A little quiz, amazingly difficult

This is a quiz for people who know everything!



I found out in a hurry that I didn't.. These are not trick questions. They
are straight questions with straight answers.



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 did 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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Answers To Quiz:


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 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.

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 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.

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

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

8. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed,
cooked, or in 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.

Groundhog Day Tuesday

February 2, 2009 - around 7:30 am ET - Punxsutawney, PA

Phil saw his shadow and thus we are headed for 6 more weeks of winter!



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The legend of Groundhog Day is based on an old Scottish couplet: "If Candlemas Day is bright and clear, there'll be two winters in the year."

Every February 2, people gather at Gobbler's Knob, a wooded knoll just outside of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.

Residents contend that the groundhog has never been wrong.

The ceremony in Punxsutawney was held in secret until 1966, and only Phil's prediction was revealed to the public. Since then, Phil's fearless forecast has been a national media event.

The groundhog comes out of his electrically heated burrow, looks for his shadow and utters his prediction to a Groundhog Club representative in "groundhogese." The representative then translates the prediction for the general public.

If Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, it means six more weeks of winter. If he does not see his shadow, it means spring is just around the corner.

Approximately 90% of the time, Phil sees his shadow.

Phil started making predictions in 1887 and has become an American institution.

Tonight's Wolf Moon

Why Is the Moon Looking Unusually Large?
Updated: Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:54 AM


The full moon through this Saturday will be the largest and brightest of the year. This is also called the Wolf Moon, which will be 14 percent wider and 30 percent brighter than a typical full moon.

The moon's orbit around Earth is not a circle, but an ellipse, with one side 50,000 km closer to Earth than the other. The point of closest approach is called the "perigee," and that is where the moon will be Friday night through Saturday morning.

Forecast by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson

Snow Brings in Bitter Cold

Well, the snow yesterday ushered in a bitter outbreak of Arctic cold as the temp is 10 degrees right now with a biting WNW wind gusting up to 30 mph. Here are a few scenes from around Woonsocket yesterday during the first of two burst of snow.

May be slick driving later today

The next Arctic cold front will blast through this evening with the potential for heavy snow squalls with high winds. This will cause the relatively mild pavement to melt and freeze withing a short time span causing icing conditions. So be aware of this potential on your commute home this evening. Still, this will be nothing compared to the the major storm out in OK and TX where our friends and relatives will be eyewitness to anything from blizzard conditions to icing up to 1" in OK City.
Stay Safe Everyone !!!

Close to Flood Stage: The Blackstone River at Woonsocket, RI

The mighty Blackstone was racing through the City this AM at crest, just about 8', not a flooding issue here, but power of water not in doubt from the "thundering" Falls today !!!

Wind and Rain Today

Quick weather update: Mild this AM at 50 degrees with very light rain. Looking for rain to pick up and become heavy at times today with upwards of 3" possible with an isiolated thunderstorm. Wind will also be an issue with gusts possible up to 60 mph.
Flash Flood and Wind Advisory has been issued for the Rhode Island area.