A QUIZ FOR PEOPLE WHO KNOW EVERTHING . . .

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> > A Quiz for People who Know Everything

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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?

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> > (2) What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?

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> > (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?

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> > (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?

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> > 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?

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> > (6) What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

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> > (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?

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> > (8) Only three words in standard English begin with the letters " dw. "

They

> > are all common. Name two of them.

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> > (9) There are fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you

name

> > half of them?

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> > (10) Where are the lakes that are referred to in the " Los Angeles

Lakers " ?

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> > (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.

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> > (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?

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> > (13) How is it possible for a pitcher to make four or more strikeouts in

> > one inning?

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> > (14) Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet, that begin

> > with the letter " s. "

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> > ANSWERS TO QUIZ

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> > (1) Boxing.

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> > (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.

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> > (3) Asparagus and rhubarb.

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> > (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).

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> > (5) Baseball.

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> > (6) Strawberry.

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> > (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.

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> > (8) Dwarf, dwell, and dwindle.

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> > (9) Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question

> > mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces,

> > and ellipses.

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> > (10) In Minnesota. The team was originally known as the Minneapolis

> > Lakers, and kept the name when they moved west.

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> > (11) Batter hit by a pitch; passed ball; catcher interference; catcher

> > drops third strike; fielder's choice; and being designated as a pinch

> > runner.

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> > (12) Lettuce.

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> > (13) If the catcher drops a called third strike, and doesn't throw the

> > batter out at first base, the runner is safe.

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> > (14) Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, snowshoes,

> > stockings, and so on.

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