This is a quiz for people who do!
- Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.
- What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?
- 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?
- What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
- In many Off Licence shops, 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?
- Only three words in Standard English begin with the letters ” dw” and they are all common words. Name two of them.
- There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them?
- Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.
- Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter “S.”
Answers tomorrow.
Grannymar,
Now I am done for the day. I don’t know any of the answers.
I will be wracking my brain trying to figure this out.Can’t wait for tomorrow. What time?????
Bright and early Nancy. The early bird catches the worm.
OK.
I know I have 4 and 9.
I’m fairly sure I’m right on 2 and 5.
I have heard 1 before somewhere, but forget.
I could easily cheat at 6 by getting a dictionary, but am too lazy.
I got 6 in 7 but the brain is dead.
Which leaves me with 3 and 8. Haven’t a clue. Which says something about my knowledge of fruit and vegetables!
Will you admit if you are wrong tomorrow?
I should have had people email their answers. To late now.
I think I got three of them. I’ll check with you tomorrow.
Well I’m hoping everyone’s had a bite at this cherry so here’s my paltry effort:
1. Jelly Wrestling?
2 Mount Rushmore? Eroding perhaps?
3. Chilli, Rhubarb, Taro, Yams, Sweet Potatoes (pays to live in the tropics)
4, Strawberry
5. Oh I don’t know! Dried pear, reconstituted
6. Dwive, Dwink and Dwop
7. Comma, period, colon, semi-colon (or are they innards?), question mark um . . hyphen . . umm ummm . . . apostraphe . . .see I’m not cheating, I could have Googled this.
8. Watermelon? Avocado? Starfruit? Breadfruit? Rambutan?
9. Socks and shoes and scabs if you’ve stubbed your toe and slippers and scuffs and stockings and stains and . .
Got 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6.
Probably 7 & 9.
The Yanks can everything. I mean everything. So can’t figure 8.
Not a clue about 1.