# Questions Only thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [June 22, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667 "2020-06-22T15:07:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1981 "2021-07-04T18:21:53Z")

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What kind of a hare-brained question is that?

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1982 "2021-07-04T20:18:38Z")

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Would it have been a hare-raising experience?

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1983 "2021-07-05T02:21:51Z")

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Are you old enough to remember what was meant by “The rabbit died”?

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1984 "2021-07-05T05:44:40Z")

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That he ate something not kosher? Or was that the rabbi?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1985 "2021-07-05T07:46:38Z")

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Was that like the day the music died?

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1986 "2021-07-05T23:33:57Z")

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What exactly is American Pie?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1987 "2021-07-06T00:18:15Z")

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Has Don McLean ever said?

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1988 "2021-07-06T05:52:48Z")

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Isn’t it apple pie?

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1989 "2021-07-06T13:51:38Z")

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Can apple pie truly be said to be quintessentially American when you consider that neither apples nor the pie originated in America?

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1990 "2021-07-06T16:05:36Z")

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Well, for that matter, isn’t it true that not even Americans originated in America?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1991 "2021-07-06T20:36:17Z")

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Well, some of them did, didn’t they? Or are you going _'way_ back, like, more than 20,000 years ago?

> **[Cactus Hill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus_Hill)**
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> Cactus Hill is an archaeological site in southeastern Virginia, United States, located on sand dunes above the Nottoway River about 45 miles south of Richmond. The site receives its name from the prickly pear cacti that can be found growing abundantly on-site in the sandy soil. Cactus Hill may be one of the oldest archaeological sites in the Americas. If proven to have been inhabited 16,000 to 20,000 years ago, it would provide supporting evidence...

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1992 "2021-07-06T20:53:25Z")

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Why wouldn’t I go back 20,000 years? Maybe the Native Americans should just be called the First Americans?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1993 "2021-07-06T21:14:44Z")

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Did you know that the equivalent peoples in Canada are now called the First Nations?

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1994 "2021-07-07T04:05:17Z")

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Did you know I did not know that?

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1995 "2021-07-07T06:08:06Z")

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But didn’t the people of the First Nations come from somewhere else?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1996 "2021-07-07T13:27:31Z")

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Or is it turtles all the way down?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1997 "2021-07-11T06:04:56Z")

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Are you referring to Turtle Island?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1998 "2021-07-11T14:50:56Z")

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Wouldn’t you rather be on Thunder Island?

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1999 "2021-07-12T17:02:21Z")

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Who doesn’t enjoy island life?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2000 "2021-07-12T18:31:16Z")

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Capt. Cook?

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