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1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.
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. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
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 di d the pear get inside the bottle?
6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters 'dw' and they are all common words. Name two of them.
7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them?
8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.
9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter 'S.'
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1. The one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends ... Boxing
2. North American landmark constantly moving backwards Niagara Falls ( The rim is worn down about two and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.)
3. Only two vegetables that can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons .. Asparagus and rhubarb.
4. The fruit with its seeds on the outside ... Strawberry.
5. How did the pear g et inside the brandy bottle? It 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 entire growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.)
6. Three English words beginning with 'dw' Dwarf, dwell and dwindle.
7. Fourteen punctuat ion marks in English grammar . Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.
8. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or i n any other form but fresh Lettuce.
9. Six or more things you can wear on your feet beginning with 'S' Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts.
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I disagree with number one. That could be any sport. There can be a last minute turnaround in any of them. The underdog can suddenly turn things around and win. When that happens, they win and are the leader. You never know the final score until the game is over.
"I disagree with number one. That could be any sport. There can be a last minute turnaround in any of them. The underdog can suddenly turn things around and win. When that happens, they win and are the leader. You never know the final score until the game is over. "
He said the score, not the FINAL score. Watch any base ball game - you know the score and who's leading at the end of each inning.
In boxing unless the fight is won by a knockout(Many are not score is kept by judges and it is very possible to tell you is ahead on points.
And as for the "The only landmark" ALL water falls are reeceding, none as fast as Niagara but then Niagara has the highest flow rate of any waterfall in the world
Question.. What's #2 (GPM wise)
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wa8yxm wrote: In boxing unless the fight is won by a knockout(Many are not score is kept by judges and it is very possible to tell you is ahead on points.
And as for the "The only landmark" ALL water falls are reeceding, none as fast as Niagara but then Niagara has the highest flow rate of any waterfall in the world
Question.. What's #2 (GPM wise)
Some are real pickey. The question was what famous landmark, not "The only landmark"
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wa8yxm wrote: In boxing unless the fight is won by a knockout(Many are not score is kept by judges and it is very possible to tell you is ahead on points.
A judges scoring of the bout is kept confidential, to not discourage either opponent, keeping it very fair. The points announced is pure speculation by the ESPN folks.
wa8yxm wrote: And as for the "The only landmark" ALL water falls are reeceding, none as fast as Niagara but then Niagara has the highest flow rate of any waterfall in the world
wa8yxm wrote: Question.. What's #2 (GPM wise)
Here are the first FOUR, they all come before Niagara.
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