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KnacK

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Do you know it all??? Take this quiz.
« on: June 03, 2008, 08:29:47 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.'

ViciouZ

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Re: Do you know it all??? Take this quiz.
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2008, 10:23:32 AM »
8. Banana?

6. Dwarf, Dwell

7. Semi-colon, colon, apostrophe, comma, fullstop/period, inverted commas, backslash

Zorchenhimer

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Re: Do you know it all??? Take this quiz.
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2008, 10:43:07 AM »
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).

wafflez205

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« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2008, 11:05:32 AM »
1. eating contest?
2. statue of liberty?
4. strawberry
6. dwarf dwelling

Justinph5

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« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2008, 11:10:46 AM »
is cheating allowed ;)   lol
sorry, I couldn't wait for your answers :P

Dukky

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Re: Do you know it all??? Take this quiz.
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2008, 11:32:40 AM »
The pear was placed in there when it was small and then it grew?

KnacK

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Re: Do you know it all??? Take this quiz.
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2008, 12:04:44 PM »
The pear was placed in there when it was small and then it grew?

Answers tomorrow.

sk89q

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« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2008, 12:07:35 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

nightryder

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Re: Do you know it all??? Take this quiz.
« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2008, 01:57:08 PM »
2.Wall street

Eiii

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« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2008, 02:11:23 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).

Laged

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« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2008, 04:09:00 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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« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2008, 04:28:35 PM »
8. Lettuce ( at least I've only seen it sold fresh )
You can totally buy bagged salads/lettuce.

sk89q

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« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2008, 04:50:54 PM »
Including chopped lettuce and canned lettuce.

y00tz

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« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2008, 05:07:51 PM »
swimfins (flippers).

Cheater, why not just skis?

TinMan

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« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2008, 06:35:23 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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« Reply #15 on: June 03, 2008, 06:46:48 PM »
1. Boxing or UFC

If i guy stood there and just got fed punches, you could tell who was leading

wafflez205

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« Reply #16 on: June 03, 2008, 07:18:34 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

QED

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« Reply #17 on: June 03, 2008, 07:23:51 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

wafflez205

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« Reply #18 on: June 03, 2008, 07:28:23 PM »
ok how much did you steal

Holo

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« Reply #19 on: June 03, 2008, 08:40:01 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
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