[Rhodes22-list] Fwd: Quiz

[Hank]

But isn't a cashew a nut, not a fruit?

Hank

On 5/10/07, Luis Guzman <trpclman at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> There is another answer for number 4: Cashew has it's seed on the outside.
>
> Luis
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com>
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2007 9:27:46 AM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Fwd: Quiz
>
>
> Hello fellow Rhodies,
>
> Here is another quiz to get your braining going this morning.  I did much
> worse on this one than the other one.
>
> Hank
>
> 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 To Quiz:
>
> 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 minute.)
>
> 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 marks, bracket s, 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.
>
>
> PLEASE DO YOUR PART....... Today is National   Mental Health Day. You can
> do
> your part by remembering to   send an e-mail to at least one unstable
> person
>
> Well, my job's done!
>
>
> LIFE IS A JOURNEY. ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW AND ENJOY THE   BREEZE
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