# 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:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5282 "2014-02-19T20:01:56Z")

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Should it be, “Strange to who_ **m** _?”

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5283 "2014-02-19T21:01:26Z")

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Now tell me Whom Are You? Whom? Whom? Cause I really gotta know, Whom Are You? Whom? Whom?

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5284 "2014-02-19T21:21:49Z")

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“Strange for who?”

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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:** [February 19, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5285 "2014-02-19T21:26:19Z")

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Strange five who?

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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:** [February 20, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5286 "2014-02-20T03:07:17Z")

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If I don’t understand the math, can you sum it up for me?

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5287 "2014-02-20T03:16:38Z")

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What is the square root of pi?

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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:** [February 20, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5288 "2014-02-20T03:17:41Z")

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Well, you can’t take three from two, so you look at the four in the tens place, now that’s really four tens, so you regroup, and you’ve got ten ones which you add to the two to make twelve, and you take away three and that’s…anyone? Anyone?

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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:** [February 20, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5289 "2014-02-20T03:18:09Z")

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Pi r square or pie are round, which is it again?

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5290 "2014-02-20T03:57:33Z")

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Does it make a difference if you’re talking about a cobbler?

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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:** [February 20, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5291 "2014-02-20T04:00:36Z")

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Why would shoemakers matter?

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5292 "2014-02-20T04:48:13Z")

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Why Willie Shoemaker?

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5293 "2014-02-20T15:30:08Z")

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If you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter, do you get pumpkin pi?

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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:** [February 20, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5294 "2014-02-20T15:34:57Z")

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Does that include the whipped cream?

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5295 "2014-02-20T15:40:45Z")

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What demented universe do you live in that excludes whipped cream? :eek: 😃

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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:** [February 20, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5296 "2014-02-20T15:51:18Z")

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Well, Madame Pepperwinkle finds it optional, don’t you know?

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5297 "2014-02-20T17:15:18Z")

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Shouldn’t we get _her_ take on that (if you know what I mean)?

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5298 "2014-02-20T19:57:25Z")

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Do you think Muhammad Ali could take on Mike Tyson, in his prime?

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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:** [February 20, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5299 "2014-02-20T20:49:17Z")

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Isn’t that a rather abrupt shift in topic?

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5300 "2014-02-20T21:23:10Z")

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I felt the ground shift, did it move you too?

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5301 "2014-02-20T21:26:59Z")

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Wait just a darn minute–what about Madame Pepperwinkle?

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