Ask FunTrivia Question Archive

127501. When a situation goes wrong why is it said to have gone pear shaped?

127502. A local public house is called 'The Frog and Radiator'. What is the origin of the name?

127503. Why is the lion known as the king of the jungle when it doesn't live in a jungle?

127504. Who was "Murph the Surf"?

127505. Why is mascara called mascara?

127506. Why do dogs have dew claws?

127507. What was the "Heidi Game"?

127508. Who sent the first SMS text message?

127509. Where was the war time headquarters for MI6 during World War 2?

127510. What percentage of the U.S. budget is spent on foreign aid? (This does not include the cost of wars in Iraq or Afghanistan)

127511. Who said "Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer"?

127512. The great songwriter from the sixties, Jimmy Webb, wrote many hits for Glen Campbell such as By The Time I Get to Phoenix, Galveston, and Wichita Lineman. What influenced him to write all these great songs with the references to cities in the west / southwest?

127514. What distiction does actor Warwick Davis hold?

127515. What does 'beating the lines' mean?

127516. Which Baltic state is the largest?

127517. How did the phrase 'Gordon Bennett' come about?

127518. Who was born on 24 May 1819 at Kensington Palace in London?

127519. What did Pope Pius XII witness on 30th October 1950?

127520. When was Helena, Montana founded?

127521. In what year was the first hurricane offically named for a person?

127522. Why are the Star Wars movies not numbered in the order in which they were released?

127523. Who was the first Royal baby to be born in North America?

127524. Has any NBA team ever had a starting lineup as old as that of the 2012-13 Los Angeles Lakers?

127525. What does 'pouring garbage on someone' mean?

127526. Which actress played the part of Romana in the Doctor Who "Six Segments of the Key to Time" episodes?

127527. What does 'you color me gone' mean?

127529. I'm curious - what did Curiosity recently report about Mars?

127530. Enrico Caruso was born in Naples, Italy in 1873, so why do some Sicilian opera fans refer to him as "The Fox of Scotland" ?

127531. How did Halloween get its name?

127532. In filmmaking, what is the difference between a gaffer and an electrician (since films like "Harry Potter 8" list both in the end credits)?

127533. In Slavic surnames, does the suffix 'ovic' have any meaning?

127534. Does a hurricane spin clockwise or counter-clockwise?

127535. How many times bigger is earth than the moon?

127536. Who did Ian Ball try to kidnap in 1974?

127537. How many Theses did Martin Luther post onto the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg in present-day Germany?

127538. What was the lowest atmospheric pressure recorded during Hurricane Sandy?

127539. What's the origin of the phrase "What the dickens!"?

127540. Who were the original presenters for the British TV show "Magpie"?

127541. Why was Raven George "retired" from the Tower of London?

127542. Which film was based on Tod Robbins' 1923 short story "Spurs"?

127545. Is it true that among all the ancient emperors Alexander the great claims fame to the maximum number of conquests in the world?

127546. The Malmedy Massacre was the largest slaughter of American soldiers on the Western Front during World War II. 86 soldiers were murdered after laying down their weapons. Were any of the perpetrators brought to justice and how so?

127547. Who was the last prisoner in the Tower of London?

127548. Why do Americans cut their food, then switch the fork to the right hand to eat?

127549. Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Philippines, on the last lap of the first voyage to circumnavigate the world. How was he killed?

127550. In the United States, can a person be brought to trial for simply admitting he or she has used illegal drugs in the past?

127551. I can't understand all of the lyrics in the Byrds' 1967 hit "My Back Pages". Can anyone help?

127552. I was wondering that Americans (or maybe, other English speaking peeps ) mostly say "a Mohawk" for a guy's hairdo. in Japan, we call it "a Mohican" and no one says or knows of "a Mohawk" Shouldn't we say a Mohican for a hairdo in English?

127553. Was Marmite developed and marketed before Vegemite?

127554. In the John Steinbeck novel "The Winter Of Our Discontent" he uses the term "Adam decorations" when describing an old house. What does this term mean?

127555. Can the word "Indian" be correctly spelled without using a capital letter?

127556. Which ancient astronomer was first to calculated the radius of the earth?

127557. Where do Turkeys originally come from?

127558. I already know that two male Siamese fighting fish need to be put in separate containers or they'll kill each other, but what about one female and one male?

127560. Who is the conductor associated with "Greig's Piano Concert" with Morecambe and Wise?

127561. Which TV Series starred John Alderton living out of a Railway Locker?

127562. What year were Newport brand cigarettes introduced?

127563. Which name links William Sulley White with Leicester, even though he wasn't from there?

127564. Who was the fourth-born of the comedy act the Marx Brothers?

127565. Who was Louis the Stammerer?

127566. Which current NASCAR track has held the most races for the top-tier now-Sprint Cup Series?

127567. Who won the race for Miss Lucy's hand, Dan or Shorty?

127568. Who invented the spring loaded clothes pin?

127569. Who played saxophone on Bill Doggett's "Honky Tonk?"

127570. What instrument did Arlene Francis learn to play for her role in "Mrs. Dally has a Lover?"

127571. What 80s television show featured the actor who played The Fonz as an executive producer?

127572. What is the main reason Lovenox injections are administered to hospitalized patients?

127573. In the movie "Cool Hand Luke" Paul Newman's part was Luke. did they ever mention his full name in the movie?

127574. What Kenyan former president played an African chief in the British film "Sanders of the River"?

127575. In the song "City of New Orleans", how many sacks of mail did the "City of New Orleans" carry?

127576. Jack Benny on his TV show had a misfiring limousine, with an actual person voice. Who supplied the misfiring?

127577. Why isn't Bill Ward touring with Black Sabbath?

127578. Who was Aaron Kosminski suspected of being?

127579. Who is the only major league pitcher to have thrown both a regular season no-hitter and a postseason no-hitter?

127580. What do you call the different types of clouds?

127581. Who owns the most expensive sapphire and how much is it worth?

127582. Did "lead" pencils ever really contain lead?

127583. Which planet is known as The Blue Planet?

127584. How many episodes of "Countdown" on Channel 4 have there been?

127585. Which French literary works were translated into English by Henry James?

127586. Do the nutritional properties of a balut differ from a fresh egg?

127587. Which country had the world's first openly gay head of government?

127588. Who sang "The Last Farewell" in 1975?

127589. Who named the Statue of Liberty ?

127590. In the old TV show "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", the bad organization that opposed them was T.H.R.U.S.H. What did THRUSH stand for?

127591. What famous Anthropologist once noted "American women are good mothers but lousy wives"?

127592. What 60s movie featured the song "The Night Before"?

127593. What singer once said of Rock & Roll that it was "the martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth"?

127594. What happens to all the tread material that wears off of the millions or tens of millions of tires used around the world?

127595. What does 'penny for the guy' mean?

127596. What book on my bookshelf is considered to be the definitive guide to the running of a household in Victorian England?

127597. In 2008, Barack Obama received 365 electoral college votes. All but two states award their votes on a winner-takes all basis. How many EC votes would Obama have received if each state distributed their votes in direct proportion to the popular vote in their state?

127598. Why are some English villages known as 'Blessed Villages'?

127599. Which chef presents BBC1's "Saturday Kitchen"?

127600. What does "flashing a gun" mean?

127601. Has the late leftish expatriated pop singer Dean Reed got a memorial or any kind of cult in the USA?

127602. When did the Guardian newspaper (in the UK) first publish the Daily Cryptic Crossword?

127603. Where can you find a town called Hell?

127604. What U.S retail chain's policy states they will not put up Christmas decorations until after Thanksgiving?

127605. What is 'Avogadro's Law' {apart from never being the right answer}?

127606. Are atheism, agnosticism and humanism religions or philosophies?

127607. Since January 2010 who has been forced to wear a seatbelt when being a passenger in a car?

127608. What was the first newspaper in the United States?

127609. Where does the expression "I just don't understand that woman!" come from?

127610. Who very nearly died after a jousting accident in 1536?

127611. What is the term that describes a person addressing a meeting of a Congressional committee or subcommittee?

127612. Which Olympics were the first televised?

127613. Who wrote the British BBC TV mystery series Jonathan Creek?

127615. Which pieces (if any) of the 1960s Karl May movie series were shot over there in the Americas?

127616. When was the Academy Awards ceremony first broadcast coast-to-coast on radio?

127617. Who is the youngest Grammy winner?

127618. What does 'giving someone a rev-up' mean? I guess it would be sorta slang or something.

127619. Why is the saying "I'll blow your brains out" used in movies? People don't have more than one brain.

127620. What police force badge did Paul McCartney wear on his shoulder on the Sergent Peppers Lonely Heats Club record cover?

127621. Which one of the famous Chicago 7 said after being issued a federal indictment, "This is the greatest honor of my life"?

127622. What percentage of American young people (ages 10-18) have had orthodontic work done?

127623. Where in the world is the Rio Hamza?

127624. What is icewine or ice wine?

127625. Which actor or actress has been nominated the most number of times for an Academy Award without ever winning one?

127626. In recent history Pluto was "demoted" from a planet to a dwarf planet. In our history, has this ever happened before?

127627. Which tattoo design category is number one worldwide?

127628. What does 'I will bite' mean?

127629. In a monologue (very early SNL, I think), Lily Tomlin once asked, "Why isn't there a name for the tops of your feet?" And since then I've always wondered - medically or otherwise, is there one?

127630. What does 'shocking my hair' mean?

127631. What was the event called "Zip to Zap"?

127632. Who is the all time basketball scoring leader at Davidson College?

127633. Why are horses and ponies measured in hands?

127634. What was Michael Jordan's highest number of points in a single game?

127635. What are "Double Magic" atoms?

127636. Who replaced Chuck Noll as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers?

127638. Who was the first female aquanaut who lived in Starfish House?

127639. What was the #1 cause of death in 1900?

127640. In the Beach Boys song, 'Kokomo', how many original members appeared on the song?

127642. What NCAA college football team has won the most bowl games?

127643. Who wrote "A Renegade History of the United States"?

127644. Why does hydrogen peroxide produce fizz and bubbles when poured on wounds?

127645. During the American Revolution, were there any concurrent revolts or rebellions in colonies other than the 13 represented at the 2nd Continental Congress?

127646. How many members does the band "Owl City" consist of?

127647. Where did the band Krokus, get the inspiration for their name?

127649. What does 'being forced out of business' mean?

127650. Are any of the actors or actresses that were on "I Love Lucy" still alive?

127651. Who holds the Major League Baseball record for most triples in a single World Series and for most triples all time in the World Series?

127652. What are the origins of the quote "The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy"? The Google results giving Oscar Wilde as the source seem to be of dubious (at best) reliability, and I'd love a confirmed source.

127653. Which American President had the most grandchildren on the day of his inauguration?

127654. What is the average elevation of the major east coast cities?

127655. What year did Gracie Allen die?

127656. What human "system" is responsible for creating granulomas?

127657. How many British kings had the birth name of Albert?

127658. Where was Dwight Eisenhower born?

127659. Why does Europe use cab-over lorries instead of conventional cab (engine in front of cab) trucks ?

127660. What does a letter drop mean?

127661. Who was the last third party candidate to win Electoral votes in the United States?

127662. Was the ship that sank near Niagara Falls, and can still be seen today, a yacht or a steamship?

127663. When will we see the next transit of Venus?

127664. In the last 60 years of US presidential elections, would the Electoral College result have changed if all the states (not just Nebraska and Maine) allotted their votes proportionally, instead of winner take all, thus producing a different winner?

127665. Why do we have half moons at the bottom of our fingernails?

127666. Where did the expression 'to open a can of worms' come from?

127667. Mozart was buried in a pauper's (common) grave. Have there been any attempts by historians to narrow down the location, or is that really an impossibility?

127668. Mitt Romney lost Michigan and Massachusetts, both of which could be considered his home state. Have any other major party candidates lost their home state in the general election?

127669. When did the tradition of men wearing ties begin?

127670. What is the reason for the ring in Saturn?

127671. What does "I didn't click to what I was doing now" mean?

127672. In what part of the US do people "make groceries"?

127673. When did the Green Party first field candidates in the US?

127674. In the USA, is it legal to put up political signs on public land, or is it just something that everybody does anyway?

127675. Who was the first Major League Baseball player to hit four home runs in a game?

127676. How is a building crane removed after construction of a high building has completed?

127677. What does it mean to say that "he was declared out of the woods"?

127678. How many countries speak Greek as a first language?

127679. What, supposedly, was the last song that Jim Morrison of The Doors listened to?

127680. Who invented Sash Windows?

127681. What is the most electoral college votes that a third party US presidential candidate ever received?

127682. Where did Dolly Parton meet her husband Carl Dean?

127683. The wise men from the East (in the Bible) came from which country?

127685. How are hotel ratings (3 stars etc.) determined? Is there an official international system?

127686. What country started the first fillings for teeth?

127687. Who were the Jacobites?

127688. How many combinations of colors are possible on a standard Rubik's cube?

127689. Who was the first Dallas Cowboy elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame?

127690. What was the name of the Monty Python character who tried to return a dead parrot to the pet store?

127691. What are carbon nanotubes?

127692. What exactly are chicken by-products?

127693. After being founded in 1636 how long did it take Harvard University to elect the first woman as president?

127694. Who was the 'Singing Milkman'?

127695. Which postage stamp was the first issue to be separable by perforations?

127696. What does the fossil record show about the first horses in North America?

127697. What is a babushka?

127698. Which of the 50 United States has the most cities and towns?

127699. In what state of the USA was Barack Obama born?

127700. What area is the oldest part of London, England?

127701. What does it mean to come out a better person?

127702. What is the origin of the word "Geordie", used in reference to inhabitants of Newcastle, England?

127703. What does tens of thousands of dollars mean?

127704. What is the smallest bone in the human body?

127705. Who was the first female Secretary of Defense?

127706. In what year J.F.K was assassinated?

127707. Where did the tradition of wearing poppies for Remembrance Day start?

127708. The 'Silver Cross' - where and when was it first given to a mother of a deceased member of the military?

127709. What word do we use to describe the asexual reproduction of a genetic carbon copy of an animal or plant?

127710. Who was the first person to be awarded a posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor, and who was the first living person to receive the medal?

127711. Is the Rex Deus an actual organization in the US?

127713. When was the first statue placed in the National Statuary Hall?

127714. What colour is a panther?

127715. What is the location and the function of the subcutaneous layer?

127716. In which year did Steven Bratman coin the term "Orthorexia Nervosa" (from the Greek orthos, meaning "correct or right", and orexis, meaning "appetite")?

127717. Does Texas still have the right to separate into five states, if it so wished?

127718. Which quarterback for the los angeles rams was a rhodes scholar?

127720. Why is a cloudless sky blue in colour?

127721. Who is the author of "Frankenstein"?

127722. Where and what is Risley?

127723. On average, how much does it cost to fund a US presidential campaign?

127724. Who was the oldest player to make his Test debut in cricket?

127726. When was the last time an incumbent President won the election after the Washington Redskins lost their last home game before the election?

127727. What's the origin of the notion that a dog is a man's best friend?

127728. What was the first Southern State readmitted to the Union after the U.S. Civil War?

127729. Olive trees can be found around the Mediterranean sea. Can you find them elsewhere?

127730. On the second Lucy Show Gale Gordon played Theodore J. Mooney anyone ever know what the "J" stood for?

127731. On the Addams family show on TV who was supposed to be the oldest, Wednesday or Pugsley?

127732. What song of Elvis Presley's was very high on the charts at the time of his death?

127733. Which Apollo mission had Astronauts Charles Drake and John Young descend to the surface of the moon in the Orion?

127734. Under US federal law, is it illegal for an individual state to secede from the rest of the United States?

127735. What was the first computer website?

127736. In the United States, is there any legislative statute that explicitly makes it illegal for an individual state to secede from the rest of the states?

127737. What is the origin of the word "gerrymander"?

127738. What does stay in your lane mean?

127739. Just what exactly is meant by "American Exceptionalism"?

127740. In the 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (the Obamacare case), Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the liberal members of the Court in upholding the law, but for a different reason. So, why did he write a majority opinion, not a concurring opinion?

127741. Where would I find a statue to writer H.G Wells?

127742. Was Barry Manilow ever married?

127743. Why aren't delivery pizza boxes recyclable, yet cardboard is?

127744. Is New Caledonia a country?

127745. What Army rank does Bobby, the Regimental mascot of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, have?

127746. What geographical area of the Roman world was called Vectis?

127747. What is considered the fourth-holiest place in Islam?

127748. How many episodes of 'The Price is Right' did Bob Barker host?

127749. Who invented the Ferris wheel?

127750. What does it mean to drive the call ?

127751. What does 'she binge drank' mean?

127752. Is the Dire Straits song 'In the Gallery' about anyone in particular?

127753. Where did the term to 'Sue for Peace' originate?

127754. In The Troggs song "With a Girl Like You" did the boy get to dance with girl?

127755. Is there any religion encouraging tattoos?

127756. what does "polari" mean?

127757. What is "jingoism"?

127758. What is the origin of the term "yellow journalism"?

127759. What does 'a 24 hour bug' mean?

127762. Does Barack Obama have any nicknames yet?

127763. What is the oldest permanent settlement of European origin in Canada?

127764. Who was the lead singer of the Baron Knights pop group ?

127765. Why does the scientific name of the grizzly bear contain the word "horribilis"?

127766. What is a battery hen?

127767. When was the last successful three-base steal in baseball?

127769. How many persons so far their photos on bill?

127770. Which of the first 31 states, if any, have had a Republican majority for their entire history, from 1854 -2012? (The Republican Party, also called the GOP, began in 1854 when there were 31 states in the union.)

127771. How many people, on average, actually die from spider bites each year?

127772. Near the end of which movie do two of the main characters, a man and a woman, have a conversation about a third, a man, who is described by the woman as "sad" and "corrupt"?

127773. With which incident of the 20th century would you associate "Paco who found the bomb"?

127774. Why did GM stop making Oldsmobiles?

127775. By how many electoral votes did Mitt Romney lose to Barack Obama, and, if electoral votes had been split based on popular vote for each state, by what number of electoral votes would Romney have lost under this scenario?

127776. When did the last asteroid big enough to wipe out one or more species strike Earth?

127777. Who invented or came up with the idea of the mouse pad?

127778. Is mail from the contiguous USA to the UK all sent from one single airport or are regional hubs used for this?

127780. Who played the role of Bjork on the "Saturday Night Live" parody of "Jeopardy"?

127781. What's the difference between a pergola and a verandah?

127782. Is it 100% true that Thomas, one of the 12 disciples of Jesus, came to India?

127783. What is the typical life span of a coral polyp?

127784. What NFL rookie quarterback received the largest compensation package?

127785. In the NFL, how are performance bonuses calculated into the team's salary cap ?

127786. What is an obsequy or obsequies?

127787. Who invented the modern leaf blower?

127788. Is it true that elephants can't jump? Are there any other mammals that cannot jump?

127789. Who, specifically, developed the idea of the Electoral College in the U.S.?

127790. Is the Suez Canal part of Africa or Asia?

127791. Why don't some states in the USA use daylight savings time?

127792. In terms of players swapped, what was the largest two-team trade in North American "Big 4" sports history?

127793. Is it true that there is no such thing as a male calico cat, that there are only females?

127794. Which cast member of the old TV show Laverne and Shirley had a real small bit part in the original movie "The Blob"?

127795. What was the first year that the first commercial laptop computer was introduced to the American public?

127796. What do Brazilians and Vajazzles mean?

127797. What does taking to public transport like never before mean?

127798. What was the first item ever offered for bids by Bob Barker on "The Price is Right"?

127799. Who was the last emperor of Japan?

127800. What crossings are there over the Suez canal?

127801. What material is a spider's web composed of, and is it the same material for all spiders?

127802. Based on the numbering pattern of the American Interstate Highway System, what three Interstate Highway interchanges in the Carolinas (North Carolina and South Carolina) should not currently exist?

127803. Who invented the practice of cryogenics?

127804. What two brothers have scored the most career points in college basketball (NCAA Division One)?

127805. Who is the all time leading rusher for Ga Tech football?

127806. Who wrote Alice in Wonderland?

127807. Who is the all time leading scorer in Big 10 basketball?

127808. Concerning the recent Presidential election in the United States... There have been reports of voting irregularities from several states. What organization is responsible for investigating these allegations to determine if these allegations are true and who the guilty parties may be?

127809. Why is the post-Thanksgiving holiday shopping season said to start on "Black Friday" (even though that has lately seemed to impinge on Thanksgiving Day itself)?

127810. Why was the tv show "California Dreams" cancelled after only 5 seasons?

127811. How did the tradition of Halloween begin?

127812. Where did the voice-over-internet-protocol service Skype get its name?

127813. What is the tallest stone building in the US?

127814. Where was the first synagogue erected in the USA?

127815. If there is a tie in the Electoral College, how is it determined who will be the President and Vice-President.

127816. What flavours are in a regular pack of Maynards Wine Gums?

127817. If you break a mirror, tradition says that you will get seven years bad luck, but why and where is it from?

127818. I got a two sentences that I do not understand well from the lyrics Piano Man by Billy Joel . what does the waitress is practicing politics mean? what does putting bread in my jar mean?

127819. Who or what are the Bellfowers?

127820. Why was Mount Rushmore built?

127821. In what year did Cardiff become the capital city of Wales?

127822. What are the stations of Odysseus' voyage in "The Odyssey, a Modern Sequel" by Nikos Kazantzakis?

127823. Why has Manchester City Football Club not issued squad number 23 since 2003?

127824. What animal lays the largest egg?

127826. How many peanuts are in one Snickers bar?

127827. What is the difference between frijoles and habichuelas?

127828. What does the title of the Mamas and Papas song Creeque Alley mean, and how is it pronounced?

127829. In 1798, why did the Supreme Court hear the case Hollingsworth v. Virginia?

127830. What musical single has sold the most copies worldwide?

127831. Which Cuban blogger was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012?

127832. In the 20th century, how many post season games did the New York Yankees win?

127833. Is it illegal in the Netherlands to buy, sell or smoke weed?

127834. Prime Minister Mr.John Key said that if he got hit by a bus , he will have left New Zealand in a better shape than he found it. what in the world does it mean?

127835. Who plays Faison on the soap opera General Hospital?

127836. What does "what the hang is it?" mean?

127837. Exactly what movie is this clip from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSLRRj-ZpAM?

127838. What does "putting cloud over something" mean?

127839. What are "Bitcoins"?

127841. What color are an Ostrich's eggs?

127842. Who was the first female Secretary of State (anywhere in the world)?

127843. Who was the first Prime Minister of Australia?

127844. Are 'Siamese' twins always identical?

127845. What is the difference between a mixed drink and a cocktail?

127846. What does "breaking bits" mean?

127847. Which President of the United States enjoyed the largest landslide victory in the elections in terms of popular vote and how wide was the margin?

127849. Who conceived the idea for 'Call of Duty'?

127850. In which galaxy is the star Alpha Centauri?

127852. What movie is this clip from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTKxHQGr2zs?

127853. When and where was the tradition of playing 'The Last Post' started?

127857. How many branches make up the US military?

127858. What is the best-selling science fiction book of all time (non-children's)?

127859. Which movie contains the longest kiss and how long does it take?

127860. What movie did Sophia Loren, Kate Hudson, Penelope Cruz and Nicole Kidman all appear in?

127861. What is the largest balloon to ever appear in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?

127862. What would happen if I shook a can of fizzy drink and opened it in outer space?

127863. Is it possible for a hearse carrying a corpse to drive in the car-pool lane?

127864. In what country did Simon Bolivar die?

127865. From what language does the term 'checkmate' derive?

127866. According to tradition, the eleven disciples of Jesus Christ (other than Judas Iscariot) died (or were murdered) in which modern countries?

127867. What book of poetry has sold the most copies?

127868. What is the difference between blackmail and extortion?

127869. Which actress played the part of Sarah Jane Smith in the Doctor Who TV series?

127870. 1,000 yrs old!

127871. When did the band Styx release their 7th studio album "The Grand Illusion"?

127872. In American football, has anyone ever pulled away the ball on a field goal attempt as part of a trick play?

127873. When was the term "emoticon" coined?

127874. What is the most common sewing technique?

127875. What does lifting game on something mean?

127876. Did Cary Grant ever appear in a Western film?

127877. How many monothesim religions are in the world? What are they?

127878. Is there a non-surgical cure for cataracts?

127880. What Los Angeles promotional video is this taken from: http://vimeo.com/35035937?

127881. Which band contains three members with the same surname who are not related?

127882. Do any states in the United States allow their electoral college votes to be split among candidates instead of a winner-take-all system?

127883. Which word was named the word of the year for 2012 by Oxford Dictionaries?

127884. Shires, in England, were divided into Lathes, Tidings and Hundreds. What are they?

127885. Have Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts each ever been nominated for the same Oscar in the same year?

127886. All the angels in The Bible are male, so where did the image of an angel as a blonde woman in a white dress come from?

127887. Who invented the bedroom slipper, and when?

127888. Before playing SSA Derek Morgan on Criminal Minds, Shemar Moore played a character on which day-time soap opera?

127889. Where did the phrase "Hair of the dog" originate?

127890. Which actor has appeared in the most movies?

127891. How old was Emily Dickinson when she died?

127892. NCAA Div One College Basketball. What father-son duo scored the most career points?

127893. What does a lucky draw mean?

127895. Did Hitler have any siblings?

127896. How much did Charles Martinet get paid for doing the voice of Mario?

127897. Following the 50-move draw rule, what is the longest chess game it is ever possible to play?

127898. Will a game of checkers always end in a draw if perfectly played?

127899. Why are video game emulators still illegal even if you already own a copy of the game on console?

127900. Where did the tic-tac-toe phrase "a cat's game" originate from?

127901. Kelly Thomas died in Fullerton, Ca on July 10th 2011 in Fullerton, Ca. How did he die?

127902. Who ordered his Vodka martini "shaken, not stirred"?

127903. What are the origins and what is the generally held meaning of the British slang word pukka?

127904. What prestidigitator has a fondness for Jelly Apple Red (#054) by Essie?

127905. What are calories?

127906. Which expedition was the first to cross the continent of Australia from south to north?

127907. Is the map of present day Israel and biblical Israel same or different? If it is different, what are the areas of the tribes are excluded?

127908. Where did the term "Chav" come from?

127909. How many US presidents have won the election despite having fewer popular votes than their opponents?

127910. What are the origins of the clepsydra?

127911. How many movies was Charles Lane (nee Levison) in?

127912. How many movies was Richard Farnsworth in?

127913. Was Charlie Chaplin of Roma descent ?

127914. Where would the imaginary Yoknapatawpha County be situated on a real map of the U.S.A.?

127915. How many different characters has voice actor Frank Welker provided voices for?

127916. How far away is the horizon if I am standing on the eastern shore of Newfoundland and looking due east?

127917. Does anyone know which episode/season in which one of the characters does a Bill Cosby impression behind Bill's back? I think it may have been Elvin.

127918. What is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way?

127919. In which famous 1960s film did actress Kim Stanley serve as the narrator?

127920. What NCAA (all divisions) basketball player holds the single-game scoring record?

127921. What was the most recent continent to be discovered?

127922. Which character dressed as a fictional queen to battle with another queen and then became Queen herself?

127923. What does the acronym GERD stand for?

127925. Are the wages of spies and other intelligence gathering agents considered to be classified information?

127927. Does an ac/dc shaver ever go dull and if not why not?

127930. Which actor appeared in the highest number of American made films in the 20th century?

127931. What U.S. state was the first state to allow women to vote?

127932. Which organization against racism in sports has the largest yearly budget?

127933. In which casino game are the words "Teen, Day, Yun, Gor" used?

127934. Which UK lighthouse was moved 17 metres on hydraulic jacks because of cliff erosion?

127935. What is the tallest building of Melbourne, Australia?

127936. What is a Doubly Thankful Village?

127938. According to a modern theory, what role did the moon play in creating the conditions necessary for the evolution of humanity?

127939. Which Kurosawa movies were copied (re-written and re-made) in Hollywood or in Europe?

127940. Who founded the Compeer Program, and when was this?

127941. According to Einstein's theory mass expands as it nears the speed of light. Once an object reaches the speed of light, which cannot happen according to Einstein's theory, supposedly the mass of the object would reach infinity. With that said, how is the neutrino that beat the speed of light explained?

127942. In "A Clash Of Kings", the second book in George R. R. Martin's series "A Song of Ice and Fire", how many kings or claimants to the throne are there?

127943. What is the difference between a Wren and a Sparrow?

127944. Does President Obama still smoke cigarettes, or has he managed to quit smoking? (Or has he given up trying to quit?)

127945. Francis Beaufort, the creator of the "Beaufort Scale" for indicating wind force, was born in which Irish County?

127946. Why are Android versions named for sweets (Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean, etc)?

127947. Who were the 1979 National League "Co-MVPs"?

127948. If a single strand of copper wire is fastened around a tree will it be harmful to the tree after a period of time?

127949. Are bats really blind?

127950. What is the difference between Samaritans and Jews?

127951. The ancient kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Assyrians in the 8th century BC leaving only the kingdom of Judah behind. Why is the modern Jewish state called Israel and not Judah?

127952. Why was Erwin Rommel known as the 'Desert Fox'?

127954. In an interview from before their new album "Babel" was released (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19600074 ), Marcus Mumford of Mumford and Sons said a line from the album was "lifted completely" out of "Wolf Hall", a Hilary Mantel novel. So which line was it?

127955. How does a bio-matrix hair replacement system work?

127956. What was the first Catholic country to allow same-sex marriage?

127957. What is the origin of the idiom 'a fly on the wall'?

127958. Who was the leading goalscorer for Liverpool football club in 1977?

127959. Orville and Wilbur Wright built the first powered airplane. Who built the second?

127960. Who holds the Major League Baseball record for being traded the most times?

127961. Is the tribal identity maintained in Israel today?

127962. Did Italian dictator Benito Mussolini raise a family?

127963. Where does Mr Ed take place?

127964. What is the value of Bernard Picart's "the perfumer"?

127965. What is a Jedward?

127966. SciFi movie geeks -Star Wars- what's bigger...a SW Star Destroyer or the ST Starship Enterprise? Answer in terms of figurative show size.

127967. There is an instrument that looks like a drawing compass on its side that can trace any shape to determine its area. What is it called?

127968. Do all countries such as New Zealand belong to a continent?

127969. Which great West Indian fast bowler of yesteryear, entered politics not long after retirement from cricket, serving as Minister of tourism and Sport for Barbados?

127970. Frank Green and Cora Wilson were among those nominated but lost. To whom did they lose?

127971. Who was the last ruling king of Germany?

127972. If I arrived in Sydney as a tourist and wanted to go to Kanangra Walls, what mountain area would I need to travel to?

127973. We call the country "Switzerland". What is it called in each of its four official languages?

127974. What was the final book, published posthumously, of James Jones's World War II trilogy?

127975. What song from "Porgy and Bess" did Janis Joplin record on a record?

127976. What "chewy" treat did Walter Diemer bring into the world?

127977. What famous sportscaster wouldn't come out on Muhammad Ali's side in the draft bru-ha-ha for fear he'd be assassinated?

127978. Is the proportion of the U.S. population that is left handed increasing, decreasing, or staying the same?

127979. What grapes go into making Chianti wines?

127981. How many U.S. states were created from the Louisiana Purchase?

127982. Is photic sneezing genetic?

127983. What is schizophrenia?

127984. What does e stand for in e equals mc squared?

127985. How big is the average adult healthy gallbladder?

127987. What does a giddying array of something mean?

127989. How many states did Mitt Romney win in the 2012 United States Presidential election?

127990. Has Spanish heavy metal band Tierra Santa released any original material with English lyrics?

127991. The game of Bingo is also called 'Housey-Housey' in the UK. What other names are there around the English speaking world for the same game?

127992. In 2012, the USA re-elected a president for a second full term for the third time in a row. When was the last time the USA had 3 two-term presidents in a row?

127993. Is it Christmas a Government Holiday in Israel?

127995. Who was the first Mayor of New York City?

127996. What is the most covered song of all time?

127997. What was Theodore Roosevelt's favourite Hungarian novel?

127998. A quadripoint is a point where four political entities meet. There is one in the USA (Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona) and one in Canada (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nunavut, Northwest Territories). But is there such thing as a four-country quadripoint?

127999. What is the world's longest underground river?