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Answers will follow in a couple of daze! Some I disagree with.
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. At noon and midnight the hour and minute hands are exactly
coincident with each other. How many other times between noon and
midnight do the hour and minute hands cross?
5. What is the only sport in which the ball is always in the
possession of the team on defense, and the offensive team can score
without touching the ball?
6. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
7. 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?
8. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "dw."
They are all common. Name two of them.
9. There are fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar.
Can you name half of them?
10. Where are the lakes that are referred to in the "Los Angeles
Lakers?"
11. 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.
12. 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?
13. How is it possible for a pitcher to make four or more strikeouts
in one inning?
14. Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet, that begin
with the letter "s."
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