A little quiz by PaulT



PaulT
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. Which fruit has its seeds on the outside?


5. 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.'
Paul

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Posted 23 Jan 2012, 16:24 #1 

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Mick
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8. Aubergine AFAIK

6. Dwindle, Dwarf, Dwell

Posted 23 Jan 2012, 18:40 #2 

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Bernard
Mick wrote:8. Aubergine AFAIK


No, it's lettuce ;)

3 = Asparagus. (well, I live in the area that produces the best in the world)
I don't like signatures, they take up too much screen space.

Posted 23 Jan 2012, 18:47 #3 

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Duncan
5.
The bottle is put over the blossom, and then the pear grows inside.
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Posted 23 Jan 2012, 18:54 #4 

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Duncan
1. Boxing?
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Posted 23 Jan 2012, 18:56 #5 

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Duncan
2. Niagara Falls. It's moved 11km apparently in 30,000 years.
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Posted 23 Jan 2012, 18:57 #6 

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Duncan
3. Asparagus yes, plus artichoke and rhubard (yes it's technically a vegetable). Horseradish must count too. What about chives too, or are they considered a herb.
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Posted 23 Jan 2012, 19:00 #7 

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Duncan
4. Must be strawberry?
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Posted 23 Jan 2012, 19:04 #8 

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Bernard
That only leaves Shoes, slippers, socks, sabots, sneakers, sandals, stockings, skis, skates...I'm bored now.
I don't like signatures, they take up too much screen space.

Posted 23 Jan 2012, 19:31 #9 

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Dave
7:
Comma, full stop, colon, semi-colon, exclamation mark, question mark, hyphen

That's half, and then I ran out!

I'd guess that brackets and stroke/slash would be included too, but not sure?

EDIT: And apostrophe....

Posted 23 Jan 2012, 19:33 #10 

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Bernard
Bernard wrote:That only leaves Shoes, slippers, socks, sabots, sneakers, sandals, stockings, skis, skates...I'm bored now.


Oh no! I've forgotten Comma, full stop, colon, semicolon, quotation mark, question mark, exclamation mark, parentheses.... that's more than half- got bored again.
I don't like signatures, they take up too much screen space.

Posted 23 Jan 2012, 19:35 #11 

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Mick
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Bernard wrote:
Mick wrote:8. Aubergine AFAIK


No, it's lettuce ;)


Bollocks!
At the risk of being pedantic. :D

http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/dried-lettuce.html as long as you buy it by the ton. :)

And as Aubergines I now note can be pickled. I give in.

Posted 23 Jan 2012, 20:09 #12 

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takestock
I'm really no good at this, I just have to google it, then I cannot play :( :( :(
Photobucket = Tossers

Dave....

Posted 24 Jan 2012, 11:40 #13 

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Duncan
Aubergine also sold cooked on top of Moussaka.
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Posted 24 Jan 2012, 12:52 #14 

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SpongeBob
1. Chess?

Posted 24 Jan 2012, 14:41 #15 


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