Bored? I am...here's a few puzzlers...some easy, some medium, a few difficult:
1. There's one sport in which neither the
spectators nor the participants
know the score or the leader until
the contest is over. 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. At noon and midnight the hour and minute hands
are exactly coincident with each other. How many
other times between noon and midnight do the hour
and minute hands cross?
5. What is the only sport in which the ball is
always in the possession of
the team on defense, and the
offensive team can score without touching the ball?
6. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
7. 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?
8. Only three words in standard English begin with
the
letters "dw". They are all common. Name two of
them.
9. There are fourteen punctuation marks in English
grammar. Can you name half of them?
10. Where are the lakes that are referred to in the
"Los Angeles Lakers"?
11. 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.
12. 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?
13. How is it possible for a pitcher to make four or
more strikeouts in one inning?
14. Name six or more things that you can wear on your
feet, that begin with the letter "s".
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1. There's one sport in which neither the
spectators nor the participants
know the score or the leader until
the contest is over. 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. At noon and midnight the hour and minute hands
are exactly coincident with each other. How many
other times between noon and midnight do the hour
and minute hands cross?
5. What is the only sport in which the ball is
always in the possession of
the team on defense, and the
offensive team can score without touching the ball?
6. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
7. 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?
8. Only three words in standard English begin with
the
letters "dw". They are all common. Name two of
them.
9. There are fourteen punctuation marks in English
grammar. Can you name half of them?
10. Where are the lakes that are referred to in the
"Los Angeles Lakers"?
11. 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.
12. 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?
13. How is it possible for a pitcher to make four or
more strikeouts in one inning?
14. Name six or more things that you can wear on your
feet, that begin with the letter "s".
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