Brain Strain Critical Thinking Activity

A Quiz for People That Know It All

Copy and paste the questions below into a Word document.  Type your answers to the questions in RED below the question and save the completed questions on the lab server in the Technology Education folder in the Brain Strain folder.  Your goal is to answer at least six (6) questions correctly.  Name your document your name and class period.

Feel free to use the internet as a research tool.

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 geological landmark is constantly moving backwards?

3. Of all the vegetable, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons.  All others 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. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters “dw”.  They are all common.  Name two of them.

7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar.  Name half of them.

8. Where are the lakes that are referred to in the “Los Angeles Lakers”?

9. There are 7 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 6.

10. 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?

11. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet that begin with the letter “S”.