Brainiac Quiz
 

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."


Answers are below














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 marks, 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.

The average person only gets 7 correct.


This is based on U.S. info, so use all lobes of
your brain. This can be more difficult than it
looks - it just shows how little most of us
really see!

There are 25 questions about things we see every
day or have known about all our lives. How many
can you get right? These little simple questions
are harder than you think-- it just shows you how
little we pay attention to the commonplace things
of life.

Put your thinking caps on. No cheating! No
looking around! No getting out of your chair!
No using anything on or in your desk or computer!


Can you beat 20?? (The average is 7) Write down
your answers as you go.

Check answers (on the bottom), AFTER completing
all the questions.


REMEMBER - NO CHEATING!!! BE HONEST!!! That means
no looking at your phone or anything on your
desk...


Then, before you pass this on to your friends,
change the number on the subject line to show how
many you got correct.
Forward to your friends and also back to the one
who sent it to you.



LET'S JUST SEE HOW OBSERVANT YOU REALLY ARE.



1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on
the top or bottom?


2. How many states are there in the USA? (Don't
laugh, some people don't know)


3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch?


4. What six colors are on the classic Campbell's
soup label?


5. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't
have letters by them?


6. When you walk does your left arm swing with
your right or left leg?
(Don't you dare get up to see!)


7. How many matches ar e in a standard pack?


8. On the United States flag is the top stripe red
or white?


9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial?


10. Which way does water go down the drain,
counter or clockwise?


11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash
run?


12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial?


13 On which side of a women's blouse are the
buttons?


14. Which way do fans rotate?


15 How many sides does a stop sign have?


16. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right
or left side?


17 How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel?


18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil?


19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc.
Who's missing?


20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard
package?


21 On which playing card is the card maker's
trademark?


22 On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord
that adjusts the opening between the slats?


23. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone.
What 2 symbols bear no digits?


24. How many curves are there in the standard
paper clip?


25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or
clockwise?

















ANSWERS

1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on
the top or bottom? BOTTOM

2. How many states are there in the USA< STRONG>?
(Don't laugh, some people don't know) 50

3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's
torch? RIGHT

4. What six colors are on the classic Campbell's
soup label? BLUE, RED, WHITE, YELLOW, BLACK &
GOLD

5. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't
have letters by them? 1, 0

6. When you walk does your left arm swing with
your right or left leg? RIGHT

7. How many matches are in a standard pack? 20

8. On the United States flag is the top stripe red
or white? RED

9.. What is the lowest number on the FM dial?
88

10. Which way does water go down the drain,
counter or clockwise?
CLOCKWISE (NORTH OF THE EQUATOR)

11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash
run? TOWARDS BOTTOM RIGHT

12. How many channel s on a VHF TV dial?
12 (no #1)

13 On which side of a women's blouse are the
buttons? LEFT

14. Which way do fans rotate? CLOCKWISE AS YOU
LOOK AT IT

15 How many sides does a stop sign have? 8

16. Do books have even-numbered pages on the
right or left side? LEFT

17 How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel?
5

18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil?
6

19.. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc.
Who's missing? BASHFUL

20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard
package? 8

21 On which playing card is the card maker's
trademark? ACE OF SPADES

22 On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord
that adjusts the opening between the slats? LEFT

23. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone.
What 2 symbols bear no digits? *, #

24. How many curves are there in the standard
paper clip? 3

25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or
clockwise? COUNTER

13

5 in first quiz, 20 in second.

Although, I disagree with the stop sign question: there are 10 sides. You must include the front and back.

I have an issue with the "dw" question as well. What about the variations of "dwarf" such as dwarfed or dwarves?

Also "dwelling" the noun should be on there as well if variations are not counted.

I don't think they count.