Test your general knowledge

[Starbucks Junkie]

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 thei r 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 off Licences (Liqour 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 wit h the letter 'S.'

Have ago, and I will post the answers in the coming days.

Much respect will be adorned on the person who gets most correct.

[Starbucks Junkie]

Post you anwers on this thread, and we will see how clever you are.

[Starbucks Junkie]

My word, you are a miserable lot..........

Not that you deserve it but here are the answers.

Answers To Quiz:

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, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts.

[Starbucks Junkie]

Now lets try this again and see if we can put a bit more enthusiasm into this time eh...

Don't forget post your answers on this thread so everyone can see how smart...or dumb you are.

I will give you the answers soon.

1) What City has the largest number of canal's ?
2) What is the rarest blood type in the World ?
3) What is the largest mountain in the World ?
4) What is the longest animal in the World ?
5) What is the largest living thing on the Earth ?

[Starbucks Junkie]

Can't hold myself back any longer - here's the answers:

1) What City has the largest number of canal's ?

Birmingham, UK

2) What is the rarest blood type in the World ?

Hh or Oh - Bombay phenotype of type O blood

3) What is the largest mountain in the World ?

Mauna Loa - bit of trick question as I said largest not highest ;-)

And in the format of Qi, interestingly it can be argued that Everest is not even the highest as it is a mountain on top of the mountain range of the Himalayas so therefore Mount Kilimanjaro is higher than Everest as not only as it is a ‘standalone’ mountain (it raises straight out of the African plain) but it is at the equator it is therefore further from the center of the earth.

4) What is the longest animal in the World ?

Lineus worm - 60m (Inside your intestines)

5) What is the largest living thing on the Earth ?

Honey fungus - 3.4 square miles