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1) When a doctor is doing the whole "turn your head and cough" test, what's the relevance to turning your head?

doc doesn't want you to cough in his face. 

he doesn't want you to watch as he fondles your nutsack

^^^ Exactly what I was thinking...So you don't see him playing with your junk!  :D

It stretches the muscles down there, so he can find or not what he's looking for easier.

You guys have male doctors do that? EWWWW!!!   ;D

My Dr. tells me to do that so I don't see her drooling.

Hoodie is correct.  It's because you don't cough in their face.

I once had a 60ish female doc sit down on a stool so she was eye level with my junk when she asked me to cough. No turning was required.

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Hoodie, it's your turn -- ask a question.

2) Name the former United States President(s) not buried in the Continental United States. 




edited by Dave to add "2)"

I don't think either Bush, or Carter, or Clinton, have been buried "anywhere" yet...since they're still kickin'.

Probably not the right answer, but it is a "correct" answer. ;D

That was gonna be my answer...

Washington, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Monroe, Taylor, Grant, Garfield, McKinley, Wilson, Eisenhower.  They aren't buried.  They reside in sarcophagi.

If you were looking for a different answer, then....

None.  Wilson is not buried in a state, he's buried in Washington D.C., but that is still considered the Continental United States.

That is the right answer. 

Can anyone else throw a question out there to keep it going? I can't think of anything off the top of my head to ask...

Thanks!

Digital Underground was a popular rap act in the late 80's and early 90's.  Which member of the group went on to even bigger success as a solo star?

Humpty Hump.


What country started the Christmas tradition of exchanging gifts?

netherlands

Actually, I just did a little more research on the subject and the answer is debatable.  Some historians say it was the Romans in Italy, others say it was the Netherlands, and others still say it was in Jerusalem with the three wise men.

So I'll give Hoodie the go ahead on that one.

Wrong answer!!!!  Anyone else want to take a guess?  Hint.... he met a sinister end in 1996. 

I can't believe Humpty Hump was considered a bigger success than 2Pac by anyone and done with enough confidence that they didn't wait to hear they were incorrect.

Phish, you are correct.  The answer is 2pac.  Humpty Hump actually became known as Shock G, and did backup on 2pac's first album.

Keping with a music theme. Jethro Tull is a famous rock band who much like Lynard Skynyrd does not have any members of the band with that name. What was the original Jethro Tull famous for?

They are known for playing a Flute in Rock music..A floutist?

I love the band Jethro Tull, and remember the story well. They had actually tried a bunch of different names for the band as they played in small clubs, and one day their manager saw a flyer posted on the street for some machinery (or a lecture, I've heard conflicting stories) made by a local farmer/agriculturalist named...Jethro Tull. The manager borrowed the name and used it for the next show, and it was the biggest crowd they had ever had. They decided to keep the name from that point on.


So I guess the answer is that the original Jethro Tull was famous for his farming acumen. ;D

2Pac wasn't a member of Digital Underground, was he?  I thought he was just a backup dancer in their video.

Correct

He most definitely performed as a rapper in the group.

He most certainly was.  He was not the lead rapper though, which is why not too many people really know of the connection. 

From Tupac's wiki page:

Shakur was initially a roadie and backup dancer for the alternative hip hop group Digital Underground.[2][3]

Shakur's professional entertainment career began in the early 1990s, when he debuted his rapping skills on "Same Song" from the Digital Underground album This is an EP Release. He first appeared in the music video for "Same Song". After his rap debut, Shakur performed with Digital Underground again on the album Sons Of The P.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupac_Shakur

Now let's argue about Dr. Dre, Easy-E, MC Ren and Ice Cube... ;)

OK, next question...and knowing this group, probably a much too easy question.

In the TV show "South Park," the actual town of South Park is located in what county in Colorado?

 

Just because it wasn't the answer you were looking for, doesn't mean it was a wrong answer.  You should have worded the question better.

To answer your question Stroke...is it Park County?

You are correct, sir!!

What is the most widely spoken language in the world ?

Spanish

I'm going to say Mandarin.

English

Mathematics?

fyo, you are correct sir.

If Fort Knox is where the official gold reserves are stored, where's the silver?

In my safe deposit box...

Nowhere.  It used to be at West Point, but the USA long ago did away with a silver standard preferring a gold standard, which has also since gone away.   

"Nowhere" is incorrect. Failure to read the question being the key ;)

Yet they still keep over 4-5 tons of gold at Fort Knox (well, technically, the United States Bullion Depository). They did away with the gold standard, there's still a sh*t-load of gold there. And the question didn't pertain to the gold standard... just the (main) location of the gold reserve.

Anyway, you are correct about West Point. That's where the (main) silver reserves are located.

Why does hot water freeze faster than cold?

it doesn't, unless you are talking about impure water, in which case heating it to a boil will raise the freezing temperature because when water has additives the freezing temperature is lowered, so the boiled water would freeze faster

Name the movie Humpty and 2Pac were in.

2 dudes 1 shot?

Nothing But Trouble.  Starred Chevy Chase, Demi Moore, Dan Akroyd and John Candy.

I thought the rules were only the person who answered the last question was suppose to post a new one. We are getting questions out of the woodwork now. Let's stick to the plan to avoid confusion or quit the thread.

I wanna know if STL is right on the boiled water thing.

I think if you turned your tap to hot and filled a cup, and then turned it to cold and filled a cup, then put both cups in the freezer, there's no way the hot cup would freeze first.

It doesn't. It is a wive's tale that got around.

You know how much chemisty and physics you have to take to go to vet school?  A lot. :)

Yeah....it's bullshit.

Hot water takes energy to turn to cold water, then takes energy to turn cold water into ice.  (transferring to a new state of matter)

Cold water gets to skip that first step.

Actually, hot water requires the removal of energy to turn it to cold water.

I had heard earlier this week on TV that cold water boils faster than hot water, which I also thought was BS.

HOT AND COLD WATER

I'm a physicist. This is my area. I know what I'm talking about.

It's true. Under *certain* conditions, hot water will freeze before cold water. It's called the Mpemba Effect.

Yeah, it's unintuitive and sounds like utter bull. The real world is pretty complicated sometimes and "water" isn't just defined by it's temperature. When you take a container of hot water and start cooling it (e.g. sticking it in the freezer), the temperature is no longer going to be uniform. There might be convection as well. The amount of gas ("air": nitrogen, carbon dioxide etc) dissolved in the water is going to be different in the warm water compared to the cold water. All sorts of crap.

Bottom line: It's true. It's proven. It's NOT well understood.

You'd think something as seemingly simple as freezing water would be perfectly understood, but the number of variables is astounding.

It's a bad trivia question, though: It's poorly understood and the right answer to the question is "it depends" (and it's not entirely clear on what).

If you want to read more about the Mpemba Effect, there are numerous sources:

Recent articles:
 American Journal of Physics: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009AmJPh..77...27K
 American Physical Society: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008APS..MAR.K1133T
 Physica A: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008PhyA..387..757E

Other links:
Physics World: http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/24493
The Straight Dope: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/422/which-freezes-faster-hot-water-or-cold-water
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpemba_effect
Various universities:
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/freezhot.html
http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/water/explan.html#mpemba
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/hot_water.html#Experiments

Uh..so ask another question then.

Tommy's up, right?

If no one answered fyo's question correctly, then he should ask another one.

Hoodie answered my question correctly. After that, stinkfish asked the "freezing" question and NADS a movie question.

If we drop the out-of-turn questions, Hoodie's up. (Otherwise it's Tommy, providing his answer to the movie questio was correct).

Dom DeLuise was the voice of Pizza the Hutt in what Mel Brooks movie? 

Spaceballs!

^^^ correct

Gabriel got my question right, but appears unwilling to ask one, so here is another.

If you wanted to type a list of all the states in the USA, what key(s) on the keyboard would go unused? 

zxq
just a guess
i'm too lazy to think about it

Not a big Cardinals or Cowboys fan, are you? ;)

"q", if we're just talking about unused letters. (I have a bunch of keys on my keyboard, some that I don't think I've EVER used).

correct. 

Cephalopods are weird creatures. Octopuses comprise about a third of all known cephalopod species and are arguably among the most intriguing lifeforms in the oceans.

How many hearts does a common octopus have?

Modified to change my answer to 3.  :)

correctomundo (what was your first answer?)

My first answer was 2.

What is Elton John's middle name?  ;D

Kenneth

That was his given middle name, but he changed it along with his first and last name.

Hercules

You are correct:
Sir Elton Hercules John

Are you a fan or did you look it up? :)

Some of my best friends are flaming homos.
It's difficult not to know this stuff!  :D

All of the seats in Fenway park are green.  Except one, which is red.  Why?  (Extra Credit if you know the seat's exact locale!)

I read the answer - i had to look it up - its a cool story, but I won't post the answer cause I had to look it up, and that's cheating.
(http://www.redsoxconnection.com/red_seat.jpg)

That's where Ted Williams hit a home run that travelled over 500 feet and the ball hit a guy in the head.  The guy didn't want the ball afterwards.  It's where the bleachers used to be.

(My co-worker Jerry told me this story.  He is a die hard Red Sox fan)

Soooo close...that's half the answer, Tommy...but there is a bit more to the story as to the significance of the red chair. 

Don't know what else you're looking for.  Talked to Jerry again to get more info.  That homer travelled 502 feet, and was the longest one ever hit at Fenway.  Plus, the seat symbolizes the great baseball talent that has set foot in Fenway. 

That particular seat sells for $23 per game.

Fair enough.
The seat us located in section 42, row 37, seat 21

Just to be clear, isn't asking someone else the same ask "asking" Google?

OK.  This is for all you wine snobs out there.


What is the difference between a Savignon Blanc and a Fume Blanc?

I believe that one of them...the Fume kind has to be all the same type of grape but Savignon can have some sort of blend of grapes.  I saw a documentary on this that compared this type of wine to maple syrup. 

Uhmm... Sauvignon Blanc is a grape. A grape. Singular.

Both of you are incorrect.

No, I am correct. I did not attempt to answer your question (since I don't know what characterizes a Fume Blanc), but I know Sauvignon Blanc very well. It's a specific grape.

There's also Cabernet Sauvignon (used in red wines), which is related to the Sauvignon blanc (specifically a cross between it and the Cabernet Franc grape).

Don't forget that the ball landed right on the guy's straw hat. It woke him up from his snooze. It's also the "longest" home run in Fenway's history.

nothing, they are synonyms. some wineries may distinguish them for their own marketing purposes, but any wine that can be accurate labels as one can be labeled as the other. 

Hoodie is correct but for the wrong reasons. 

There is no difference between the two.  Robert Mondavi started the concept of Fume Blanc.  He had found an old barrel of Savignon Blanc that he had forgotten was there.  He had to find a way to sell it, so he labeled it a Fume Blanc.  While being in the barrel longer may have an affect on the taste and nuance of a red wine, it is barely noticable with a white wine. 

I learned this from my days as a waiter and bartender.    

What does
Ed Block
Linda Cohn
Gary Gubner
Marvin Miller
Dick Schaap
Andre Tippett
and
Dara Torres
have in common?

They all have second degree black belts in karate?

^^^ if they do I am unaware of it. 

That was just a guess.  I know Andre Tippett does.

Other than I'm not sure who half the people are.... ???

They all hold a record for something?

nope, but they are all being honored.
 
as for who they are....
 Ed Block (former Baltimore Colts athletic trainer)
 Linda Cohn (ESPN)
 Gary Gubner (Olympics)
 Marvin Miller (former executive director of MLB Players Association)
 Dick Schaap (media)
 Andre Tippett (football Hall of Famer)
 Dara Torres (Olympics)

It's still February, so try this one. What is the oldest commissioned war ship in the world?

We have people asking questions that are getting orphaned.  If you ask a question, make sure you come back to settle it.

Is it the USS Constitution?

Hooray!

What was the biggest selling concert tour of all time?

The Rolling Stones???  :-\

That was quick.  It was the Bigger Bang tour.

I won!? Sweet!

What country surveyed showed 80% of it's women citizens enjoy giving oral sex?

USA?

^ NOPE
 US is 17% ain't that a bitch. :D

Austria.  (Guat told me the answer, but I want to go.)


Who is the main killer in the original movie "Friday the 13th"?

Jason's Mother....I Loved Betsy Palmer playing the killer,In I've got a secret she was always supposed to be the sweet one (in the real old Version of the game). after I watched the movie again, I realized who she was...

^^ Correct.  Lil B's turn.

Woohoo...
Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a book, called Gadsby, which consisted of 50,000 words,Without using what letter?

"E"

Aye! good work Stink...Did you happen to know it or Google it? I thought it was an interesting trivia question...Stinkfish's turn!

I didn't know the name of the book, or the author, but I did remember hearing that there was a book out there with no letter "E's".

Now, because of what football stadium was the forward pass legalized?

Don't know... and not sure what you mean... As I recall (from what I've read and heard over the years), the first intentional forward pass was thrown over a 100 years ago (there were quite a lot of articles a few years ago on the 100-year-anniversary). I though the pass was (always) legal, but considered a fumble (and thus exceptionally risky). The rules were changed, slowly, but there was still a period when catches in the end zone were illegal (resulting in a touchback instead of a touchdown). That first forward pass was in a West Coast college game, but I don't remember which college (or stadium, if that's the one you're looking for).