Test for Smart People
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:22 am> Test for Smart People
>
> There are only nine questions.
>
> This is a quiz for people who know everything!
> I found out in a hurry that I didn't.
> These are not trick questions.
> They are straight questions with straight answers.
>
> 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.'
>
>
>
>
> Answers:
>
> 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 mark, 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.
>
> PLEASE DO YOUR PART... Today is National Mental Health Day.
> You can do your part by remembering to send this e-mail to at least one
> person. Well, my job's done!
>
> Just don't send it back to me. I've already flunked it once.
>
>
> There are only nine questions.
>
> This is a quiz for people who know everything!
> I found out in a hurry that I didn't.
> These are not trick questions.
> They are straight questions with straight answers.
>
> 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.'
>
>
>
>
> Answers:
>
> 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 mark, 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.
>
> PLEASE DO YOUR PART... Today is National Mental Health Day.
> You can do your part by remembering to send this e-mail to at least one
> person. Well, my job's done!
>
> Just don't send it back to me. I've already flunked it once.
>
Even with my eyes this big, I can barely read that! I thought it was a line...now on second look, I got it...