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Jan-4-2005 18:37

See if there is interest for this.

1. Each day I will post 10 questions, at random times of the day.
2. Each Quiz runs exactly 24 hours.
3. The first person that has all 10 questions right, wins. Or if no one has all questions right, the best one wins.
4. You can only post answers ONCE for the same quiz.
5. No cash involved. Just glory. :)

Jun-22-2006 00:32

Ok! It's a mixed bag of Trivia!

1. Where did the Tootsie Roll get it's name?
2. What is the tallest and largest living organism in th world?
3. What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?
4. What is th eonly continent in the world htat has no deserts?
5. Why was the Eiffel Tower built?
6. How is the world's most expensive coffee obtained?
7. How long can a cockroach live without it's head?
8. How many muscles does it take to smile?
9. What is the worlds fastest insect?
10. What plant bears what is considered by some horticulturists to be the worlds first fruit?
Bonus: What kind (classification) of fruit is a pineapple?

Jun-22-2006 01:00

1. From the movie?
2. The earth?
3. Quicksilver/mercury
4. Europe
5. Because of the World Fair in 1889
6. By chewing the grains?
7. Until it dies of thirst - so about a week?
8. 33?
9. The firefly?
10. The tomato plant?
Bonus: ?

Jun-22-2006 02:41

1. I've always wondered what a Tootsie Roll is. You used to see them as a kid advertised on the back pages of Comic Books.
2. Oh tallest? I was gonna say Great Barrier Reef? Umm Giant Sequoia?
3. Mercury
4. Europe
5. No idea.
6. ummm Ok too much discovery chanel: passed through Civets (which are kinda cats) and yet why do i still feel a hankering to go have a cup?
7. No idea!
8. No idea!!
9. Dragonfly?
10. I like Greyling's answer! That's sneaky. I also would like to give the Fig Tree a guernsey. Now I know it's got another name, but that escapes me at the mo.
Bonus: as does this one! B... b... bugger it's gone

Jun-22-2006 08:32

:) So far SS and Greyling are tied with 4 answers. I will give a hint on #6. Knowing what I know, I wouldn't drink it if they paid me to.

I LOVE the Discovery Channel! *grin*

Oh, and a Tootsie Roll is a 'log' of chocolate 'taffy' type candy. Comes in 3 sizes: The big one (candy bar sized), the little one (about 1/5th the size) and the itty bitty one (bite sized)

Jun-22-2006 11:26

1. From a dance step?
2. Giant redwoods in California
3. It has to be something uncommon...I don't know.
4. Antartica
5. For the World's Fair
6. oh its gross..the beans are used after a certain animal defecates them out. I don't remember which animal.
7. 2 weeks
8. 43
9. Grasshoppers?
10. Grape bush?
Bonus: No idea!

Jun-22-2006 13:54

1. Leo Hirshfield used the nickname for his daughter - "Tootsie," to name the chocolate chew candy.
2. Giant Sequoia
3. Mercury
4. Europe
5. For the World Fair in 1889
6. The beans are passed through the Indonesian Monkey's digestive system - ugh!
7. About a month
8. 43
9. Dragonfly
10. Potato
BONUS: Pineapples make up the family Bromeliaceae and the order Bromeliales. The familiar pineapple is classified as Ananas comosus.

Jun-22-2006 14:05

*smile* You guys are all giving it a great try! So far Lucian is in the lead with 7 correct answers. As for the bonus, I'm actually looking for a much simpler answer *grin*

Jun-22-2006 16:58

Is it as simple as "tropical" or that it grows on a plant instead of a tree.

Then I'll go with that and Lucian's answers.

Jun-22-2006 17:48

There'sa joke that goes something along the lines, what was the first fruit: Adam's apple :s I suppose if you were a religious hoticulturist with a bad sense of humour...

Jun-22-2006 21:51

Ok, looks like that's all that are going to try. Good Job, All!

1. Leo Hirshfield used the nickname for his daughter - "Tootsie," to name the chocolate chew candy.
2. Giant Sequoia or California Redwood
3. Mercury
4. Europe
5. For the World Fair in 1889
6. The beans are passed through a 'gourmet marsupial's' digestive system and picked out of the excrement to be cleaned and sold at $100 per pound. The variety is called "Kopi Luwak"- As Lucian said, ugh! And although marsupials are not actually monkeys I will give the point.
7. 7-9 days. The length of time it takes them to starve to death
8. People you have your smiles upside down!!! It takes only 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown. *grin*
9. Dragonfly Yup! This pretty little hovercraft can zip along faster than any other insect.
10. The banana. In fact the banana tree is not a tree. It is a plant and is believed to have been the or one of the first fruiting plants.

BONUS: Pineapples are classified as a berry. *grin*

Since jstkdn used Lucian's answers she and Lucian tie for first with 7 points.

LOL SS! thankfully I'm a non-religious herbalist with a somewhat 'off kilter' sense of humor. *grin*