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Scrabble

As there are a finite number of legal words in the game of Scrabble and a finite number of positions that they can be placed, has a computer program ever been created to discover the highest...

simont

Fountain or Fount?

My wife and I have been arguing about the phrase 'Fountain of all knowledge'. She says it's 'Fount of all knowledge'. Can anyone tell me what the correct phrase is and for a bonus where it...

AB Editor

Dear AB'ers, The technicians tell me that the issue with the "Next 20 Questions" has been resolved. Our apologies for the inconvenience, and our thanks for your patience. We believe that most of the...

magentared

collective nouns

Like a murder of crows or a mischief of mice, what are people's favourites??

PeterHe

Meaning of a Dutch Expression?

What does this Dutch expression mean and what is the context to use use it? "Ik heb een boontje voor jou" Thanx

PeterHe

Help with some Dutch Proverbs

Can someone help me with the meanings of the following Dutch Proverbs (& context U would use them): "Spijkers op laag water zoeken." "Er zit een haar in de boter." "In nood eet...

madgeezer

Human Body Question with no answer?

Why does the male species of human shiver when they finish urinating? What is it called (the proper medical term) ? Are we the only species to develop this or do any other primate/mammal on earth...

cliffie47

The effect of solar radiation on global warming.

Global warming seems to me to be an excuse to tax the poor motorist. I think it is due to an increase in Solar Radiation. Is there any data on Solar radiation? is it measued each year? Is it the major...

smudge

AB Ed - Why Ban my OJ Simpson thread?

AB Ed - Why have you banned my OJ Simpson thread? Is there an ulterior motive?

Dsg

Cut - Off Text

Until the problem is corrected. Users can help by only including four or five words on each line of their question !!

ChocClare

Cut off questions

The new-look Answerbank is fine and dandy except that text on the right of the question seems to get cut off, so that I occasionally have to guess what the question is. If I double-click on the...

daithebus

U S A States

How many States of the U. S .A .have a Pacific coast?

razorback

latin instruction

which 2 word latin instruction or direction in the theatre,which translates as `they go out` means that all actors must leave the stage

doyleboy

dinosaurs

What killed the dinosaurs

cliffie47

Gravity

If the sun was magically removed in a split second it would be five minutes before it got dark on earth. When would we feel the effect of gravity, imediately or in a few minutes?

Pootle

Football commentators

Why do some football commentators feel the need to try and pronunciate some foreign footballers's names in a foreign accent? Are they trying to impress and be clever? Who cares. I'm willing...

Ashley

Rating stars...

I think it would be quite nice if all the stars you gained were totalled!

smudge

Upgrade - Paragraph Memo.

Before the AB upgrade, you had to return twice to obtain a new paragraph. Since the upgrade, you only have to return once, otherwise you'll get a double para spacing, which takes up so much space. :0)

bernardo

Banned Answers

I was checking to see what my banned answers were, and I noticed that my most recent "banned" answer (Q. 89123) does not have the "This answer is banned" thingy across the top of it like it used...

laura678

coins

when did the half pence coin go out of circulation

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