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

(5) What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

(6) 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?

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

(8) There are fourteen punctuation marks in English gr

2007-01-06 13:26:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music Polls & Surveys

ok, the whole didn't post ...i will retry...

2007-01-06 13:28:03 · update #1

sorry i forgot to repost the rest...

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

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

(10) 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.

(11) 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?

(12) Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet that begin
with the letter "S."

2007-01-08 15:16:10 · update #2

answers
1. Boxing.
2. 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. Asparagus and rhubarb.
4. Baseball.
5. Strawberry.
6. 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.
7. Dwarf, dwell, and dwindle.
8. Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question
mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis,
braces, and ellipses.
9. In Minnesota. The team was originally known as the Minneapolis
Lakers and kept the name when they moved west.
10. Batter hit by a pitch; passed ball; catcher interference; catcher
drops third strike; fielder's choice; and being designated as a pinch
runner.
11. Lettuce.
12. Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, snowshoes

2007-01-13 06:51:11 · update #3

and skates.
although i disagree about boxing, i said pearl diving contest.

2007-01-13 06:53:55 · update #4

heart and troll...when i took the test i said 'steals first base' , which is what i think was meant by passed ball.
i also thought boxing was not true, i thought maybe a scuba or pearl diving contest for #1

2007-01-13 19:10:33 · update #5

7 answers

1. golf
2. the San Francisco trolleys
3. cucumber and avocado
4. baseball
5. strawberry
6. the fruit is grown in the bottle
7. dwarf(short human/creature), dwang(bracing piece used in walls), dwindle (to become smaller)
8. comma, period, semicolon, colon, question mark, exclamation mark, and apostrophe
9. the Great Lakes
10. uncaught third strike, base on balls, hit by pitch, catcher's interference, hitting and running, a balk
11. lettuce
12. shoes, sneakers, slippers, skates, sandals, stilettos, slides, socks, ski boots, snowshoes, and swim flippers

Tough quiz, but it's a good one!

2007-01-09 11:54:16 · answer #1 · answered by sunday girl 6 · 2 0

Not sure how a batter goes to first on a pass ball; maybe you meant on an error?

2007-01-14 00:14:05 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0 0

Good Greefe It's Toooooo Long Forget it I ain't readin that

2007-01-14 21:08:37 · answer #3 · answered by ally_cat0o4 2 · 0 0

1. Boxing?
2. ?
3. ?
4. baseball
5. strawberry
6.?
7. dwarf, dwarves, dwindle, dwindles (hey! That's four words!)

2007-01-06 23:11:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

1 - Sex
2 - Retard
3 - Gummy Bear + Retard
4 - Sex
5 - Man
6 - it sneaks in at night
7 - Dwight, Dwingle, Dwur
8 - ??????????????

2007-01-06 21:35:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

sandals, socks, shoes, slippers, sneakers, and snowboots

2007-01-12 19:59:18 · answer #6 · answered by kk~jones 2 · 0 0

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhh i couldnt even read all of this, my head started to hurt

2007-01-14 13:50:26 · answer #7 · answered by amana5 4 · 0 0

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