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

[eric ciup]

Artichoke is a perennial as is the fiddlehead fern, there are probably 
others.


On 05/20/18 16:06, M Gordon wrote:
> 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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