Comments on: A Quiz for Know-It-Alls

By: JamesM

JamesM — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:18:59 +0000

Slight nitpick on #4… The Strawberry can be said not to be a fruit as it is a member of the rose (Rosaceae) family. A strawberry is not a berry, but a pseudocarp. Some people call it a false fruit or a multiple fruit because each strawberry itself is multiple fruits. This is because the seeds themselves are considered to be individual fruits. Confused yet? So the seeds on the outside of the strawberry are actually fruits and the strawberry itself is not a berry. The main sticking point is in that the fleshy part is derived not from the plant’s ovaries.

#8, One could argue that shredding, chopping and bagging is a form of processing for lettuce. If you say fresh WHOLE lettuce, then the question is completely accurate, but doesn’t account for other forms in which lettuce is also sold.

By: Celeste M.

Celeste M. — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:26:11 +0000

I got five, also. My guess for #8 was cucumber, though I’m sure it is eaten in other ways.

Also, this isn’t really a sport, but for #1 all I could think of was staring contests, heh.

By: rokstar

rokstar — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:06:28 +0000

Emoticon?

By: Xinavera

Xinavera — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:49:58 +0000

Six so far. Watermelon is a good contender. I was thinking celery.

By: renderanything

renderanything — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:21:49 +0000

6 1/2. I knew one of the veggies that keeps coming back year after year, but not the other.
I think Sumo wrestling would be an equally strong candidate for the sport question.
Dweeb is also a word, albeit a slang term.
My best guess for the unprocessed fruit/veggie was watermelon, because it is semi-rare to have anything made from it.

By: ElectroStep

ElectroStep — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:47:42 +0000

7) They forgot the interrobang! The greatest punctuation mark ever to of graced a page.