D'vorahDavida
Yetzirah

Okay, I'll Play Along
Tue Apr 24 2007


Pragmatist's Challenge:


1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.
The Game Of Life. Okay, okay... Chess?

2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?

Hillary Clinton


3. Of all the 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 two perennial vegetables?

Artichokes and.....Asparagus!

4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

Strawberry


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? [My question: how do you get the pear out?]

They put the bottle over the baby pear when it's on the tree. (I didn't look that up either.)

6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters"dw" and they are all common words. Name two of them. [All three if you want to]

Dwit, Dwang, and Dwimble. (The three Dwingleberries)


7. There are 14 punctuation makes in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them?

, . ; : ' " - _ ! ~ [called a tilde] and of course the inimitable (Parenthesis).


8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.

Kumquat?


9. Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter "S."

Socks, sandals, shoes, slingbacks, supporters of the arches, snowshoes, snowboots, slippers, sabretooth tigerskin szapatos!



Dont' mess with me, I'm a nut!
4 Comments
  • From:
    Pragmatist (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Apr 24 2007
    I like your answers. The ones you gave. But I have to take issue with one of them. The ~ isn't really part of *standard* English.

    Oh, I don't think your dw answers are *standard* English, either, but I like them.

    Shalom
  • From:
    Mamallama (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Apr 24 2007
    I bow to the Queen of Nuts! :o)
    Good answers. Even the nutty ones.
  • From:
    InStitches (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Apr 25 2007
    Ah, but at least you are not the type of nut who runs around thinking she's a North American Landmark.
  • From:
    Parett (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Apr 25 2007
    Your North American landmark is my favorite! I'm STILL giggling!