Brain Teaser

[red750]

The sport referred to above is ................. boxing.

 

 

What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?

[pmccarthy]

Niagara Falls

[red750]

Correct Pete.

 

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.

 

 

 

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?

 

 

 

[spacesailor]

Corn, tomatoes and brussel sprouts .

but there's more .

spacesailor

[red750]

According to web searches, 

1 Corn is an annual

2 Tomatoes may last 2 or 3 seasons under special conditions but are generally regarded as annuals

3 Brussel sprouts normally last only 1 season. There is a variety of sprouts that lasts a couple of years.

 

The two quoted in the answer to the question were asparagus and rhubarb.

 

 

What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

 

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

Pumpkin and Rhubarb (is Rhubarb a vegetable).. They were pains in the old small holding and lasted season in and out. And as I recall, potatoes would, too if you left some in teh ground.

Edited June 5 by Jerry_Atrick

[pmccarthy]

Strawberry’s is one. I should remember the other because my sister in law hates them.

[red750]

Stawberry was the answer I was looking for.

 

 

Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.

[pmccarthy]

Maybe the Durian?

[facthunter]

The "fruits" of LOVE. Nev

[red750]

The answer given with the question was....lettuce.

 

 

Most of the questions on the 1% Club this week were graphics based, like a Rubic's cube. and those that were text questions were so simple, it's not worth repeating them. This one is a bit harder, but not much.

 

A dress is normally $100 but is now on sale with 20% off. By what percentage would you have to increase the sale price to return it to its original price?

[Marty_d]

25%

[red750]

Told you they were easy this week.

 

 

Rearrange the letters below into different words to form a sum that gives the same answer as this one.
                 Twelve + one
 

[pmccarthy]

Eleven+two

[red750]

That's right.

 

 

The following words have something in common.
        Pant
        Peel
        Potter
Logically, which of these words could also be included in this list?
    Pox    Pipe    Punk
 

[Marty_d]

I'll be an animal and say Pox...

[red750]

P - ox is correct.

 

 

 The word CALENDAR contains three vowels. How many months of the year have the same number of vowels as the word CALENDAR?

[Marty_d]

7

[red750]

Yes. Like I said, they were easy ones this week. The time limit was the complicating factor. How fast can you count on  your fingers.

 

 

If you list all the numbers from 1 to 100 in order, 100 would be to 100th number, but what would be the 100th digit?

[facthunter]

101.   Nev

[facthunter]

On the other hand I have 5 digits.  Nev

[red750]

Sorry Nev, count again.

[Chris Tarran]

91

[red750]

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The 100th digit is 5, the first five in 55.

 

The guy who accepted the challenge had won 10,000 UK pounds. He could take his 10,000 and leave, or risk it for 99,000. He took the challenge, had 30 seconds to answer the question, and won the 99,000, which was the prize pool.

[red750]

Only three words in standard English begin with the letters ' dw' and they are all common words. Can you name them.