# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=349 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 350 --- ## [The five foods that begin with the letter "Q" mentioned in "White Men Can't Jump"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-foods-that-begin-with-the-letter-q-mentioned-in-white-men-cant-jump/235145)
**Author:** [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-foods-that-begin-with-the-letter-q-mentioned-in-white-men-cant-jump/235145 "2020-07-05T15:30:21Z")
Yeah, I know, it was the Jeopardy! category in “White Men Can’t Jump,” but I don’t own the movie and can’t find a script to save my behind. So: \[TREBEK\] These are the five foods beginning with the letter “Q,” as cited … --- ## [Initial image on Facebook videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/initial-image-on-facebook-videos/914329)
**Author:** [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/initial-image-on-facebook-videos/914329 "2020-07-05T14:13:11Z")
It seems that a lot of the videos I see on Facebook, from various sources, have an initial image that I get a glimpse of as I scroll down to it, but then disappears in less than a second. I often want to look at that sta… --- ## [A question about merging blackholes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-merging-blackholes/914250)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-merging-blackholes/914250 "2020-07-05T13:01:16Z")
Has there ever been a paper that describes what happens in the space between blackholes just before they merge? What I mean is that last few seconds or fractions of a second before event horizons combine and whatever ha… --- ## [The Sioux nation has said president Trump does not have permission to visit Mt. Rushmore. Can they do that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sioux-nation-has-said-president-trump-does-not-have-permission-to-visit-mt-rushmore-can-they-do-that/914017)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sioux-nation-has-said-president-trump-does-not-have-permission-to-visit-mt-rushmore-can-they-do-that/914017 "2020-07-05T02:04:39Z")
I was reading the following: Trump’s visit to the huge site that commemorates four US presidents was a violation of the historic treaties that the US government had signed with Native Americans that were meant to gover… --- ## [Devil Dog Road, near Flagstaff AZ - origin of name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devil-dog-road-near-flagstaff-az-origin-of-name/914301)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devil-dog-road-near-flagstaff-az-origin-of-name/914301 "2020-07-05T00:33:00Z")
A bit west of Flagstaff is a freeway offramp, Devil Dog Road. Hell of a name! What is the origin? I wrote to the Arizona Daily Sun, and to Arizona State University, and neither email was even acknowledged, certainly n… --- ## [Does the Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 2000 have a power button?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-microsoft-wireless-keyboard-2000-have-a-power-button/914093)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-microsoft-wireless-keyboard-2000-have-a-power-button/914093 "2020-07-04T17:48:54Z")
Or do you have to take the batteries out to turn it off? --- ## [Reason Behind the Post Office blue box orifice change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-behind-the-post-office-blue-box-orifice-change/914113)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-behind-the-post-office-blue-box-orifice-change/914113 "2020-07-04T00:18:09Z")
A handful of months ago, the public post office mailboxes — those classic blue rounded-top thingies—were modified. Previously, you would walk up to them and pull the handle forward; a section at the top would swing towa… --- ## [How Much Money in a Self-Checkout Kiosk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-in-a-self-checkout-kiosk/914073)
**Author:** [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-in-a-self-checkout-kiosk/914073 "2020-07-03T22:11:11Z")
Prompted by this thread , how much physical money is typically kept in a self-checkout kiosk that handles cash? The person in the thread said that each one of theirs typically contains around $5000, and someone else thou… --- ## [Herbology: Native wisdom vs. superstition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herbology-native-wisdom-vs-superstition/913969)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herbology-native-wisdom-vs-superstition/913969 "2020-07-03T21:20:39Z")
Indigenous peoples are frequently credited with having a veritable encyclopediac knowledge of the local plant life: what’s good to eat, what’s poisonous, what’s medicinally useful, what will let you talk with the spirit… --- ## [Does beer get colder quicker in bottles or cans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-beer-get-colder-quicker-in-bottles-or-cans/913468)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-beer-get-colder-quicker-in-bottles-or-cans/913468 "2020-07-03T20:22:24Z")
I’ve got one of those cooling machines that will cool a room temperature bottle or can in 30 seconds or so. It seems a longneck bottle of beer cools better then a 12 ounce can. I assume it’s either due to the glass of th… --- ## [Why are a lot of spare tire wheels yellow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-a-lot-of-spare-tire-wheels-yellow/913320)
**Author:** [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-a-lot-of-spare-tire-wheels-yellow/913320 "2020-07-03T18:37:43Z")
Why are a lot of spare tire wheels painted a school bus yellow color? Is it limited to Japanese manufacturers? Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 --- ## [Entropy? Siri is no help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entropy-siri-is-no-help/913990)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entropy-siri-is-no-help/913990 "2020-07-03T18:30:46Z")
I’m working on something. How can the net amount of entropy of the universe be massively decreased? --- ## [When's the last time a liberal SCOTUS justice dissented 3/1 with his/her peers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-a-liberal-scotus-justice-dissented-3-1-with-his-her-peers/913670)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-a-liberal-scotus-justice-dissented-3-1-with-his-her-peers/913670 "2020-07-03T16:16:42Z")
Mods can move this to P&E if they think it’s too political: By and large the Supreme Court is considered to consist of 5 conservatives - Roberts, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, Alito and Thomas… …and 4 liberals, Gainsbourg, Breye… --- ## [Do viruses serve any useful purpose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-viruses-serve-any-useful-purpose/914001)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-viruses-serve-any-useful-purpose/914001 "2020-07-03T15:51:49Z")
Just to be clear, I mean the biological type, not the computer type. I’m all for conservation. Any kind of living species should be preserved if at all possible. But it’s dubious if viruses count as living anyway. Anyw… --- ## [The new Postal Service 477 exam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-postal-service-477-exam/913888)
**Author:** [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-postal-service-477-exam/913888 "2020-07-03T14:23:27Z")
I find myself, due to COVID-19, unlikely to continue to be employed as a corporate travel counselor as I have for the past many years; so I’m in the process of trying to find new employment. I’ve applied with the US Pos… --- ## [Need answer fast, split AC throwing water inside, Covid risk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-split-ac-throwing-water-inside-covid-risk/913554)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-split-ac-throwing-water-inside-covid-risk/913554 "2020-07-03T14:20:14Z")
My split AC has been throwing water since yesterday. Since the outlet is pretty close to my bed, its been dripping some on the headboard and some drops fell on me. I cleaned it as much as I could and hopefully someone w… --- ## [How Do Snakes Swallow Horned Animals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-snakes-swallow-horned-animals/709660)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-snakes-swallow-horned-animals/709660 "2017-02-14T00:11:02Z")
If you look at this python swallowing a springbok, the springbok has horns poking up that the snake has to swallow down. I understand that snakes can stretch a lot, but they’re stretching from the pressure of the animals… --- ## [Thai Visa Info needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-visa-info-needed/488184)
**Author:** [@I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Have_Hippos_In_My_Garden)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-visa-info-needed/488184 "2009-03-28T00:16:03Z")
Hi, My stupid, but lovely, sister and her boyfriend are going travelling between March 16-June 16th around South East Asia. She announced today that she hasn’t even looked at if she needs a visa for anywhere or not. Uh… --- ## [Does everyone in medical school learn how to deliver a baby?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-in-medical-school-learn-how-to-deliver-a-baby/913361)
**Author:** [@Garak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garak)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-in-medical-school-learn-how-to-deliver-a-baby/913361 "2020-07-02T16:18:35Z")
Like on television when a woman goes into labor unexpectedly any medical doctor knows what to do and relies on their old training --- ## [Evidence and "Discovery" for a Civil Trial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evidence-and-discovery-for-a-civil-trial/913254)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evidence-and-discovery-for-a-civil-trial/913254 "2020-07-02T14:22:47Z")
Disclaimer: I don’t know the difference between a tort, a torté, and a Pop-Tart. But here goes. . . I know that you can subpoena people/get search warrants/otherwise compel evidence to be brought forth for a criminal t… --- ## [Mildly gross question about low flow toilet spray](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mildly-gross-question-about-low-flow-toilet-spray/913849)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2020, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mildly-gross-question-about-low-flow-toilet-spray/913849 "2020-07-02T09:34:45Z")
So I’ve read that toilets in general spray water full of, er, toilet matter all over the room upon flushing, even if the lid is down (which I consistently do before flushing). A few years ago, my apartment complex instal… --- ## [Electricians: how to ground an outlet in an old house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electricians-how-to-ground-an-outlet-in-an-old-house/912756)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electricians-how-to-ground-an-outlet-in-an-old-house/912756 "2020-07-02T02:30:10Z")
I’m going to install a new garbage disposal for my mother-in-law, whose house was built in the mid-1950s; many of its outlets are not grounded. But I plan to use this remote control switch, which I strongly suspect needs… --- ## [How do I insert a graph into a post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-insert-a-graph-into-a-post/913961)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-insert-a-graph-into-a-post/913961 "2020-07-02T00:59:48Z")
I have a question about a graph I saw recently on line. I want readers here to be able to refer to it so that I can ask my question, but I don’t know how to create a link to it. I’m really not so tech savvy and don’t h… --- ## [Term conspiracy theorists use](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-conspiracy-theorists-use/913665)
**Author:** [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-conspiracy-theorists-use/913665 "2020-07-02T00:39:15Z")
There’s a term conspiracy theorists use (I saw it used by an antivaxx acquaintance) to refer to when a Deep State actor kind of lets slip their glee with watching the herding of the sheeple; when they pull back the curta… --- ## [The soda dispensing machines incident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-soda-dispensing-machines-incident/913675)
**Author:** [@mystrygst2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mystrygst2)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-soda-dispensing-machines-incident/913675 "2020-07-01T19:57:17Z")
Do you know about this story? As copied from one of the books I read. That supposedly happened a while ago… “…At a football game in Monterey Park, a Los Angeles suburb, several people experienced the symptoms of food po… --- ## [Super capicitor jump starter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-capicitor-jump-starter/913864)
**Author:** [@K2500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K2500)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-capicitor-jump-starter/913864 "2020-07-01T17:09:24Z")
So I came across this thing and i don’t get it. https://www.amazon.com/autowit-Portable-Batteryless-Supercap-Ultra-Safe/dp/B07F8MJW8W I keep a small Jumpstarter on my bike that looks like its about the same size, but m… --- ## ["Reasonable accommodation" on rental application](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasonable-accommodation-on-rental-application/913713)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasonable-accommodation-on-rental-application/913713 "2020-07-01T15:37:37Z")
Can I ask if a rental applicant needs any accommodations for a physical disability? A fellow landlord was stuck building a ramp to the front door of his rental house because 1 month after the tenants moved in he was inf… --- ## [Kicking soles of feet to stop nosebleeds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kicking-soles-of-feet-to-stop-nosebleeds/913901)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kicking-soles-of-feet-to-stop-nosebleeds/913901 "2020-07-01T12:45:58Z")
When I was in college, I had a classmate who was part Native American. One day I had a bad nosebleed, and he exclaimed, “Oh you have to try this, it’s a Native American remedy” and told me to lie down. He then began kick… --- ## [How were mental disorders regarded before officially classified?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-were-mental-disorders-regarded-before-officially-classified/913837)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-were-mental-disorders-regarded-before-officially-classified/913837 "2020-07-01T03:05:31Z")
Disorders or conditions such as autism, Aspergers, depression, OCD, narcissism, bipolar, Munchausen or Munchausen by proxy obviously existed long before there was a clinical name for them. But how were they regarded in a… --- ## [What is this...moth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-moth/913808)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-moth/913808 "2020-07-01T00:04:51Z")
I’ve never seen one like this before out here. Kinda looks like Google images of a tiger moth, but I didn’t see one with these kinds of stripes. This is in the Portland Oregon area - notice my keys for scale. Thanks! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=348) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=350)