[Clayart] Fwd: VERY BRIGHT FRIENDS....

[M Gordon]

I'm not very bright! Mike Gordon

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>  VERY BRIGHT FRIENDS
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> 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.. 
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> 1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the 
> participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.
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> 2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?
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> 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?
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> 4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
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> 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?
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> 6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters ' dw' 
> and they are all common words. Name two of them.
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> 7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at 
> least half of them?
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> 8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, 
> processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.
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> 9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with 
> the letter 'S.'
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> Answers To Quiz: 
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> 1. The one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants 
> know the score or the leader until the contest ends:Boxing.
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> 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.
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> 3. Only two vegetables that can live to produce on their own for 
> several growing seasons: Asparagus and rhubarb.
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> 4. The fruit with its seeds on the outside:Strawberry.
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> 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.
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> 6. Three English words beginning with dw: Dwarf, dwell and dwindle...
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> 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.
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> 8. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed, 
> cooked, or in any other form but fresh: Lettuce.
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>   9. Six or more things you can wear on your feet beginning with 
> 'S':Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, 
> snowshoes, stockings, stilts.
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> Your job is to send this e-mail to at least one very bright friend or 
> more if you have them.
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