# Questions Only

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [December 9, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491 "2012-12-09T05:40:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/4281 "2013-11-07T20:54:26Z")

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And did Watson resist the temptation to say, “Holmes, bee-have!”

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/4282 "2013-11-07T20:59:23Z")

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Did he use honeyed words instead?

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**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:** [November 7, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/4283 "2013-11-07T22:38:54Z")

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Would that mead with your disapproval?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/4284 "2013-11-07T22:44:50Z")

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Do you think they would drone on and on?-

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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:** [November 8, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/4285 "2013-11-08T03:38:07Z")

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And would Pakistan allow it?

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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:** [November 8, 2013, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/4286 "2013-11-08T05:40:25Z")

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Would his spelling skills improve?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/4287 "2013-11-08T14:14:16Z")

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Did Holmes go to elementary school?

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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:** [November 8, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/4288 "2013-11-08T14:17:35Z")

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Was Watson a graduate of the Victorian Sidekick Academy of Medicine?

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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:** [November 8, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/4289 "2013-11-08T15:40:20Z")

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No shit, Sherlock?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/4290 "2013-11-08T15:49:33Z")

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Wasn’t that a matter of sheer luck?

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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:** [November 8, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/4291 "2013-11-08T15:51:35Z")

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Aren’t you scraping the bottom?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/4292 "2013-11-08T16:47:46Z")

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Are there shorn locks at the bottom, or are they more arty?

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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:** [November 8, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/4293 "2013-11-08T23:06:45Z")

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Arty as in the Surreal that Salvador Dali eats for breakfast?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/4294 "2013-11-09T00:19:14Z")

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Or Cream of Magritte?

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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:** [November 9, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/4295 "2013-11-09T02:37:52Z")

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What might we draw from that?

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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:** [November 9, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/4296 "2013-11-09T05:07:33Z")

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Should I paint you a picture?

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**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:** [November 10, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/4297 "2013-11-10T01:59:12Z")

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Will you draw upon your masterly skills?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/4298 "2013-11-10T02:05:52Z")

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If you’re an Impressionist, can you do Cagney?

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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:** [November 10, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/4299 "2013-11-10T03:05:48Z")

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Walt Disney could, or was that just a dirty rat?

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/4300 "2013-11-11T15:12:17Z")

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Didn’t Michael Jackson sing a song about a dirty rat?

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