Quote:    The Nine Questions 
 
There are only nine questions. 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.'

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.

(06-29-2023, 09:29 AM)727Sky Wrote:

Quote:    The Nine Questions 
 
There are only nine questions. 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.'

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.

(06-29-2023, 11:28 AM)GeauxHomeLittleD Wrote: I can't believe I only missed one! I guess the "Oldtimer's" hasn't got me yet!

The one with the pear in the bottle got me. Too early and not enough coffee yet! 

(06-29-2023, 09:13 PM)EndtheMadnessNow Wrote:

(06-29-2023, 11:28 AM)GeauxHomeLittleD Wrote: I can't believe I only missed one! I guess the "Oldtimer's" hasn't got me yet!

The one with the pear in the bottle got me. Too early and not enough coffee yet! 

What, Mrs Jeopardy??! Only missed one! Damn, I need another beer with a pear brandy chaser.

#5 I knew about, #3 I knew only because my grandparents harvested tons of it every year. Failed on #8, But #2 totally stumped me.