# Very first question **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 16, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-first-question/760062 "2016-07-16T18:06:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vicsage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e68b1a/32.png) [@Vicsage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vicsage)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-first-question/760062/1 "2016-07-16T18:06:07Z")
What was the very first question asked of The Straight Dope and when? Haven’t been here that long and was just curious. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-first-question/760062/2 "2016-07-16T18:15:25Z")
You mean Cecil’s first column? [Here it is](http://www.straightdope.com/pages/faq/firstcolumn). The earliest surviving thread from the Message Board is [here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=2) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-first-question/760062/3 "2016-07-16T18:26:37Z")
Moved to ATMB. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-first-question/760062/4 "2016-07-16T18:45:42Z")
Man. A free LP for the best question each week. Groovy, dude. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-first-question/760062/5 "2016-07-16T19:08:35Z")
And just who is this “ **TubaDiva** ” and why ain’t they in front of the Taj Mahal right now? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-first-question/760062/6 "2016-07-16T20:04:49Z")
tubadiva was a nice lady that ran this asylum for years but she doesn’t seem to have anything to do with the board these days in fact the only post I’ve seen from her since I’ve been back was her selling some of the old straight dope t-shirts we used to have [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=795538](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=795538) ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-first-question/760062/7 "2016-07-16T22:17:33Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > You mean Cecil’s first column? [Here it is](http://www.straightdope.com/pages/faq/firstcolumn). What’s old[est] may be new again, with rumblings of obnoxiousness to accompany GOP Cleveland 2016. Another sign of Cecil’s awesome relevance. \*\*The First Straight Dope Column \*\* 02-Feb-1973 _Remember after the '68 Democratic convention a number of professional/academic associations cancelled plans for future conventions in Chicago because of what happened here. Did they follow through on their threats, and how much convention business has Chicago lost as a result_? – D.F., Rogers Park