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Impossible Questions Apr 28-May 1 2008
Monday April 28: Q: Which president, when asked what he would do after leaving office, responded "There's nothing left to do now but get drunk? A: Franklin Pierce
Tuesday April 29: Q: Why can't you melt salt? A: Techniclaly, you can, but you need a temperature of 1474 F
Wednesday April 30: Q: What war surplus item became dessert? A:De-hydrated carrots, into carrot cake...thousands of five-gallon cans
Thursday May 1: Q: A person can do 18 a minute, a machine can do 18-hundred -- what is the task? A: Stuffing pimentos in olives
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Impossible Questions Apr 21-Apr 24 2008
Monday April 21 Q: Why are women's buttons on the left?
A: When buttons were first used, they were expensive and only wealthy women had them. Since a maid faces the woman she is dressing, having the buttons on the left of the dress places them on the maid's right.
Tuesday April 22 Q: Which denomination of U.S. currency was the first to show the motto "In God We Trust"?
A: On April 22,1864, Congress authorized the use of the phrase "In God We Trust" on for the first time on a two-cent coin.
Wednesday April 23 Q: One-third of what circus performers have been killed? A: 'Human cannonballs' -- performers shot from cannons
Thursday April 24 Q: The prospect of vandalism forced what game to be renamed? A: Originally named "Puck Man", Namco's enormously popular "Pac-Man" game was retitled after executives saw the potential for vandals to scratch out part of the letter "P" on the game's marquee
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Impossible Questions Apr 14-Apr 17 2008
Monday April 14 Q: What was the first man-made object to break the sound barrier? A: The bullwhip was likely the first human-made object to move faster than sound. The tip of the whip breaks the sound barrier and causes a sharp crack-- a sonic boom.
Tuesday April 15 Q: The largest tax return of all time, 24,000 pages was filed by...? A: General Electric, which submitted a 237-MB e-filed tax return to the IRS in 2006.By some estimates, a paper version of the tax return would have been approximately 24,000 pages long
Wednesday April 16 Q: A telegram was sent to the 1939 World's Fair in New York using what animal? A: (The current from an) Electric eel.
Thursday April 17 Q: What was used to tell the temperature in the 1600's? A: Thermometers filled with brandy instead of mercury
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Impossible Questions Apr7-Apr 10 2008
Monday April 7 Q: Only 55-percent of Americans know that this is star A: The sun
Tuesday April 8 [BOTH ANSWERS ACCEPTED FOR SUPER IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION ON THURSDAY] Q: Who was the last U.S. President not born in a hospital? A: First answer announced, incorrect: Lyndon B. Johnson, born in a farmhouse in Texas in 1908. CORRECT ANSWER REALIZED LATER: Ronald Reagan, reportedly born in an apartment above a retail building in Tampico, Illinois
Wednesday April 9 Q: Who was Miss Canada in 2001? A: No one because Nicole Dunsdon, the last Miss Canada, completed her reign in October 1992. In 1991 women's groups had successfully lobbied to have the Miss Canada contest canceled, claiming it was degrading to women.
Thursday April 10 Q: What was the first safety feature invented for an automobile? A: The first safety feature for an automobile was invented in 1908 by John O'Leary. He patented a large net that would go on the front fender to 'scoop' pedestrians out of the way before they could be run over
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Impossible Questions Mar31-Apr 3 2008
Monday March 31 Q: Ninety-nine percent of this food crop is used to make Jack-O-Lanterns A: Pumpkins
Tuesday April 1 Q:You would think deer could eat this, but that's not the case A: Hay
Wednesday April 2 Q: This animal can put six-hundred worms in its cheeks A: The duckbill platypus
Thursday April 3 Q: The inventor of this toy hired two little people to play with his toys in the window of a store in 1914, and it became a hit. What was it? A: Frustrated at the lack of interest in his new toy, Charles Pajeau hired several little people, dressed them in elf costumes, and had them play with "Tinker Toys" in a display window at a Chicago department store over the Christmas season in 1914. This publicity stunt made the construction toy an instant hit. A year later, over a million sets of Tinkertoys had been sold
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