Know everything? Here is a little quiz for you.

Chunkee

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THIS IS A QUIZ FOR PEOPLE WHO KNOW EVERYTHING! I FOUND OUT IN A HURRY THAT I DIDN'T. THESE ARE NOT TRICK QUESTIONS. THEY ARE STRAIGHT QUESTIONS WITH STRAIGHT ANSWERS.

1. NAME THE ONE SPORT IN WHICH NEITHER THE SPECTATORS NORTHE 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. NAME THE ONLY SPORT IN WHICH THE BALL IS ALWAYS IN POSSESSION OF THE TEAM ON DEFENSE, AND THE OFFENSIVE TEAM CAN SCORE WITHOUT TOUCHING THE BALL?

5. WHAT FRUIT HAS ITS SEEDS ON THE OUTSIDE?

6. 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?

7. ONLY THREE WORDS IN STANDARD ENGLISH BEGIN WITH THE LETTERS "DW" AND THEY ARE ALL COMMON WORDS. NAME TWO OF THEM.

8. THERE ARE 14 PUNCTUATION MARKS IN ENGLISH GRAMMAR. CAN YOU NAME AT LEAST HALF OF THEM?

9. WHERE ARE THE LAKES THAT ARE REFERRED TO IN THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS

10. THERE ARE 7 WAYS A BASEBALL PLAYER CAN LEGALLY REACH FIRST BASE WITHOUT GETTING A HIT. TAKING A BASE ON BALLS (A WALK) IS ONE WAY. NAME THE OTHER 6.

11. NAME THE ONLY VEGETABLE OR FRUIT THAT IS NEVER SOLD FROZEN, CANNED, PROCESSED, COOKED, OR IN ANY OTHER FORM EXCEPT FRESH.

12. NAME 6 OR MORE THINGS THAT YOU CAN WEAR ON YOUR FEET BEGINNING WITH THE LETTER "S."


Answers posted in a bit.

jC
 

Toasthead

Diamond Member
Aug 27, 2001
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2. Athabasca Glacier?
5 strawberry
9 minnesota
11 banana
10 1. Walk, 2. Hit by pitch, 3. Fielders Choice 4. Swinging strike 3 (E2) 5. base hit 6. Error. 7. Pinch Runner
7 Dwindle and dwell
 

BrokenVisage

Lifer
Jan 29, 2005
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10. Hit by pitch, fielders choice, error on the play, dropped 3rd strike, intentional walk, and grounding into a double-play not involving him?
 

lozina

Lifer
Sep 10, 2001
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12. sandal, shoe, sneaker, sock ... uhh

edit: slippers

edit2: skiis ? swimfins ?

edit3: slides ?
 

NiteWulf

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Jan 3, 2003
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5. Strawberry
6. The bottle is attatched to the branch so a pear grows inside the bottle
7. Dwell, dwells, dwelling
Dwarf, dwarves (posted by Tu13erhead)
Dwindle (posted by Toasthead)
8. period, comma, parenthesis, apostrophe, colon, semicolon, exclaimation point, question mark, hyphen, slash, backslash, ellipsis (looking at the keyboard helps:D)
 

Wapp

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Jun 5, 2003
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Originally posted by: Toasthead
5 strawberry
9 minnesota
11 banana
10 1. Walk, 2. Hit by pitch, 3. Fielders Choice 4. Swinging strike 3 (E2) 5. base hit 6. Error. 7. Pinch Runner
7 Dwindle and

I think I've seen bananas and strawberrys in a freezer bag before and my daughter eats banana baby food.
 

Toasthead

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Aug 27, 2001
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Originally posted by: Wapp
Originally posted by: Toasthead
5 strawberry
9 minnesota
11 banana
10 1. Walk, 2. Hit by pitch, 3. Fielders Choice 4. Swinging strike 3 (E2) 5. base hit 6. Error. 7. Pinch Runner
7 Dwindle and

I think I've seen bananas and strawberrys in a freezer bag before and my daughter eats banana baby food.

haha probably, im just guessing!
 

y2kc

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Sep 2, 2000
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Originally posted by: lozina
12. sandal, shoe, sneaker, sock ... uhh

edit: slippers

edit2: skiis ? swimfins ?

edit3: slides ?

sash? sarrong?


1. boxing (lol)
 

Demon-Xanth

Lifer
Feb 15, 2000
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Originally posted by: Chunkee

1. Boxing

4. Baseball

6. Grown inside of the bottle.

8. Period, comma, colon, semi colon, amphersand, hyphen, exclamation point, question mark, carrot, quotation mark, apostrophe

9. The great lakes.

12. Shoes, Sandles, Socks, Stockings, Snowshoes, Slippers

 

Steve

Lifer
May 2, 2004
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1.) Hunting
4.) Baseball
5.) Strawberry
6.) It grew in there
7.) Dwell, dwindle, dwarf
8.) period, comma, apostrophe, parentheses, brackets, braces, exclamation mark, question mark, slash, hyphen, quotation mark, ellipses, colon, semicolon
9.) Minnesota?
10.) walk, hit by pitch, dropped third strike, wild pitch, passed ball...???
11.) Lettuce
12.) sandals, slippers, socks, stockings, shoes...???
 

Tu13erhead

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Mar 28, 2005
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Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
10. Hit by pitch, fielders choice, error on the play, dropped 3rd strike, intentional walk, and grounding into a double-play not involving him?

That's a fielder's choice.