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.?