An "Ask Auntie Lowan" Digression.

Well, good luck to our exam boys - me - I find just going to work this sunny Monday morning too much of a stretch.....

Heehee - here is a quiz someone sent me:

"QUIZ FOR PEOPLE WHO KNOW
EVERYTHING:"

1. There's one "sport" in which neither the
spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends. What is it?

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. Name the only sport in which the ball isalways
in possession of the team on defense, and the
offensive team can score without touching the
ball?

5. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

6. 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?


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

8. There are fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name half of them?


9. Where are the lakes that are referred to in the "Los Angeles Lakers?"

10. There are seven ways a baseball player can
legally reach first base without getting a hit.
Taking a base on balls--- a walk--- is one way.
Name the other six.

11. It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never
sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. What is it?


12. Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet that begin with the letter "S."

Does the baseball question involve scratching balls? (I mean the player's own balls--you know--what they all seem to enjoy doing.)

Most of these are posers but a couple are easy. (I didn't look any of these up. Honest.)

7. If you count 'dweeb', there are actually four words. The other three are dwell, dwindle (and varations thereof e.g. dwindling) and dwarf.

8. This should be a snap, but hold on a sec while I make a list.

9. The LA Lakers were originally the Minneapolis Lakers until the team went to LA, so the lakes are the Great Lakes.

4. Name the only sport in which the ball isalways
in possession of the team on defense, and the
offensive team can score without touching the
ball? BASEBALL



8. There are fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name half of them? Period, comma, colon, semi-colon, exclamation point, question mark, and this thing ' .


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10. There are seven ways a baseball player can
legally reach first base without getting a hit.
Taking a base on balls--- a walk--- is one way.
Name the other six. third strike-catcher drops ball, hit by pitch, fielding error, throwing error,
11. It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never
sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. What is it? Banana


12. Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet that begin with the letter "S." Slippers, stockings, socks, sandals, ****!

Diane


You don't have any idea how enjoyable is really is. That's why even millionaires do it on national tV......

#8 -- Period (full stop), question mark, exclamation point, comma, colon, semi-colon, apostrophe, hyphen. That's seven. You did say half. Want me to go on?

(The second half -- perentheses, single quotes, double quotes, long dash, brackets. . . uh...interrobang (no, I didn't make that up)...uh...one more? Oh! Slash.

Niagara Falls

strawberry

shoes, sandals, stilettoes, socks, slippers, stockings

You are doing well!

6. 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?

It's grown there.

10. There are seven ways a baseball player can
legally reach first base without getting a hit.
Taking a base on balls--- a walk--- is one way.
Name the other six.

Fielder's choice, dropped third strike (with first base unoccupied), hit-by-pitch, error, catcher's interference (guess), come in as a pinch-runner (ha!)

I can buy bananas as dehydrated chips or as fried chips.

Hello Auntie Lowan. I came here and read all the postings...interesting...however, I don't have a question for you at this time or maybe I'm just not sure what to ask you. Maybe next time I visit you I will.

Littlek, good for you! Banana chips are pretty awful, but they are proof that this is a fruit that is sold without anything being done to it.
Fried bananas are quite good.

So, Auntie Lowan, was banana the answer?

Diane
Diane, fried plantains are even better than bananas:

http://www.congocookbook.com/c0048.html

Dear Auntie,

I can't find my toothbrush, please can you tell me where it is ?

here you go folks!


Answers:

1. Boxing.
2. 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. Asparagus and rhubarb.
4. Baseball.
5. Strawberry.
6. 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.
7. Dwarf, dwell, and dwindle.
8. Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen,
apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point,
quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces,
and ellipses.
9. In Minnesota. The team was originally known as
the Minneapolis Lakers and kept the name when they
moved west.
10. Batter hit by a pitch; passed ball; catcher
interference; catcher drops third strike;
fielder's choice; and being designated as a pinch
runner.
11. Lettuce.
12. Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers,
skis, snowshoes, stockings.

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Colorbook - WOW! And welcome to Digressia. You really read ALL the postings? Whew.

Hiama - WHERE have you been sleeping?

I thought you were a happily married UNIcorn.....

Very interesting, still can't find my toothbrush, shall I write to another Auntie colum to get advice, is this Auntie running out of steam ?

Will England win the Rugby world cup ?

NO!!!!!!





Look under the loo.

That's strange advice, I may have to reconsider my subscription.

Oh wait a minute yes here it is written in RED :

England will win the World Cup