Wrong Answer Game

Q: How did the saying 'to pass the hat around' originate? What if the person involved didn't own a hat? What then?

A: Then you pass someone else's hat around to collect enough money for the originally involved person to purchase a hat to pass.

Q: Is a knight more valuable than a bishop?

Glennn - Q: Is a knight more valuable than a bishop?

A: This depends entirely on the era! In the past, Bishop's held vast quantities of land and had many, many servants, and vassals, and others of that ilk... they had access to the purse of the poor old peasant... nowadays the Bishop is under the watchful eye of the public; put one foot (or hand) wrong and they are under the watchful eye of the Judge! In the past, knights were merely soldiers and had no strings to pull... nowadays Knights are part of the so-called 'aristocracy', and, being on the board of some holding company or corporation gives them access to far more money than the poor old Bishop can lay hands on... not that any modern Bishop would want to 'lay hands on' anything!

Q: What are the people of Sardinia called? Is it polite to call them 'Sardines'? I mean, sardines take their name from Sardinia, so why not the people also?

Q: What are the people of Sardinia called? Is it polite to call them 'Sardines'? I mean, sardines take their name from Sardinia, so why not the people also?

A: I always imagined that they were the "very little people" a foot or so tall to be able to clean and pack those tiny fish, but I suspect that I may be wrong. In that case, maybe they're simply called Sardinians, which isn't so bad after all. They might have been called pilchards.

Q: Some people say that we will never be able to reach another star system and habitable planets because of the astronomical distances. Is that good or bad?



 

 

Q: Some people say that we will never be able to reach another star system and habitable planets because of the astronomical distances. Is that good or bad?

A: It's bad. Those people should shut the hell up!

Q: How did butter get its name?

Glennn - Q: How did butter get its name?

A: 'Butter' is the abbreviated form of the cow's full name. 'Buttercup' is a traditional name for a cow and is used in such movies as 'Little Men' (1940) and novels such as 'The Clumsy Cow' (Julia Moffatt & Lisa Williams published 2004). While we cannot get into the mind of the movie script writer (and novel writers) we suspect they named their cows 'Buttercup' to follow tradition. Some people in real life are also called 'Buttercup' (watch 'The Princess Bride' (1987) - we are not suggesting for a moment that Princess Buttercup looks like a cow

Q: Why are our toes in the order they are? Wouldn't we get better stability if our toe size was reversed, with the largest on the outside of the foot?

Q: Why are our toes in the order they are? Wouldn't we get better stability if our toe size was reversed, with the largest on the outside of the foot?

A: Yes, that would give us greater stability. So why the illogical placement of toes? Well, through extensive research, I've uncovered the sad truth that such things as number of fingers, position of ears, location and direction of hair growth, order of toes, etc. were determined by the roll of a dice . . . after god had disabled his dice-roll-predicting app.

Question?

Sorry.

What is used to stuff couch cushions?

What is used to stuff couch cushions?

A: Whatever is initially used is eventually displaced with coins. Yes, the coins that you lose enter the cushions through coin osmosis. If you slice open your cushions, you're find a treasure trove. Ignore your wife's protests as she will amply reward you for your genius.

Q: Are men smarter than women?

coluber - Q: Are men smarter than women?

A: When it comes to finding beer money, yes

Q: Why are some people said to be 'eagle-eyed'? I mean, structurally speaking, the eye of a human and the eye of an eagle are very different!

Q: Why are some people said to be 'eagle-eyed'? I mean, structurally speaking, the eye of a human and the eye of an eagle are very different!

A: An eagle eyed person has good vision, but they also have the ability to focus their attention precisely to the matter at hand without getting distracted. The opposite would be ADHD. An eagle with attention deficit hyperactive disorder would have difficulty spotting food from a mile high viewpoint.

Q: Bald eagles are notorious thieves, often stealing food from other birds. Is this an apt symbol for America? Benjamin Franklin suggested the more practical turkey for an American symbol.

Q: Bald eagles are notorious thieves, often stealing food from other birds. Is this an apt symbol for America?

A: (wrong answer game, eh) Well then, no, it is not an apt symbol of America.

Q: They say that oil and water don't mix. What if we put them together anyway?

Glennn - Q: They say that oil and water don't mix. What if we put them together anyway?

A: But we do Glennn! Many proprietary products contain oil and water! (eg shop bought salad dressing***). The sump of your car engine also contains water which gets well mixed in with the oil when the engine is running (unle$$, of cour$e, you own an electric vehicle). There is nothing to fear from a mixture of oil and water... See Matthew 14, 22:33 for an account of a person who disregarded the possibility of there being oil in or on water when he went for a stroll across the water, as was witnessed by thousands

*** Follows here a list of the ingredients of 'Thousand Island' salad dressing (now you know how this dressing got its name!)

Ingredients: Water, Sugar, Vegetable Oil (Antioxidant (320)), White Vinegar, Gherkin Relish (Sugar, Gherkin, Water, Salt, Food Acid (260), Mineral Salt (509), Vegetable Gum (415 for Soy), Preservative (223)), Tomato Paste (6%), Salt, Free Range Whole Egg, Maize Thickener (1412), Mustard Flour, Food Acid (330)

Q: Why is a 'bad' car called a 'lemon'?

Q: Why is a 'bad' car called a 'lemon'?

A: It actually isn't. The term originated as the result of a typo in a letter from a disgruntled car buyer to the auto dealer who sold him a particularly shyty car. In the letter, the car buyer referred to the car as a "demon." However, the D came out looking like an L, and since people associate lemons with something sour, the term seemed apt and the rest is history.

Q: In the winter, there are bright red berries on shrubs. But no matter how hungry the birds are, they won't eat them. Why not?

Glennn - Q: In the winter, there are bright red berries on shrubs. But no matter how hungry the birds are, they won't eat them. Why not?

A: This is true only of certain red berries... there are other red berries that the birds can't get enough of! In fact, red berries are very attractive to birds! The ones you speak of are sure to be growing on plantings near to take-away food joints... John & Mary throw their food scraps on the ground... most foods from said take-away food joints are full of fat, which the birds need in their diet... why eat red berries that give you the trots when you can have the remnants of a greasy hamburger, fries, ribs etc and for free?

Q: Why is a rabbit's foot considered lucky? It wasn't very lucky for poor old Peter when it was attached!

'Here comes Peter Cottontail
Limping down the bunny trail...'

Q: Why is a rabbit's foot considered lucky?

A: It's not as simple as you might think. In the old days, in order to acquire the mystical luck located in the foot of a rabbit, one had to first catch the rabbit barehanded and remove its foot without getting bit. If you could pull it off (pun intended), you were one lucky son of a bitch.

Q: How do we know that plants like it in out homes?

Q: How do we know that plants like it in out homes?

A: If you hear: 𝅘𝅥𝅮I'm singing in the rain𝅘𝅥𝅮 they're happy.

If you hear:
𝅘𝅥𝅮All day I’ve faced a barren waste,
Without the taste of water, cool water.𝅘𝅥𝅮 They're unhappy.

Q: What is a board foot?

coluber - Q: What is a board foot?

A: (1) This is the foot that is being ignored when one is playing 'footsies' under the table... with nothing to do, the ignored foot soon becomes bored - (2) This is the foot that is attached to the leg of a certain brown-noser board member and is being trampled under the Board Room table by the bored board members - (3) This could be a mis-spelling of the word 'Footer', which is an addendum to the main body of the text... I think you will find that if you turn the page you will find the missing part viz., - 'er attached'... despite a thorough search of various dictionaries and other publications, no other explanation exists!

Q: How did the Kraken gets its name?

Q: How did the Kraken gets its name?

A: By doing some legitimate research, I discovered kraken is derived from the Norwegian word kraken, a twisted, malformed tree, and is related to the word krok. Undoubtedly, after a long, boring voyage, the sailors relate the sighting of a giant squid and transform it into a hyperbolic monster. The whole tale of a kraken literally becomes nothing more than a "krok."

Q: What's the weather like in Chile?

coluber - Q: What's the weather like in Chile?

A: The background to the spelling of Chile is a perfect example of a compromise... depending on where you live in the country, the name used by the local people in the cold parts is 'Chilly', with 'Chili' for the hot parts... the cartographers, land assessors, land surveyors, mapmakers and topographers etc held a great congress over these spellings and decided (as mentioned) on a compromise, and chose CHILE... therefore, knowing what the weather is like in Chile depends on which part of the country you are inquiring about... cold part weatherwise = COLD and hot part weatherwise = HOT

Q: Butchers are well-known for 'boosting' the weight of meat a person wishes to purchase by pressing their thumb on the scales... why don't the authorities amputate all butcher's thumbs so as to put an end to this evil practice?