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How is an unassisted triple play accomplished in baseball?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
September 21, 1984
Why do women athletes tend to be flat-chested?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
September 14, 1984
What's the origin of the "F" word?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 31, 1984
If spaghetti is Italian, why is it sold by Franco-American?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 17, 1984
Will initials carved on the side of a tree always remain at the same height?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 17, 1984
Can I mail a brick back to a junk-mail firm using the business reply envelope?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 10, 1984
Where does the suffix "-arama," as in "foodarama," come from?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 3, 1984
Why do we have sinuses?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 3, 1984
What is supposed to happen when you land on "Free Parking" in Monopoly?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 27, 1984
Why were they so late putting tearstrips on cans of frozen lemonade?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 27, 1984
Is there such a thing as a gay animal?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 20, 1984
Was Nostradamus really able to predict the future?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 13, 1984
Did a French vaudeville star once specialize in trained flatulence?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 6, 1984
Why do I sneeze after every orgasm?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
June 29, 1984
How come tornadoes always seem to wreck mobile homes but never cities?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
June 22, 1984
Why do wintergreen Life Savers spark when crunched?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
June 15, 1984
Is it OK if I let my dog pee all over somebody else's shrubbery?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
June 8, 1984
What U.S. presidents won in the biggest landslides?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
June 1, 1984
Do you "go down three times" before drowning?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
May 25, 1984
How do roller coasters work?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
May 18, 1984
Why are crossword puzzles symmetrical?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
May 11, 1984
What's the story with cattle mutilations?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
April 27, 1984
Why do we say a "pair of pants" when there's only one of them?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
April 20, 1984
Who decided saints have halos?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
April 13, 1984
Can you kill bugs by squirting them with Ivory soap?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
April 13, 1984
If everyone in China jumped off chairs at once, would the earth be thrown out of its orbit?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
April 6, 1984
Would a glass of water in space freeze or boil?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 30, 1984
Would a glass of water in space freeze or boil?
By Cecil Adams
March 30, 1984
Will all humans one day be the same color?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 23, 1984
Can rats swim up through the (urk) toilet?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 16, 1984
Did they finally solve the four-color map problem?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 9, 1984
Where does the term "86" come from?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 9, 1984
What's with publishers' sweepstakes? Do you have to subscribe to win?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 2, 1984
Does a pig have a corkscrew-shaped penis?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 24, 1984
Does adding more gas line antifreeze than recommended hurt or help your car?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 24, 1984
Why do metal objects feel colder than wooden ones?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 17, 1984
Do radiation-nullifying pills actually work?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 17, 1984
How come if I stare long enough I see a reverse image?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 10, 1984
Is it dangerous when your leg falls asleep?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 10, 1984
Did a stoned babysitter once microwave a baby?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 3, 1984
Is it possible to control bugs by making them sterile?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 1, 1984
Has the U.S. ever minted a mill coin?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 27, 1984
Does a woman retain traces of her male partner after giving birth?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 13, 1984
In Spanish surnames, why is the 2nd-to-last surname the "real" name?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 13, 1984
What's up with cat hair balls?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 6, 1984
Why are manhole covers round?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 6, 1984
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 1, 1984
What's the origin of "Third World"? What are the first and second worlds?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 1, 1984
What, literally, makes us laugh?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 1, 1984
Why does my old social security card say it can't be used as ID?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
December 16, 1983
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