# 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:** [April 15, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6622 "2014-04-15T00:32:28Z")

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Why fly when you can teleport?

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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:** [April 15, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6623 "2014-04-15T01:08:00Z")

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Doesn’t teleportation violate the laws of thermodynamics?

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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:** [April 15, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6624 "2014-04-15T01:58:36Z")

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Weren’t laws made to be broken?

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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:** [April 15, 2014, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6625 "2014-04-15T02:19:57Z")

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Is that your judicial opinion?

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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:** [April 15, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6626 "2014-04-15T02:42:50Z")

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And has that defense ever worked?

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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:** [April 15, 2014, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6627 "2014-04-15T04:27:27Z")

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Didn’t Isaac Newton himself say the best defense is a good offense?

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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:** [April 15, 2014, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6628 "2014-04-15T05:50:32Z")

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I thought he invented those fig cookies?

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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:** [April 15, 2014, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6629 "2014-04-15T08:55:29Z")

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Isaac was a Keebler elf?

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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:** [April 15, 2014, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6630 "2014-04-15T10:59:18Z")

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Are you insinuating something?

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**Author:** ![Athabasca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6631 "2014-04-15T13:21:04Z")

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Maybe Isaac’s mom made good cookies?

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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:** [April 15, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6632 "2014-04-15T13:55:52Z")

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Did Isaac’s mom have a good cookie?

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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:** [April 15, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6633 "2014-04-15T14:24:44Z")

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If we let “I” represent Isaac in his normative state, and “M” be Isaac’s mother on a good day and ready to bake a batch of cookies, and “A” any additional variables common to daily life in Isaac’s time, then how bad would those variables have to be to receive the result “I + M + A = Rock”? Anyone? Anyone?

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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:** [April 15, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6634 "2014-04-15T14:25:56Z")

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Which is better, 3rd Rock from the Sun or 30 Rock?

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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:** [April 15, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6635 "2014-04-15T14:42:08Z")

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Well, which has more cookies?

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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:** [April 15, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6636 "2014-04-15T14:51:44Z")

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Was it Duran Duran who invented “O, Rio” cookies?

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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:** [April 15, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6637 "2014-04-15T15:01:16Z")

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Did they invent them in Baltimore, home of the Orioles?

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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:** [April 15, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6638 "2014-04-15T15:06:50Z")

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Quoth the Ravens, “Got Milk?”

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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:** [April 15, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6639 "2014-04-15T15:10:59Z")

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How many people can quote the entire Raven poem from the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode?

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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:** [April 15, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6640 "2014-04-15T15:17:22Z")

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Does it count if I can recite the entire script of Stark Ravin’ Dad?

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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:** [April 15, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6641 "2014-04-15T15:57:47Z")

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Ah, but can you do it really, really fast?

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