Answerbag: Farino's questions

How many times has the British Pound been worth less than 1 of another currency in the past century?

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:49:31 -0700

How many times has the British Pound been worth less than 1 of another currency in the past century?

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 awake?

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:19:54 -0700

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 awake?

Who bombed cities first, the Allies or the Nazis?

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:13:34 -0800

Who bombed cities first, the Allies or the Nazis?

Does the word 'coup' come from the same word that 'coop' comes from? 'Coup' meaning rebellion and 'coop' meaning enclosure.

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:47:43 -0800

Does the word 'coup' come from the same word that 'coop' comes from? 'Coup' meaning rebellion and 'coop' meaning enclosure.

How exactly is a lipid part hydrophobic and part hydrophilic?

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:38:22 -0800

How exactly is a lipid part hydrophobic and part hydrophilic?

How many people, each year, suffer from pneumonia?

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:45:30 -0800

How many people, each year, suffer from pneumonia?

Is there a symbol used for 'area', like delta is used for change/difference?

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:41:19 -0800

Is there a symbol used for 'area', like delta is used for change/difference?

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 the volume left? (image in first answer)

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:58:58 -0800

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 the volume left? (image in first answer)

What is the name (if there is one) for the region between the scrotum and the anus?

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 07:07:41 -0800

What is the name (if there is one) for the region between the scrotum and the anus?

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?

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:25:49 -0800

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?

What is the lowest possible temperature of salt water (if sloshing around)?

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:02:12 -0700

What is the lowest possible temperature of salt water (if sloshing around)?

Is the angle DAE the same as DCA if the line AC equals CB & DB is a straight line? See image in first answer.

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:40:33 -0700

Is the angle DAE the same as DCA if the line AC equals CB & DB is a straight line? See image in first answer.

What ways are there of representing irrational numbers other than decimal and requiring a calculation (i.e. square root 2)?

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:27:30 -0700

What ways are there of representing irrational numbers other than decimal and requiring a calculation (i.e. square root 2)?

How did sexual reproduction evolve from asexual?

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:15:59 -0700

How did sexual reproduction evolve from asexual?

Infinity is an unreachable state. So should we ignore its implications or heed them?

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:43:32 -0700

Infinity is an unreachable state. So should we ignore its implications or heed them?

Are the laws of Classical mechanics a subset of Quantum mechanics?

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:40:20 -0700

Are the laws of Classical mechanics a subset of Quantum mechanics?

When measuring things on Earth are mass and weight pretty much interchangeable?

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:28:37 -0700

When measuring things on Earth are mass and weight pretty much interchangeable?

How many mathematicians and theoretical physicists have gone insane/committed suicide?

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:53:47 -0700

How many mathematicians and theoretical physicists have gone insane/committed suicide?

What can be inferred about a person from their foot print?

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:20:31 -0700

What can be inferred about a person from their foot print?

Mathematics is logic but is logic mathematics? Bearing in mind Game Theory!

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:09:55 -0700

Mathematics is logic but is logic mathematics? Bearing in mind Game Theory!

Can a person's DNA sequence change over time?

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:17:27 -0700

Can a person's DNA sequence change over time?

Have you ever been with someone that appeared not to have any fetish?

Tue, 13 May 2008 06:42:56 -0700

Have you ever been with someone that appeared not to have any fetish?

The Dirac constant is a 'h' with a hyphen through it. Was this Dirac's way of showing that it is a function on Planck's constant or does it mean /(2*pi)?

Tue, 13 May 2008 06:38:58 -0700

The Dirac constant is a 'h' with a hyphen through it. Was this Dirac's way of showing that it is a function on Planck's constant or does it mean /(2*pi)?

How would one go about getting a theorem published?

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:25:15 -0700

How would one go about getting a theorem published?

Is there a pattern for those integers that are palindromes and their squares are also palindromes?

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:37:03 -0700

Is there a pattern for those integers that are palindromes and their squares are also palindromes?

Is a single letter word a palindrome for there is no forward nor backwards?

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:34:32 -0700

Is a single letter word a palindrome for there is no forward nor backwards?

Do we know of any satellites of satellites in our own solar system?

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:26:41 -0700

Do we know of any satellites of satellites in our own solar system?

Can non-existance be the nature of something that doesn't exist or does it merely have no nature?

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:17:07 -0700

Can non-existance be the nature of something that doesn't exist or does it merely have no nature?

Does the womb act like a soft egg shell, from the 6th week after conception, not allowing anything in or out?

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:10:31 -0700

Does the womb act like a soft egg shell, from the 6th week after conception, not allowing anything in or out?

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 dimension are the opposite from ours do they go from our future to our past?

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:20:28 -0700

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 dimension are the opposite from ours do they go from our future to our past?

Is it possible for a lifeform to exist without requiring any external means of support, i.e. food, sunlight etc.?

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:24:31 -0700

Is it possible for a lifeform to exist without requiring any external means of support, i.e. food, sunlight etc.?

Is there any reason why the surface area of a sphere is merely 4 times that of the circle or is it just coincidence?

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:26:55 -0800

Is there any reason why the surface area of a sphere is merely 4 times that of the circle or is it just coincidence?

Are 'Yule' and 'Yuletide' synonymous?

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:43:03 -0800

Are 'Yule' and 'Yuletide' synonymous?

Is rolling ones Rs possible to learn by anyone or is it like curling your tongue: Genetic?

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:23:05 -0800

Is rolling ones Rs possible to learn by anyone or is it like curling your tongue: Genetic?

Would the word 'its' be allowed to be used in a game of Scrabble? It's not a proper noun, abbreviation nor a pluralization!

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:45:34 -0800

Would the word 'its' be allowed to be used in a game of Scrabble? It's not a proper noun, abbreviation nor a pluralization!

Why is a toilet referred to as a 'john'?

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:43:54 -0800

Why is a toilet referred to as a 'john'?

Right, let's break the ice all over the world! What's the darkest/most offensive joke that you know? No holds barred!

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:28:03 -0700

Right, let's break the ice all over the world! What's the darkest/most offensive joke that you know? No holds barred!

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 universe? If so could this be AN explanation for ghosts?

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:32:23 -0700

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 universe? If so could this be AN explanation for ghosts?

Does the internet have infinite storage?

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:01:39 -0700

Does the internet have infinite storage?

Do anti-gravitons attract anti-gravitons and repel gravitons?

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:51:08 -0700

Do anti-gravitons attract anti-gravitons and repel gravitons?

Has anyone ever robbed the building of the Bank of England?

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:49:41 -0700

Has anyone ever robbed the building of the Bank of England?

What would happen if two black holes met? Would they combine to make a larger balck hole with all of the mass combined?

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 06:04:20 -0700

What would happen if two black holes met? Would they combine to make a larger balck hole with all of the mass combined?

What do you think will happen if everyone eligible to vote did so? Will we pull out of Iraq & Afganistan for example?

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:56:29 -0700

What do you think will happen if everyone eligible to vote did so? Will we pull out of Iraq & Afganistan for example?

Why do people get so offended when you down rate an incorrect answer?

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:49:50 -0700

Why do people get so offended when you down rate an incorrect answer?

Is anything transparent/opaque or are they just varying translucent levels?

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:37:35 -0700

Is anything transparent/opaque or are they just varying translucent levels?

Is there a generic term for niece/nephew? Also is there one for aunt/uncle?

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:32:06 -0700

Is there a generic term for niece/nephew? Also is there one for aunt/uncle?

Could the 96% of the gravitaional effects in this universe not caused by visible matter be the result of gravitons passing from brane to brane instead of 'Dark Matter'/'Dark Energy'?

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:30:14 -0700

Could the 96% of the gravitaional effects in this universe not caused by visible matter be the result of gravitons passing from brane to brane instead of 'Dark Matter'/'Dark Energy'?

For those who have experienced both (not necessarily simultaneously!) - Which is more painful: Giving birth or a full blown heart attack?

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:15:20 -0700

For those who have experienced both (not necessarily simultaneously!) - Which is more painful: Giving birth or a full blown heart attack?

How does grease make paper translucent?

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:09:34 -0700

How does grease make paper translucent?

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)

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:31:03 -0700

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)

Why is it that some people comment with 'thank you' or 'good answer' but do not rate it accordingly?

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:28:36 -0700

Why is it that some people comment with 'thank you' or 'good answer' but do not rate it accordingly?

Why do we only remember the past?

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:13:12 -0700

Why do we only remember the past?

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 diameter?

Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:41:46 -0700

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 diameter?

It's been said that any time-machine cannot go into the past any further than its creation. Is this true and why?

Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:34:30 -0700

It's been said that any time-machine cannot go into the past any further than its creation. Is this true and why?

What's the name of that dance tune that has classical music as its intro?

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 06:38:05 -0700

What's the name of that dance tune that has classical music as its intro?

What is the average amount of generations a family has alive in the UK?

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:11:38 -0700

What is the average amount of generations a family has alive in the UK?

How many wars have Britain fought since 1066 and how many won/lost?

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 08:19:14 -0700

How many wars have Britain fought since 1066 and how many won/lost?

How many wars have been fought between the British and the French since 1066?

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 07:32:37 -0700

How many wars have been fought between the British and the French since 1066?

Anyone wishing to discover how LIFE acutally began: http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/1250494

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:26:15 -0700

Anyone wishing to discover how LIFE acutally began: http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/1250494

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 what city/time-zone is the base of this website?

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:12:05 -0700

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 what city/time-zone is the base of this website?

Before currency was invented, i.e. trading goats for wheat etc., was there poverty and riches?

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:15:01 -0700

Before currency was invented, i.e. trading goats for wheat etc., was there poverty and riches?

How true is the Fort Benton Record: "They fetch their man every time" of the Mounties?

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:11:26 -0700

How true is the Fort Benton Record: "They fetch their man every time" of the Mounties?

Are we nothing more than the briefest of moments of virtual particles being created then annihilated immediately afterwards?

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:08:04 -0700

Are we nothing more than the briefest of moments of virtual particles being created then annihilated immediately afterwards?

Which is accepted as most likely the correct interpretation: Copenhagen, Consciousness causes collapse, Many-worlds or macroscopic entities?

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:12:24 -0700

Which is accepted as most likely the correct interpretation: Copenhagen, Consciousness causes collapse, Many-worlds or macroscopic entities?

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 - what is the hottest possible temperature?

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:23:39 -0700

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 - what is the hottest possible temperature?

Does the Bose-Einstein condensate slow the photons down or create a longer mean free path?

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:24:39 -0700

Does the Bose-Einstein condensate slow the photons down or create a longer mean free path?

Why is 'timeo danaos et dona ferentes' in Latin and not Turkish? For that matter what is it in Turkish?

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:07:30 -0700

Why is 'timeo danaos et dona ferentes' in Latin and not Turkish? For that matter what is it in Turkish?

What happens to stowaways now?

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:57:27 -0700

What happens to stowaways now?

A little experiment: Where is the outermost point on the Earth?

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:31:35 -0700

A little experiment: Where is the outermost point on the Earth?

How many accounts are there on answerbag?

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:50:25 -0700

How many accounts are there on answerbag?

Is Omega <,= or > 1?

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:17:11 -0700

Is Omega <,= or > 1?

Does time flow or do we flow through it?

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:58:09 -0700

Does time flow or do we flow through it?

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?

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:37:08 -0700

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?

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?

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:08:12 -0700

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?

Is there a specific name for an ambigramic number?

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:45:48 -0700

Is there a specific name for an ambigramic number?

For those who's favourite subject is mathematics: What is your belief on the existance of god(s)?

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:05:08 -0700

For those who's favourite subject is mathematics: What is your belief on the existance of god(s)?

Would a clock tick quicker when placed on an Earth sized planet rotating slower and orbiting its sun at a slower speed?

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:15:04 -0700

Would a clock tick quicker when placed on an Earth sized planet rotating slower and orbiting its sun at a slower speed?

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 cause a paradox? If so why?

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 04:28:50 -0700

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 cause a paradox? If so why?

What pH stomach acid is necessary to digest bone?

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:44:10 -0700

What pH stomach acid is necessary to digest bone?

How much 40% liquor would one have to drink in order to get their alcohol blood level at 4% ABV?

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:56:30 -0700

How much 40% liquor would one have to drink in order to get their alcohol blood level at 4% ABV?

Is Bismuth the ONLY element that expands when frozen?

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:03:28 -0700

Is Bismuth the ONLY element that expands when frozen?

If fire is a body of gas then is it possible that the ambient temperature can drop quickly enough to freeze the flame?

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:06:18 -0700

If fire is a body of gas then is it possible that the ambient temperature can drop quickly enough to freeze the flame?

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 is this? Please give references.

Wed, 30 May 2007 07:28:00 -0700

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 is this? Please give references.

An image flips upside down when entering the eye but does it also flip side to side? Seeing as the pupil is a circle.

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:53:37 -0700

An image flips upside down when entering the eye but does it also flip side to side? Seeing as the pupil is a circle.

Does the 'clock' exam for rape on the vagina work whether the victim was face to face or raped from behind?

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:59:50 -0700

Does the 'clock' exam for rape on the vagina work whether the victim was face to face or raped from behind?

If your partner was pregnant would you use the most effective method of inducing the baby: sex?

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:12:10 -0700

If your partner was pregnant would you use the most effective method of inducing the baby: sex?

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.

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:30:23 -0700

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.

What proportion of the internet is written in English?

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:41:50 -0700

What proportion of the internet is written in English?

Is the safety catch on firearms usually on the left hand side of the handle for the right hand thumb?

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:01:43 -0700

Is the safety catch on firearms usually on the left hand side of the handle for the right hand thumb?

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 along with your other traits?

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:28:49 -0700

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 along with your other traits?

Why do muscular spasms occur during an orgasm (in both males and females)? Does they actually have a purpose?

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:14:08 -0700

Why do muscular spasms occur during an orgasm (in both males and females)? Does they actually have a purpose?

How does the caliber of a weapon compare to its decibel level?

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:47:11 -0700

How does the caliber of a weapon compare to its decibel level?

Did Henry Beck use Graph Theory to modify the underground map?

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:33:35 -0700

Did Henry Beck use Graph Theory to modify the underground map?

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 reason why organisms are convergently evolving to the golden section, i.e. .5*(1+sqrt5) only holds true for this planet?

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 10:44:01 -0800

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 reason why organisms are convergently evolving to the golden section, i.e. .5*(1+sqrt5) only holds true for this planet?

How did the ancient greeks distinguish between the number zero (omicron) and the number 70 (omicron)?

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:14:30 -0800

How did the ancient greeks distinguish between the number zero (omicron) and the number 70 (omicron)?

How does IQ affect your self esteem? I.e. does/can it cause depression? Are there any studies you can recommend on the internet?

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:25:02 -0800

How does IQ affect your self esteem? I.e. does/can it cause depression? Are there any studies you can recommend on the internet?

In Graph Theory, does a Regular graph have to be a simple graph or can it include loops and multiple edges?

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:07:36 -0800

In Graph Theory, does a Regular graph have to be a simple graph or can it include loops and multiple edges?

In Graphs and Networks, does a Regular graph have to be a simple graph or can it include loops and multiple edges?

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:46:29 -0800

In Graphs and Networks, does a Regular graph have to be a simple graph or can it include loops and multiple edges?

Why is the statement "If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him" true? Are we THAT insecure with the world around us?

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 22:45:33 -0800

Why is the statement "If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him" true? Are we THAT insecure with the world around us?

How old is Judaism?

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 08:15:58 -0800

How old is Judaism?