Quiz for Really Bright People

NewHemi · 04-15-2012, 11:43 PM

There are only nine questions and I have now posted the answers.

This is a quiz for people who think they know everything!

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.

Answer 1: Boxing

2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?

Answer 2: 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?

Answer 3: Asparagus and rhubarb.

4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

Answer 4: Strawberry.

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?

Answer 5: 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. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters ' dw' and they are all common words. Name two of them.

Answer 6: Dwarf, dwell and dwindle...

7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them?

Answer 7: Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation mark, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.

8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh

Answer 8: Lettuce.

9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter 'S.

Answer 9: Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts.

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Looking for the answers??

Not so fast there sparky...

I will post answers in a couple of days. Until then, no cheating... No Google searches and no Wikipedia searches... unless of course, you want to do that, and then try to look smart.

But remember, people who think they know everything, are particularly annoying to those of us who actually do.

And just in the name of full disclosure, NO, I didn't get them all right.

David
The New Hemi Guy

04-15-2012, 11:43 PM	#1
NewHemi Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 472 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Quiz for Really Bright People There are only nine questions and I have now posted the answers. This is a quiz for people who think they know everything! 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. Answer 1: Boxing 2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward? Answer 2: 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? Answer 3: Asparagus and rhubarb. 4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside? Answer 4: Strawberry. 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? Answer 5: 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. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters ' dw' and they are all common words. Name two of them. Answer 6: Dwarf, dwell and dwindle... 7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them? Answer 7: Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation mark, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses. 8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh Answer 8: Lettuce. 9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter 'S. Answer 9: Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts. --------------------------------------------------------- Looking for the answers?? Not so fast there sparky... I will post answers in a couple of days. Until then, no cheating... No Google searches and no Wikipedia searches... unless of course, you want to do that, and then try to look smart. But remember, people who think they know everything, are particularly annoying to those of us who actually do. And just in the name of full disclosure, NO, I didn't get them all right. David The New Hemi Guy Last edited by NewHemi; 05-05-2012 at 11:20 PM.