# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/121 "2020-07-02T03:25:36Z")
Or as [Hollis Hurlbut](https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Hollis_Hurlbut) on the Simpsons? ---
**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 2, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/122 "2020-07-02T13:51:18Z")
Do you think Mr. Hurlbut was a Faber College graduate? ---
**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 2, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/123 "2020-07-02T17:37:28Z")
Did he belong to the Delta House? ---
**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 3, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/124 "2020-07-03T17:24:56Z")
He seemed far too urbane for that, don’t you think? Or maybe he’d matured by the time he earned his doctorate? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/125 "2020-07-03T19:46:54Z")
Are you saying that an older fictional cartoon character was once young? ---
**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 3, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/126 "2020-07-03T20:43:35Z")
Well, don’t you sometimes wonder about the backstory of otherwise one-shot characters? ---
**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 3, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/127 "2020-07-03T22:17:31Z")
Which one-shot Simpsons characters should be brought back so we can learn more about them? ---
**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 3, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/128 "2020-07-03T22:27:23Z")
Maybe that guy? You know,the funny one? Who did that thing in that one show, oh, jeez, _what_ was it called? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/129 "2020-07-03T22:28:07Z")
If we post a question here, do we have to post the answer in the Answers Only thread? ---
**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 3, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/130 "2020-07-03T23:51:24Z")
Should there be a correlation between the two threads? What does anybody think? ---
**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 3, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/131 "2020-07-03T23:59:42Z")
What happened to the Answers Only thread? ---
**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:** [July 4, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/132 "2020-07-04T00:01:10Z")
Why was there an Answers Only thread? ---
**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, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/133 "2020-07-04T01:31:39Z")
Was it like _Jeopardy_? ---
**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 4, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/134 "2020-07-04T01:57:06Z")
Isn’t it still active? Wouldn’t it be better if we had more participants, though? ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/135 "2020-07-04T02:17:42Z")
Isn’t inspiration hard to come by? ---
**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, 2020, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/136 "2020-07-04T03:04:05Z")
Does it depend on how hard up you are for it? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/137 "2020-07-05T07:30:40Z")
Isn’t that what she said? ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/138 "2020-07-05T07:31:27Z")
Isn’t it a good idea? ---
**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, 2020, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/139 "2020-07-05T07:40:11Z")
Is what a good idea? Am I missing something? ---
**Author:** ![Trinary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trinary/32/3151_2.png) [@Trinary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinary)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/140 "2020-07-05T08:42:29Z")
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