http://www.answerbag.com/profile/1118769 New Answerbag questions from Owl 12 - 12 Tue, 29 May 2012 03:23:45 -0700 Tue, 29 May 2012 03:23:45 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2732622 If I feel I am going to lose my temper for no apparent reason, what should I do? Fri, 25 May 2012 04:14:47 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2732622 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2732618 Are any of you planning on going on a picnic this summer? Fri, 25 May 2012 03:44:18 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2732618 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2732091 When were alarm clocks invented? Thu, 24 May 2012 06:57:22 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2732091 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2725744 In the UK, will there ever be a £100 note at some time in the future? Fri, 11 May 2012 08:05:33 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2725744 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2710645 Are you planning on going to London to view the Olympics? Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:54:51 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2710645 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2710624 Where would you like to live, if you could choose? Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:04:55 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2710624 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2707391 Do you enjoy visiting museums and/or art galleries? If so, which ones? Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:25:11 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2707391 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2707390 Is it easy for a child as young as 3 to learn its times tables? Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:24:11 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2707390 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2706684 I usually leave a library 12 minutes before closing time. Is it possible for me to vary this once in a while? Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:46:29 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2706684 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2706682 When were keys invented? Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:42:22 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2706682 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2706677 I have Asperger's Syndrome and often ask personal or puerile questions when I am anxious. What sort of questions could I ask instead? Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:34:13 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2706677 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2706676 Name an animal which begins with the letter G. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:29:31 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2706676 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2706675 Name a utensil widely used in the kitchen. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:28:51 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2706675 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2706674 Why isn't time metric? Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:27:30 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2706674 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2683736 How are you celebrating Mothering Sunday this year? Sat, 03 Mar 2012 05:11:48 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2683736 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2677596 Have you given anything up for Lent? If so, what? Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:37:41 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2677596 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2669751 Did you have any snow in your area recently? Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:49:38 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2669751 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2669750 How many flags of the world can you name? Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:47:40 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2669750 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2655441 Are you looking forward to switching from analogue TV to digital? Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:44:28 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2655441 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2654090 What is the third largest state in the USA? Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:54:56 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2654090 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2651228 How are you planning to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee this June? Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:32:06 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2651228 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2649345 What sort of wine is best drunk with roast chicken? Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:43:25 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2649345 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2645357 What are your New Year's Resolutions for 2012(if any)? Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:27:01 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2645357 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2645356 What sort of plans do you out there have for 2012? Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:25:39 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2645356 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2642326 How many Christmas number ones (e.g. Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade) can you think of? Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:27:06 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2642326 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2626293 Are you going to midnight mass this Christmas Eve? Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:40:50 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2626293 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2613579 What springs to mind when I mention Advent? Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:49:21 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2613579 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2607484 What plans do you have for Bonfire Night 2011? Fri, 04 Nov 2011 03:41:05 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2607484 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2600137 How did the Alsatian come to be known as the German Shepherd dog? Sun, 23 Oct 2011 07:37:45 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2600137 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2598115 What is the key to a long and healthy life? Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:04:37 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2598115 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2597435 What is the capital of Cuba? Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:33:14 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2597435 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2594985 Name a food traditionally associated with Bonfire Night. Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:09:44 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2594985 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2593749 In order to lose weight, what sort of foods should I cut down on? Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:37:19 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2593749 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2593674 What springs to mind when I mention the word efficient? Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:52:59 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2593674 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2593673 How did Erathostenes' Sieve get its name? Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:48:27 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2593673 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2590344 What is the origin of the term serendipity? Sat, 08 Oct 2011 05:22:07 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2590344 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2588409 Will we be having street parties for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012? Wed, 05 Oct 2011 05:34:16 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2588409 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587863 How many words can you think of that spell a different word backwards (e.g. pat/tap, pets/step, devil/lived, sports/strops)? Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:11:30 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587863 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587853 Complete this sentence: you've had _______________________, now scat. Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:02:37 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587853 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587848 What is the longest word in the English language with no repeats of letters? I think the longest such number is eighty four. Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:00:31 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587848 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587845 Who invented tobacco? Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:55:56 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587845 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587844 In AB lingo, what do they call "sock puppet accounts"? Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:54:46 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587844 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587837 How many Spanish numbers (e.g. once, quince) are also English words? Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:44:53 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587837 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587835 Should dieters go on a salt-free diet? Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:41:59 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587835 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587832 Can octopus be cooked & eaten? Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:38:57 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587832 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587830 Why does pi never end? I tend to think of it as being 25/8, which is 3.125. That's because I find 3.125 easier for me to remember. Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:37:14 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587830 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587828 What exactly does tsk tsk mean? Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:35:48 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587828 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587827 What springs to mind when I mention the word arc? Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:35:21 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587827 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587824 Name something that's cute and amusing at 10, but old hat at 30. Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:34:46 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587824 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587040 What do we call words which have the same spelling but (a) a different definition and (b) a different pronunciation? Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:59:37 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587040 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587039 What does the proverb 'curiosity killed the cat' mean? Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:55:36 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587039 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587036 What do we call words like row (as in withheld has two H's in a row) and row (I kicked up a row because I had to stay behind)? Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:53:38 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587036 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587033 What does the slang phrase 'put a foot wrong' mean? Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:49:26 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587033 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587031 What does the phrase squaring the circle mean and how did it come about? Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:36:19 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587031 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587030 What springs to mind when I mention the word cube? Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:35:26 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587030 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587029 Which is the first word that pops into your mind that rhymes with key? Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:34:46 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587029 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587028 Would the phrase until further notice mean the same as for the foreseeable future? Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:33:52 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587028 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587026 What does 'take it in your stride' mean? E.g. my father advised us to have a nice quiet evening at home but I took it in my stride. Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:32:03 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587026 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587025 When you are upset for one reason or another, do you count? Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:30:35 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587025 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587024 Do you enjoy visits to zoos? Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:29:34 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587024 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587023 Which television programmes, which have long since been axed, are you missing the most? Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:28:49 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2587023 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2586467 At the present time, which television programes are you missing the most? Sun, 02 Oct 2011 07:52:17 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2586467 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2585861 What springs to mind when I mention the word speedy? Sat, 01 Oct 2011 06:08:22 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2585861 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2585831 When young people with Asperger's Syndrome leave school, do they have a bleak future or an excellent future, or does it depend? Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:11:33 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2585831 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2585828 It rhymes with blue and it means six minus four. (3 letters). Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:09:53 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2585828 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2585824 Instead of asking people how old they are at the top of my voice, since it isn't polite, what sort of questions could I ask instead? Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:04:18 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2585824 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2585817 I have Asperger's Syndrome and as a result often get upset if answers to my questions are withheld. Can you help? Sat, 01 Oct 2011 04:42:00 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2585817 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2584471 What is the highest score possible for just one move in the game of Scrabble? Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:16:55 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2584471 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2580967 What springs to mind when I mention the word park? Sat, 24 Sep 2011 01:57:43 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2580967 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2580702 Is turquoise a tertiary colour? Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:26:31 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2580702 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2580701 What springs to mind when I mention the mathematician Erathostenes? Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:23:08 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2580701 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2580698 Name a food we usually have at Christmas. Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:15:52 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2580698 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2580587 What springs to mind when I mention the term polynomials (the question I asked you yesterday wasn't quite right)? Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:27:42 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2580587 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2579886 Have you ever, in your entire life, watched the Olympic Games on TV, or been to the venues to see the games yourselves? Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:12:55 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2579886 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2579883 What springs to mind when I emntion the term polynomials? Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:08:03 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2579883 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2579876 Name something you do not have at the moment, but could not possibly do without. Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:52:59 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2579876 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2579873 Last but not least in this category, would you be kind enough to give me the name of an animal whose name contains 11 letters or over? Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:51:26 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2579873 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2579870 Penultimate Numbertime animal item: would you be kind enough to give me the name of an animal whose name contains ten letters? Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:48:11 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2579870 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2579868 Question seven in a set of nine. Would you be kind enough to tell me the name of an animal whose name contains 9 letters? Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:45:24 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2579868 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2579432 Fourth-last question in this category. Name an animal whose name contains 8 letters. Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:32:15 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2579432 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2579421 Name an animal with 7 letters. Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:59:52 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2579421 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2578922 How many words can you make out of Muhammed of Ghazini? You can use words of as few letters as you wish. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:58:58 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2578922 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2578915 Part 4. Name an animal containing 6 letters. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:49:22 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2578915 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2578914 How many words can you make out of pitchfork? Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:48:37 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2578914 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2578907 Name something for which the novelty would wear off after a while. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:36:44 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2578907 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2578901 Third question in a set of 9. Name an animal containing 5 letters. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:30:01 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2578901 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2578898 Second question in a set of 9. Name an animal containing four letters. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:27:32 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2578898 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2578897 New series now. The first of 9. Name an animal containing 3 letters. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:26:47 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2578897 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2571156 Name something over which members of the public have no control. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:04:13 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2571156 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2571155 Would you sooner have educational items on Sunday afternoons, or just make polite conversation in a friendly manner? Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:01:27 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2571155 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2571153 New series now. How is it that unicorns never existed? Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:00:05 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2571153 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2571150 Last-ever question in this 'cute & amusing' category. What would you consider cute & amusing at three but old hat at nine? Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:58:40 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2571150 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2571148 What springs to mind when I mention the phrase key signature? Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:51:13 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2571148 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2571146 Name something that is cute & amusing at eight, but old hat at twenty four. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:48:05 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2571146 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2571144 Name something that is considered cute + amusing at 7, but old hat at 21. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:41:44 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2571144 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2571127 How many words can you make out of should? Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:11:15 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2571127 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2568657 How many Eurovision Song Contest winners can you think of? Sat, 03 Sep 2011 06:42:41 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2568657 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2568035 What is your earliest memory? Please let me know if you think this question borders on the personal. Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:45:04 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2568035 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2568033 Name something that is cute & amusing at 10 but old hat at 30. Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:43:42 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2568033 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2568029 What springs to mind when I mention the number 16? Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:34:02 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2568029