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*HmS*grunt
Tue Jul 10 2007
Life is like a box of chocolates...

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QUIZ

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

2. 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?

3. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

4. 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?

5. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "dw" and they are all common words. Name two of them.

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

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

8. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter "S."

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Answers To Quiz: Yah right - make some guesses first - THEN I'll post the answers.
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*HmS*Ranger Six
Tue Jul 10 2007
*HmS*Ranger Six
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niagra falls

aspargus and rhubarb

strawberry

hmm

dwarf dwindle

,./'][?!!@#$%^&*()

lettuce

sock shoes slipper stockings skis sandles
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*HmS*Wedge
Tue Jul 10 2007
Captain Slow

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The pear is grown inside the bottle, saw it on Discovery channel.
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*HmS*grunt
Tue Jul 10 2007
Life is like a box of chocolates...

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Smart asses - got em all:
Answers To Quiz:

1. North American landmark constantly moving backward. 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.)

2. Only two vegetables that can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons . Asparagus and rhubarb.

3. The fruit with its seeds on the outside . Strawberry.

4. How did the pear get 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.)

5. Three English words beginning with dw. Dwarf, dwell and dwindle.

6. Fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar . . Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.

7. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. Lettuce.

8. 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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YaSa-4FuN p4f
Tue Jul 10 2007
Mr
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1.Niagara Falls.
2.Baseball
3.Strawberry.
4.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.
5.Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "dw." They are all common words. Name two of them. Dwarf, dwell, and dwindle.
6.Fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar . . . period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses
7.The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh . . . lettuce
8.Six or more things you can wear on your feet beginning with "s" . . . shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts
This was fun LoL
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YaSa-4FuN p4f
Tue Jul 10 2007
Mr
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LoL

Wrong on line 2

2.Baseball/Asparagus and rhubarb

Was witing 2 letars att the same time ;)
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*HmS*Tiger
Tue Aug 21 2007
The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list.
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Actually, I had some lettuce soup the other night......
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