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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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