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9 QUESTIONS - ***ANSWERS POSTED***
Penthesilea:
1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.
Boxing
2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?
no idea
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?
no idea
4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
no idea
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?
I know this one! :D They attach the bottles to the branch and put the fruit into it, as long as it's still small enough to fit through the neck. Then the fruit grows in the bottle.
6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters ' dw' and they are all common words. Name two of them.
There must be more than three words, because I already know three: dwarf, dwell, dweeb
7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them?
full stop, comma, semicolon, question mark, exclamation mark, colon, quotation mark
8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.
I had an idea, but now I forgot. :laugh:
9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter 'S.'
shoes, sandals, socks, stockings, snowshoes, ski,
tforster:
2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward? NIAGARA FALLS!!
Sason:
I have answered these as well, but I PMed my answers to Kerry! ;) 8)
Meryl:
--- Quote from: Sason on July 02, 2010, 03:58:23 pm ---I have answered these as well, but I PMed my answers to Kerry! ;) 8)
--- End quote ---
Oops, I didn't read the instructions. Oh well, nobody look at my answers! :-X ;D
Kerry:
And the winner is . . . . . .
Drum-roll, Maestro, please . . . . . .
The First Prize goes to . . . . . .
Gasp, 3 participants all got the highest score of 5 correct answers. They each win the First Prize of a beautiful Fairy Glitter Globe (luckily I had 3 in stock). They are . . . . . .
SONJA
(Sason)
MERYL
CHRISSI
(Penthesilia)
Winning a lovely glittery red rose in 2nd place, with 4 correct answers, is . . . . . .
LEE
(Front-Ranger)
And in 3rd place, winning a pretty pink star for correctly answering Niagara Falls to Question 2 . . . . .
tforster
And as a special thank-you gift to everyone for entering, each participant gets a big basket of cherries, to make their very own yummy cherry cake . . . . . .
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