Quiz for people who know everything


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 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."



Answers To Quiz:


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 backwar d . 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 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.

"Kswck" wrote:
>
> 6. Three English words beginning with dw . Dwarf, dwell and dwindle.

Dweeb is a word... so is dwelling (a shelter), which is different from
dwell.


M-W

dweeb
noun
: an unattractive, insignificant, or inept person
---

Sheldon

"Kswck" > wrote in message
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> Quiz for people who know everything


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


> 8.. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed,
> cooked, or in any other form but fresh Lettuce.
>

This one is wrong. Check V8.

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:01:21 -0400, "Knit Chic" >
wrote:

> never sold frozen, canned, processed,
>> cooked, or in any other form but fresh Lettuce.
>>
>
>This one is wrong. Check V8.

I really think V8 was canned. ....or do you have a V8 tree in your
backyard?

"Ward Abbott" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:01:21 -0400, "Knit Chic" >
> wrote:
>
>> never sold frozen, canned, processed,
>>> cooked, or in any other form but fresh Lettuce.
>>>
>>
>>This one is wrong. Check V8.
>
> I really think V8 was canned. ....or do you have a V8 tree in your
> backyard?
>
>

I really think you need to reread the OP.

In article >,
Steve Wertz > wrote:

> I still think banana is the better answer :-P
>
> -sw

Banana chips, you dork!
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
For your listening pleasu http://www.am1500.com/pcast/80509.mp3 --
from the MN State Fair, 8-29-07

On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 13:08:36 -0500, Steve Wertz
> wrote:

>On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:54:46 -0500, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> Steve Wertz > wrote:
>>
>>> I still think banana is the better answer :-P
>>
>> Banana chips, you dork!

Bananas come in jars, as baby food. That's why I disqualified them.

Regards,
Tracy R.

> 4. The fruit with its seeds on the outside . . Strawberry.

Those aren't seeds. Those are nitrogen nodules. Strawberries are rhizomes.

Paul

"Paul M." wrote:
>
> > 4. The fruit with its seeds on the outside . . Strawberry.
>
> Those aren't seeds. Those are nitrogen nodules. Strawberries are rhizomes.

You're brain is a nitrogen nodule.


"The strawberry has its dry, yellow "seeds" on the outside (each of
which is actually considered a separate fruit)."

http://www.pickyourown.org/strawberryfacts.htm


Sheldon

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:34:33 -0400, "Kswck" >
wrote:

> 8.. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed,
>cooked, or in any other form but fresh Lettuce.

My guess was watermelon. In what other form is watermelon sold?

Tara

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:41:54 -0400, Tara >
wrote:

>On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:34:33 -0400, "Kswck" >
>wrote:
>
>> 8.. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed,
>>cooked, or in any other form but fresh Lettuce.
>
>My guess was watermelon. In what other form is watermelon sold?
>
>Tara


Pickled.

Boron

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:41:54 -0400, Tara >
wrote:

>On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:34:33 -0400, "Kswck" >
>wrote:
>
>> 8.. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed,
>>cooked, or in any other form but fresh Lettuce.
>
>My guess was watermelon. In what other form is watermelon sold?
>
>Tara
watermelon sherbert, granita, margaritas....

Christine

Christine Dabney > wrote in
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> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:41:54 -0400, Tara >
> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:34:33 -0400, "Kswck" >
>>wrote:
>>
>>> 8.. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed,
>>>cooked, or in any other form but fresh Lettuce.
>>
>>My guess was watermelon. In what other form is watermelon sold?
>>
>>Tara
> watermelon sherbert, granita, margaritas....
>
> Christine
>

Watermelon pickles (both the rind and the flesh).

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

It'll be a sunny day in August, when the Moon will shine that night-
Elbonian Folklore

"hahabogus" > wrote in message
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> Christine Dabney > wrote in
> :
>
>> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:41:54 -0400, Tara >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:34:33 -0400, "Kswck" >
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>> 8.. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed,
>>>>cooked, or in any other form but fresh Lettuce.
>>>
>>>My guess was watermelon. In what other form is watermelon sold?
>>>
>>>Tara
>> watermelon sherbert, granita, margaritas....
>>
>> Christine
>>
>
> Watermelon pickles (both the rind and the flesh).
>
> --
>
> The house of the burning beet-Alan
>
I was thinking that I've seen canned/jarred watermelon pickles.
Dee Dee

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:47:12 -0400, "Dee Dee" >
wrote:

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>"hahabogus" > wrote in message
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>> Christine Dabney > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:41:54 -0400, Tara >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:34:33 -0400, "Kswck" >
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 8.. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed,
>>>>>cooked, or in any other form but fresh Lettuce.
>>>>
>>>>My guess was watermelon. In what other form is watermelon sold?
>>>>
>>>>Tara
>>> watermelon sherbert, granita, margaritas....
>>>
>>> Christine
>>>
>>
>> Watermelon pickles (both the rind and the flesh).
>>
>> --
>>
>> The house of the burning beet-Alan
>>
>I was thinking that I've seen canned/jarred watermelon pickles.
>Dee Dee
>

Barb Schaller makes watermelon rind pickles and I have at least 1
recipe for watermelon rind preserves.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

"Tara" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:34:33 -0400, "Kswck" >
> wrote:
>
>> 8.. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed,
>>cooked, or in any other form but fresh Lettuce.
>
> My guess was watermelon. In what other form is watermelon sold?

Sorbet?

what about paw paws?
Sue Griffinwho has atree.



"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Tara" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:34:33 -0400, "Kswck" >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> 8.. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed,
> >>cooked, or in any other form but fresh Lettuce.
> >
> > My guess was watermelon. In what other form is watermelon sold?
>
> Sorbet?
>
>

"sugrifin" > wrote in message
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> what about paw paws?

I don't know about those. They are not common in this area.

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:22:35 -0500, "sugrifin" >
wrote:

>what about paw paws?
>Sue Griffinwho has atree.

You pick them up and put them in your pocket ...

Tara

"Tara" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:22:35 -0500, "sugrifin" >
> wrote:
>
>>what about paw paws?
>>Sue Griffinwho has atree.
>
> You pick them up and put them in your pocket ...
>
> Tara

When I was a kid, we let them ripen on the tree, they become a mush. Have
you ever seen breadfruit (in the tropics)? It has different stages, as does
paw paws.

The ripened paw paws, we would just suck out the mush and eat it. I was say
it is akin to if you took a ripe mango and pureed it. Taste it in the fully
ripened stage and see if there is something you'd like to do with it -- look
for some mango recipes for some smoothies, maybe. You are one lucky person.
I've read that they usually grow in wild-type areas where there are a lot of
overgrown trees surrounding them.
Dee Dee

Tara > wrote in
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> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:22:35 -0500, "sugrifin" >
> wrote:
>
>>what about paw paws?
>>Sue Griffinwho has atree.
>
> You pick them up and put them in your pocket ...
>
> Tara

Yeah what about them?
-Alan who has a bicycle.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

It'll be a sunny day in August, when the Moon will shine that night-
Elbonian Folklore

"Tara" > wrote in message
>
> My guess was watermelon. In what other form is watermelon sold?
>
> Tara

Frozen, usually in a fruit medley.

"Tara" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:34:33 -0400, "Kswck" >
> wrote:
>
>> 8.. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed,
>>cooked, or in any other form but fresh Lettuce.
>
> My guess was watermelon. In what other form is watermelon sold?
>

dingdingdingdingiding! I just finished a huge wedge. Fall is nearly here,
they are getting a little pale.

In article >, "Kswck" >
wrote:

> Quiz for people who know everything
>

<snipped>

Goomba should do well on this one.
--
Peace, Om

Remove _ to validate e-mails.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson

Omelet wrote:
> In article >, "Kswck" >
> wrote:
>
>> Quiz for people who know everything
>>
>
> <snipped>
>
> Goomba should do well on this one.

Did you need help with the answers?

"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:03:27 -0500, Omelet wrote:
>
>> In article >, "Kswck" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Quiz for people who know everything
>>>
>>
>> <snipped>
>>
>> Goomba should do well on this one.
>
> Meow
>
> -sw


Sic-em, Om. ;-))
Dee Dee

In article >,
"Dee Dee" > wrote:

> "Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:03:27 -0500, Omelet wrote:
> >
> >> In article >, "Kswck" >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Quiz for people who know everything
> >>>
> >>
> >> <snipped>
> >>
> >> Goomba should do well on this one.
> >
> > Meow
> >
> > -sw
>
>
> Sic-em, Om. ;-))
> Dee Dee

<hugs>

I actually did know a few of those, like the Strawberry answer, but I
missed the one about the perennial veggies. I guessed peppers and
onions. I have a pepper bush that is now over 7 years old that comes
back from the base every year and is huge. It's not being replanted from
seed. I also have a large number of spring onions that appear every
year with no help from me!

I guess that peppers are technically a fruit, but onions sure aren't.
Garlic can also grow from the bulbs that remain in the ground.
--
Peace, Om

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"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson

In article >,
Steve Wertz > wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:03:27 -0500, Omelet wrote:
>
> > In article >, "Kswck" >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Quiz for people who know everything
> >>
> >
> > <snipped>
> >
> > Goomba should do well on this one.
>
> Meow
>
> -sw

Or "woof" depending on your pov. <G>
--
Peace, Om

Remove _ to validate e-mails.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson

In article >, "Kswck" >
wrote:

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

> Answers To Quiz:

> 8.. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed,
> cooked, or in any other form but fresh Lettuce.

Gloria pointed out that lettuce is sold processed -- shredded in bags,
cut in bags, et cetera. So THERE!

-Barb and Gloria, back from the Mpls Farmers Market, Kramarczuk's, and
Al's in Dinkytown where we had the best Eggs Benedict that
justto****bryanoffBobo (Good one, Ranger!) has never eaten.

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
For your listening pleasu http://www.am1500.com/pcast/80509.mp3 --
from the MN State Fair, 8-29-07

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> In article >, "Kswck" >
> wrote:
>
> > 8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned,
> > processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.
>
> > Answers To Quiz:
>
> > 8.. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed,
> > cooked, or in any other form but fresh Lettuce.
>
> Gloria pointed out that lettuce is sold processed -- shredded in bags,
> cut in bags, et cetera. So THERE!


Also sold pickled in Chinese shops.

"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
news
> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:34:33 -0400, Kswck wrote:
>
>> Quiz for people who know everything
>
> I got all these except for:
>
>> 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?
>
> I only got asparagus of the two.
>
>> 8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned,
>> processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.
>
> I guessed banana, and I still don't see how this isn't a valid
> answer. Canned (implies cooked) or frozen bananas? Sorry. I
> don't see it.
>
> -sw

You can buy frozen banana.

On Sep 13, 3:04 pm, "Knit Chic" > wrote:
> "Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
>
> news >
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:34:33 -0400, Kswck wrote:
>
> >> Quiz for people who know everything
>
> > I got all these except for:
>
> >> 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?
>
> > I only got asparagus of the two.
>
> >> 8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned,
> >> processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.
>
> > I guessed banana, and I still don't see how this isn't a valid
> > answer. Canned (implies cooked) or frozen bananas? Sorry. I
> > don't see it.
>
> > -sw
>
> You can buy frozen banana.

You can have my share.

--Bryan

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:55:56 -0500, Steve Wertz
> wrote:

>On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:34:33 -0400, Kswck wrote:

>> 8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned,
>> processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.
>
>I guessed banana, and I still don't see how this isn't a valid
>answer. Canned (implies cooked) or frozen bananas? Sorry. I
>don't see it.
>
>-sw

Bananas are sold cooked in lots of forms. Banana bread? Bananas
Foster?

And lettuce is sometimes cooked. I have seen a recipe by Jacques Pepin
in one of his earlier cookbooks, that has cooked lettuce. The dish
looks good too.

Christine

On Sep 13, 3:55 pm, Steve Wertz > wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:34:33 -0400, Kswck wrote:
> > Quiz for people who know everything
>
> I got all these except for:
>
> > 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?
>
> I only got asparagus of the two.
>

You've obviously never had rhubarb. I swear you can't kill it, no
matter what.

N.

"Nancy2" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> On Sep 13, 3:55 pm, Steve Wertz > wrote:
> > On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:34:33 -0400, Kswck wrote:
> > > Quiz for people who know everything
> >
> > I got all these except for:
> >
> > > 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?
> >
> > I only got asparagus of the two.
> >
>
> You've obviously never had rhubarb. I swear you can't kill it, no
> matter what.


We had it growing everywhere in New Hampshire. It truly never died and it
was the first plant to sprout after the winter freeze.

Paul

"Nancy2" > wrote in message
ups.com...
>
> You've obviously never had rhubarb. I swear you can't kill it, no
> matter what.
>
> N.
>

Cherry tomatoes is another that won't die. Even in Kentucky with snow in the
winter it comes back like a weed. I planted one plant 3 years ago and last
year cut it down. Its backkkkkkkk.

Joe Cilinceon

On Sep 14, 12:49 pm, "Joe Cilinceon" > wrote:
> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
>
> ups.com...
>
>
>
> > You've obviously never had rhubarb. I swear you can't kill it, no
> > matter what.
>
> > N.
>
> Cherry tomatoes is another that won't die. Even in Kentucky with snow in the
> winter it comes back like a weed. I planted one plant 3 years ago and last
> year cut it down. Its backkkkkkkk.
>
> Joe Cilinceon


Wild raspberries are another; I don't know about domestic raspberries,
if there is such a thing. I couldn't kill it even by pouring kerosene
on it.

N.

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:04:17 -0700, Nancy2 >
wrote:

>On Sep 14, 12:49 pm, "Joe Cilinceon" > wrote:
>> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
>>
>> ups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > You've obviously never had rhubarb. I swear you can't kill it, no
>> > matter what.
>>
>> > N.
>>
>> Cherry tomatoes is another that won't die. Even in Kentucky with snow in the
>> winter it comes back like a weed. I planted one plant 3 years ago and last
>> year cut it down. Its backkkkkkkk.
>>
>> Joe Cilinceon
>
>
>Wild raspberries are another; I don't know about domestic raspberries,
>if there is such a thing. I couldn't kill it even by pouring kerosene
>on it.

That's nice for the soil. <sigh>

"Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:04:17 -0700, Nancy2 >
> wrote:
>
>>On Sep 14, 12:49 pm, "Joe Cilinceon" > wrote:
>>> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
>>>
>>> ups.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > You've obviously never had rhubarb. I swear you can't kill it, no
>>> > matter what.
>>>
>>> > N.
>>>
>>> Cherry tomatoes is another that won't die. Even in Kentucky with snow in
>>> the
>>> winter it comes back like a weed. I planted one plant 3 years ago and
>>> last
>>> year cut it down. Its backkkkkkkk.
>>>
>>> Joe Cilinceon
>>
>>
>>Wild raspberries are another; I don't know about domestic raspberries,
>>if there is such a thing. I couldn't kill it even by pouring kerosene
>>on it.
>
> That's nice for the soil. <sigh>

I drink kerosene. Nothing wrong with it. I'll die of something sooner or
later. ;-)
Dee Dee

On Sep 13, 5:16 pm, Nancy2 > wrote:
> On Sep 13, 3:55 pm, Steve Wertz > wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:34:33 -0400, Kswck wrote:
> > > Quiz for people who know everything
>
> > I got all these except for:
>
> > > 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?
>
> > I only got asparagus of the two.
>
> You've obviously never had rhubarb. I swear you can't kill it, no
> matter what.
>
> N.

After about 50 years, our rhubarb finally ran out and stopped
growing. Might have had something to do with the apple tree
overshadowing it finally.

maxine in ri