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    Quiz

    1.) There's one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends. What is it?

    (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.) At noon and midnight the hour and minute hands are exactly coincident with each other. How many other times between noon and midnight do the hour and minute hands cross?

    (5.) What is the only sport in which the ball is always in the possession of the team on defense, and the offensive team can score without touching the ball?

    (6.) What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

    (7.) 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?

    (8.) Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "dw." They are all common. Name two of them.

    (9.) There are fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name half of them?

    (10.) Where are the lakes that are referred to in the "Los Angeles Lakers"?

    (11.) There are seven 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 six.

    (12.) It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. What is it?

    (13.) How is it possible for a pitcher to make four or more strikeouts in one inning?

    (14.) Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet, that begin with the letter "s."
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    1. Boxing
    4. 10
    5. Cricket
    6. Strawberry
    10. Great lakes between Canada and USA?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Schumi
    1. Boxing
    4. 10
    5. Cricket
    6. Strawberry
    10. Great lakes between Canada and USA?
    1. Correct
    4. Correct
    5. Wrong-
    6. Correct
    10. Wrong-
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    2 Niagra Falls?
    8 Dwell,Dwindle,Dwarf
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    5. Baseball.
    7. It was grown in there.
    8. Dwarf, Dwindle Dwelling.
    9. . , ? ' " " ! ( ) * - & ; : ... open and close quotation marks are seperate but not on my keyboard.
    11. Taking one for the team

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    11. Stealing it. (You'd want to be quick though)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dublin12
    2 Niagra Falls?
    8 Dwell,Dwindle,Dwarf
    Both are correct

    2. The rim is worn down about 2 and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bald Student
    5. Baseball.
    7. It was grown in there.
    8. Dwarf, Dwindle Dwelling.
    9. . , ? ' " " ! ( ) * - & ; : ... open and close quotation marks are seperate but not on my keyboard.
    11. Taking one for the team
    5.correct
    7. correct
    8. already answered
    9. correct.
    11. incorrect
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bald Student
    11. Stealing it. (You'd want to be quick though)
    incorrect
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    Why would baseball be correct for #5 and not cricket? What's the difference?
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    Is 12 Kiwi fruit?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dublin12
    Is 12 Kiwi fruit?
    No
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    Quote Originally Posted by Schumi
    Why would baseball be correct for #5 and not cricket? What's the difference?
    I dont know, I didn't make the questions, I just have the answers and I dont know the rules of either sport so I'm not sure
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    Ba$tard! . That's not where I got it though.
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    10. The Lakers basketball team were originally from Monneapolis, Minnesota, so I presume the lakes are from around there somewhere??

    14. Shoes, Socks, Sandals, Stilettos, Slingbacks and Skin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sligoman
    Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "dw."
    Quote Originally Posted by sligoman
    (Dwell,Dwindle,Dwarf) Both are correct
    Quote Originally Posted by sligoman
    (Dwarf, Dwindle Dwelling) already answered
    Surely "Dwell" and "Dwelling" are two different words? And if both answers are correct, then there are four words that begin with "dw" - Dwell, Dwelling, Dwindle and Dwarf.

    Quote Originally Posted by Schumi
    Why would baseball be correct for #5 and not cricket? What's the difference?
    I think because in Cricket the batsman has to hit the ball to score runs, whereas in baseball the batter can get around the bases without hitting the ball (like when the pitcher throws too many wide "balls")

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    All the answers!

    (1.) Boxing.

    (2.) Niagara Falls. The rim is worn down about 2 and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.

    (3.) Asparagus and rhubarb.

    (4.) Ten times (not eleven, as most people seem to think).

    (5.) Baseball.

    (6.) Strawberry.

    (7.) The pear 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 whole growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.

    (8.) Dwarf, dwell, and dwindle.

    (9.) Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis,
    braces, and ellipses.

    (10.) The lakes are in Minnesota. The team was originally known as the Minneapolis Lakers, and kept the name when they moved west.

    (11.) Batter hit by a pitch; passed ball; catcher interference; catcher drops third strike; fielder's choice; and being designated as a pinch runner.

    (12.) Lettuce.

    (13.) If the catcher drops a called third strike, and doesn't throw the batter out at first base, the runner is safe.

    (14.) Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, snowshoes, stockings, and so on.
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    11. If the pitcher throws the ball out of the park.

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    Quote Originally Posted by crc
    I think because in Cricket the batsman has to hit the ball to score runs, whereas in baseball the batter can get around the bases without hitting the ball (like when the pitcher throws too many wide "balls")
    You get a run if the bowler bowls a no-ball or a wide or a bye, the extras at the bottom of the score card.
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