A QUIZ FOR PEOPLE WHO KNOW EVERYTHING

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A QUIZ FOR PEOPLE WHO KNOW EVERYTHING

(Answers at bottom)

1. There's one sport in which neither the spectators nor

the participants know the score or the leader until the

contest ends. What is it?

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. At noon and midnight the hour and minute hands are

exactly coincident with each other. How many other times

between noon and midnight do the hour and minute hands

cross?

5. What is the only sport in which the ball is always in

the possession of the team on defense, and the offensive

team can score without touching the ball?

6. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

7. 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?

8. Only three words in standard English begin with the

letters " dw. " They are all common. Name two of them.

9. There are fourteen punctuation marks in English

grammar. Can you name half of them?

10. Where are the lakes that are referred to in the

" Los Angeles Lakers? "

11. There are several 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 others.

12. It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold

frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form

but fresh. What is it?

13. How is it possible for a pitcher to make four or

more strikeouts in one inning?

14. Name six or more things that you can wear on your

feet, that begin w! ith the letter " s. "

ANSWERS

1. Boxing.

2. Niagara Falls. The rim is worn down about 2 and a

half feet each year because of the millions of gallons

of water that rush over it every minute.

3. Asparagus and rhubarb.

4. Ten times (not eleven, as most people seem to think).

5. Baseball.

6. Strawberry.

7. The pear 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 whole

growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped

off at the stems.

8. Dwarf, dwell, and dwindle.

9. Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen,

apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation

marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.

10. In Minnesota. The team was originally known as the

Minneapolis Lakers, and kept the name when they moved

west.

11. Batter hit by a pitch;! passed ball; catcher

interference; catcher drops third strike; fielder's

choice, being designated as a pinch runner, a balk and

reaching base due to an error.

12. Lettuce.

13. If the catcher drops a called third strike, and doesn't

throw the batter out at first base, the runner is safe.

14. Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis,

snowshoes, stockings, and so on.

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In a message dated 06/01/2001 10:27:56 PM Central Daylight Time,

dkowalec@... writes:

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Dan, thanks, I really enjoyed those (and I knew very few) Does this mean that

I am not a " know-it-all " ? Love, Judy