# What is the answer to this question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 14, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-answer-to-this-question/456497 "2008-07-14T21:03:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![viccums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a87d85/32.png) [@viccums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/viccums)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-answer-to-this-question/456497/1 "2008-07-14T21:03:35Z")
What is the answer to this question? ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-answer-to-this-question/456497/2 "2008-07-14T21:05:48Z")
This is. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-answer-to-this-question/456497/3 "2008-07-14T21:06:19Z")
It’s the response that provides the answer to the question that the question asked. but that’s not important right now This is _so_ not going to survive as a GQ thread… ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-answer-to-this-question/456497/4 "2008-07-14T21:16:23Z")
What. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-answer-to-this-question/456497/5 "2008-07-14T21:18:32Z")
You just divided the universe by zero. You’re in trouble now. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-answer-to-this-question/456497/6 "2008-07-14T21:22:37Z")
42 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-answer-to-this-question/456497/7 "2008-07-14T21:22:43Z")
42 is the meaning of life, though maybe that means it answers alll questions. [http://www.marcofolio.net/images/stories/fun/imagedump/demotivational\_posters/ysoab.jpg](http://www.marcofolio.net/images/stories/fun/imagedump/demotivational_posters/ysoab.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-answer-to-this-question/456497/8 "2008-07-14T21:23:48Z")
You just lost the game. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-answer-to-this-question/456497/9 "2008-07-14T21:26:05Z")
mu ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-answer-to-this-question/456497/10 "2008-07-14T21:27:44Z")
[QUOTE=viccums] What is the answer to this question? [/QUOTE] No, What is on second. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-answer-to-this-question/456497/11 "2008-07-14T21:29:22Z")
The exact answer to the question you asked is “what is the question?” ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-answer-to-this-question/456497/12 "2008-07-14T21:33:35Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] The exact answer to the question you asked is “what is the question?” [/QUOTE] I’ll take General Questions for $2000. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-answer-to-this-question/456497/13 "2008-07-14T21:36:32Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] The exact answer to the question you asked is “what is the question?” [/QUOTE] The question is the one that was asked. Thus the brain-looping goes on. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-answer-to-this-question/456497/14 "2008-07-14T21:37:41Z")
_Rio_, by Duran Duran. ---
**Author:** ![viccums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a87d85/32.png) [@viccums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/viccums)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-answer-to-this-question/456497/15 "2008-07-14T21:39:55Z")
This thread has survived longer than I expected, considering it’s total lack of content. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-answer-to-this-question/456497/16 "2008-07-14T21:41:10Z")
Testing the mods’ response times, huh? Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-answer-to-this-question/456497/17 "2008-07-14T21:41:16Z")
Harumph. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-answer-to-this-question/456497/18 "2008-07-14T21:57:59Z")
[QUOTE=viccums] This thread has survived longer than I expected, considering it’s total lack of content. [/QUOTE] Let’s talk about that for a minute, mkay? Here are the forum rules for General Questions: [Factual Questions Rules & FAQs - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=466202) Posts in this forum are also subjedt to the rules for the message board: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/rules.php](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/rules.php)? The rules prohibit things like trolling and posting threads in the wrong forum, and doing things that waste the time of the moderation staff. You just wasted some of mine. Certainly you knew that opening a content-free thread in General Questions violated the rules. Therefore, I’m issuing you a formal warning–Do not do this again. **Gfactor** General Questions Moderator