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Title: Do you know it all??? Take this quiz.
Post by: KnacK on June 03, 2008, 10:29:47 AM
Answers posted tomorrow.


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.'
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Post by: ViciouZ on June 03, 2008, 12:23:32 PM
8. Banana?

6. Dwarf, Dwell

7. Semi-colon, colon, apostrophe, comma, fullstop/period, inverted commas, backslash
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Post by: Zorchenhimer on June 03, 2008, 12:43:07 PM
4. Strawberry

5. It was grown inside the bottle.

6. Dwarf, Dwell, Dwight

7. Semi-colon, colon, period, comma, question mark, exclamation point, apostrophe, quote, tilde, hyphen, dash, parentheses.

9. Sandals, slippers, shoes, snowshoes, Slide, swimfins (flippers).
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Post by: wafflez205 on June 03, 2008, 01:05:32 PM
1. eating contest?
2. statue of liberty?
4. strawberry
6. dwarf dwelling
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Post by: Justinph5 on June 03, 2008, 01:10:46 PM
is cheating allowed ;)   lol
sorry, I couldn't wait for your answers :P
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Post by: Dukky on June 03, 2008, 01:32:40 PM
The pear was placed in there when it was small and then it grew?
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Post by: KnacK on June 03, 2008, 02:04:44 PM
The pear was placed in there when it was small and then it grew?

Answers tomorrow.
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Post by: sk89q on June 03, 2008, 02:07:35 PM
6. dwarf, dwindle, dwelling

7. period, comma, semi-colon, colon, question mark, exclamation, double quotation, single qutoation, em dash, en dash, hyphen, parenthesis, forward slash, backward slash, brackets... I could go on...

9. shoe, sock, slippers, stocking, sandles
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Post by: nightryder on June 03, 2008, 03:57:08 PM
2.Wall street
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Post by: Eiii on June 03, 2008, 04:11:23 PM
4. Strawberry
5. The neck of the bottle is no wider than the pear.
7. Period, comma, exclamation point, question mark, colon, semicolon, interrobang, m-dash (if that counts).
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Post by: Laged on June 03, 2008, 06:09:00 PM
1. Boxing
2. Niagara Falls (my grandfather just got back from there and told me that, I hope he didn't lie =D)
8. Lettuce ( at least I've only seen it sold fresh )

Well, that's all. I hope I got the right answers =)
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Post by: Eiii on June 03, 2008, 06:28:35 PM
8. Lettuce ( at least I've only seen it sold fresh )
You can totally buy bagged salads/lettuce.
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Post by: sk89q on June 03, 2008, 06:50:54 PM
Including chopped lettuce and canned lettuce.
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Post by: y00tz on June 03, 2008, 07:07:51 PM
swimfins (flippers).

Cheater, why not just skis?
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Post by: TinMan on June 03, 2008, 08:35:23 PM
1. Boxing or UFC
2. Any water fall, Angel falls, Niagra Falls.
3. I don't really care about veggies.
4. The fruit of a cashew, and strawberries.
5. The pear is grown in the bottle.
6. Dwarf, dwell, dwindle (I stole them from sk89q :P )
7.
Period .
Exclamation mark !
Question Mark ?
Semicolon ;
Colon :
Comma ,
Apostrophe '
Quotation marks "
Parenthesis ()
Dash (or double-hyphen) – (if that counts)
Hyphen -
Braces {}
Brackets []
Chevrons <>
8. Socks, shoes, slippers, sneakers, sandals, stockings, ...etc.
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Post by: nightryder on June 03, 2008, 08:46:48 PM
1. Boxing or UFC

If i guy stood there and just got fed punches, you could tell who was leading
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Post by: wafflez205 on June 03, 2008, 09:18:34 PM
If i guy stood there and just got fed punches, you could tell who was leading
lol. you can also tell who is leading by the amount of brain cells they have left in thier head
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Post by: QED on June 03, 2008, 09:23:51 PM
1. Boxing
2. Niagra Falls
3. Asparagus and Rhubarb
4. A strawberry
5. It's grown in there
6. Dwindle, Dwarf
7. period, comma, colon, semi-colon, question mark, exclamation mark, hypen
8. Lettuce
9. Socks, shoes, sandals, slippers, sneakers, skis snowshoes
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Post by: wafflez205 on June 03, 2008, 09:28:23 PM
ok how much did you steal
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Post by: Holo on June 03, 2008, 10:40:01 PM
1. Boxing
2. Niagra Falls
3. Asparagus and Rhubarb
4. A strawberry
5. It's grown in there
6. Dwindle, Dwarf
7. period, comma, colon, semi-colon, question mark, exclamation mark, hypen
8. Lettuce
9. Socks, shoes, sandals, slippers, sneakers, skis snowshoes
You're no fun.  :-\
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Post by: sk89q on June 03, 2008, 10:47:24 PM
Probably stole all of it. He copied it word for word. :/
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Post by: KnacK on June 03, 2008, 10:50:07 PM
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 marks' {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.
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Post by: Garrett on June 03, 2008, 10:55:38 PM
Wow, you really hate your self when you see some of the things you missed...
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Post by: TinMan on June 03, 2008, 11:17:32 PM
lol. you can also tell who is leading by the amount of brain cells they have left in thier head
Well then it couldn't be boxing or UFC, you can tell who's leading in either by their stamina and how many hits they're taking or giving, but you can't tell a win for sure unless there's a K.O. or tap out.
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Post by: nightryder on June 03, 2008, 11:51:34 PM
i was going to say rhubarb cuz i see it growing in peoples back alleys all the time
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Post by: jitspoe on June 05, 2008, 03:58:39 PM
I thought maybe (sweet) potatos would have been one of them - I've seen those return the next year.