Did you look up the answers? Well, maybe you decided to really test yourself. Without further ado, here are the answers.
Question #1 – Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends. The answer: Boxing.
Question #2 – What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward? The answer: 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.
Question #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? The answers: Asparagus and rhubarb.
Question #4 – What fruit has its seeds on the outside? The answer: Strawberry.
Question #5 – How did the pear get inside the brandy bottle? The answer: 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.
Question #6 – Only three words in standard English begin with the letters ‘ dw’ and they are all common words. Name two of them. The answers: Dwarf, dwell and dwindle…
Question #7 – There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them? The answers: Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation mark, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.
Question #8 – Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh. The answer: Lettuce.
Question #9 – Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter ‘S.’ The answers: Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts.
Did you have fun with this? I know that I did…How is this for a bit of whimsy Joe E.?
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Touchdown!
Posted in Commentary, tagged Basketball, Football, Scoring, Soccer, Sports, Tennis, touchdown on January 13, 2012| 1 Comment »
I got to thinking about how points are scored at sporting events. My question to you, my dear readers, is this: Who decided the way in which they score? Below is a list of the way scoring occurs, and maybe you can answer the questions.
**Football – A touchdown is 6 points. Who made the decision that a touchdown would be 6 points? Why not 1 point? And, why do they go for the goal again with the “extra point” kick? And, why is the extra point only one point and not 6?
**Soccer – A goal is 1 point. Why isn’t it 6 like football?
**Basketball – A basket is 2 points. But if a shot is made from behind the center line of the court it is 3 points. Who came up with that? And, if a shot is made within the key, why isn’t that 1 point?
**Tennis – No points are called “Love.” What? The first point is 15, the second is 30, the third 40 and the last is 2. Why isn’t the third 45 and the last 60? And why do they play 6 sets. Why not just score one point per shot and just play until you reach a score of 24?
These just highlight a few. Isn’t it all relative anyway? This inquiring mind wants to know who created the scoring systems. Do you know?
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