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November 1
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Holocaust
Why are American textbooks so verbose?
May You Help Me?
Cats, drawings of
New York Times Crossword
Racial attitudes toward children
multiple names for Middle Eastern figures
Who in the Obama Administration determines U.S. WTO policy?
November 2
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Countries that have never lost a war
Odin
Two questions about Julius Caesar (the play)
Battle of Reimerswaal
FX Question
EU President
November 3
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Ted Bundy Lawyer?
World Series -- 3 losses followed by 4 wins
Why is communism thought to be a bad thing?
No girlfriend
Unaware Prophesied Messiahs, Saviors, Redeemers, etc II
Red roses
Playing classical music on the piano
Nazi Concentration camp
November 4
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Hiroshima apology?
Negative view in U.S. multiculturalism
Negative view in Canada multiculturalism
Turkic World in Toronto
John II's nephew?
John I of Avesnes
did Hitler know allied countries would consider his murderous actions evil?
Looking for the outcome of a legal case (if it's publicly known)
payment
Title and Composer of Music in NFL TV Follies
November 5
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Multilingual legislatures
Orlando Navy Exchange
Unable to afford shoes
School comic book
Inaccuracy of Sub-Saharan African Population
Does Yoda have the FOXP2 gene?
Question about Jeffrey Dahmer's conviction
November 6
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Picture of Thomas Pynchon
Name that magazine article
cult religion
US military deployment policy
November 7
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What were the basic personality types listed by Charles Fourier?
Business law: What does (KG) mean in bankruptcy filings?
Billionaire lifestyle
Lewis Carroll quote
Guardianship of Floris V (1258-1266)
Richard Ramirez's execution date?
November 8
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Reasons for moonshine being illegal? (in the U.S.)
Baron and Count of Thurn and Taxi
Einstein's last theorem
Klimt
What was my salary in the year 19XX worth now, in the UK?
Which Saint Rose?
Iambic pentameter
death sentence and president approval
Christian Democratic Parties
Antigone
November 9
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Begrüßungsgeld
what is the relationship between truth and reality?
Romantic friendship
World War II British submarine sonar operators
Sstock markets
Humans arguing with God
State Visit
Evolution
god
DC Sniper's Execution
TICAD
crackdown on fakes
November 10
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Citizenship of the Queen
Creeds
Another question about DC Sniper
middle-eastern and white american interracial marriage
November 11
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History of neutering
Gastric pressure needed to vomit
Legality of To Catch a Predator
Very interesting geography question
Another tantalizing geography question
One more challenging Geography teaser
Most comprehensive search engine for second-hand books in the UK?
When did the changes in pre-trial Small Claims Court procedure in England and Wales come into effect?
Place in Lincolnshire, name of Tid
Hitler
Refusing to testify in death penalty cases
The separation of church and state
Gelatin, whey, and lard vs. Islam
Black immigrants in the USA
Communism
November 12
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The Difference Between Sunni and Shia Islam
Another challenging geography question
symbol
Show trials
Sacha Distel
Victor Hugo's religion
How do you call something that you assume to be true, but it is not a dogma for you?
Who are the Elfs of Tolkien
food prices
November 13
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What is the correct number of figures in Rodin's “Gates of Hell”?
History of Volkswagen
Interest rates and money flow
Health Insurance Costs in the 1960s
Man and God
380 villages destroyed by Ottoman Syrian Druze?
Ships used in the Battle of Lake Erie
History: how horrible was it?
Newton’s dark secret
November 14
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Town
Greek/Roman statue copy?
What percentage of people stopped from committing suicide make a second attempt?
american college costs
November 15
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Richest prostitute
Infante Pedro
Civil war in 60's America
How pauper burials are organised
question about the law
Swiss automobile laws
GDP + PPP
Late blooming millionaires and billionaires
Where to download historical daily values of UK stock market indicies?
Trying to find mining court case
Third Reich as successor state
November 16
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Business Question
Origins of football
Legitimacy
Highest paid prostitute
Picture of Meister Eckhart
templetax in the present times
What's the average cost of storefront rental at US airports?
Very challenging geography question
US-PRC trade imbalace
Odinga and Moi story in the 80s
Description of the library in the Doge's Palace, Venice
Literacy rate
November 17
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Polygyny in the Bible
update on benefit concert series
History of the ball and chain
Jade
Art style in poster
Tutsis and Hutu
Where is Mike Nifong now, late 2009?
Beauty-subjective or by choice?
What would happen here?
Seeking references for article improvement
What aspects of mainstream Neoclassical economic theory does the Austrian School reject?
Addiction, a cure that is lasting.
Art question
November 18
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King George III
Jesus teaching at a Temple
Can A professional Accounting Qualification can be considered as equal to Masters Degree
Azeri anthem
need an interesting building
LGBT and crime
Most Inbred European Royal Family
Films in the public domain
November 19
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Regulation D
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest - Criticism of Liberalism?
Residency and public records
Just Compensation in Kelo v. City of New London
Fair exchange between buyer and seller - so how come some people accumulate wealth?
economics
Coughing
Victorian Revivals
Presidential Middle Names
Are there any states or countries where the seat of government is not in that state or country?
Can diplomatic bags be sniffed?
Maritimes (Nova Scotia, PEI, New Brunswick) Article
Whatever happened to Learning Machines?
Tiger Woods
What is that rhombus-shaped strip of land between Iraq and Saudi Arabia in this map? (just west of Kuwait)
November 20
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Ismailis
The Language of Wine Reviews
Deleted Yoga Articles?
Early Black-rights campaigner
General knowledge question on capital city
Another geography question
Link between St.Louis IX's 5th son and the Royal Dutch family De Graeff
Herman Van Rompuy
Is Obama Conservative?
Correct colors in the Flag of Bhutan
November 21
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Corporate Legal rights
Bar Club discrimination
Heinrich von Treitschke
another geography question
Yet another general knowledge question
Was my grandmother jewish?
Book/website on modern US life in the tradition of Alexis de Tocqueville
The Christian Bible is the most successful book of all time
November 22
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Richest & most qualified wikipedian
Changing a patron saint?
update on international societies
Which empire's imperial expansion resulted in the most colonial deaths between 1492-1914
Why is science not kept secret?
Ferrara, Modena, Reggio and Parma
Tik-Tok of Oz and wireless telephones
Bondage
VIP and VVIP
year naming
November 23
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Graham
Eugenics today
4 Island Groups
NPOV analysis of US federal legislation
Inheritance for pets
Copyrighted US state laws?
Victorian Revivals
"Jacksonian mode of discourse"
Please indulge my speculation for a moment (naturalistic view of monotheism)
How does special education use funding they receive from the gov?
What is the best book on Alexander the great?
Galileo's fingers
Science-fiction novel with literary merit?
How could the US fine an overseas cartel?
November 24
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Old "high-tech" font
10 plauges of Egypt
Macabre mishaps at sea (literary?)
Interesting geography/history question
Free money promotions by online casinos
November 25
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Largest parliament buildings
Using animation to recreate news?
Is this really Romanesque?
geeks,freeks,and freekshow a famous artist
Psychological effect I: suicide on the train track
Psychological effect II: trauma after torture
Soundtrack on this video
Searching for a quotation
Germany question
Searching for a quote on writing
November 26
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Tashan Family- Turkey
ACORN
Sherlock Holmes' sexuality
Funding a genocide
November 27
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Muslims and Homosexuality
Difference between personal per capita income and per capita income
UK law/crime question
I have an interest in this field, what is it called?
Hungarian Forint *Certificates*?
psychology question
Port city moved to another country
The Women liberation reform of Peter the great
Battle of Magnesia
November 28
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The First Indo-European Tribe in Europe
Tartars of the Rhyn-Sands steppe (Nikolai Leskov)
Why do so many names of British branded medicinal products begin with the prefix "ben-"?
Name for type of joke
November 29
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Does Islam forbid football?
exact date in 1980
Diana Spencer
Germany Double Summer Time in the Second World War
What name was J R R Tolkien known by?
Map of International humanitarian aid given, by country
Song
Christadelphian and Advent Christian Churches in Sydney
November 30
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Research on Social Interaction / Craving
Roll/Role Credits
Sense of Time and Space when driving
Swiss judges/neutrality
Epic battles in 16th and 17th centuries
Looking for good fiction/non-fiction about female messiahs
Importance of good grades after some years
Article on and term for "reading to" (e.g. children)
ambassadorial appointments
Asian Indians and US Born Pacific Asians
Marcus Baebius Tamphilus (tribune of the plebs 103 BC)