PA Brainiacs Quizzes

[Super Nova]

4,100

Correct.

[Dr. Caligari]

Do you still think it is 5000?

4100 is correct.

[Neferti]

Yes, 4,100 as I said. There is a bit of a trick to it as you automatically (in your mind) take it up to 5000. Break it down and you have:-

1,000 x 4 = 4,000

40+30+20+10 = 100

[Neferti]

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 six or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter "s."

ANSWERS later.

[Black Orchid]

Mom and Dad have four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?

[Dr. Caligari]

Mom and Dad have four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?

7

[Super Nova]

Mom and Dad have four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?

7

That sound right.

7 from me too.

[Neferti]

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 six or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter "s."

ANSWERS later.

Was this too difficult?

Here are the answers!

Answers

1. The one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score, or the leader, until the contest ends is 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. The 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.

[Black Orchid]

Mom and Dad have four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?

7

That sound right.

7 from me too.

Correct