A Little Quiz
 

Try not to Google these, at least for a few days!!


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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I love quizes.:)

4. Strawberries.

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Number 7 is right up my street. :D

Exclamation mark

Full stop

Comma

Colon

Semi colon

Question mark

Hyphen

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No 8.

Cucumber?

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1. Boxing

8. Lettuce

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2. Niagara Falls - its moving backwards because of erosion.

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No 6

Dwindle and dwarf

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3) potatoes and tomatoes ???

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No 9:

Shoes,slippers,sandals,socks,stockings,snow shoes,sneakers,

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8) grapes

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No 3;

I think Rhubarb is one?

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you get grapes in tinned fruit salad

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8. I think possibly banana.

The other word 'dw' is dwell.. no not cheated honest injun.

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damm

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Let's not dwell on that shall we :hidewall::D

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5) is the pear grown in the bottle i mean while its on the tree obv?? that would be an interesting tree :D

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Me too:-

Brackets .. () I think.

Dash -slightly different to Hyphen.

Quotation marks "

Apostrophe '

Capital Letter K

Don't know the others ?

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You've got me wracking the old brain now. :D

There's the ellipsis..........this is an ellipsis it signifies a gap

The only other I can think of right now is an abbreviation.

Would an abbreviation count as punctuation? I'm not sure. :confused:

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That is really good Shillelagh, but isn't Niagra Falls in Canada ?

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Shocking Pink Vail Varnish .. LOL.

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Why are you varnishing your veil? :D

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At the expense of being ridiculed by the skeleton and the dwarf in the cape...here goes.
Vines can be made to grow up or grow down, pear trees are nurtured in exacly the same way. A branch or umbelical cord is fed into a bottle when the blossom has dropped off and the fruit is allowed to grow within the bottle.............Actually seen the process in Spain....Liquid is fed in when the fruit is mature......the stalk is snapped off and there you have it......Pear brandy.
Ripe pears are formented into spirit to use as filling..........Dont drink too much............very potent...I speak from experience..I can taste it now.

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Shucks .. gonna' have to cut me finger nails I guess .. hit the wrong key .. :o

Could start a new trend though.

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so i was right.... yaaay!! :D:D:D

the skeleton and the dwarf in the cape:confused::confused::confused:

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Come on ladies....no one asked you what you put on your toe nails to score........be serious :cool:

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Are slash marks regard as punctuation now, I wonder \ / ?

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Yep...........Works

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how many people checked their keyboard for the punctuation question? :D

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Works for me Royboy ... ;)

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No point they had already been answered but in all honesty would not have crossed my mind.

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Not me ... checked me mobile .. LOL.

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Good on ya...........never worked for me :p

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No answer to that one ... :eek:

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Come on Kate you have even got me confused, how does painting your toe nails help you to score???:confused:

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The question just asks what in North America, meaning the continent.

Never go to Canada, as although their country happens to be on the continent of North America, they are Canadians, unlike their southern neighbours who lazily refer to themselves as Americans, even though their collection of States is just one of the countries that go to make up that continent.:D

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Whoops Sorry Shill .. he's is correct, however, would South of Canada not be mid-America then ?

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Will move over to the Over 18's on this one.. think Sarah Ferguson... LOL.

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Heads or tails............wow now even I'm confused.....That's Rude :egged:

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The rum is now kicking in and I am going to bed.
Maybe ...........Asta Manyana......spelt wrong but....who gives a monkies

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question #1 sumo wrestling

question # 3 , asparagus and artichokes

question #6 dwelling

question #8 , radish (had cucumber in canned pickle relish)

question # 9 , Sabots (wooden clogs)

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re, Question #3 reproducing vegetables I forgot to include Spahgetti on the list ..
see attached BBC news report
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyUvNnmFtgI

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It didn't occur to me either, Bernadette.

I was sitting here thinking of them.

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Best way got to keep the brain cells moving:p

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Will admit to this - i read the question out to spug - and he gave me the answers to near enough em all so really it should be spugs answer not mine .....

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OK, here are the answers.


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 backwards .... 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. Full stop, 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.