Message-ID: <18073309.1075854358230.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 04:39:00 -0700 (PDT) From: kwpope@pdq.net To: dan@vcrhouston.com, darron.c.giron@enron.com, njj-rlj@worldnet.att.net Subject: Fw: Know-it-all quiz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: "Kent & Karen Pope" X-To: "Dan Kessler" , "Darron C. Giron" , "Nancy Johnson" X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Darron_Giron_Jun2001\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: Giron-D X-FileName: dgiron.nsf to the smartest two people i know--good luck i've got the answers if you want them. karen -----Original Message----- From: Watsky, Elizabeth To: 'yvette_sepulveda@foleys.com' ; 'emn@eepb.com' ; 'kwpope@pdq.net' Date: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 9:50 AM Subject: FW: Know-it-all quiz >Check out your knowledge... > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Young, Melissa [mailto:MSYoung@tmh.tmc.edu] >> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 1:57 PM >> To: 'Cheri Thomas'; 'Dad'; 'Elizabeth - work'; 'Stephen-Home' >> Subject: FW: Know-it-all quiz >> >> >> A QUIZ FOR PEOPLE WHO KNOW EVERYTHING >> >> (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) Name the only sport in which the ball is always in possession of the >> team on defense, and the offensive team can score without touching the >> ball? >> >> (5) What fruit has its seeds on the outside? >> >> (6) 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? >> >> (7) Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "dw." >> They >> are all common. Name two of them. >> >> (8) There are fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name >> half of them? >> >> (9) Where are the lakes that are referred to in the "Los Angeles Lakers?" >> >> (10) 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. >> >> (11) 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? >> >> (12) Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet that begin >> with >> the letter "S".