Walt. H.
11-20-2004, 02:23 AM
HOW MANY DO YOU KNOW??
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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 seven 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 six.
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 with the letter "s."
** ANSWERS TO QUIZ **
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, if
you do not believe it, try it with your watch, it is only
10 times).
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;
and being designated as a pinch runner.
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.
W.H :beer:
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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 seven 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 six.
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 with the letter "s."
** ANSWERS TO QUIZ **
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, if
you do not believe it, try it with your watch, it is only
10 times).
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;
and being designated as a pinch runner.
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.
W.H :beer: