# 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:** ![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:** [March 7, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5642 "2014-03-07T04:06:46Z")

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Is that the real meaning of “Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate”?

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**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5643 "2014-03-07T13:56:48Z")

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Must you abandon hope when I tell you that by age 24, Galileo disproved many commonly accepted (by the greatest minds of his time) dimensions of Dante’s Inferno which did not stand up to mathematical scrutiny?

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**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5644 "2014-03-07T13:57:22Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Is that the real meaning of “Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate”?

What was that about lasagna again?

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**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5645 "2014-03-07T14:09:38Z")

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Has the Professor prepared a huge batch of lasagna and invited us Questioners for dinner?

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**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5646 "2014-03-07T14:19:29Z")

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I can’t tell, was that Portugese?

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**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5647 "2014-03-07T14:26:02Z")

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Wasn’t his quote Latin for “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here”, but can’t we still try to finagle a lasagna dinner besides?

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**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5648 "2014-03-07T14:33:27Z")

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Is that Italian and not Latin, and will that affect my invitation?

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**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5649 "2014-03-07T15:04:55Z")

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If you’re invited to Rome, will you do as the Romans do?

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**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5650 "2014-03-07T15:12:43Z")

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Is this a signal to come back here singing, “Doobie Doobie Do”?

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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:** [March 7, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5651 "2014-03-07T15:18:34Z")

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Will Kate Upton be there with the lasagna?

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**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5652 "2014-03-07T15:18:46Z")

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You gotta doobie?

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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:** [March 7, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5653 "2014-03-07T17:09:59Z")

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Does a Doper have a doobie? Is that a rhetorical question?

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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:** [March 7, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5654 "2014-03-07T18:29:19Z")

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Does anyone else here listen to the Doobie Bros.?

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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:** [March 7, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5655 "2014-03-07T20:04:19Z")

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If a Doobie Brother fell in the woods, but no one was around, would he make a sound?

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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:** [March 7, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5656 "2014-03-07T20:14:14Z")

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By woods, do you mean China Grove?

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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:** [March 7, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5657 "2014-03-07T20:23:20Z")

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Is that like Chia Pets?

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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:** [March 7, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5658 "2014-03-07T20:25:12Z")

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Are Chia Pets made in China?

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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:** [March 7, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5659 "2014-03-07T20:26:26Z")

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Made in or made of?

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**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5660 "2014-03-07T20:36:57Z")

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Maiden [Madoff?](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/magazine/stephanie-madoff-mack-keeps-busy.html)

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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:** [March 7, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5661 "2014-03-07T20:39:52Z")

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So Bernie Madoff with a sack of cash?

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