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113001. What Broadway musical play featured the song "Look at me, I'm Sandra Dee"?

113002. What, according to a Trini Lopez song, was impossible to eat?

113003. Why is Chopin's "Minute Waltz" so called?

113004. Nouns ending in O take s or es for plural. What are the rules?

113005. Where does the Gulmohar Tree originate?

113006. What was the name of the airplane that showed the first in-flight movie?

113007. What was the final score of the event that marked the first appearance of the Goodyear Blimp?

113008. Who was the last German to surrender in World War I?

113009. Who is the Seven Sister Oak Tree named after?

113010. What is the name of the oldest chestnut tree in the world?

113011. Who discovered beryllium and chromium?

113012. What is a hermit? I don't mean hermit crabs, either.

113013. What is the most major difference the USMC bootcamp has compared to the bootcamps for the US Army, the US Navy, and the US Airforce?

113014. What is the difference between a Wahhabist and a Salafist?

113015. What is the record time that a ship has ever sailed from the UK to Australia?

113016. What are those long non-metal horns called that are played standing up and used mainly in the Alps of Switzerland?

113017. Who was Harry Truman's vice president

113018. Are there Romani people in North America that have a nomadic or semi-nomadic lifestyle?

113019. Would an untreated bite from a Phoneutria nigriventer, ruin my whole day more than an untreated bite from an Atrax robustus?

113020. Who was the only pregnant woman to win an Olympic medal?

113021. Who did David Hasselhoff play on "The Young and the Restless," before "Knight Rider?"

113022. According to the legend, how old was Lady Godiva at the time of her ride?

113023. What person designed the U.S. Pavilion at Expo '67?

113024. Where was Doctor Zhivago filmed?

113025. Is Carrie Underwood engaged?

113026. From who is the quote, "I can only be who I am"?

113027. Who's the King of the Biathlon?

113028. Why is GM Place arena in Vancouver called Canada's Hockey Place?

113029. Who supposedly took pills away that could possibly have been used by Nixon to commit suicide in the closing days of Watergate?

113030. How did John Wills, William Voorhees and William Gallagher die?

113031. What is the Colditz glider?

113032. What is the Joan and Lita Award?

113033. What was Drop City?

113034. What is greenmail?

113035. What famous divorcee wrote, "The Heart has its Reasons," in 1957?

113036. For Christians, is "infidel" an antiquated expression? If so, what is the current term?

113037. Do Jews have a theory of what should happen to infidels?

113038. Who played Rob Petrie's brother Stacy on the Dick Van Dyke Show?

113039. Who said, "We judge others by their actions, but we judge ourselves by our intentions"?

113040. When storing coffee beans, is it best to freeze them?

113041. What is Mr. Ollivander's first name in Harry Potter?

113042. How are the sports of figure skating and ice dancing different?

113043. Who has the highest ever recorded VO2 max?

113044. What singer-songwriter is a lifetime honorary mayor of a moderately sized city in the northeastern part of the U.S.?

113045. How does the 2010 movie "Frozen" end?

113046. What is the most expensive gas has ever been?

113047. Who invented Tetris?

113048. Which sold more games, Bioshock or Halo 3?

113049. Which sold more games, Dragon Age: Origins or Borderlands?

113050. Do you remember the name of a book I read in high school? It had a girl in it named Meadow, a chapter about a Tastee-Freeze, maybe a kid that liked to take things apart and put them back together, and a radio show. I remember weird details, but nothing of substance, not even the main character's name! And I liked the book a lot, so if you have any idea what I'm talking about, please help.

113053. During the 1956 Olympics, why were the equestrian events held in Stockholm, Sweden instead of the host city of Melbourne, Australia?

113054. Do light beers generally have a lower alcohol content?

113055. What are the oldest human remains found in the western hemisphere?

113056. How old is Kennewick Man?

113057. How many authenticated cases are there of children being raised by feral animals?

113058. Is it true, that near the end of his life, Marco Polo was asked to confess that many of his tales were fabricated and his reply was that he had seen things that were so unbelievable he never told of them?

113059. Why is The Economist known as a newspaper and not a magazine?

113060. What is the "greasy-greazy line" and the "pail/bucket line"?

113061. Where are the boundaries drawn between The North, The Midland and The South in the US when it comes to main dialect areas?

113062. What is the thing on a common laptop called that replaces a mouse?

113063. In the trailer for "Almost Famous," there is a full band/orchestra version of "Classical Gas" that isn't used in the movie. Who performs it?

113064. How much actual cash, in bills and coins, are in circulation in the U.S.?

113065. Which President graduated from the College of William and Mary, and which future President was he related to?

113066. In the context of US politics, what is a RINO?

113067. In Sicily, Kamarina was founded by Syracuse in 599 BC, for it to be destroyed by them in 552 BC. What was the reason for that and is there any possible link to more articles?

113068. Who are the "West Memphis Three"?

113069. Where did the name "Kaiorewai" of the Orewa estuary come from?

113070. Why was Country Joe McDonald sued by Babette Ory? What was the result?

113071. How did Leon Eric Brooks III get the nickname "Kix"?

113072. What was the first night launch of a spacecraft with humans on board?

113073. What is the tallest apartment building in the United States without an elevator?

113074. Why does the 'O' in President Obama's signature look like a Greek letter?

113075. Does anyone have a map of Greek colonies, Greece/Sicily/Black Sea region/Turkey, showing which ethnic gruop they belong to, like Dorians, Ionians and/or Macdonians?

113076. What characteristic does tiger skin have that zebra skin does not?

113077. A wolf's howl will not echo. True or false?

113078. In what sporting activity is the term 'Brill Bend' used?

113079. In what sporting activity is the term 'Greek Church' used?

113080. 1,000 Michaels should not keep Rudolf from whom?

113081. Why will the sport of curling face a problem around the year 2020?

113082. How did the Devil just beat Ronald Reagan in California?

113083. Can anyone tell me the title and lyrics of the song with these lines, "Toilets running, shake the handle. Has anyone seen my husband? His name is Randall?" Might be Tom Waits, but not sure.

113084. How is Odysseus' crew like the suitors back in Ithaca?

113085. What is the record snowfall, in feet and inches, in the United States from one storm?

113086. Thursday 25th February 2010: What tool did a female prisoner just use to escape from high security jail in Breda, Holland?

113087. I'm looking for a book. The book is about this guy who runs, not Maniac Mcgee, but he runs and unties this sort of pizza knot, that no one else did. There's a pair of white shoes on the front.

113088. Who is Admiral Ackbar, and what was his famous statement?

113089. Have the goalies in professional hockey teams always used face masks?

113090. What is a socially and stylistically stratified linguistic variable?

113091. The U.S. has had one Catholic president; how many major party Catholics have been nominated to be U.S. President?

113092. The Long Beach Earthquake of '33 interrupted the filming of "The Shadow Waltz" sequence of which movie?

113093. "The Lullaby of Broadway" won an Oscar for Best Original Song in which movie?

113094. The wife of a Marx Brother was in "Gold Diggers of 1937." What are their names?

113095. Which cast member of "Gold Diggers in Paris" was nicknamed 'The Chest' and committed suicide?

113096. What is the name of the first cartoon directed by Tex Avery?

113097. When did Ric Flair say, "To be the man, you gotta beat the man"?

113098. Could a Blackberry get a virus?

113099. Why, when snowing, do larger snow flakes indicate that the snow is about to stop?

113100. The Olympic curlers have some type of watch or gauge hanging from their waists. What is it for?

113101. What was the title of an American TV show from the 1950s, which was about a hero travelling in outer space with his young assistant to help people? It was on Channel 5 in New York City.

113102. What was the title of a quiz show which was on American television at 10:30 p.m., on Channel 2 in New York City, in the 1950s?

113103. What was the name of the American TV show which presented a movie every night on New York's Channel 2 in the 1950s and early 1960s, right after the 11 p.m. news?

113104. What is the title of a book written in the 1700s by a British author about a man who has to live and survive alone on an island, and eventually has a companion to help him?

113105. What causes so many psychiatric patients to hear voices?

113106. Do cats ever get dandruff?

113107. How badly was Johnny Cash hurt by an ostrich?

113108. Were The Eagles paid millions of dollars to sing 'Hotel California' i.e., a one song concert?

113109. What was the DARPA Red Balloon Challenge?

113110. What is the name of the 1956 film by Albert Lamorisse?

113111. What color are emu eggs?

113112. What is the oldest brewery in the United States?

113113. Who kept asking for "a bit of cheese?"

113114. What was the name of the very first iPhone/iPod Touch App and what did it do?

113115. Who was the first ever player to come on as a substitute in an English FA cup match?

113116. How many grains of sand are there total, on the planet Earth?

113117. What is a foot-and-bucket moment?

113118. When was snow boarding in the Winter Olympics for the first time?

113119. In the 1936 Olympics, did the German athletes wear swastikas on their uniforms?

113120. In terms of relations, how far does cousinship extend - i.e. where is the line drawn between cousin and outsider?

113121. Which country won the most gold medals at an Olympics?

113122. How many snow days have there been for NYC Public Schools in the last 30 years?

113123. Which host country won the most gold medals at an Olympics?

113124. Which host country won the least combined gold medals at the Olympics?

113125. Why do Chick-fil-A restaurants close every Sunday?

113126. Why did Bilbo not like adventures?

113127. Is a piano a stringed instrument?

113128. If a "gray" is the most common description of an alien, what is the second most common?

113129. What is the earliest known joke?

113130. I know Solomon had seven hundred wives, but who had the most husbands?

113131. What is the highest point in the county of Ayrshire Scotland?

113132. Which football (soccer) clubs have a 100% winning record at Wembley Stadium?

113133. Is there any sort of formula to work out the earliest point at which a football team can be confirmed relegated?

113134. Who ran Hogwarts after the four founders stopped the headmasters and headmistresses?

113135. Why are the members of order opiliones called harvestmen?

113136. What cities are bidding for the 2018 Olympics, as of right now?

113138. What teams in the 2010 Winter Olympics hockey tournament were able to defeat two teams that formed a country but then split apart?

113139. Who is the "Flying Tomato?"

113140. Has the UK ever had a Men's Olympic Ice Hockey team?

113141. I know that according to the UN there are over 190 nations in the world. How many of them do not participate at the Olympics?

113142. How many movies did Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon both star in?

113143. How long was the longest kiss?

113148. What song did the Byrds write to poke fun at the Monkees?

113152. What is the longest running cowboy show in American TV history?

113153. Who was the African American poet in America in the 1700s with the initials P.W.?

113154. What caused the world to recently lose time, and where did this lost time go?

113155. U.S. President Barack Obama is a cigarette smoker. Who was the last U.S. president who also smoked cigarettes?

113156. In a nasal rinse solution, what part does soda play?

113157. What miracle happened in Umm Qais?

113158. Who is Glyn Johns?

113159. Who is Glynis Johns?

113160. Who was the director of "For Your Eyes Only", "A View to a Kill", and "The Living Daylights"?

113161. Who was the acting mayor of Atlanta in 1855-1856?

113162. Who was Glenn John McQueen?

113163. Which "brown rock" locale spawned a musical group named after a passage from a C.S. Lewis book?

113164. Who votes for the Oscars?

113165. Were any U.S. Presidents born outside of the United States?

113166. What is the difference between a caliope, a merry-go-round and a carousel?

113167. Was Amelia Earhart ever married?

113168. Who designed and where was the very first roller coaster first opened to the public?

113169. Do the people in Guam or Puerto Rico pay taxes to the U.S. federal government?

113170. Who is the President of Guam?

113171. Sometimes female grandparents are referred to as "granny," but what would a male grandparent be called?

113172. Who played centerfold cosmic lover Montana Wildhack in 'Slaughterhouse 5'?

113173. What is fruit set?

113174. What is Freemasonry?

113179. Are there any elements on the periodic table named after planets?

113180. Which two letters are used in the NATO phonetic alphabet?

113181. In the last three years a sci-fi movie came out about two boys left at home. One finds a board game that creates real outcomes including sending them and their entire house to outer space. What is the title?

113182. Does purified water have a shelf life?

113183. Does tap water have a shelf life?

113184. How long does the South Korean Presidency last? Can you try re-run after serving?

113185. How long from now will fresh water on the Earth last?

113186. We are all familiar with Halley's Comet and Hale-Bopp, which are seen far out in space, but are there much smaller comets which enter the earth's atmosphere almost unnoticed?

113187. During the audition of Mike Nesmith for the Monkees, what caught the eye of the producers that ironically served to help Mike get the spot?

113188. Where does the name come from for the Oscar nominated movie "Hurt Locker?"

113189. Who was the first seven-foot-tall basketball player who played for the New York Knicks?

113190. Roman general Julius Caesar, unexpectedly, lost many of his ships when he invaded Britain. Why?

113191. What offence was Alan Jackson convicted of in South Australia, possibly near Port Augusta, after 2004, and on what date?

113194. How tall was Goliath?

113196. What is Hugh Hefner's favorite cola?

113198. If Puerto Rico pays American taxes then why do they not have a representative in Congress that can vote on the floor?

113200. Who wrote the film score to the film 'The Mission'?

113201. How many planets and moons in our solar system have water and sources of heat such as volcanic activity?

113202. How many planets and moons in our solar system have water?

113204. What hit single did Three Dog Night take from "Hair?"

113205. Who was with William and Emily Harris when they were arrested?

113206. What is the Gold Standard, as in reference to economics?

113207. Have any Canadians won the Nobel Prize in Literature?

113208. Does the United States have the largest supply of gold in the world?

113209. When did Gregor Mendel first start his genetics work?

113210. Is the earth's center core liquid? If so, what approximate percentage of the earth's mass does it consist of?

113211. Was Kurt Vonneguts' book "Slaughterhouse Five" ever made into a movie?

113212. What is a Billy Idol?

113213. Since astronomers have had the ability to detect planets within solar systems other than our own, there has been a search for other "Earths." These are planets that may have similar atmospheric temperatures to Earth and possibly other factors to make them Earth-like. What are the results of this search?

113214. Was Professor Pomona Sprout the head of house for Hufflepuff for the whole Harry Potter series?

113215. Why are there three naked men on the Nobel Peace Prize award?

113216. What is the gay sex scandal that has just broken in the Vatican?

113217. What poet authored Death and Entrances?

113218. What is the name of the short lived TV show where the main character drove a 1969 black Dodge Charger RT and helped various people throughout the country? They had to agree that if he ever needed their help in the future, they had to do whatever he asked of them. I believe the show was on somewhere between 1995 and 2003, and was canceled before the end of the first season.

113219. How old is Christopher Columbus?

113221. What is the Maori name of Red Beach?

113222. What is the Chicxulub crater?

113223. Are the principle of segregation and independent assortment, both laws or theories?

113225. What is the largest 4-digit number that can be evenly divided by every single digit integer?

113226. Who sings vocals on "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" by Rose Royce?

113227. What song has the following lyric, "But I'll never be Robert Redford, 'cause I'm much too fond of beer"?

113228. Who was the first hockey player to use a curved stick?

113229. Is Secret Oyster still together? I haven't heard them in years.

113230. Who was the second person to break the four minute mile?

113231. What Disney film did White Bull first appear in?

113232. How old was Sleeping Beauty when she fell asleep in the Disney movie?

113233. Has anyone ever won the Oscar for two consecutive films they've directed?

113234. At New York's JFK airport, have young voices been heard recently directing traffic?

113235. How many turtles are there in Kansas?

113236. Who killed country singer Red Sovine?

113237. What became of the original bhodi tree that Buddha became enlightened under?

113238. Did rabbits overrun Australia and cause great damage?

113239. In Rudyard Kipling's book 'Kim,' he wrote about the River of the Arrow. What is it and do Buddhists belive in it?

113240. What captain said, "Abracadabra, please and thank you," a lot of the time?

113241. What U.S. govenment agency used to run Air America?

113242. The singer, Gordon Lightfoot, had a song banned in Detroit, Michigan. What was the song and why was it banned?

113246. Who was the first British golfer to appear in ten Ryder Cups?

113247. In 1981, who became the first West Indian born cricketer to play for England?

113248. How old was Pele when he scored in his first world cup final?

113249. Which sport was originally called mintonette?

113250. Who was the first Manchester United player bought in a transfer deal exceeding 1 million pounds?

113251. What is the first recorded incident of a bloodsucker providing evidence of a robbery?

113252. How old is the oldest extant manuscript of the entire Bible?

113253. How old is the oldest extant manuscript of the entire Tanakh?

113254. How old is the oldest extant manuscript of the New Testament?

113255. How old is the oldest complete extant manuscript of any of Plato's works?

113256. For more than 20 years produced under UK Government contract in the second half of last century, it became illegal this century to use one in the UK for its original purpose - or for one to even be on the public road at all. What colour were they, and who would have used them?

113257. What group made "Battle Hymn of the Republic" a million seller in 1959?

113258. What hit song of 1966 showed Mick Jagger, "what a war mongering race the Americans are"?

113259. Which rock 'n roll group has played the most concerts?

113260. Was the Tybee Bomb ever found?

113261. Is a glockenspeil mallet on the South Africa Coat of Arms?

113262. How many home runs did Hoyt Wilhelm hit?

113263. Who was the opponent's player that Ohio State coach Woody Hayes punched?

113264. What three birthdays are officially celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church?

113265. Why are wedding cakes so darn expensive?

113266. Who wrote the classic soul song, "Respect?"

113270. What offences was Allan Wayne Jackson convicted of at Port Augusta District Court. South Australia. on 21 Dec 2007

113271. How did Albert "Dick" Whittamore declare his killer during his funeral?

113272. Is it true that Pele had far better peripheral vision than the average person?

113273. Are deer known to eat enough cigarette butts to be harmful to them?

113274. How are astronomers able to locate and determine somewhat detailed information about planets outside our solar system? Fairly simple terminology that even I can understand would be great.

113275. Is it true that all golf balls have the same number of pits?

113277. What is the current status of Transkei?

113278. In the Reaper episode "The Home Stretch", what Tom Waits song is referenced by Morgan?

113279. What TV show of past featured the characters Jace Pearson and Clay Morgan?

113280. What band's songs were credited to Nanker Phelge, when they were a group effort?

113281. What did Emperor Nero do to Christians, for his party, because he hated them?

113282. Hattie McDaniel was the first black person to win an Oscar; it was for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in 'Gone With The Wind.' What eventually happened to the statue that she was presented?

113283. In "The Sopranos," under what circumstances was Christopher killed?

113285. What is the real definition of "Isaiah"?

113286. How many children did Bob Marley have?

113288. What famed contest kicks off today in Alaska; and, how will it be different this year?

113291. Who is or was Charemon Jonovich?

113292. What object did Julie Andrews hold in her hand in the photo for the posters for "The Sound of Music?"

113293. How did Donald Sutherland's child die in the movie, "Don't Look Now"?

113294. What woman won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying a man in a drama?

113295. What is the difference between a titanium underlayment and a traditional roofing felt?

113296. What is a top of a hill, that is human body related?

113297. What is used to cross a river, that is human body related?

113298. Who wrote the song that Celine Dion sang in the movie "Titanic", "My Heart Must Go On?"

113299. Why does the Minister of Finance buy a new pair of shoes before each budget is presented to The House of Commons, and who started that particular little tradition?

113300. In the film "The Matrix," Neo goes to see the Oracle and in her kitchen above the door is a two-word phrase which the Oracle suggests translates to 'know thyself.' What was this phrase and why is it, therefore, incorrect?

113301. Who said: "The owl of Minerva takes its flight only when the shades of night are gathering," and what does this mean?

113302. In the history of the Academy Awards, how many films have won the Best Picture Oscar only?

113303. Did the Maverick actually sink in "The Deadliest Catch?"

113304. On "Days of Our Lives," how did Bo and Patch meet?

113305. Is Lil Wayne going to jail?

113306. Why is Lil Wayne going to jail?

113307. According to the American Religious Identification Survey, how many Americans identified themselves as Scientologists in 2008?

113308. Which current NFL players are born again?

113309. Why did the comedy team of Allen and Rossi break up?

113310. How many US states have two or more time zones?

113311. What was Fred Flintstone's wife's Wilma's maiden name before Flintstone?

113312. Who made the first phone call to the moon?

113313. What is the tallest building in Israel?

113315. What book said that what real men look for in women, are trust funds and big breasts?

113316. What was the name of Holden Caufield's older brother?

113317. What was it that the Shangri-Las walked in and Pat Boone wrote in?

113318. Why is it important that all regions of chromosome are not continually active?

113319. Which evolved first, meiosis or mitosis?

113320. How big does the sun look from the other planets in the solar system, pretending that the gas giants had a surface you could stand on and counting the nine planets that we grew up with?

113321. Whatever happened to Sputnik 1?

113322. What is the record for the smallest piece of paper used to make an origami sculpture?

113323. In the 80s and 90s, I often noticed the phrase "The moral right of (name) to be identified as the author of this book has been asserted" in books, along with the copyright and library of congress information, isbn, etc. Was this some legal loophole being closed? I don't see it these days.

113324. Did Galileo go blind from studying the sun through a telescope?

113325. Just how do those Mova globes move by themselves when exposed to light?

113326. In what movie did Alfred Hitchcock make his very first cameo appearance?

113327. What is the lowest-grossing Best Picture Oscar winner of all time?

113328. Why are some brand new - that is older or cheaper - DVDs or CDs sold that have a "cut" on the the top or the back? Looks like they are made with a small saw or knife.

113329. Which Queen song stayed the longest on the Billboard charts after "We Will Rock You"?

113330. In the "Ballad of the Green Beret," SSgt Barry Sadler sings that out of one hundred men only three win the Green Beret. What does this actually mean?

113331. What spaceshuttle/satellite is currently heading to another galaxy after having no current mission?

113332. Are radio disc jockeys connected in any way to horse racing jockeys?

113333. How many hot dogs does Costco sell, annually, in its food courts?

113334. How has evolution conserved many genes that control the developmental similarities of animal groups like humans and chickens?

113335. Do other religions have a commonly used terminology similar to the Christian term "born again"?

113336. What French philosopher refused to accept the 1964 Nobel Prize in literature?

113337. What dance show hostess was famous for saying, "Put a little fun in your life by dancing?"

113338. What is the name of a rope found tied to the bow of a boat that is used for towing?

113339. What do Jonathan van Wyk and Louis Washkansky have in common?

113340. What was the last feature length film that actor Corey Haim appeared in prior to his untimely death today?

113341. Is it true that people don't gain weight after age 65?

113342. Besides being dead, what do Rick James and Corey Haim have in common?

113343. Why is Lindsay Lohan suing E-Trade for $100 million?

113344. Who or what is Spellsinger?

113345. What resolution passed 89 to 2 in the Senate and 417 to 0 in the House of Representatives in 1971?

113346. Which Rolling Stone band member played sax on the Beatles' record "Baby You're A Rich Man"?

113347. What was the "Dog Sack?"

113348. Who played on both Tommy Bolin's "Teaser" album and Vince Welnick's "Missing Man Formation" album?

113349. Who played on Tommy Bolin's "Teaser" album and accidently died after inhaling too much insecticide?

113350. Who played on Tommy Bolin's "Teaser" album and the 2007 Grammy winner for Best Pop Instrumental Album?

113351. I am looking for the name of a movie about an old Russian military folk hero. His name was something like "Eliyo Morawetz" or "Eliyo Morametz." Can you help me?

113352. Who was the first female artist to debut on the Billboard album chart at Number One?

113353. What and when were the last transmissions from the Voyager and Pioneer probes, and how far away are they now?

113354. Who was the first person to be buried on another world?

113355. The Apollo missions cost about $24 billion. How much is that in today's money?

113356. Is there a part of Canada that drives on the left?

113358. Who has the record for most consecutive NFL Pro Bowl apperances?

113359. What is the difference between a mammoth and a mastodon?

113360. Other than having ads and applications, does Facebook earn money in any other way?

113361. Is Mark Twain a college graduate?

113362. Which is a bigger organization, NATO or the European Union?

113363. Is it possible to have half a thought?

113364. What is the difference between an Australian redback spider and a black widow spider, besides markings?

113365. Is corn a grain, vegetable or fruit?

113366. In 1970, in Florence, Oregon, what happened to the carcass of a beached whale?

113367. What novelist wrote "Our Gang," about Trick E. Dixon and his friends?

113368. Who was the most famous citizen of Fruita, Colorado?

113369. Is the Morning Glory cloud actually a horizontal tornado?

113370. Is chalk a rock or a mineral?

113371. What is the difference between a cave and a cavern?

113372. How many carbonated drinks would you have to consume for the carbon dioxide to be harmful?

113373. Why do onions have rings?

113374. What is Montezuma's revenge?

113375. What is the name of Barbie's dog?

113376. Who is noted to have said, "Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary?"

113377. What is the lowest rank aboard the Starship Enterprise?

113378. Are the Marines special Forces?

113379. In the Carling ad, with the guys on a desert island (part of the "You know who your mates are" campaign), it now ends with "Jamie" finding a stick, thus delaying and denying their possible rescue. Am I nuts, or was it a coconut until recently?

113380. What is a "bogatyr?"

113381. What connects Dr. Gregory House and Sherlock Holmes?

113382. Who sings the deep bass on Elvis Presley's "(Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I"?

113383. Why was a Donbassaero Yak-42 flight out of Kiev recently delayed for 12 hours?

113384. After the Battle of Manassas, who was given complete control over the Union Army?

113385. What are the U.S. towns that William Levitt planned out in the 1950s?

113386. What was the first movie to win both the Best Picture Oscar and the Cannes Film Festival's Golden Palm?

113387. He was a teammate of Jackie Robinson, but he also played in the Rose Bowl. His final career was law, and he led the successful prosecution of a notorious assassin. But most people might know him today from a book/miniseries that portrayed him, among others, when he was a young man, in circumstances not related to any of the above. Who is he?

113388. In what Florida town area is there currently an escaped monkey that is making wildlife officials look like the Keystone Cops?

113389. Are there any countries that sent athletes to the 2010 Olympic Games, but not to the 2010 Paralympic games? Or vice versa?

113390. Are the chariot races in "Ben Hur" of 1925 and "Ben Hur" of 1959, the same number of laps?

113391. How old is Rich Luzzi, lead singer of hard rock band Rev Theory?

113392. What famous man died 100 years ago today?

113393. Is there such a word as sud referring to just one of many suds?

113394. How deep is the sand under those sweeping dunes of the Sahara or Arabian Deserts? In other words, how far below the troughs of the dunes would you find the underlying bedrock?

113395. Did 'The Mamas And The Papas' sing the original version of "Dancing in the Streets," or was it somebody else?

113396. What role did Sidney Chaplin play opposite Barbara Streisand in Broadway's, not the movie, "Funny Girl?"

113397. What is the origin of the term, 'Drop Kick Murphy'?

113398. What color dress did Queen Elizabeth wear at Prince Charles' wedding?

113399. In reference to the movie "2012," is there any other culture that predicts the end of the world in 2012?

113400. What is Schrodinger's Cat?

113401. Could Jupiter ever become a star?

113402. What is the name of the test for checking the bones in humans?

113403. Which gas is used to extinguish fire?

113404. On what day is International Science Day observed?

113405. Which viruses are often transmitted by a Floppy Disk left in the Floppy Drive?

113406. Which is the lowest point in Asia?

113407. How long does a sperm cell live?

113408. Does sperm harm the body if not released?

113409. Was the theme music to "Fawlty Towers" original?

113410. How long does a sperm live inside the male body after production?

113411. How long does sperm live in the epididymis of the human male?

113412. What is the lifespan of a sperm cell in the epididymis of the human male?

113413. Who did Prince Philip recently ask if she worked in a strip club?

113414. Besides Stalin, who is the most famous Georgian?

113415. What country's occupation did the Treaty of San Francisco end, on September 8, 1951?

113416. Who did Xavier Cugat divorce to marry Charo?

113417. Is the Gros Michel grown nowadays?

113418. What was Nathan Hale's religion?

113419. What does the term "monkey's wedding" mean?

113421. What common household chores is toothpaste known to be able to accomplish?

113422. The fishermen in the boat, the Ocean Challenger, died because they were not able to don their lifesuits quick enough. Why don't these men wear lifesuits before they embark?

113423. Excluding World War I and World War II, what war had the most countries involved?

113424. What is the difference between a joke and a gag?

113425. Is the difference between a yell and a scream? Is it the decibel level or the high pitched sound that separates the two?

113426. What "dark, secluded place" was the subject of a song in the smash hit "Pajama Game?"

113427. What former Westinghouse TV personality became the first person to become special assistant for consumer affairs, during the Lyndon Johnson administration in May, 1967?

113428. What was The Dogon, invented by Babette Newberger, in 1969?

113429. Who once said that Melbourne, Australia was a good place to film the end of the world?

113430. What links Asimov's "Foundation" trilogy and Joseph Wayne McVey?

113431. In which country did parents sometimes admonish children to behave or "Cookie will get you", and who was "Cookie"?

113432. What 1,000 mile dog sled races are there each year?

113433. What happened to one of the two Grammy Awards that U2 were awarded for "The Joshua Tree?"

113434. How many "fairy", or non-standard pieces, are used in chess variants?

113435. Is 'lewd' the only English word to end with 'wd'?

113436. Was George Washington visited by an angel?

113437. Which U.S. President was attacked by a killer rabbit?

113438. In what year did Decoration Day become Memorial Day?

113439. Why do rabbits chin their food?

113440. Was turkey served by the pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving?

113441. Who first purchased Manhattan Island, from the local Native Americans and for what price?

113442. What renovations are being done to the Dean E. Smith Center, during the 2010 off-season?

113443. Why is non-fat or low fat milk cheaper than regular milk, despite the extra work needed?

113444. Chicago was founded by whom?

113445. What 1600s fictional animal character, was based on an animal that was originally introduced to North America by German and or Dutch immigrants?

113446. How many noses does the Double-Nosed Andean Tiger Hound have?

113447. Is it true that eyelashes will not grow back if cut completely off or plucked?

113449. What is the story of how Europe got its name?

113450. What elements are not found in earth?

113451. What is a Stalin's organ?

113452. Is it true that dinosaurs had very small brains in relation to their size?

113453. Would an untreated bite from loxosceles reclusa ruin my whole day more than an untreated bite from latrodectus mactans?

113454. Would an untreated bite from agkistrodon contortrix ruin my whole day more than an untreated bite from agkistrodon piscivorus?

113455. Was the song "Matthew and Son," by Cat Stevens, based on a real company, and if so what did they do?

113456. In the 2010 U.S. Census, why are some people asked to list their country of origin? Why are others not asked to list their country of origin?

113457. Who is the actor who asks, "Does Charlie Daniels play a mean fiddle?"

113458. Is it true that the Boeing 707 got its name because the quantity sqrt(2)/2 was used so much in the plane's design calculations? To four places sqrt(2) is 3.1414.

113459. Who is the voice actor who does the voice of the GEICO gecko? I assume it's not Warren Buffet.

113460. In the US Census 2010, in the box marked "Other Asian", it says "Print race, for example, Hmong, Laotian, Thai, Pakistani, Cambodian, and so on." Are these examples of a race other than Asian? I thought those were specific countries and not races?

113461. What are the 39 steps in the famous novel?

113462. How much was Benedict Arnold paid by the British to become a traitor?

113463. How many females have appeared on U.S. currency?

113464. What character from "Catch-22" formed the cartel M&M Enterprises?

113465. What's the origin of "feeling your oats" or "feeling one's oats?"

113466. Who played Jingles Jones on TV's "Wild Bill Hickock?"

113468. In its history, what has been the most number of justices ever seated, at one time, on the U.S. Supreme Court; and, what has been the least number of justices ever seated, at one time, on the same court?

113469. What was the first charted railway in the US?

113470. Who founded Detroit?

113471. What are magnet links?

113472. Atlantic liners change their clocks daily. When I crossed to NY in 1962, on the France, the clocks were put back an hour at 6 a.m. each day. When was the ship's time on the Titanic last changed?

113475. What shaving cream commerical on TV featured Joe Namath and Farrah Fawcet?

113476. Back in the 1920s, C.W. Armbrust invented a cup that could condense a person's breath into water (Lindbergh took one on his historic flight); any info on the inventor and his cup?

113477. What scientific person had a pet called Diamond?

113478. The third smallest size of what is called a diamond?

113479. What does TNT stand for in regards to dynamite?

113480. Which full-length movies had no women in the cast?

113481. In "Lord of the Rings," what were the gifts that the Elf Lady gave to the Company of the Ring?

113482. Do zebras lay eggs?

113484. How long did it take for the Waltons to say "Good night?"

113485. Which counties in the Republic of Ireland were most affected by the Great Potato Famine?

113486. Why is there a "Great" in Great Britain? What's so great?

113487. Does the song "The March of the Black Queen" by Queen, have relations with the Black Queen of Alice in Wonderland?

113488. If you were to compare the size of Ireland to a U.S. state, which state would it come the closest to in size?

113489. How did O.J.Simpson get a wrongful death conviction against him, but not a murder conviction?

113490. What are the children of Nicole and O.J.Simpson doing now?

113491. What is the meaning of the slang term "mojo"?

113492. What is a "good old boy"?

113493. What was the Haymarket incident?

113494. How can "Mama" Cass Elliot be connected to the TV show "Then Came Bronson"?

113496. What family's ranch was located 4 miles outside of Stockton, California?

113497. Did Godot ever arrive in the 2 act play by Samuel Beckett, "Waiting for Godot?"

113498. Is Isabel Allende currently writing a book?

113499. When and where did Beethoven and Mozart meet?