# Interesting Questions.... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 11, 2000, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-questions/36509 "2000-10-11T05:39:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jedi\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@Jedi\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jedi_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-questions/36509/1 "2000-10-11T05:39:47Z")
that you could ask a friend. My friend and I started asking each other various questions, and now it’s turned into a running email chain. He asks a question, I answer, and then I ask a question, he answers, etc. The questions are usually phrased as ‘what if…?’ or some other type of question involving hypothetical situations. 🙂 The problem is that I can’t come up with really good questions anymore! maybe it’s school, but it’s really annoying…So, I was wondering if anyone else had ever done something like this, or if they had ideas about possible questions. Thanks!! Jedi Girl ---
**Author:** ![Fonz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Fonz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fonz)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-questions/36509/2 "2000-10-11T05:45:23Z")
Here’s the question I get all summer: What if you could be inside a warm hotel room with room service, wouldn’t give up this no-water, no-services cabin in the forest? The answer is obvious, because I always come back to the outdoor jobs, but your friend may be different. ---
**Author:** ![Palm\_Cove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@Palm\_Cove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palm_Cove)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-questions/36509/3 "2000-10-11T05:49:21Z")
Can you give an example, please? ---
**Author:** ![Jedi\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@Jedi\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jedi_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-questions/36509/4 "2000-10-11T14:04:52Z")
Sure. The questions are usually like ‘What if you were stranded on a desert island and you could ONLY take 1 person, 1 CD, and 1 book. What would you take?’ Ya know, fun stuff like that. 🙂 I don’t know how he would respond to the outdoors question -he loves camping, but I think going extended periods without his playstation might make him go insane. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Palm\_Cove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@Palm\_Cove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palm_Cove)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-questions/36509/5 "2000-10-11T14:20:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Palm Cove \* > \*\*Can you give an example, please? \*\* I didn’t really wan’t an example. I was just giving you a question (it was a kind of joke thing). But, thanks for the example. ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-questions/36509/6 "2000-10-11T14:24:32Z")
Who would win in a footrace between Superman and The Flash? If you had to give up one of your five senses (smell, taste, touch, sight, hearing,) which would it be? Why? ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-questions/36509/7 "2000-10-11T14:28:05Z")
Umm, JediGirl (love your name, how ya doin’?!?)… > [@](#): > > “The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.” - Yoda It was not Yoda that said this. It was Qui-Gon Jinn. MTFBWY. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-questions/36509/8 "2000-10-11T14:50:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pipeliner \* > \*\*Who would win in a footrace between Superman and The Flash? > > If you had to give up one of your five senses (smell, taste, touch, sight, hearing,) which would it be? Why? > > \*\* In a footrace the Flash would win. Because he’s the Flash. (I really don’t know why, I’ve always been under the impression that was the Flash’s thing all all - being the fastest runner) I would give up my sense of smell. I would hate to miss out out music, films, Van Gogh paintings, the taste of a perfectly grilled steak (since it’s hypthetical, let’s pretend losing my sense of smell doesn’t affect my sense of taste), and the fact that losing my sense of touch, I may get hurt or burned and not realize it. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-questions/36509/9 "2000-10-11T14:53:11Z")
I guess I’m supposed to ask a question now. Would you rather be a famous musician, actor, writer, or athlete and why? [/quote] Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations? - Steven Wright ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-questions/36509/10 "2000-10-11T15:02:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Pipeliner \* > > \*\*Who would win in a footrace between Superman and The Flash? \*\* > > In a footrace the Flash would win. Because he’s the Flash…\*\* That’s a good point, **Crunchy** , but don’t forget Superman is Superman. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-questions/36509/11 "2000-10-11T15:16:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pipeliner \* > \*\*That’s a good point, **Crunchy** , but don’t forget Superman is Superman. \*\* No, Michael Stipe from REM is. He even says so in one of the songs he sings. Plus, he can do anything. ---
**Author:** ![Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-questions/36509/12 "2000-10-11T15:21:43Z")
Regarding a Superman/Flash race: they’ve done this several times, go here for the results - [http://www.hyperborea.org/flash/races.html](http://www.hyperborea.org/flash/races.html) ---
**Author:** ![Jedi\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@Jedi\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jedi_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-questions/36509/13 "2000-10-11T16:08:00Z")
i hate citing exactly who said what and when, etc. ::shudders:: reminds me too much of school. But I’ll change it just for you, okay? feel special? 😃 Jedi Girl ---
**Author:** ![Jedi\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@Jedi\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jedi_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-questions/36509/14 "2000-10-11T16:12:28Z")
That’s a good question Crunchy! I’d be a famous writer I think, mostly because I’d still be able to have my own life and yet still be famous. who wants to be hounded by photographers anyway? 🙂 You? Jedi Girl ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-questions/36509/15 "2000-10-11T16:14:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Soup \* > \*\*Regarding a Superman/Flash race: they’ve done this several times, go here for the results - > [http://www.hyperborea.org/flash/races.html](http://www.hyperborea.org/flash/races.html) \*\* Thanks for the link, **Soup**. It’s nice to finally know the answer. I’ve _gotta_ start reading more comics. ---
**Author:** ![quasar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@quasar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quasar)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-questions/36509/16 "2000-10-11T17:34:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Soup \* > \*\*Regarding a Superman/Flash race: they’ve done this several times, go here for the results - > [The Superman-Flash Races](http://www.hyperborea.org/flash/races.html) \*\* I have not read the article yet, but since it is a foot race–no flying allowed-- I will go with Barry Allen over Kal-el. Anyhow, I don’t think any of those two could beat Michael Johnson in the 200 meters. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-questions/36509/17 "2000-10-11T17:38:17Z")
Well, according to the link, the Superman/Flash race was interefered with. So that really doesn’t answer the question for me at all. What if they had been allowed to run the race without incident? Ending in a tie. What a cop out. ---
**Author:** ![Wrath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ee7513/32.png) [@Wrath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrath)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-questions/36509/18 "2000-10-11T17:46:02Z")
Q. Would you REALLY like to know something about your future? Q. What is the most important question you would like to have answered? Q. Did Adam have a belly button? If not, how could he have been made in God’s image, and the rest of us not? Q. When we have the genetic ability to create any creature, which extinct animal should be brought back first? Q. If we could travel back through time, what historical event would you like to visit first? ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-questions/36509/19 "2000-10-11T17:53:31Z")
I have a question: Let’s say you are locked in a cell with piped in music by one of three acts: Britney Spears, NYSNC, or Mariah Carey. How would you commit suicide? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-questions/36509/20 "2000-10-11T19:01:52Z")
I’ve got two. If you were a photographer for LIFE magazine, and you were at a George W. Bush presentation, and saw a light fixture about to plummet and crush his unsuspecting skull, what film speed would you use? and If you could witness Biz Marquee (as in: "Oh baby, you, you got what I nee-eed, you say he’s just a friend, you say he’s just a friend, oh baby youuuuuuuu…) sing any song in history at any event in history, what would these be? (Example: “We All Live in a Yellow Submarine” at the Battle of Waterloo) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-questions/36509.md?page=2)