# GQ forum should be called "GQ with factual answers" **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 4, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666 "2003-06-04T18:51:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666/21 "2003-06-05T16:31:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Achernar \* > \*\*Just be glad that the original names weren’t “Comments on Cecil’s Columns” and “Anything Else You Feel Like Talking About”. \*\* Or “Comments on Cecil’s Columns” and “Not Comments on Cecil’s Columns”. 😃 Well, I thought it was funny… ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666/22 "2003-06-05T17:00:38Z")
For The Record, my vote is: If we change General Questions that will make nonsense of all the posts saying “you should ask that in GQ”. Not that this should be the main consideration. I like the GQ abbreviation, and also am a fan of tradition (the name goes back to the AOL boards.) The description already says “Got a factual question…?” and that seems sufficient to me. I vote against changing General Questions to Factual Questions. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666/23 "2003-06-05T17:15:03Z")
Has there been a huge upsurge in rhetorical questions in GQ recently? ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666/24 "2003-06-05T17:53:33Z")
How about Gfactual Questions? ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666/25 "2003-06-05T18:30:20Z")
It’s a gnarly question that has been gnawing at me like a gnome with teeth of gneiss. I think **Achernar’s** gnu idea has merit. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666/26 "2003-06-05T20:07:24Z")
How about at least emphasizing the **factual questions** part of the GQ forum description? That might help some, if a name change is ruled out. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666/27 "2003-06-05T23:22:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ragerdude \* > \*\*Seriously, I also vote for FQ. \*\* FQ belongs in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666/28 "2003-06-06T12:17:04Z")
More moderators have now voted, all against the suggested name change. However, we have taken **Q.E.D.**'s statement to heart, and the term “factual questions” should now appear in bold font. That help? ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666/29 "2003-06-06T13:10:34Z")
You mean… they somtimes… listen? To us? ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666/30 "2003-06-06T14:19:37Z")
Just out of curiosity, is there anyone who actually thinks that “General Questions” is a better descriptor of the forum than “Factual Questions”, or does everyone who supports the former do so out of some form of tradition or other? Or is there a third reason I’m not thinking of? ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666/31 "2003-06-06T14:45:17Z")
Yes. Yes there is. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666/32 "2003-06-06T14:49:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Captain Amazing \* > \*\*Or “Comments on Cecil’s Columns” and “Not Comments on Cecil’s Columns”. > > 😃 > > Well, I thought it was funny… \*\* Wasn’t the latter MPSIMS? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666/33 "2003-06-06T15:05:26Z")
I’ll stick with ‘GQ’ thanks. Some of the questions posed there come close to being metaphysical. Or rather they come close to not having a factual answer but are still worth the question. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666/34 "2003-06-06T16:11:34Z")
Well then, do you have a problem with the forum description? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666/35 "2003-06-06T16:13:24Z")
Wow. They actually listened to me! I feel all warm and fuzzy now… ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666/36 "2003-06-06T17:45:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried \* > \*\*Some didn’t vote because the polls weren’t open long enough. \*\* Or perhaps the poll wasn’t in IMHO? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666/37 "2003-06-06T19:01:15Z")
**kabbes** : Oh come on. What is it? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Linear\_Crack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Linear\_Crack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linear_Crack)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666/38 "2003-06-07T05:01:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Achernar \* > \*\*Just out of curiosity, is there anyone who actually thinks that “General Questions” is a better descriptor of the forum than “Factual Questions”, or does everyone who supports the former do so out of some form of tradition or other? Or is there a third reason I’m not thinking of? \*\* 1. Hi Opal, of course. [sub]sorry[/sub] -LC ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666/39 "2003-06-08T22:48:01Z")
I thought ‘General Questions’ was for asking about Robert E Lee, Ulysses S Grant or Phillip H Sheridan. I like ‘Factual questions’ sort of, it’s not like I ever read people using that word ‘factual’… ‘questions’ is fine, but doesn’t jive all that hotly with ‘factual’. ‘interrogative expression’ is better, so I vote for ‘factual interrogative expressions’ , or FIE, for short 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666/40 "2003-06-09T09:47:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Achernar \* > \*\ ***kabbes** : Oh come on. What is it? 🙂 \*\* I’m sorry. Did I give the impression that I knew? I’m asserting existence, not attempting to actually construct an example. Silly. pan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-forum-should-be-called-gq-with-factual-answers/179666.md?page=3)