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Questions From May 22 11
121501. On the Regular Show episode "Do Me A Solid", what does Mordecai have to do on the 10th solid?
121502. How deep is Lake June-in-Winter?
121504. What U.S. President set up the special armed forces division the Green Berets?
121505. What singer/songwriter wrote a book in 1971 titled "Tarantula"?
121506. Who is Charles G. Levison also known as?
121507. What famous couple was the subject of a book written in 1973 by Ralph Martin titled "The Woman He Loved"?
121508. What did Ralph Hubert Barger do to bring him into notoriety in 1957?
121509. Which historical city state required all personal letters of its leader to be opened to mitigate conflict of interest?
121511. Is the mistral wind only found in France?
121513. The Fujita scale rates tornadoes from F0-F5, what did the Fujita scale rate the tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011?
121514. When did the United Kingdom abolish slavery?
121515. On the New York State Regents that are translated into Chinese, is the Chinese that they use the simplified version or the traditional version?
121516. What is the difference between the mode and the modal interval?
121518. What is the study of Blood called?
121519. A Doctor who specializes in the treatment of Cancer is called?
121521. What is a zarf?
121522. What is a zorb?
121523. What is the national flower of Belize?
121524. In 2011, where is the least going to be happening on the day before New Year's Eve and what line is going to change its shape as a result?
121526. Besides the United States, do any other countries use the units like inches, feet, miles, etc. as the base unit for length?
121528. Which is the correct definition for the imaginary number: i=sqrt(-1) or i^2=-1?
121529. What is "Binary Day"?
121530. Who were on the U.S. $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, and $100,000 bills?
121531. What company made Air Chief radios?
121532. What cylinder record was the first to have two songs?
121533. What was the first two-sided disc record?
121534. Is there a difference between an urban legend and a rural legend?
121535. What was the first British colony to emancipate its slaves?
121536. What was the first French colony to emancipate its slaves?
121537. What was the first Dutch colony to emancipate its slaves?
121538. What trade route was the Via Maris?
121539. What trade route in Denmark was called Hærvejen or "The Army Road"?
121540. What is Frankincense, what was its use and what is its use today?
121541. What territory is sometimes called the Янтарный край, which means the Amber area?
121542. What stone is often called "greenstone" in New Zealand English?
121544. What is Costco's number one selling item?
121545. Who was the first person credited with flying a plane on the continent of Australia?
121546. After assasinating Pres Garfield and being hanged, how was Chuck Guiteau's body disposed of by the secret service?
121547. What was the reason that Julius Ceasar had the Gallic chief Vercingetorix strangled to death?
121548. What was the date when the people of Scotland first got the right to vote?
121549. Why does space look black?
121550. How many cities in the US are named "Springfield"?
121551. How fast would a penny, dropped from the 102nd floor of the Empire State Building, be traveling immediately before it hits the ground?
121552. Is black really a color?
121553. Is there a reason why most shirt button-holes are vertical but most pyjama button-holes are horizontal?
121554. This is an unidentified Welsh bog flower on another site I visit, I'm sure I'll be able to get its name here before anywhere else!
http://www.nearby.org.uk/geograph/speculative/view.php?id=210
121555. Which one word can be, among other things, the name of an Academy Award winning film, a type of fish, the surname of an Academy Award winning director or the former name of an Asian capital?
121556. She was an actress in the 1930s and 1940s. Her twin brother was active in the resistance movement and took part in a famous exploration that left Peru in 1947. Who are these two people?
121557. Have there been more songs recorded about New York City or Los Angeles?
121558. What is so interesting about the square of 89,548?
121559. With what groups did Ariel Bender play guitar?
121560. Are there any flags on the moon that are not American flags?
121561. Who was Auschwitz prisoner #16670?
121562. What are the different types of Plastic ? What is the difference between Polythene(Polyethylene) and Polystyrene ?
121563. Charles Foster Kane's last word was Rosebud. What was Rosebud?
121564. Which one of his ears did Van Gogh cut off?
121565. Who invented S'Mores, and why the name?
121566. What does the electrical measurement OHM stand for?
121567. Who took over as host of the old TV show "The Saturday Night Beechnut Show" in 1958?
121568. What group of men were on the first U.S. stamp to depict a living American in 1969?
121569. What J.R.R. Tolken book was published very soon after his death in 1977?
121570. What Nutbush Tennessee native was dubbed as "The Queen of Rock"?
121571. What colors are represented on all of the MLB team caps?
121572. What color is a spider's blood and why ?
121573. What inspired Eli Whitney to invent the cotton gin?
121574. When is it correct to use numerals in a sentence rather letters (8,000 rather than eight thousand)?
121575. Which languages use the C circumflex?
121576. Which languages use the C acute?
121577. Which languages use the C caron?
121578. What was the very first underwater tunnel in the world; and, what proves that it was constructed well?
121579. Who invented the safety pin and then what did he do that was very stupid?
121580. How did Charles Goodyear discover the principle of vulcanisation?
121581. For what years did Bayer pharmaceuticals manufacture and make available to the the general public heroin?
121582. Who was William Kingdon Clifford and how is he connected to Einstein's theory of relativity?
121583. For MLB pitchers, what is Tommy John surgery?
121584. What was the name of the television show in the mid sixties (in black & white) that at the beginning showed a roller coaster doing in a downward motion?
121585. Has there been a cure for the tree man?
121586. During countdowns, sometimes you'll hear, "T minus 10, 9..." What does "T minus" mean and who came up with it?
121587. Why there are no polar bears at the south pole?
121588. Why there are no polar bears at the south pole?
121589. What is the longest anyone has held their breath for on record (not underwater)?
121590. What year did real whipped cream first appear on grocery stores' shelves?
121591. Who won the 1972 Nobel Peace Prize?
121592. Who replaced Mick Taylor in the Rolling Stones?
121593. According to The Blues Image how many men sailed into San Francisco Bay?
121595. What was the name of the big continent which was a joint of all the present continents?
121596. What was the very first article to be placed on Wikipedia?
121598. Who was the only US president never to join a church?
121599. What is the largest city in the U.S. whose name begins with the letter "X"?
121600. Is it true that Luxembourg is the only country in the world which is Grand Duchy?
121601. Is it true that Potatoes contain starch and are a very good source of Vitamin C?
121602. Is it true that Ravan (in Hindu mythology) is worshiped at Khonpura village in Madhya Pradesh?
121603. What was the first civil partnership to be shown on British soap operas?
121604. In the video to the song 'Guilt' by the band Nero, have the dancer's legs been digitally manipulated and if so... what software was used?
121605. What dope ring used French television actor Jacques Angelvin as its courier?
121606. What Republican's campaign for the Presidency was the subject of an Esquire Magazine article titled "Requiem for a Lightweight"?
121607. In the movie "Planet of the Apes" how did Charlton Heston tell the apes how he arrived by flying?
121608. What U.S. President was David Kennerly the White House photographer for?
121609. What did Superman have to trick Mr.Mxyzptlk into doing to make him disappear?
121610. Does the Arrow-Copter AC-10 use a Rotax 912 80 hp engine or the 100 hp engine?
121611. How many years between flights for Glacier Girl?
121612. Which airplane was known as the Tin Goose?
121613. "Lux sit" is the motto of which university?
121614. How many years did the Colorado Caribous play soccer?
121615. Who won the pole vault gold medal in the 1967 Pan American games?
121616. How did Fire Marshal James J. Horan die?
121617. Which song had the refrain "Roll a bowl a ball a penny a pitch?"
121618. In which movie was Groucho Marx the character Mr. Hammer?
121619. What was the second song on side 2 of the 'Nilsson Schmilsson' album?
121620. What natural resources are owned by the nation of Japan?
121621. How many people are known to have escaped from Alcatraz prison?
121622. Do toes have names just like fingers (thumb, index, etc.)?
121623. I've often heard and read of buglers sounding "The Last Post" at military funerals and other commemorations, but I've also been told that it should be properly called "Last Post" - without the initial 'The'. Anybody know which is right?
121624. In the "Blackhawk" comic series how many were in the flying fighting crew?
121625. What was Oliver Queen's alter ego in the comics?
121626. What Apollo mission was the first to transmit live television pictures of astronauts in space?
121627. If you have nucleomitiphobia what do you have a fear of?
121628. What book left Ben Gunn "high and dry"?
121629. In NHL playoffs history, has a team ever won 4-3 in Round 1, 4-2 in Round 2, 4-1 in Round 3 and 4-0 in the Stanley Cup Finals?
121630. What are weeping willows so sad about?
121631. In MLB, who was the last player to start a game as a position player and then go on in the same game to get the win as the pitcher; and, who was the player before him to do the same thing?
121632. What is the word for the fear of Friday the 13th?
121633. What is the word (if there is one) for the fear of being first?
121634. Is there a word for the fear of math?
121635. Has the US exported any F-35's ?
121636. What is the accepted pronunciation of "Keyes" in the surname of Sir Roger Keyes, the British Admiral?
121637. What is the longest war that the US has been in?
121638. Before the creation of the Secret Service, whose job was it to protect the US president?
121639. Why does the winner of the Indy 500 celebrate by drinking milk?
121640. What English word has the most (different) pronunciations?
121641. Who was the original architect of the Geodesic Dome?
121642. Does the word mucus have a plural? If so, how would it be spelled?
121643. What day was Talent Roundup day on the Mickey Mouse Club TV show?
121644. What kind of tape was used for the first time on the air for The Jonathan Winters Show in 1956?
121645. What U.S. President was first to establish the special fighting forces of the Green Berets?
121646. What progressive thinker wrote "A Guide to Confident Living"?
121647. Are all grasses monocots ?
121648. Why do we sometimes get goosebumps due to certain sounds - e.g. chalk or nails squeaking across a chalkboard or sandpaper?
121649. Diè wåde means "farewell" in which language?
121650. Who rode a horse named Chub?
121651. How did the small US states of Iowa and New Hampshire get to be the very important first two US presidential caucus and primary voting states?
121652. What movie ended with Charles Plumpick standing nude in front of an asylum holding a bird cage waiting to be admitted?
121653. On the TV show "Leave it Beaver" did we ever actually see either one of Eddie Haskell's parents, and if so, who played the part(s)?
121654. What purported journalist once ran for sheriff in Pitkin County Colorado in 1970 (and lost, by the way)?
121655. In the Archie comics what was Veronica's last name?
121656. Where is the longest stone arch bridge in the world?
121657. Why does the US plane/helicopter The Osprey not have a gun facing in the direction that troops will be off loaded ?
121658. Was the recent tragic mass destruction in Joplin, Missouri caused by one huge tornado or by many smaller tornadoes?
121659. Why, when opening a new jar's lid, they are too tight to open until the jar and the lid are run under hot tap water?
121660. What Illinois city is home to the Amazing World of Superman Museum?
121661. What did we get to see when it was "time to twist the Mousekedial to the right and the left with a smile"?
121662. Who was admitted to West Point for the first time in 1976?
121663. Get out your old records for this one... which Beatle appeared in denim only on the cover of their "Abbey Road" LP?
121664. What was the tiny piece of evidence that led to the Watergate burglars getting caught?
121665. How many different ways are there to win at the game of solitaire without cheating of course (original version played with the standard 52 card deck, non computerized)?
121667. What unfortunate procedure did ice cream man Ben Cohen undergo in 2001?
121668. Which actor was George Travelwell in the 1918 movie "Bound for Morocco?"
121669. Which actor was George Honeywell on the TV show "My Little Margie" in 1955?
121670. Which actor was Lester Snapwell in the 1963 movie "The Triumph of Lester Snapwell?"
121671. Which actor was Theodore Dowell on the "Peyton Place" TV series in 1964-1966?
121672. Which actress was Elizabeth Farewell in the 1987 movie "Shaka Zulu?"
121673. Which actor was Dr. Todd Powell in "The Bold and the Beautiful" TV series from 1988-1989?
121674. Which actress was Lucie Fairwell in the 1994 video game "Who Killed Brett Penance?"
121675. Which actor was Clay Bidwell in the 1998 movie "Clay Pigeons?"
121676. Which actor was Charlie Darwell on the TV show "Pasadena" in 2002?
121677. Which actor was Captain Kevin Tidwell in the TV series "Life" from 2008-2009?
121678. What actor played Thurston Howell, III on 'Gilligan's Island'?
121679. What actor played Lowell Mather, a character on 'Wings'?
121680. What American woman, born in the 1890s, interested in a male dominated career, first trained as a nurse, changed careers and became the 16th woman to be licensed in her profession?
121681. What was John Lennon's nickname for his wife Yoko Ono?
121682. Where are moonbows found in the world?
121683. Who were Jesus' first two disciples?
121684. How many counties are there in Ohio?
121685. What well known actress from General Hospital very recently joined the cast of the Young and Restless?
121686. When can moonbows be seen?
121687. What US state flag has a Union Jack on it; and, why is this the case?
121688. What culture of people were known to hang their dead in coffins from the sides of large cliffs?
121689. Why do farmers in Virginia grow less tobacco, in comparison with the past ?
121690. Who is the only person to wrestle Muhammad Ali and box Andre the Giant?
121691. Why are a lot of symbols and "Euro" symbols appearing in posts on here?
121692. When, where and why did the public clocks of a city stop, at what was already a famous time of day in that city's history, causing the time itself to become a catchphrase?
121693. Why is the symbol for a pharmacy a capital "R" with a check mark on its front leg?
121694. The first verse of which well-known pop song name-checks a company, a royal executed 50 years after that company was founded and two 20th century world leaders?
121695. Who sang the lead vocals for the song "Have A Cigar" by Pink Floyd on their album Wish You Were Here?
121696. What heavenly hole was first detected in 1972 at Cygnus X1?
121697. What novel had, as the dying hero's last words, "Poor Grendel had an accident....So may you all"?
121698. What lyrical phrase was used in both of these songs: "Mrs Robinson" and "I am the Walrus"?
121699. What line followed next in this famous graffiti saying? "To do is to be-John Stuart Mill, To be is to do-Jean Paul Sartre, ... "
121700. In 1947 the Dead Sea scrolls were found, but how many were there?
121701. What native American was quoted as saying "What have we done that the American people want us to stop"?
121702. Which of the strongmen brothers Benedikt Magnússon and Magnús Magnússon is the youngest?
121703. Besides Charles I, what members of the British royal family have been executed?
121704. From where did the band Def Leppard get their name?
121705. What is the name of the citrus fruit found in Earl Grey tea?
121706. What year did Earl Grey bring this delicious recipe for tea back from China to Britain?
121707. How did the drummer of Def Leppard lose his arm?
121708. In MLB, what two Pittsburgh Pirate pitchers have won the Cy Young award?
121709. Was actress Mary Pickford the mother of actor Douglas Fairbanks JR?
121710. What actor served as a U.S. delegate to the 1978 United Nations Conference on Disarmament?
121711. What soon to be star was once rejected by New York City's American Negro Theater because of his West Indian accent?
121712. Which is the correct spelling for the color, grey or gray?
121713. From where comes the saying: "By the seat of his pants"?
121714. Who are Scousers; and, why are they called that?
121715. What is the capital of Sarawak?
121716. Is Bachman's Warbler extinct?
121717. Who invented the Bangalore torpedo?
121718. How many quarks make up a baryon?
121719. How many "steps" on a Unibit #4 drill bit?
121720. Who are Miga, Quatchi, Sumi and Mukmuk?
121721. Where are chrome baby moons found?
121722. Where is the cut made to divide a side of beef into two quarters?
121723. Who is the youngest person to play in an Olympic basketball finals game?
121724. What is the name of the area of East Timor that is surrounded by West Timor?
121726. Which female singer had a minor hit in the mid 60s with this song (first verse)
"I don't bother to powder my face
I leave my things all over the place
D'you know why
It's cos you said goodbye
And all my dreams fell through
I only care about you"
?
121727. Are there still Yugoslavs?
121728. What are the names of the Wikinsion quints?
121729. The tonnage of a ship has nothing to do with weight - it was the number of tuns(barrels) a ship could nominally carry. What weight could a 10,000 ton ship typically carry?
121730. Who was the very first leader of Germany, who was German, after WWII; was that person a former Nazi?
121731. Who did Nikita Khrushchev say wasn't suited for any job other than that of an "orphanage director"?
121732. What famous cartoon symbol (animal) zip code is 20252?
121733. What song got John Lennon sued for plagiarism because the first 2 lines were the same as Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me"?
121735. How much did the most expensive ticket to the Beatles 1964 Carnegie Hall concert cost?
121736. Who was the youngest person to win a gold medal in the Olympics?
121737. What games or sports have never been played in the Olympics but are recognized by the IOC as Olympic sports?
121738. Was the dangerous sport of underwater swimming ever an Olympic sport?
121739. Who first said the saying, "Keep your shirt on"?
121740. What is the quickest goal scored in NHL in the Stanley Cup Finals in Overtime? (Asking this because of the quick goal Vancouver scored in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals in OT)
121741. What rank did (Judge) Joseph Wapner reach in the U.S. Army during his stint in WWII?
121742. If the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are at sea level, why are locks needed in the Panama Canal?
121745. Does it ever thunder and lightning (very very frightening) without any rain?
121746. What old TV show featured members of the Mystic Knights of the Sea?
121750. What book won Bernard Malamud a Pulitzer Prize?
121751. What dress designer was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth in 1967?
121752. What name was applied to the 2 emergency information radio stations in the USA, 640 and 1240 on the dial?
121754. What model(s) of helicopter were used when the SEALS attacked Bin Laden's compound ?
121755. In the 1971 film, what is the significance of Willy Wonka's office being in halves?
121756. How can Crayola crayons and Amelia Earhart be connected?
121758. Somebody recently told me that that the diet of daddy-longlegs is unknown. That sounds a bit a bit far fetched to me, but what do they eat?
121759. Is it true that some newer SUV's with all their bells and whistles have a more sophisticated electronics system than the Apollo 11 craft which took the first astronauts to the moon?
121760. Who said, " I've been called worse things by better people."
121761. Why did so many Amish move to Pennsylvania?
121762. What is the oldest book (the first one written) in the New Testament?
121764. Were there any female fighter pilots during World War 2 for the U.S.?
121765. What was the title of the 1962 movie remake of "Gunga Din" with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin ?
121766. Who were Peter Paul of the Peter Paul Candy Company or were they one person that made Mounds and Almond Joy and others?
121767. Why don't Amish children study beyond the eighth grade?
121768. "Where the hell was Biggles when you needed him last Saturday"?
121770. What date was the very first issue of National Lampoon magazine released?
121771. The 'Tonton Macoute' were what and where?
121773. What former MN Twins player and current announcer owns a bar just blocks from Target Field?
121774. Name the MN Twins sophomore who has yet to move out of his parents' house.
121775. What was the name of the bookstore owned by the American Revolutionary War hero who has a trail, a fort, a city and several counties named after him.
121776. What significance is there when a Hindu woman is adorned with sindoor?
121777. How many people perished on the north face of Mount Eiger before it was first successfully climbed?
121778. What are the school colors of Anna Maria College?
121779. Who was the first permanent resident of Anna Maria Island, FL?
121780. Which singer/actress is named as part of a joke in an episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"?
121781. What is the Wii U?
121783. What is the literal and original meaning of the word "quarter" in the expression "No quarter"?
121784. In what fairly topical context is an English D a French J - and how does a type of brandy get involved?
121785. Has Neil Diamond recorded any of The Beatles' songs?
121786. What is a mangel-wurzel?
121787. What is the name of the song that Old Major had in his dream in the novel "Animal Farm"?
121789. What kidnap victim was FBI agent Charles Bates exclusively assigned to find?
121790. What Asian country saw U.S. Ambassador Adolph Dubs abducted and shot to death in 1979?
121791. What breed of horse was TV's Mr. Ed?
121792. After much ballyhoo what did the U.S. and North Vietnam finally agree should be 35 feet in diameter with a green imitation leather top?
121793. Does the US government keep large amounts of any foreign currencies as an investment?
121794. Do they have fortune cookies in the nation of China?
121795. At the start of the 20th century how did they get cut logs down large hills and mountains (they can still be found in modern day amusement parks)?
121796. When was Laura Story born?
121797. Which fictional character lived at 633 Stagtrail Rd. N. Caldwell?
121799. What brand of cigarette does President Obama smoke?
121800. I heard another great story.... A construction worker carrying a sheet of plywood past an open breezeway was swept off the seventh floor of a building. He held onto the plywood during his downward journey and glided across a four lane street then crashed through a pate glass window of an opposite building. He survived relatively intact. True, partly true or urban myth?
121801. What's the last word that Carrie Bradshaw says in the original run of "Sex and the City"?
121802. What is a reflex arc?
121803. How does the neuron/neurotransmitters work at synapse?
121804. What are the different waves in an EKG called and what are their functions?
121805. Who, seeing his plane's engine on fire, swore a safe landing would make him give up "the Devil's Music" and enter the ministry?
121806. How many times did Jack Paar cry on camera in his career?
121807. What onetime Westinghouse spokesperson became Lyndon Johnson's "Special Assistant for Consumer Affairs" in 1967?
121808. What group started out as Kenny and the Cadets?
121809. What Shakespearean play was quoted from at the end of the Beatles "I am the Walrus"?
121811. What invention was a direct and unexpected result of the newly invented telephone?
121812. In September 1999, NASA's $125 million Mars Climate Orbiter was completely lost as it headed into a lower than planned orbit. What was the cause of this mistake?
121813. A concrete alligator was shot in June 2011 by police officers of what U.S. city?
121814. How old was Muammar Kadhafi when he came into power?
121815. What is the record number of extras conceded in a cricket Test match, and who was wicket-keeper
on that occasion?
121816. What are the top 3 most commonly used variables in mathematics?
121817. Who did Duane Allman describe as "a real outasight chick and a fantastic artist and composer?"
121818. In the NBA, what is a loose ball foul?
121819. What is written on the note shown in Charlie Chaplin's "The Tramp"?
121820. How many total works (plays, essays, everything) did William Shakespeare write in his career?
121821. What poet wrote "Another Part of the Forest" in 1946?
121822. What planet was taken over by aliens known as Overlords in "Childhood's End"?
121823. In the movie the "Great Escape" what was Blythe(Donald Pleasence) always reusing?
121824. Who was built for speed with "everything that Uncle John needs"?
121825. Can an accurate DNA sample be taken from the ashes after a body is cremated?
121826. Of Peter and Gordon which wore glasses?
121827. Of Chad and Jeremy which wore glasses?
121828. The Hubble space telescope, launched in 1990 and costing over $2 billion, was discovered to have a major problem with blurry pictures. What was the cause of this problem, and how much were the repairs?
121829. Did Ronald Reagan ever attempt to join the American Communist Party?
121830. Which English rugby player was nicknamed the 'Liverpool lip'?
121831. In June 1962, NASA's Mariner I mission to Venus was aborted after the rocket went off course just four minutes after take-off. What was the "complicated" cause of that failure?
121832. What strange question did Prince Phillip once ask an Australian Aboriginal?
121833. Who won an Oscar playing a character named Jerry?
121834. How old do you have to be to smoke cigars, but not purchase them, in North Carolina?
121835. What make a calliope different from a merry-go-round?
121836. What psychologist openly voiced his opinion about his opposition to "Moses and Monotheism"?
121837. Who was the king in "The Return of the King"?
121838. Who used 1967's "You're a Big Boy Now", which he directed, as his M.F.A. (Master of Fine Arts) thesis at U.C.L.A.?
121839. What was the first credit card used in U.S. making its debut in 1958?
121840. What father/daughter duo had a number one hit song between "Happy Together" and "The Happening"?
121841. For how many weeks was "Heartaches" a number one song for Ted Weems?
121842. What is The Cyclone of Rycove?
121843. What is third hand smoke?
121844. Who was the harmonica player for Area Code 615?
121845. Who is Sir Dashemoff Daily?
121847. From where do fruit flies come from; and how do you get rid of them?
121848. In the history of the modern Olympics, has any city held the Games in the summer as well as in the winter?
121849. Is there a mention in the bible of Alexander the
Great as "he-goat", and if so,where is it ?
121850. What is a back fire?
121851. What members of the US Congress have ever been expelled?
121852. Why is a pipe affixed to the side of El Palo Alto?
121853. Why are Starlight Peak (14,180 feet) and Polemenium Peak (14,080 feet) not considered to be a mountains higher than 14,000 feet in California?
121854. What service did Sylvia of Hollywood provide to actresses of the late 1920s and early 1930s?
121855. What is the longest track in each of the Mario Kart games?
121856. What is the shortest track in each of the Mario Kart games?
121857. Are Alvin Stardust and Ziggy Stardust related?
121858. Are Steve Priest and Judas Priest related?
121859. How much were the original creators of Superman, Siegel and Shuster, paid for their idea of the Man of Steel?
121860. Dylan Thomas, poet and alcoholic, lost his only original draft of his radio play "Under Milk Wood"; how was it rediscovered?
121861. How times have changed! What US president would daily swim naked in the Potomac River?
121862. What key action saved famed author Franz Kafka from being completely unknown to the world?
121864. Which scale is used to measure Human Stools?
121865. Which scale is used to measure Wind Velocity?
121866. Which scale is used to measure Hurricanes?
121867. Which scale is used to measure Tornadoes?
121868. Which is the first Indian movie?
121869. Which U S President was a famous B Movie actor?
121872. Is Bam Margera from "Jackass" married?
121873. What character did Johnny Sheffield play in a series of 12 jungle movies from 1949-1956?
121874. Which country's Prime Minister disappeared and presumed drowned on December 17th 1967?
121875. On the old TV show "Leave it to Beaver" what was Beaver's buddy Whitey's last name?
121876. What cigarette once claimed to have 20,000 filter traps?
121877. What is comedienne Mimi Hines's famous "trademark"?
121878. The New York Yankees have won the most World Series with 27 victories in the Fall Classic. What team has lost the most World Series?
121879. What Italian white wine gets its name from the Italian word for green?
121880. Who was originally supposed to play the role of Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz"; and, in reality, was more suited for the part?
121881. What was the bizarre reason that MGM head, Louis Mayer, refused to hire Walt Disney?
121882. Why did Bette Davis turn down the role of Scarlett O'Hara in the movie "Gone with the Wind"?
121883. Supposedly, why did Charlton Heston get the role of Moses in the 1956 remake of "The Ten Commandments"?
121884. Which player for Leeds United scored his 6th and 7th goals of season 2010-11, both of them away from home?
121885. How many goals did Leeds United score during the month of February 2011?
121886. What nursery rhyme character's head was patched with vinegar and brown paper?
121887. What Kenneth Tynan smash Broadway play spent next to nothing on costume design?
121888. What brand of shirt was John F.Kennedy wearing when he was shot?
121889. What sport provided Kelly Robinson's cover on the TV show "I Spy"?
121890. What first did Mary and Madeleine Collinson achieve in the October 1970 issue of Playboy?
121891. What causes healthy skin to itch?
121892. What is a "Walmart rental"?
121893. Other than unlimited speeds like Germany's autobahn, what country has the highest posted speed limit, in km/h, on its major highways?
121894. What actor in "Fast and Furious" was also in "Don Coyote?"
121895. What are those little champagne bottle shaped things called when you pull the string and streamers burst forth at New Year's Eve?
121896. What year did the F.B.I. stop posting wanted posters in Post Offices?
121897. Who was Aunt Henrietta Beresford in "Reap the Wild Wind?"
121898. Are there any more Drive-in movies left in the U.S.?
121899. What New England landmark was buried in sand on Thanksgiving Day in 1970 by Indian activists?
121900. When did production of R12 refrigerant cease in the U.S.A.?
121901. What word derived from Greek for "self acting" first appeared in the August 1948 issue of "American Machinist"?
121902. What ABC series was host of the pilot episode of "Happy Days" in 1972?
121903. Between Goodyear and Firestone which company is the oldest?
121904. Which naturally occurring substance can be easily mistaken for alcohol on a persons breath?
121906. Did George Washington actually command troops while he was President of America?
121907. Which English King was the last one (English/British only) to die in battle?
121908. Which European male, born in the 1920's, practiced law in the UK and then became the assistant to one of the richest men in the world at the time?
121909. In which film do two of the characters play the classic board game Mastermind?
121910. Who holds the record for having the most cosmetic procedures?
121911. If successive bees remove pollen from a flower, will there eventually be none left ?
121912. Do any of the world's navies still have a rum ration?
121913. Who was interviewed twice by Playboy under different names for the September 1964 and November 1975 issues?
121914. Who lived at 518 Crestview Drive, Beverly Hills, California?
121915. What school subject did Art Garfunkel teach after leaving show business?
121916. What novel's opening line was "What can you say about a 25 year old girl who died"?
121917. Rudolph Valentino was half French and half Italian. At his funeral eight men carried his casket on their shoulders. Is this a French or Italian custom?
121918. Where was to be San Serriffe's original location?
121919. How many Knuth reward checks have been issued?
121920. Who is the current captain of the USA national cricket team?
121921. How much Torpex was packed into a WWII pumpkin bomb?
121922. How much was Tritonal packed into an Operation Desert Storm GBU-28?
121923. Which weapon has a larger blast radius, MOAB or FOAB?
121924. What is the speed of an AGM-114 Hellfire missile?
121925. Was the Daisy Cutter the name of a bomb used in Viet Nam or the name of the fuse?
121926. What is the largest town in the world called Georgetown?
121927. What is the largest town in the world called Jamestown?
121928. What is the largest town in the world called Charlestown?
121929. What is the largest town in the world called Victoria?
121930. In March 2011, two Leeds United players were unused substitutes in all four games. Who were they?
121932. Does Apollo 22 exist?
121933. What is the capital of Tuvalu?
121934. What did the old man play knick-knack on at number 8 in the ditty "This Old Man"?
121935. Which one of the 2 A-bombs (Hi-There and Lolita) did Slim Pickens ride into glory in "Dr.Strangelove"?
121936. Which Apollo mission was the first trip outside Earth's gravity?
121937. When did the "pull my finger" schtick come about?
121938. Is Victoria the capital of Hong Kong?
121939. In the song The Happy Wanderer, what is the meaning of Val-deri,Val-dera, Val-deri?
121940. What fantasy character did artist Willard Wigan inhale?
121941. What games received a 10/10 rating in the magazine "Nintendo Power"?
121942. What does the word deipnosophist mean?
121943. What Mediterranean isle gained its independence from Britain on September 20th 1964?
121944. What is a negative majority?
121945. June 15, 2011 - Why did rioting break out in the city of Vancouver?
121947. UK football: which one of the 12 foundation members of the Football League (formed 1888) was the first to be relegated from Division Two; downstairs to Division Three (South) or Division Three (North) as the case may be?
121948. Did the ideas of natural law influence English law in the 17th and 18th centuries?
121949. Bon Jovi recently streamed a concert they played in Munich. They played part of a Scorpions song, and one other cover straight after. I was wondering what the other song was called?
121950. Which British band has had the most top 10 singles without ever reaching the number one spot?
121952. How many actors turned down the lead role in "Superman" before Christopher Reeve agreed to it?
121953. In the UK, telephone calls to the emergency services on 999 are free from pay phones. Is there a charge to dial 911 in the USA?
121954. Do all mammals have an Umbilicus?
121955. Where is the annual Duct Tape Festival held?
121956. Throughout her many marriages did Elizabeth Taylor ever have any children?
121957. From TV who joined the Office of Strategic Operations after a near fatal plane crash?
121958. Is there a patron Saint of widows?
121959. Even though Jean Baptiste Frederic Isidor Thielemans was more noted as a jazz musician, what company did he do TV commercials for?
121960. Who was the ubermensch?
121962. From where were The Vogues?
121963. Where was Kinksize Session recorded?
121964. Where did Bob Hite die?
121965. What has passed directly from Egypt to England to what is now Estonia, then oscillated between France and Germany a couple of times before going to the US. It then returned to France before settling in the USA for most of the 20th century. What is it and where is it in 2011?
121966. What song did Linda Ronstadt sing on "Playboy After Dark?"
121967. For a square there are four, for a regular pentagon there are 11, for a regular hexagon there are 24 and for a regular heptagon there are 50. What are they and how many are there for a regular octagon?
121968. Why does the shadow of the Earth during a lunar eclipse give the moon an orange-reddish appearance?
121969. How many times has Mario, Nintendo's mascot, been shown inside of a jail cell?
121970. In all of the episode titles in "Super Mario Sunshine", how many have exclamation points in its name?
121971. What is the difference in meaning amongst the words idiot, imbecile, moron, and fool?
121972. Do most historians think that Queen Elizabeth I was a true virgin?
121973. In what year was the P.I.T (Precision Immobilization Technique) maneuver first used?
121974. In "Super Mario Sunshine", how many blue coins are there in total?
121976. In "Super Mario Sunshine", what is the only world not to have an Italian word in its name?
121978. Why did The Blue Ridge Rangers never tour?
121979. Are there any communities of people who are able to live without surface water?
121980. What is the world's smallest airplane?
121981. In "Super Mario 64 DS", what does Bowser say after you defeat him for the last time, if you collect all 150 Power Stars?
121982. Is there any evidence that Carl Jung was a collaborator with the Nazis?
121983. What is a mahout?
121984. What kind of rockets did Wernher Von Braun transport 100 of to the U.S.after World War 2
121985. Which was the first of 4 movies the group The Platters appeared in ?
121986. Which Rice Krispies elf is blonde?
121987. What does the Real ice cream treat called a Sundae consist of?
121988. Who played the original Maria in Broadway's "West Side Story" in 1957?
121989. What, in wildlife, is must (or musth)?
121990. What connects Paul Winchell, Daws Butler and Don Messick?
121991. What is Plato's Allegory of the Cave?
121992. What does the invitation response R.S.V.P. mean...in English please?
121993. What fueled Dante's Inferno?
121994. What record producer did Tom Wolfe call "The First Tycoon of Teen"?
121995. What nations, African or Asian, still have wild elephants?
121996. Whose landlady was Kirsty MacColl when she named her third album 'Electric Landlady'?
121998. 'A slipping down life' by Anne Tyler what is Drum's father's occupation?
121999.
Who chooses the Time magazine "Man/Person of the Year?
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