Message-ID: <11188409.1075854392615.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 03:22:00 -0700 (PDT) From: darron.giron@enron.com To: kwpope@pdq.net Subject: Re: Fw: Answers Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Darron C Giron X-To: "Kent & Karen Pope" <kwpope@pdq.net> @ ENRON X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Darron_Giron_Jun2001\Notes Folders\Sent X-Origin: Giron-D X-FileName: dgiron.nsf Tell Dan that a glacier moves forward, not backward. On a balk, the batter does not advance, only the baserunners. But he may have a point with cricket. DG "Kent & Karen Pope" <kwpope@pdq.net> on 05/14/2001 07:59:53 AM To: "Darron C. Giron" <Darron.C.Giron@enron.com> cc: Subject: Fw: Answers ignore the note below to dan--it does not to apply to you! scan pretty far down for answers. glad we got to see carlos this weekend. have a good week karen -----Original Message----- From: Kent & Karen Pope <kwpope@pdq.net> To: Dan Kessler <Dan@vcrhouston.com> Date: Friday, May 11, 2001 9:08 AM Subject: Re: Answers >that's how you smart people are, always questioning authority. I didn't >write the damn answers, so suck it up and just bask in the knowledge that >your are probably right, as usual. >out >-----Original Message----- >From: Dan Kessler <Dan@vcrhouston.com> >To: Kent & Karen Pope <kwpope@pdq.net> >Date: Thursday, May 10, 2001 4:11 PM >Subject: RE: Answers > > >Thanks, but I think I have some problems with a couple of these. For >example: > >#2. Does a glacier not move backwards? Are there not famous glaciers >in Alaska? Is Alaska not in North America? > >#4. What about cricket? > >#10. What about a balk? > >Dan Kessler >Voter Consumer Research >281-893-1010 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Kent & Karen Pope [mailto:kwpope@pdq.net] >Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 3:34 PM >To: Dan Kessler >Subject: Fw: Answers > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Watsky, Elizabeth <Elizabeth.Watsky@bakeratlas.com> >To: 'Kent & Karen Pope' <kwpope@pdq.net> >Date: Thursday, May 10, 2001 6:33 AM >Subject: Answers > > >>Oops...forgot to attach them on the last email. Here are the >>answers......... >> >>> (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? >> >>Boxing. >> >>> (2) What famous North American landmark is constantly moving >>> backward? >> >>Niagara Falls. The rim is worn down about 2 and a half feet each year >>because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every >>minute. >> >>> (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? >> >>Asparagus and rhubarb. >> >>> (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? >> >>Baseball. >> >>> (5) What fruit has its seeds on the outside? >> >>The strawberry. >> >>> (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? >> >>The pear 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 whole growing season. When the pears are ripe, >>they are snipped off at the stems. >> >>> (7) Only three words in standard English begin with the letters >>> "dw." They are all common. Name two of them. >> >>Dwarf, dwell, and dwindle. >> >>> (8) There are fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you >>> name half of them? >> >>Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question >>mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, >>braces, and ellipses. >> >>> (9) Where are the lakes that are referred to in the "Los Angeles >>> Lakers?" >> >>In Minnesota. The team was originally known as the Minneapolis Lakers >>and kept the name when they moved west. >> >>> (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. >> >>Batter hit by a pitch; passed ball; catcher interference; catcher >>drops third strike; fielder's choice; and being designated as a pinch >>runner. >> >>> (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? >> >>Lettuce. >> >>> (12) Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet that >>> begin with the letter "S". >> >>Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, snowshoes, >>stockings. >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Kent & Karen Pope [mailto:kwpope@pdq.net] >>Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 10:06 PM >>To: Watsky, Elizabeth >>Subject: Re: Know-it-all quiz >> >> >>ok, so where be the answers. i hate quizzes without answers. >>kk >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Watsky, Elizabeth <Elizabeth.Watsky@bakeratlas.com> >>To: 'yvette_sepulveda@foleys.com' <yvette_sepulveda@foleys.com>; >>'emn@eepb.com' <emn@eepb.com>; 'kwpope@pdq.net' <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". > > >