Straight Dope Archive

How do they know what lethal gases smell like?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 7, 1997
Has anyone ever had sex in space?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 28, 1997
What was the Leaning Tower of Pisa for?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 21, 1997
A king's wife is a queen, so why is Elizabeth II's husband still only Prince Philip?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 14, 1997
How does one suck in a piece of spaghetti?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 14, 1997
Does a change in the weather make people's joints ache?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 7, 1997
Is hemp (nonpharmacological marijuana) the answer to our environmental problems?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 31, 1997
Is the lost city of Atlantis at the bottom of a lake in North Dakota?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 24, 1997
Why do older men have hair growing in their noses and ears?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 17, 1997
What are hiccups and why do we get them?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 10, 1997
What is déjà vu?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
December 27, 1996
Did medieval lords have "right of the first night" with the local brides?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
December 20, 1996
Did aspartame (NutraSweet) cause Gulf War Syndrome?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 29, 1996
What happens if the earth stops spinning?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 22, 1996
What's the likelihood of suffocating a child sleeping in your bed?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 22, 1996
How did Bazooka Joe lose his right eye?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 22, 1996
Is U.S. income tax invalid because Ohio wasn't legally a state when the 16th amendment was ratified?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 18, 1996
Is there a door in St. Peter's basilica that's opened once every 100 years?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 15, 1996
In Thoreau's Walden, what are "tit-men"?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 8, 1996
What's a runcible spoon?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 8, 1996
In Steve Miller's "The Joker," what is "the pompatus of love"?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 25, 1996
What are the six flags that have flown over Texas?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 18, 1996
Why are furnaces vented outdoors but ovens aren't?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 11, 1996
Why do most storms in North America move from west to east, but hurricanes move east to west?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 11, 1996
Is uranium added to false teeth to give them a natural glow?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 4, 1996
Is there any surefire way to stop telemarketing calls?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
September 27, 1996
What did people in the 1900s call the decade in which they lived?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
September 20, 1996
Is the earth about to enter the Photon Belt, causing the end of life as we know it?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
September 13, 1996
Does "in like Flynn" refer to Errol Flynn's success with women?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
September 6, 1996
Does the U.S. government keep alien spaceships at Area 51?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 23, 1996
If Jumpin' Jack Flash is a gas gas gas, at what temperature would he become a solid?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 16, 1996
Do left-handers die young?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 9, 1996
Why do you see pairs of shoes hanging by the laces from power lines?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 2, 1996
In "Blinded by the Light," what exactly is the lyric following the title phrase?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 26, 1996
Whatever happened to "Planet X"?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 26, 1996
Do cats always land unharmed on their feet, no matter how far they fall?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 19, 1996
Is there an official Olympic everything?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 12, 1996
What's the best way to sterilize myself without telling my wife?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
June 28, 1996
If aircraft "black boxes" are indestructible, why can't the whole plane be made from the same material?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
June 21, 1996
Was Isaac Newton a virgin?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
June 21, 1996
Will tapping a pop can keep the carbonation from exploding on opening? Plus: why do we tap cigarettes?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
June 14, 1996
Has IBM discovered a way to teleport objects?
By Cecil Adams
June 7, 1996
Did a flying saucer crash near Roswell, New Mexico in the 1940s? What's with this "alien autopsy" movie?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
May 31, 1996
Riddle me this: how can 68 + (3x1) = 70?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
May 24, 1996
Why won't "club stores" let me shop there?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
May 17, 1996
What does "Judas Priest" mean?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
May 10, 1996
Why do baseball fields have a checkerboard pattern in the outfield grass?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
May 10, 1996
Is it "feed a cold, starve a fever" or vice versa? And should you?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
May 3, 1996
How is the city elevation shown on road signs and maps determined?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
May 3, 1996
Can you feed dogs and cats a vegetarian diet?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
April 26, 1996
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