Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Brain Teaser

I got this via email recently.  I only got 3 right but I'd like to think that with less pressure and more time I would do better.  Actually, I'd probably do the same but it's nice to think I'd get a higher score.  Let's see how you do:

"There are only nine questions.

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:
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 backward:   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 min ute.)

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 mark, 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." 



So how did you do? Hopefully a lot better than I did. LOL.  Have a great day!

Mrs. K

8 comments:

  1. Someone emailed this to me a few weeks ago and sadly, I only got 5 right. *lol*

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  2. MrsTDJ--I knew you were a genius. Five right, WOW!!. Redbabe, I guess we are just average. LOL. Just kidding.

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  3. I got 4-7 right. Haha. Can't believe "dwell" and "dwindle" came to mind, but not "Dwarf." And how did I not think about lettuce!??! I knew that one, just not when I was trying so hard to think about it!

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  4. I love stuff like this! I got 1 and 4 right. For 6 I went for dwell and dwelling. I will give myself the point. I got 7 and 8 right. I only got 5 for number 9 so I came up a little short.

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  5. I love these things. I got 4 right, #4, #5, #7 and #8. I thought the same thing for #6, K.Rock! I told myself, those are two different words!!! :)

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  6. Jamie: I felt the same way. I think I only got 3 because I was thinking too hard. LOL.
    K. Rock: LMBO at dwell and dwelling
    Melissa: HEY! So good to see/hear from you. :). I miss you girlie

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  7. Damnit! I only got 3 right! LOL. Well now I know if I ever end up on Jeopardy :).

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