Know It All Quiz

A quiz for people who think they know it all:

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 20 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."

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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 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.