I like a good quiz. Here's a straightforward, though not too easy, one sent to me by Sr Anastasia.
No trick questions, though it's worth remembering that it originates in the US so make allowances for the 'transatlantic influence' in some of the answers.
Have fun . . . I'll post the answers tomorrow.
The Quiz for People Who Know Everything . . .
There are only nine questions.
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.'
