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Offline AB.Trini

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Yuh think yuh smart...?
« on: January 14, 2007, 10:57:46 AM »
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 Name the only sport in which the ball is always in  possession of the team
on defense and the offensive team can score without  touching the ball?

5. What fruit has its seeds on the  outside?

6. 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?

7. Only three words in Standard English begin with the letters  "dw" and
they are all common words. Name two of them.

8. There are 14  punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least
half of  them?

9. Where are the lakes that are referred to in the Los Angeles  Lakers?

10. There are 7 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
6.

11. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold  frozen, canned,
processed, cooked, or in any other form except  fresh.

12. 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 only sport in which the ball  is always in possession of the team on
defense and the offensive team can  score without touching the
ball...baseball.

5. The fruit with its seeds  on the outside.... strawberry.

6. 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.)

7. Three English words beginning with  dw..... dwarf, dwell, and dwindle.

8. Fourteen punctuation marks in  English grammar.... period, comma, colon,
semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe,  question mark, exclamation point,
quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis,  braces, and ellipses.

9. The original lakes referred to in Lakers....  in Minnesota . (The team
was  originally known as the Minneapolis Lakers, and kept the name when they
moved  west.)

10. Seven ways a baseball player can legally reach first base  without
getting a hit.... taking a base on balls (a walk); batter hit by a  pitch,
passed ball, catcher interference, catcher drops third strike,  fielder's
choice, and being designated as a pinch-runner.

11. The only  vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed,
cooked, or in any  other form but fresh.... lettuce.

12. Six or more things you can wear  on your feet beginning with "s"....
shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers,  skis, skates, snowshoes,
stockings, stilts.


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Re: Yuh think yuh smart...?
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2007, 08:57:24 AM »
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 Name the only sport in which the ball is always in  possession of the team
on defense and the offensive team can score without  touching the ball?

5. What fruit has its seeds on the  outside?

6. 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?

7. Only three words in Standard English begin with the letters  "dw" and
they are all common words. Name two of them.

8. There are 14  punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least
half of  them?

9. Where are the lakes that are referred to in the Los Angeles  Lakers?

10. There are 7 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
6.

11. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold  frozen, canned,
processed, cooked, or in any other form except  fresh.

12. 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 only sport in which the ball  is always in possession of the team on
defense and the offensive team can  score without touching the
ball...baseball.

5. The fruit with its seeds  on the outside.... strawberry.

6. 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.)

7. Three English words beginning with  dw..... dwarf, dwell, and dwindle.

8. Fourteen punctuation marks in  English grammar.... period, comma, colon,
semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe,  question mark, exclamation point,
quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis,  braces, and ellipses.

9. The original lakes referred to in Lakers....  in Minnesota . (The team
was  originally known as the Minneapolis Lakers, and kept the name when they
moved  west.)

10. Seven ways a baseball player can legally reach first base  without
getting a hit.... taking a base on balls (a walk); batter hit by a  pitch,
passed ball, catcher interference, catcher drops third strike,  fielder's
choice, and being designated as a pinch-runner.

11. The only  vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed,
cooked, or in any  other form but fresh.... lettuce.

12. Six or more things you can wear  on your feet beginning with "s"....
shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers,  skis, skates, snowshoes,
stockings, stilts.



I did the thing with the pear last year. it was coming along good till my bad-ass kids pelt it dong with they basketball.

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Re: Yuh think yuh smart...?
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2007, 09:35:38 PM »
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 Name the only sport in which the ball is always in  possession of the team
on defense and the offensive team can score without  touching the ball?

5. What fruit has its seeds on the  outside?

6. 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?

7. Only three words in Standard English begin with the letters  "dw" and
they are all common words. Name two of them.

8. There are 14  punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least
half of  them?

9. Where are the lakes that are referred to in the Los Angeles  Lakers?

10. There are 7 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
6.

11. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold  frozen, canned,
processed, cooked, or in any other form except  fresh.

12. 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 only sport in which the ball  is always in possession of the team on
defense and the offensive team can  score without touching the
ball...baseball.


5. The fruit with its seeds  on the outside.... strawberry.

6. 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.)

7. Three English words beginning with  dw..... dwarf, dwell, and dwindle.

8. Fourteen punctuation marks in  English grammar.... period, comma, colon,
semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe,  question mark, exclamation point,
quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis,  braces, and ellipses.

9. The original lakes referred to in Lakers....  in Minnesota . (The team
was  originally known as the Minneapolis Lakers, and kept the name when they
moved  west.)

10. Seven ways a baseball player can legally reach first base  without
getting a hit.... taking a base on balls (a walk); batter hit by a  pitch,
passed ball, catcher interference, catcher drops third strike,  fielder's
choice, and being designated as a pinch-runner.

11. The only  vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed,
cooked, or in any  other form but fresh.... lettuce.

12. Six or more things you can wear  on your feet beginning with "s"....
shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers,  skis, skates, snowshoes,
stockings, stilts.



so wudn't cricket be included in that?

 

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