# 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:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6962 "2014-05-03T22:21:07Z")

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I blink, therefore I go blammm?

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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:** [May 4, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6963 "2014-05-04T01:31:33Z")

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Do you, do you, Sam-I-Am?

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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:** [May 4, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6964 "2014-05-04T02:20:21Z")

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Where oh where is Siam Sam?

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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:** [May 4, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6965 "2014-05-04T02:45:34Z")

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Isn’t Siam Sam actually from Formosa?

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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:** [May 4, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6966 "2014-05-04T15:05:15Z")

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Is there a bridge on the river Kwai?

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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:** [May 4, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6967 "2014-05-04T15:12:44Z")

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Is there a balm in Gilead?

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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:** [May 5, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6968 "2014-05-05T00:28:56Z")

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Or an explosive device in a Bombardier?

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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:** [May 5, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6969 "2014-05-05T02:38:45Z")

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Or the author of the Oz books in Hoboken?

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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:** [May 5, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6970 "2014-05-05T04:16:40Z")

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Was Australia known as “Oz” before Baum was born?

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**Author:** ![Waymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6971 "2014-05-05T04:55:56Z")

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Who said Baum was ever born?

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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:** [May 5, 2014, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6972 "2014-05-05T13:01:15Z")

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His parents?

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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:** [May 5, 2014, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6973 "2014-05-05T13:50:04Z")

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Those parents named him “Lyman”?

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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:** [May 5, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6974 "2014-05-05T13:54:57Z")

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Wasn’t he named that after an uncle?

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6975 "2014-05-05T13:58:30Z")

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Wouldn’t that be obvious if the uncle was named first?

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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:** [May 5, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6976 "2014-05-05T17:31:57Z")

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Are you aware that when the Wizard first hit the stage as a musical, Toto was replaced by a pantomime cow?

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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:** [May 5, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6977 "2014-05-05T17:43:02Z")

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A pantomime cow: is it too early in the day to ask if you are posting udder nonsense?

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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:** [May 5, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6978 "2014-05-05T19:18:03Z")

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Or is he saying that moo-sical was bunch of bull?

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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:** [May 5, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6979 "2014-05-05T19:43:48Z")

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Butter we heifer full of cow puns?

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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:** [May 5, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6980 "2014-05-05T20:35:28Z")

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Or not?

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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:** [May 5, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6981 "2014-05-05T20:45:36Z")

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Shouldn’t we milk these puns for all they’re worth?

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