How many times has the British Pound been worth less than 1 of another currency in the past century?
on August 4th, 2009 | One answer

When you are dreaming you believe that you are awake just as much as when you are awake. How can you ever know for certain that you are...
on March 18th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Who bombed cities first, the Allies or the Nazis?
on March 2nd, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Does the word 'coup' come from the same word that 'coop' comes from? 'Coup' meaning rebellion and...
on March 1st, 2009 | One answer | 3 people like this

How exactly is a lipid part hydrophobic and part hydrophilic?
on February 24th, 2009 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

How many people, each year, suffer from pneumonia?
on February 9th, 2009 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Is there a symbol used for 'area', like delta is used for change/difference?
on January 23rd, 2009 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

Cuboid AxAxB has two ellipses touching the edges of the faces and one circle, also touching the edges of the faces, drilled out. What is...
on December 16th, 2008 | One answer

What is the name (if there is one) for the region between the scrotum and the anus?
on December 6th, 2008 | 6 answers | 5 people like this

Is there a bowl that when a marble is released from any point on the bowl it will still take the same time to reach the bottom?
on November 25th, 2008 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

What is the lowest possible temperature of salt water (if sloshing around)?
on October 21st, 2008 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

Is the angle DAE the same as DCA if the line AC equals CB & DB is a straight line? See image in first answer.
on October 8th, 2008 | 2 answers

What ways are there of representing irrational numbers other than decimal and requiring a calculation (i.e. square root 2)?
on October 1st, 2008 | 5 answers

How did sexual reproduction evolve from asexual?
on September 24th, 2008 | 4 answers | 3 people like this

Infinity is an unreachable state. So should we ignore its implications or heed them?
on September 13th, 2008 | 5 answers | 4 people like this

Are the laws of Classical mechanics a subset of Quantum mechanics?
on September 12th, 2008 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

When measuring things on Earth are mass and weight pretty much interchangeable?
on September 12th, 2008 | 4 answers | 4 people like this

How many mathematicians and theoretical physicists have gone insane/committed suicide?
on September 8th, 2008 | no answers | 1 person likes this

What can be inferred about a person from their foot print?
on September 7th, 2008 | 3 answers | 1 person likes this

Mathematics is logic but is logic mathematics? Bearing in mind Game Theory!
on September 5th, 2008 | 3 answers | 3 people like this

Can a person's DNA sequence change over time?
on September 3rd, 2008 | 2 answers

Have you ever been with someone that appeared not to have any fetish?
on May 13th, 2008 | One answer | 1 person likes this

The Dirac constant is a 'h' with a hyphen through it. Was this Dirac's way of showing that it is a function on...
on May 13th, 2008 | One answer | 2 people like this

How would one go about getting a theorem published?
on April 26th, 2008 | One answer

Is there a pattern for those integers that are palindromes and their squares are also palindromes?
on April 9th, 2008 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

Is a single letter word a palindrome for there is no forward nor backwards?
on April 9th, 2008 | 3 answers | 3 people like this

Do we know of any satellites of satellites in our own solar system?
on April 8th, 2008 | 4 answers | 2 people like this

Can non-existance be the nature of something that doesn't exist or does it merely have no nature?
on April 6th, 2008 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Does the womb act like a soft egg shell, from the 6th week after conception, not allowing anything in or out?
on March 31st, 2008 | One answer

Are those organisms that exist as antimatter follow the same path through time that we do, from our past to our future, or as their...
on March 29th, 2008 | 2 answers

Is it possible for a lifeform to exist without requiring any external means of support, i.e. food, sunlight etc.?
on March 18th, 2008 | 5 answers | 4 people like this

Is there any reason why the surface area of a sphere is merely 4 times that of the circle or is it just coincidence?
on January 17th, 2008 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

Are 'Yule' and 'Yuletide' synonymous?
on December 17th, 2007 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

Is rolling ones Rs possible to learn by anyone or is it like curling your tongue: Genetic?
on December 17th, 2007 | One answer | 2 people like this

Would the word 'its' be allowed to be used in a game of Scrabble? It's not a proper noun, abbreviation nor a pluralization!
on December 6th, 2007 | 4 answers | 2 people like this

Why is a toilet referred to as a 'john'?
on December 6th, 2007 | 3 answers | 5 people like this

Right, let's break the ice all over the world! What's the darkest/most offensive joke that you know? No holds barred!
on September 26th, 2007 | 6 answers | 3 people like this

Is it plausable that an organism (not as we know it) could be made entirely out of gravitons that pass from parallel universe to parallel...
on September 23rd, 2007 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

Does the internet have infinite storage?
on September 17th, 2007 | One answer

Do anti-gravitons attract anti-gravitons and repel gravitons?
on September 17th, 2007 | 5 answers | 2 people like this

Has anyone ever robbed the building of the Bank of England?
on September 17th, 2007 | One answer | 1 person likes this

What would happen if two black holes met? Would they combine to make a larger balck hole with all of the mass combined?
on September 14th, 2007 | 4 answers | 4 people like this

What do you think will happen if everyone eligible to vote did so? Will we pull out of Iraq & Afganistan for example?
on September 10th, 2007 | 2 answers | 3 people like this

Why do people get so offended when you down rate an incorrect answer?
on September 10th, 2007 | One answer

Is anything transparent/opaque or are they just varying translucent levels?
on September 9th, 2007 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

Is there a generic term for niece/nephew? Also is there one for aunt/uncle?
on September 9th, 2007 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Could the 96% of the gravitaional effects in this universe not caused by visible matter be the result of gravitons passing from brane to...
on September 9th, 2007 | 3 answers | 3 people like this

For those who have experienced both (not necessarily simultaneously!) - Which is more painful: Giving birth or a full blown heart attack?
on September 6th, 2007 | One answer | 2 people like this

How does grease make paper translucent?
on September 6th, 2007 | One answer

Why do people play the lottery when the chances of winning are incredibly minute? (In UK for example, winning a tenner = 1 in 110,544)
on September 5th, 2007 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

Why is it that some people comment with 'thank you' or 'good answer' but do not rate it accordingly?
on September 4th, 2007 | 5 answers | 8 people like this

Why do we only remember the past?
on September 4th, 2007 | 9 answers | 4 people like this

How fast, proportional to its size/mass, would a planet/star have to spin for its equatorial diameter to be twice that of its polar...
on September 3rd, 2007 | 2 answers

It's been said that any time-machine cannot go into the past any further than its creation. Is this true and why?
on September 3rd, 2007 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

What's the name of that dance tune that has classical music as its intro?
on September 1st, 2007 | 2 answers | 3 people like this

What is the average amount of generations a family has alive in the UK?
on August 31st, 2007 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

How many wars have Britain fought since 1066 and how many won/lost?
on August 26th, 2007 | 4 answers | 1 person likes this

How many wars have been fought between the British and the French since 1066?
on August 26th, 2007 | One answer

Anyone wishing to discover how LIFE acutally began: http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/1250494
on August 21st, 2007 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

My proflie says I have received so many points today, yet I am unsure what time in my time-zone that the 'new day' starts. So...
on August 15th, 2007 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

Before currency was invented, i.e. trading goats for wheat etc., was there poverty and riches?
on August 15th, 2007 | 4 answers | 2 people like this

How true is the Fort Benton Record: "They fetch their man every time" of the Mounties?
on August 14th, 2007 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Are we nothing more than the briefest of moments of virtual particles being created then annihilated immediately afterwards?
on August 10th, 2007 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Which is accepted as most likely the correct interpretation: Copenhagen, Consciousness causes collapse, Many-worlds or macroscopic entities?
on August 10th, 2007 | One answer | 3 people like this

Everything that has a beginning has an end - so if the beginning of temperature is 0 Kelvin, what is the end? Or to put it another way -...
on July 25th, 2007 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Does the Bose-Einstein condensate slow the photons down or create a longer mean free path?
on July 25th, 2007 | One answer | 2 people like this

Why is 'timeo danaos et dona ferentes' in Latin and not Turkish? For that matter what is it in Turkish?
on July 22nd, 2007 | 3 answers

What happens to stowaways now?
on July 22nd, 2007 | 3 answers | 3 people like this

A little experiment: Where is the outermost point on the Earth?
on July 18th, 2007 | 4 answers

How many accounts are there on answerbag?
on July 18th, 2007 | One answer

Is Omega <,= or > 1?
on July 18th, 2007 | 2 answers

Does time flow or do we flow through it?
on July 17th, 2007 | 10 answers | 4 people like this

Energy is everlasting (1st Law of thermodynamics) ergo so is time but is time an infinitely long strip of rubber or is it a closed loop?
on July 17th, 2007 | 6 answers | 2 people like this

Does the Bible suggest that the universe is 6,000 years old because that is how old writing is and nothing was recoded before that?
on July 10th, 2007 | 10 answers | 4 people like this

Is there a specific name for an ambigramic number?
on July 5th, 2007 | One answer | 1 person likes this

For those who's favourite subject is mathematics: What is your belief on the existance of god(s)?
on June 27th, 2007 | One answer

Would a clock tick quicker when placed on an Earth sized planet rotating slower and orbiting its sun at a slower speed?
on June 25th, 2007 | 3 answers | 5 people like this

For those who have looked into time-travel and not just seen it on TV: If you travelled to your past and met yourself would that actually...
on June 24th, 2007 | One answer | 1 person likes this

What pH stomach acid is necessary to digest bone?
on June 17th, 2007 | One answer | 1 person likes this

How much 40% liquor would one have to drink in order to get their alcohol blood level at 4% ABV?
on June 14th, 2007 | 2 answers

Is Bismuth the ONLY element that expands when frozen?
on June 11th, 2007 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

If fire is a body of gas then is it possible that the ambient temperature can drop quickly enough to freeze the flame?
on June 7th, 2007 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

I've heard it said that statistically Britain would not have lost to Hitler if we didn't have help from the americans. How true...
on May 30th, 2007 | 4 answers | 2 people like this

An image flips upside down when entering the eye but does it also flip side to side? Seeing as the pupil is a circle.
on April 29th, 2007 | 2 answers

Does the 'clock' exam for rape on the vagina work whether the victim was face to face or raped from behind?
on April 12th, 2007 | 3 answers | 1 person likes this

If your partner was pregnant would you use the most effective method of inducing the baby: sex?
on April 5th, 2007 | One answer

Are there any fictional stories that are in no way fact based? Including sci-fi, that can set a different environment for the same story.
on April 3rd, 2007 | 2 answers

What proportion of the internet is written in English?
on April 3rd, 2007 | One answer | 1 person likes this

Is the safety catch on firearms usually on the left hand side of the handle for the right hand thumb?
on April 2nd, 2007 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

If you forced yourself to gain a skill that you didn't have (e.g. upped your IQ) would that skill then get passed onto your children...
on April 2nd, 2007 | One answer

Why do muscular spasms occur during an orgasm (in both males and females)? Does they actually have a purpose?
on March 30th, 2007 | One answer

How does the caliber of a weapon compare to its decibel level?
on March 30th, 2007 | 3 answers | 2 people like this

Did Henry Beck use Graph Theory to modify the underground map?
on March 23rd, 2007 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

The sum of the Moon's and the Earth's radii are ~ to the sqrt of the golden section to the Earth's radius. Is this the...
on March 4th, 2007 | 2 answers | 2 people like this

How did the ancient greeks distinguish between the number zero (omicron) and the number 70 (omicron)?
on February 13th, 2007 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

How does IQ affect your self esteem? I.e. does/can it cause depression? Are there any studies you can recommend on the internet?
on February 8th, 2007 | 3 answers | 1 person likes this

In Graph Theory, does a Regular graph have to be a simple graph or can it include loops and multiple edges?
on February 7th, 2007 | 2 answers

In Graphs and Networks, does a Regular graph have to be a simple graph or can it include loops and multiple edges?
on February 6th, 2007 | One answer

Why is the statement "If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him" true? Are we THAT insecure with the world...
on January 3rd, 2007 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

How old is Judaism?
on January 1st, 2007 | 5 answers | 6 people like this

What are the different titles, in order?
on December 29th, 2006 | no answers

Why is it that when something cracks it appears white?
on December 1st, 2006 | One answer

What percentage of nations have inventions come from? References would be much obliged, thank you!
on October 23rd, 2006 | no answers

Is there a link between The Gunpowder Plot in 1605 and the English Civil War in 1642-1651?
on August 7th, 2006 | 2 answers

There is a theory that Baphomet derives from two greek wors meaning: absorption into wisdom, wht could these greek words be?
on July 28th, 2006 | One answer

Why do the names of the artificial elements swap between Greek and Latin prefixes, e.g. Ununquadium and Ununpentium?
on July 18th, 2006 | One answer

Is the square root of 0 undefined or 0, and why?
on July 13th, 2006 | 17 answers | 6 people like this

When does one use Greek/Latin numerical prefixes and why?
on June 23rd, 2006 | One answer

With words that end in an 'e' when adding an 'able' on the end, when do you drop it the 'e'?
on June 22nd, 2006 | One answer

Is there enough water on this planet to flood the entire planet?
on May 15th, 2006 | 4 answers

Which is more common, mathematicians being philosophers, or philosophers being mathematicians?
on May 9th, 2006 | 2 answers

Why is the square root of 123456789 nothing but 1s?
on April 21st, 2006 | 4 answers

Why is mathematics so commonly misunderstood and disliked?
on April 18th, 2006 | 9 answers

Why is the word zero used more frequently than the word nought?
on March 18th, 2006 | 2 answers

Draught soft drinks come in boxes of 10 litres of concentrate. Why are the litres labeled as being "post-mix" when they...
on February 21st, 2006 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

Why is Jack Daniel's not a bourbon, but a sour mash whiskey?
on February 12th, 2006 | 7 answers | 2 people like this

What defines a 'bourbon'? I know that Jack Daniell's for example is the same as a bourbon but not called a bourbon but a...
on February 11th, 2006 | no answers

At the atomic level, is there any difference between organic and inorganic matter?
on February 11th, 2006 | 5 answers

Will a woman be subscribed the contraception 'mini-pill' if there was a slight chance that she is pregnant?
on February 2nd, 2006 | no answers

Why is the lemniscate or mobius strip symbol used to represent infinity?
on December 29th, 2005 | 2 answers

What is the oldest civilization, and how old is it?
on December 19th, 2005 | 52 answers | 19 people like this

Does the Bible predict when Armageddon will occur?
on December 7th, 2005 | 8 answers | 2 people like this

Why is the number 666 associated with the devil?
on December 7th, 2005 | 21 answers | 2 people like this

Why are the numbers 3.1416 and 1.618 called pi and phi?
on December 6th, 2005 | One answer

With reference to the word orange, which came first: The name of the colour, or the name of the fruit?
on December 5th, 2005 | 12 answers | 1 person likes this

Is there a good maths Website where I can post an excellent problem?
on October 27th, 2005 | One answer

Where can I find Dandelion and Burdock made from plant extracts?
on October 2nd, 2005 | One answer

What is the name of the style of a world map that is stretched out in the style of a mercator but has the curvature of an azimuth?
on October 1st, 2005 | One answer

How many books have been written about Jack the Ripper and is this more than the number of books written about all the US presidents?
on September 26th, 2005 | One answer

Is absinthe legal to drink, own, buy, sell or serve in the UK?
on September 19th, 2005 | 4 answers

Why are beef burgers referred to as 'hamburgers'?
on September 4th, 2005 | 3 answers

Is there any marine animal that can swim backwards with its limbs extended first?
on September 4th, 2005 | One answer

How does one view another's profile or send a message to that person in response to a reply?
on July 28th, 2005 | 2 answers | 1 person likes this

How exactly does a magnetic field actually move another body of mass?
on July 27th, 2005 | One answer

What was the name of the Flying Dutchman's (Hendrik Van der Dekken's) ship?
on July 15th, 2005 | 6 answers | 1 person likes this

A cube with width 'x' has 3 circular holes cut from each face to the opposite face. The width of the circles is 'x',...
on July 15th, 2005 | no answers

Are there any biological advantages to having phi ratios through-out the body?
on July 14th, 2005 | 5 answers

How are fractional numbers written in the duodecimal system?
on July 14th, 2005 | One answer