[Desi Masala] Quiz For People Who Pretend to Know Everything

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Quiz for People Who Know Everything
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. (dweeb is not an answer)

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..'

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 mark, 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.

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. (dweeb is not an answer)

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..'

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 mark, 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.

Regards

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