegetable or fruit that is
never sold frozen, canned, processed,
cooked, or in any other form but fresh.
What is it?

Lettuce.

12 Name six or more things that you can wear on
your feet that begin with the letter "S."

Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis,
skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts.