A Quiz For People Who Know Everything

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A Quiz For People Who Know Everything

(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 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.

(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."
 
i got 9 out of 12, but i'd already seen a lot of these questions before-

also, mount rushmore is technically also moving backwars due to wind and water erosion but obviously at a much slower rate that niagara
 
i really wish you didnt tell us the answers....

i was going to reply to a few of them, but saw you allready told what the answers were... :angry:
 
With all honesty,
(1) Russian Roulette
(2) Statue of Liberty
(3) Onions and Beets
(4) Tennis / Ping Pong
(5) Strawberry
(6) Pears are bog fruits. They can grow in liquid.
(7) Dwarf and Dwindle
(8) Period, Comma, Exclamation, Question, Hyphen, Semi-Colon, Quotes
(9) Rikki Lake !
(10) What's "Baseball"?
(11) Bananas
(12) Sandals, Shoes, Sneakers, Sabots, Slippers, Socks

-> Steve
 
4- volleyball
5-strawberries
6- they put the bottle around the branches of the tree and let the pears grow inside.
7-dwarf
8- period, comma, colomn, semi-colon, question mark, exclimation mark, dash, apostrophe, underscore, tilly....umm thats all i know

10- baseball sucks



wow, im dumb
 
Originally posted by vtecsir1@Apr 14 2004, 11:54 PM
anyone that says baseball sucks or whats baseball is a complete moron.

you suck. :p


baseball is the stupidest most boring sport ever created, i would rather watch sterioud injected gargantuanns run into each other all day than watch baseball.

i only enjoy watching 2 kinds of baseball...
1: the mariners - too bad they suck this year
2. the yankees losing - i hate the yankees with an undying passion.


BTW: football sucks too
 
1- no clue
2- no clue
3- no clue
4- Kill the man with the ball?
5- Kiwi
6- the bottle is either made around the pear, or the pear is grown inside the bottle.
7- dwell, dwight
8- . , ! ? ' " : ; or something
9- there aren't any. Reason # 234234232 why cali sucks
10- steal, personal foul, sub/dedicated runner, i don't know
11- carrots?
12- shoes, sneakers, socks, sandals, slippers, straps

Where am the crack?
 
1. Chess
2. Niagra Falls
3. ???
4. Baseball
5. Strawberry
6. pear is grown inside the bottle
7. dwell, dwarf
8. period, comma, colon, semi-colon, quatation, exclaimation, question, hyphen
9. ???
10. getting hit, getting 4 balls, pinch runner, ??
11. lettuce
12. sandals, shoes, socks, slippers, straps, sneakers
 
Do you have a quiz for people that just know "some" stuff?
 
Originally posted by senate_9427@Apr 14 2004, 10:05 PM
A Quiz For People Who Know Everything

(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 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.

(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."

(1.) Boxing.

(2.) Niagara Falls. The rim is worn down about 2 and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.

(3.) Asparagus and rhubarb.

(4.) Baseball.

(5.) Strawberry.

(6.) 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.) Dwarf, dwell, and dwindle.

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

(9.) The lakes are in Minnesota. The team was originally known as the Minneapolis Lakers, and kept the name when they moved west.

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

(11.) Lettuce.

(12.) Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, snowshoes, stockings, and so on.


what do I win?
 
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