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| Llamadance |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 12:59:48
nicked from another (less intelligent, I'm sure) forum, her's a few questions........
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 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."
No Googling!!
That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
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| PixieSteve |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 09:11:37
lettuce is the intended answer. |
| darwin |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 09:01:12
Our supermarkets sell pomegranate juice. Very expensive. |
| Llamadance |
Posted - 04/24/2006 : 01:07:09
I'd like to argue with you, but I think you're right. Booo, what a crap question. We could default to CoF's answer, pomegranate's, unless anyone's ever seen cartons of pomegranate juice?
In Bridge you would know the leader as the game is played over several rubbers, making the winner of the first rubber 'vulnerable' (iirc). If you're playing the contract in a game, you could also know exactly how many points you would score as you can see yours and your partners hands.
That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
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| darwin |
Posted - 04/23/2006 : 15:07:06
quote:
Originally posted by Llamadance
8. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned,
processed,cooked, or in any other form but fresh . . Lettuce.
In the States, at least, you can buy it cut up and mixed with other veggies in a bag. In other words, processed.
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| darwin |
Posted - 04/23/2006 : 15:03:30
1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the
participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends. - Bridge?
2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward? - Exit Glacier or Niagra Falls
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? Artichokes and asparagus (they might no t be vegeables)
4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside? Strawberries
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? The bottle was put over the fruit before it had fully grown
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? yes
8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned,
processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh No idea
9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with
the letter "S." socks, shoes, sandals, soccer cleats, snowshoes, skates
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| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 04/23/2006 : 14:07:04
Probably. There are actually a whole smattering of words that Shakespeare invented. That was an era where people thought the English language needed more words (partially in envy of the French) and people all over were just creating words and throwing them in.
It hasn't really changed much today, has it? We get all sorts of euphemisms rather than actual words, and catch phrases that eventually become part of the language from everything from commercials to movies to books.
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| VoVat |
Posted - 04/23/2006 : 13:19:42
Didn't Shakespeare invent the word "dwindle"? It's a really cool word.
And I would agree that "dweeb" is a real English word. Questions like #6 really don't work in a constantly evolving language.
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| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 04/14/2006 : 03:00:06
quote:
Originally posted by PixieSteve
dwain dibbly
Dwayne Dibley? What kind of a name is Dwayne Dibley?
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| Llamadance |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 23:09:50
ok here's the answers as provided by the bloke on the other forum.
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 marks, 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.
That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
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| TRANSMARINE |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 16:20:02
1) bullfight
2) grand canyon
3) onion/potato
4) strawberry
5) bottle blown around it
6) dwarf/dwindle
7) period/quotation mark/hyphen/exclamation point/question mark/comma
8) lettuce
9) shoes/socks/sandals/slippers/spatz/stilts
I haven't looked at any above answers...are any of these right?
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
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| PixieSteve |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 15:59:13
dwain dibbly
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| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 15:16:03
Dweezil? :P
I've never actually worn snowshoes, have you? Always wanted to give it a try.
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| Steak n Sabre |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 15:13:06
2. Mississippi Delta?
6. Dweeb
Dweezil
9. Snowshoes ( Lead-filled of course )
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| Broken Face |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 14:23:31
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? - The Statue of Liberty - slowly being pulled to sea?
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 clue. Maybe root veggies?- potatoes and parsnips?
4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside? - Raspberry
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? - It grew in there, vine and all, but the vine was removed when the bottle was sealed
6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "dw" and
they are all common words. Name two of them. - dwarf, dwindle
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 - lettuce
9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with
the letter "S." - shoes, socks, sandals, spats, slippers, sneakers
No Googling!!
-Brian
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| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 14:20:03
Nah, they make it into syrup and wine and stuff too.
Iraq cracked me up.
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| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 13:59:38
1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.
French rioting.
2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?
Uh... Iraq?
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?
Me and my computer.
6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "dw" and they are all common words. Name two of them.
Dwarf, dwelling, Dwight Eisenhower, Devil's Workshop.
8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh
Saskatoon berry.
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| Llamadance |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 13:48:57
quote:
Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
Ah, dwindle and dwell, so obvious!
So what you're telling me is you're asking us to post answers here so you can look smart on another forum?!?! :)
"If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate."
Your not doing so well thus far, are you? ;) Na, I mostly don't post there, just use it for info.
uh, 8, yeah, I can't read. I have a different answer that works too...lettuce......the guy hasn't posted the answers yet.
That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
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| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 13:39:31
Ah, dwindle and dwell, so obvious!
So what you're telling me is you're asking us to post answers here so you can look smart on another forum?!?! :)
Bay of Fundy is a place in Atlantic Canada where the tides are so high that water actually runs uphill. Famous in Canada but probably nowhere else.
Boxing's gotta be right, good call Erebus. I had no idea, so I just made fun of a sport I consider a little bizarre.
Number 8 says 'fruit or veg', so pomegranate could work...
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| Llamadance |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 13:31:27
yep, between you, you got (6) right - dwarf, dwindle and dwell
Isn't dweeb a real word as well?
That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
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| pixiestu |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 13:26:14
6)dwell is another (i think)
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| therewererumours |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 13:24:48
quote:
Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
2) Bay of Fundy
"If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate."
You just made that up Dean. Hehe, sorry, is it famous, I never heard of it?
5) I have no idea about the rest,  but do they get the pear in the bottle by creating a vacum in it that sucks the pear in whole?
 black, it was always black...... |
| Erebus |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 13:20:56
1. Boxing
2. Niagara Falls
6. dwindle
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| Llamadance |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 13:12:44
strawberries is right I'm sure, as is potatoes (?) Pomegranate is a fruit. No idea about number 5. Cricket is wrong.
I'm waitng for the guy on the other forum to post the answers :)
That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
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| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 13:06:41
1) Cricket?
2) Bay of Fundy
3) Potatoes, ?
4) Strawberries
5) Feed as a seed until ripe within the bottle
6) Dwight, Dwayne. OK, not words but names... dwarf, ... hmm... tough... all I can think of
7) Exlamation mark, question mark, comma, semicolon, colon, period, hyphen, elipses, ...
8) Pomegranate
9) shoes, slippers, socks, stilettos, skis, snowboard
Difficult, not sure I even passed. Thanks Llama.
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