Quiz for Know-it-alls ('Sup, Dins?)

[Smackie Chan]

I seldom (if ever) post material received in emails, but since there are no more Humpday Challenges, I figured this was worthwhile. Needless to say, I did rather poorly. See if you have better luck:

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."

[Goober McTuber]

4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

Strawberry.

[Goober McTuber]

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

Lettuce.

[Goober McTuber]

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

Your thoughts, Dinsdale?

[Smackie Chan]

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

Your thoughts, Dinsdale?

That question was one of the few I got right. I was able to name 13 of 'em.

Smackie's asshole

Sorry to hear you have such small feet.

[Cueball]

1. Boxing

1. MMA

[Cueball]

6. dwelling, dwarf

[Goober McTuber]

6. dwelling, dwarf

And dweeb.

[Mikey]

2. Mace's favorite sheep?

[Mikey]

6. dwelling, dwarf

And dweeb.

Technically, dwell would be a separate word.

[Goober McTuber]

6. dwelling, dwarf

And dweeb.

Technically, dwell would be a separate word.

I was offering "dweeb" as the third word, not calling out for one.

[Mikey]

So I guess that makes four.

[Mikey]

3.

a) artichoke
b) ?

[Smackie Chan]

3.

a) artichoke

Nope.

[Mikey]

3.

a) artichoke

Nope.

Check your source...

The Globe Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus)[1] is a perennial thistle originating in southern Europe around the Mediterranean....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artichoke

[Shoalzie]

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

dwarf, dwindle, dwell/dwelling

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

period, question mark, exclamation mark, comma, colon, semi-colon, apostrophe, quotation mark, hyphen, endash (I forget the exact name but it's the double hyphen "--", ellipses (...)

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

shoes, socks, sneakers, spikes (cleats), sandals, slippers

[Smackie Chan]

3.

a) artichoke

Nope.

Check your source...

OK, I checked it and artichoke didn't make the short list. While it is technically a perennial, it may be that for commercial growing purposes, annual plantings are preferred. From your Wiki source:

Artichokes can be produced from seeds or from vegetative means such as division, root cuttings or micropropagation. Though technically perennials which normally produce the edible flower only during the second and subsequent years; certain varieties from seed can be grown as annuals, producing a limited harvest at the end of the first growing season, even in regions where the plants are not normally winter hardy. This means that home gardeners in northern regions can attempt to produce a crop without the need to overwinter plants with special treatment or protection. The recently introduced seed cultivar 'Imperial Star' has been bred to produce in the first year without such measures. An even newer cultivar, 'Northern Star', is said to be able to overwinter in more northerly climates, and readily survive sub-zero temperatures.

Commercial culture is limited to warm areas in USDA hardiness zone 7 and above. It requires good soil, regular watering and feeding plus frost protection in winter. Rooted suckers can be planted each year so that mature specimens can be disposed of after a few years, as each individual plant only lives a few years. The peak season for artichoke harvesting is the spring, but they continue to be harvested throughout the summer, with another peak period in mid autumn.

[WolverineSteve]

5. the pear is grown inside the bottle. they hang the bottles on the trees.

[Cuda]

1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends. Cricket

2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward? Michael Jackson

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? Stephen Hawkings, DMike's Wing-Eating Retard

4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside? Diego in Seattle

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? Sucked in it's belly

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

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. Celery

9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter "S." right shoe, left shoe, right sock, left sock, right slipper, left slipper, smackie's over-streched asshole
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[Smackie Chan]

88 pretty much nailed it, although many of you had the right answers (or at least the ones given) prior to his post. Differences between 88's answers and those in the key are:

1. Boxing
6. No "dwight"
7. Remaining punctuation marks are hyphen, quotation marks, parentheses, ellipsis, apostrophe, braces, and brackets

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside? Diego in Seattle

Damn you, Cuda...


...damn...




...you.

[Dinsdale]

3.

a) artichoke

Nope.

Check your source...

The Globe Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus)[1] is a perennial thistle originating in southern Europe around the Mediterranean....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artichoke

Yeah, artichoke was the first thing that came to mind... until I reread the question, and said to myself "Hey Self... it says 'vegetables,' dumbass."

[Goober McTuber]

[Yeah, artichoke was the first thing that came to mind... until I reread the question, and said to myself "Hey Self... it says 'vegetables,' dumbass."

And an artichoke is a vegetable. So?

[Smackie Chan]

Yeah, artichoke was the first thing that came to mind... until I reread the question, and said to myself "Hey Self... it says 'vegetables,' dumbass."

According to dictionary.com (fwiw), the primary definition of artichoke is tall, thistlelike composite plant, Cynara scolymus, native to the Mediterranean region, of which the numerous scalelike bracts and receptacle of the immature flower head are eaten as a vegetable. Is your point that despite its being eaten as a vegetable, it's actually a fruit or flower?

Based on my admittedly scarce knowledge of botany, agriculture, grocery shopping, and whatsuch, my understanding of edible plants is that they can loosely be grouped into four categories: fruits (the portion of the plant containing seeds), vegetables (any portion of the plant that doesn't contain the seeds), herbs (leaves, stalks, and/or roots), and spices (seeds). But vegetable can be defined as any plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts are used as food, as the tomato, bean, beet, potato, onion, asparagus, spinach, or cauliflower. By that definition, an artichoke is most assuredly a veggie, as is pretty much anything that grows from a seed and isn't made of meat.

[Goober McTuber]

It’s a vegetable. Don’t expect Dins back in this thread until he finds some obscure website that claims artichokes are mammals.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_an_articho ... _vegetable

http://phytophactor.blogspot.com/2008/0 ... table.html

http://www.kcci.com/dietandfitness/12163436/detail.html

http://www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov/m ... choke.html

[Dinsdale]

Based on my admittedly scarce knowledge of botany...

No need to admit to as much -- if you had a working knowledge of botany, you'd know that this one is obvious.

The edible portion comes from the plants' ovaries -- making it a fruit... although most people equate fruit with sweet berries, and members of the true and false berry groups.

...grocery shopping

It's perfectly acceptable to call an artichoke a "vegetable" in the produce isle... and in the kitchen.


Just keep it the fuck out of a technical/scientific discussion.


While it's neither a true or false berry, it sure the fuck comes from the plant's ovary... which makes it a fruit.

[Dinsdale]

It’s a vegetable. Don’t expect Dins back in this thread until he finds some obscure website that claims artichokes are mammals.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_an_articho ... _vegetable

http://phytophactor.blogspot.com/2008/0 ... table.html

http://www.kcci.com/dietandfitness/12163436/detail.html

http://www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov/m ... choke.html

I'm pretty sure I can find a link somewhere that says the moon is made of green cheese.


Doesn't change the FACT that an artichoke is a fruit... crack a book sometime, assface. Or pass a science class or something.


I'll take the word of guys with agricultural degrees over some guy who yells "BAM" on the television.


Q: Did the edible portion of the plant come from a flower's ovaries, or associated parts of the flower?

Hint: The answer to that question is the test for "Is it a fruit?"



Sorry, no links... but you've proven what links are worth. I'm sure I can come up with some, though -- since that's the definition of a "fruit," unless the scientific community has changed the definition in recent years.

[Smackie Chan]

if you had a working knowledge of botany, you'd know that this one is obvious.

Does responding to Dildogenes posts count as having a working knowledge of botany?

The edible portion comes from the plants' ovaries -- making it a fruit

I believe I covered that. Just wanted to confirm the source of your opposition to it being classified as a veg. From a culinary definition, fruits are a subset of vegetables. From a botanical standpoint, the presence of an ovary distinguishes fruits from vegetables.

It's perfectly acceptable to call an artichoke a "vegetable" in the produce isle

Ah, the produce isle. One of my favorite tropical vacation spots.

Just keep it the fuck out of a technical/scientific discussion.

I'll be sure to do that as soon as I come across one.

While it's neither a true or false berry, it sure the fuck comes from the plant's ovary... which makes it a fruit.

Dingleberry - true or false? I only ask because I know not of its sweetness or lack thereof. Figured you'd have a better handle on that.

[Dinsdale]

The context of this discussion is culinary not scientific.

perennial

Sounds pretty scientific to me.


BTW-is christianity a religion or not, bcoscal?

[Dinsdale]

OK, you fucksticks made me do it... assholes.

What determines if something is a fruit or vegetable?

A vegetable is described as "any herbaceous (non-woody) plant or plant part that is eaten with the main course rather than as a desert. It usually has a bland taste." Botanically the fruit is "the developed ovary of a seed plant with its contents and accessory parts, as the pea pod, nut, tomato, pineapple, etc." or " the edible part of a plant developed from a flower with any accessory tissues, as the peach, mulberry, banana, etc."

The confusion arises because the "vegetable" can have "fruit" which are the reproductive parts. The tomato is probably the only legally declared vegetable in a Supreme Court ruling in the early 1900's. So, botanically, the tomato and the pepper are the fruit of the plant but the tomato is legally a vegetable. The artichoke (I assume you mean the Globe rather than the Jerusalem (SunChoke)) part which is eaten is botanically a flower. The outside bracts are morphologically sepals and, of course, the artichoke heart would be the pistil containing the ovules and is the seed-bearing organ of the thistle-like flower.

[Shoalzie]

^^^

I was wondering the whole deal with why a tomato was considered a fruit and I also wondered about peppers that had also seeds. Having seeds is the main distinction of a fruit.

[Dinsdale]

^^^

I was wondering the whole deal with why a tomato was considered a fruit

Technically, tomatoes are fags.

They're also a berry (a true berry, 100% ovary).


Dins has been learning all kinds of fruit stuff lately... don't step.

[Goober McTuber]

Dins has been learning all kinds of fruit stuff lately.

Fag.

[Mister Bushice]

And dweeb.

Technically, dwell would be a separate word.

I was offering "dweeb" as the third word, not calling out for one.

someone forgot "Dwindle" as well.

It's perfectly acceptable to call an artichoke a "vegetable" in the produce isle...

Is that anywhere near the Aleutians?

[Smackie Chan]

88 pretty much nailed it, although many of you had the right answers (or at least the ones given) prior to his post. Differences between 88's answers and those in the key are:

1. Boxing

I disagree on the first one.

So did I initially, but I can understand the reasoning behind it.

I guess you could say fishing isn't a sport...

You guessed right.

In boxing, the boxers and the spectators know when one boxer is beating the fuck out of the other.

And yet how many bouts have there been where the judges ruled otherwise? More than a few, I'd say.

[Cueball]

88 pretty much nailed it, although many of you had the right answers (or at least the ones given) prior to his post. Differences between 88's answers and those in the key are:

1. Boxing

I disagree on the first one.

So did I initially, but I can understand the reasoning behind it.

I guess you could say fishing isn't a sport...

You guessed right.

In boxing, the boxers and the spectators know when one boxer is beating the fuck out of the other.

And yet how many bouts have there been where the judges ruled otherwise? More than a few, I'd say.

MMA is still a sport, just sayin'

[smackaholic]

I'll take botany cripple fights for 200, alex.