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Skanky Vamp

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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.'

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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 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.
 
*breaks out completely useless trivia/English knowledge*

4. Strawberry?

5. Don't they stick the bottle over the bud on the tree before the pear grows?

6. Dwarf . . . dwell . . . erm.

7. Period, comma, semicolon, exclamation point, question mark, single quote, double quote, apostrophe, colon, hyphen, en-dash, em-dash, ellipses . . . I can't think what the last one might be.

9. sneakers, sandals, slippers . . . yeah.

*sneaks off to look at the answers*
 
Skanky Vamp
Skanky Vamp
I had NO idea about #5, that completely surprised me
I hate you for making me unable to not at least try to answer these. (And no, I didn't cheat off Blondie.

1) Boxing

2) No idea.

3) Nada

4) Strawberry

5) I'm imagining bottles hanging from trees right now.

6) Dwarf, dwindle, dwell,

7) Period, comma, semi-colon, apostrophe, exclamation mark, question mark, hyphen...is that more than half? 'Cause that's all I got.

8) Is lettuce a vegetable?

9) Socks, shoes, slippers, sandles, sneakers, skates...um...?
 
1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.

I have no idea.

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

ditto.

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?

dunno... rhubarb? Is that even a vegetable? We had it in our backyard and it grew like weeds so my dad (and I, when I didn't have money to pay for riding lessons) had to pull it out on a regular basis. As for the second one - no idea.

4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside? Strawberries! (did you know that strawberries are also related to peanuts? weird but true.)

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?

Is it like getting an egg in a bottle? Light a candle inside that burns up all the oxygen and creates a vacuum? But pears are a lot more solid than eggs... dunno.

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

After ten minutes of wrecking my brain, I come up with "dwarf" and "dwindle", but a third one... no idea.

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

Uh... full stop, comma, colon, semicolon, quotation mark, exclamation mark, question mark, hyphen, apostrophe... I'm staring at my keyboard but I can't come up with more. Do brackets count as punctuation marks? 😛

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

umm.

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

not a good question for non-natives of the English language! Shoes, sandals, slippers, socks, stockings, sneakers... is "skates" cheating?

Where am I ranking?
 
1. meh..I should know this.

2. Niagara Falls

3. No clue.

4. Strawberry

5. Magic?

6. Dwarf, Dwindle, Dwell

7. Period, comma, semi-colon, question mark, exclamation point, apostrophe, hyphen...

8. Watermelon?

9. Socks, slippers, stilettos, sandals, stockings....that's all I got
 
I managed 4, 5, and 6, yay me! Didn't know "dwindle" in #6, though, I came up with "dwarf, dwell, and dweomer" (but disregarded the last one as you said it was a common word... 😛)

The rest, I was pretty much lost at. :sigh:
 
1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.
Winter guard. It is a sport people.

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

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?
Oh hell if I know

4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
Strawberry. Is that a tough question?

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?
It's the same way they do the ships in a bottle thing... I used to know, but I forgot.

6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters ' dw' and they are all common words. Name two of them.
I tried to think about this but I really feel like a only say "dw" when I'm saying "Dwight."

7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar.
Can you name at least half of them?
period
comma
colon
semicolon
exclamation mark
question mark
ellipsis
that double dash thinging
that's all I've got right now

8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.
No clue at all Melons? Are they ever frozen and/or canned?

9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter 'S.'
sneakers
sandals
stilettos
that's what I've got
 
1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.

Boxing? MMA?

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

I am a bad citizen.

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?

Haven't a clue and I'm sure googling it would be cheating...

4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

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?

Shrink ray and magic faeries.

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

Easssy. Dwarf, dwindle, and dwell.

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

Period, comma, colon, semi-colon, question mark, exclamation mark, parentheses.

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

I'd say lettuce...

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

Shoes, socks, stilettos, stockings, stilts, sandals, and sneakers.
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Skanky Vamp
Skanky Vamp
MMA huh... sigh
Tome
Tome
MMA karma! ;)
Lmao, I didn't even think about writing (typing) them down. 😛 I just thought up all the answers, then checked my work! Either way, got a good amount right, pretty cool quiz. 🙂
 
haha, just minutes ago I watched an episode of West Wing that featured three of those questions.
Not like that helped me knowing the answer though... except Strawberry I knew that one since before.

/SK
 
Kean
Kean
My mind went straight to WW too :)
1. Boxing...I was a boxer myself so that's easy.
2. No idea....I can't even think of a Native American landmark right now.
3. No Clue.
4. Strawberry...think i read that on a Snapple cap.
5. Maybe the bottle was built with the pear in it already?
6. dwarf....dwelling...can't think of anymore.
7. . ? ! , ' " ( ) { } [ ] : ; - ...so what I'm cheating 😛
8. Chinese apple? lol i have no idea.
9. Sneaker, socks, shoes, slipper, sandal, dammit I need one more....does roller/ice skates count?
 
It's so hard not to cheat at this... So very hard.

1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.
Boxing?

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

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?
Skip.

4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
Strawberries.

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?
Do they grow the pear inside it? Like maybe put the bottle over the top? Although then it wouldn't be perfectly the right way round. Either way, I want brandy now.

6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters ' dw' and they are all common words. Name two of them.
Dwarf and Dwell.

7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar.
Can you name at least half of them?
Exclamation mark, full stop, hyphen, period, dash... Uhh... I guess you're looking for technical names right? Oooh.. Question Mark! One more Cait! Forward slash? Brackets?

8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.
Really no idea. Cucumber?

9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter 'S.'
Slippers, Sneakers, Socks, Skates, Sandals, Shoes.

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HEY! I didn't do to badly! I'm impressed with myself!
 
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