# Questions Only thread **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 68
**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:** [January 25, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1341 "2021-01-25T03:11:53Z")
Does last century count? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1342 "2021-01-25T03:31:55Z")
Isn’t “century” a cricket term? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1343 "2021-01-25T19:29:26Z")
Or do cricket matches only _seem_ to go on for centuries? ---
**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:** [January 25, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1344 "2021-01-25T23:59:42Z")
Are you confusing cricket and baseball? ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1345 "2021-01-26T04:25:53Z")
One is an insect and the other is an interminable sport, aren’t they? ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1346 "2021-01-26T04:46:00Z")
But which is which? ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1347 "2021-01-26T05:06:38Z")
Can you really not tell? ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1348 "2021-01-26T06:07:58Z")
Anybody see the movie _King Ralph_, where they try to teach King Ralph to play cricket and he treats it like baseball? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1349 "2021-01-26T17:14:23Z")
What’s the difference? ---
**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:** [January 27, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1350 "2021-01-27T01:16:22Z")
You can score a touchdown in either? ---
**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:** [January 28, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1351 "2021-01-28T01:01:21Z")
Am I the only person who doesn’t know shit about cricket? ---
**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:** [January 28, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1352 "2021-01-28T21:07:18Z")
May I join you in that not-so-select club? ---
**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:** [January 28, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1353 "2021-01-28T22:54:08Z")
Are we the only ones? ---
**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:** [January 29, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1354 "2021-01-29T00:22:07Z")
Don’t you think there would be more? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1355 "2021-01-29T02:55:26Z")
Is Groucho Marx a member of this club? ---
**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:** [January 29, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1356 "2021-01-29T05:03:21Z")
Forget Groucho; what about Harpo? Or, for that matter, **Exapno Mapcase**? ---
**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:** [January 29, 2021, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1357 "2021-01-29T07:43:17Z")
I can’t be the only person who got that joke, can I? ---
**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:** [January 29, 2021, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1358 "2021-01-29T08:01:44Z")
Would you believe that I got it too? ---
**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:** [January 29, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1359 "2021-01-29T18:23:55Z")
Does everyone else think he was referring to OUR Exapno Mapcase? ---
**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:** [January 29, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1360 "2021-01-29T18:34:23Z")
Well, I put it **bold** , so that was pretty much a giveaway, wasn’t it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=69)