Wrong Answer Game

coluber - Q: What did people do to fill their time before television?

A: Caught fleas, caught rats, scratched a lot, shucked corn, milked cows, made alcoholic beverages, tore newspapers into squares for the toilet, observed the weather and made long discourses on 'back then' etc etc

Q: If a leopard could change its spots, what would it choose instead?

Q: If a leopard could change its spots, what would it choose instead?

A: It seems strange that a leopard would be called "spotted" since it desires the opposite, to be not spotted and to blend in with the background by utilizing a sort of background mimicry in order to sneak up on its prey. I suppose that if a leopard could change it spots, it would prefer an even more realistic background mimicry.

Q: Will self-driven cars be better drivers than people?

Q: Will self-driven cars be better drivers than people?

A: Only when they use ethanol-free gas.

Q: Why is the K silent in the word knife?

Glennn - Q: Why is the K silent in the word knife?

A: Originally it WAS pronounced, but when KN replaced CN in the language, it was made silent... this was so people with a knife could sneak up on people without a knife, and take their money! These events were the origin of the saying 'Silence Is Golden'

Q: Who is responsible for collective nouns? Is there a Bureau, Department, Corporation, or somesuch that determines these important words?

P E Dant Q: Who is responsible for collective nouns? Is there a Bureau, Department, Corporation, or somesuch that determines these important words?

A: The Federal Bureau of Collective Nouns are the ones responsible.

Q: Why do cats sometimes beat up on a mouse and then walk away?

coluber - Q: Why do cats sometimes beat up on a mouse and then walk away?

A: They remember what happened the last time they ate a mouse! Them trichobezoars are a part of a cat's life, but them claws! Them claws rip and tear going in and rip and tear coming out!

Q: Will Tonald Drump come up trumps?

Q: Will Tonald Drump come up trumps?

A: Not if it's in the cards.

Q: Are these "interesting times" as in the Arab curse, "May you live in interesting times."?

coluber - Q: Are these "interesting times" as in the Arab curse, "May you live in interesting times."?

What the? You bein' tricky again coluber? Huh? Is ya'?

Tue 8 Aug, 2023 03:26 pm - coluber - Q: The Arab curse is: May you live in interesting times. Are these interesting times?

A: 'Ditto' to answer given previously

Q: Why don't all trees lose their leaves in Autumn/Fall? How come some of them stay leafy all-year round?

A: They're taking a "leave" of absence before the fall.

Q: Do the English put American on bowling balls?

coluber - Q: Do the English put American on bowling balls?

A: I had to look this up coluber, never having heard/seen the expression before... I have only ever played one game of 10 pin bowling in my life and don't remember much about it other than I was crap at it! 'Put some American on it'... I will say 'Yes, they do', but only when referring to mustard

Q: What key do hummingbirds hum in?

Q: What key do hummingbirds hum in?

A: The key of B (for bird) minor.

Q: Do birds look down on people?

coluber - Q: Do birds look down on people?

A: Only when they are picking their eyes out

Q: Why do some people have red hair?

Q: Why do some people have red hair?

A: They're embarrassed down to their roots.

Q: What is a fisher of men? I think it has something to do with religion.

coluber - Q: What is a fisher of men? I think it has something to do with religion.

A: Did you mean fissure coluber? If so, it refers to what is known colloquially as 'the bum crack', or 'builder's crack' (see link)... the religious aspect would come into play if the builder's underpants were holey

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Q: Why is the height of a horse measured in 'hands'? - horse's don't have hands

Q: Why is the height of a horse measured in 'hands'? - horse's don't have hands.

A: But people have hands and feet, and lacking other devices, hands and feet became convenient tools for measuring. Although the hand and foot is not a standard length, it's better than nothing, I guess. I've used the length of my stride to roughly measure distances. 900 steps would equal 2,700 feet, a little over half a mile.

Q: I read a statement that said a typical cumulus cloud weighs as much as 70 Tyrannosaurus rexes. Should we be afraid?

coluber - Q: I read a statement that said a typical cumulus cloud weighs as much as 70 Tyrannosaurus rexes. Should we be afraid?

A: Only if it rains

Q: Who would win in a battle between a crocodile and an alligator?

Q: Who would win in a battle between a crocodile and an alligator?

A: In a debate, the crocodile's wiles would outsmart the alligator's lore. However, a caiman's acumen would beat both of them.

Q: Other than for competition, what is the usefulness of pole vaulting?

coluber - Q: Other than for competition, what is the usefulness of pole vaulting?

A: Pole vaulting is often used by people who live in towers but have forgotten their door key - it can also be used by people who are afraid of ladders but need to get up on the roof of their house (before you ask - they descend via the chimney; should the house have no chimney they slide down the pole in a manner similar to firefighters)

Q: Why are motor cars called 'automobiles'?

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Q: Why are motor cars called 'automobiles'?

A: I think the cars themselves had something to do with it. They felt that, in the future, they wouldn't need people to drive them. They presaged that the people eventually would become superfluous and would only become useful as servants to help build, repair, and feed them.

A: Why do dogs chase cats?

coluber - Q: Why do dogs chase cats?

A: This is a question that has plagued philosophers for centuries; we put the poser to the boffins at 'Dant Philosophy' and they have come up with a perfect answer! It all comes down to mathematics, specifically percentages! What are the odds of a dog catching its own tail? NIL! Zero percent! O%! It is physically impossible! BUT (and we agree it is a big BUT), there is the possibility of a dog actually CATCHING a cat! This information is passed down from dog to dog and they live in hope!

Q: Disregarding those taps that are turned ON with a lever-type thingy, why do taps all around the World turn ON anti-clockwise?