I'll try it.
1.I have heard this before, but just can't remember
2.Niagra Falls
3.No idea.  Probably something like rubarb
4.Baseball
5.Strawberry
6.They put the bottle on the pear when it is little and tie it to the tree.  
It grows inside the bottle.
7.dwindle, dwarf, dwell, dweeb
8.comma, period, semicolon, colon, apostrophe, exclamation point, question 
mark
9.Minnesota
10.error, hit by pitch, fielders choice, strike out (then passed ball or wild 
pitch), catcher interference, 
11.Lettuce
12.socks, sandals, shoes, slippers, stockings, skis (i don't know if that 
counts)




"Kent & Karen Pope" <kwpope@pdq.net> on 05/10/2001 11:39:45 AM
To: "Dan Kessler" <dan@vcrhouston.com>, "Darron C. Giron" 
<Darron.C.Giron@enron.com>, "Nancy Johnson" <njj-rlj@worldnet.att.net>
cc:  
Subject: Fw: Know-it-all quiz


to the smartest two people i know--good luck
i've got the answers if you want them.
karen
-----Original Message-----
From: Watsky, Elizabeth <Elizabeth.Watsky@bakeratlas.com>
To: 'yvette_sepulveda@foleys.com' <yvette_sepulveda@foleys.com>;
'emn@eepb.com' <emn@eepb.com>; 'kwpope@pdq.net' <kwpope@pdq.net>
Date: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 9:50 AM
Subject: FW: Know-it-all quiz


>Check out your knowledge...
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Young, Melissa [mailto:MSYoung@tmh.tmc.edu]
>> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 1:57 PM
>> To: 'Cheri Thomas'; 'Dad'; 'Elizabeth - work'; 'Stephen-Home'
>> Subject: FW: Know-it-all quiz
>>
>>
>> A 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 is always 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".