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2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?
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The Statue of Liberty. It faces the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic Ocean is growing by about an inch a year, so the Statue of Liberty is moving backwards at about an inch a year. (Since measurements on the Earth are all relative to the Greenwich meridian.)
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4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
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Strawberry
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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?
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The growing stem was inserted into the bottle just after the pear had set, so the pear grew to full size inside the bottle.
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6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters 'dw' and they are all common words. A point for each of them.
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dwarf
dwarfs
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7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. A point for each you can name.
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. full stop
, comma
; semi-colon
: colon
' prime
" second
’ apostrophe
“ open quotation
” close quotation
( open parenthesis
) close parenthesis
! exclamation mark
? question mark
… ellipsis
& ampersand
% percent
* asterisk
@ at
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8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.
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Lettuce
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9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter 'S.' One point for each correct answer.
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sock
shoe
slipper