Ask Mike: Ask a stupid question
Hey Guys,
September 28 is “Ask a Stupid Question Day.” It’s a day when students are encouraged to, well, ask their teachers stupid questions. The point is to show that there is no such thing as a stupid question, because the only stupid question is the one not asked.
That’s all fine and dandy for kids, but as adults, we all know that there are, in fact, plenty of stupid questions being asked every day. Many community members on Yahoo! Answers have asked for opinions on the stupidest question ever asked. Here are some very strong contenders for that dubious distinction.
Questions that answer themselves…
How big is the 12″ pizza?
What kind of metal is in gold?
Are all circles round?
When you write fiction, can you make stuff up?
Questions with no answer…
What came first, the chicken or the egg?
What happens with an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?
If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why’s it still #2?
Why does Donald Duck wear a towel when he gets out of the shower, but never wears pants? (A riddle worthy of the Sphinx.)
Questions from celebrities…
“Is this chicken, what I have, or is this fish?” — Jessica Simpson, while eating tuna fish (aka the chicken of the sea).
“What’s Wal-Mart? Do they sell, like wall stuff?” — Paris Hilton
“Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?” — George W. Bush
Those are just a few classics. What are some of your favorite “dumb” questions? Now’s your chance to ask, so sound off in the comments below.
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some of my favs are
“How do you drown a fish?”
“How fast is slow?”
it could be encouragement for kids to ask inappropriate questions but it would still be dealt with accordingly.
Fine i agree
these are the heights of stupidity
We can post some questions to the answers too
Where do we come from and where are we headed?
and you always have to remember,there is no stupid questions…only stupid people
I think people and fish can coexsist.
whats the number of 911???
When someone says, “Come here,” reply, “Why?”
My favorite questions are:
Can I go to the bathroom?
It’s just so stupind i mean you would know if you were able to not somone else.
Aslo another one is:
How tall is small?
You list “If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why’s it still #2?” under questions with no answer. There IS an answer. The #2 refers to the ‘hardness’ of the ‘lead’ which is actually graphite.
theres no stupid questions only stupid people
What do chickens think we taste like?
Since Americans throw rice at weddings, do Asians throw hamburgers?
Do fish get thirsty?
You can’t forget Disney World’s favorite question-
“What time is the 3 o’clock parade?”
Well, I guess any question asking to define something, like how fat is skinny or how light does it have to be out side to be considered bright would be a question without a definate answer because everyone has a different definition of how bright is bright outside and how fat is someone if they are considered skinny.
Stupid questions stir emotions like funny, not funny. It might not be a stupid question after all if you really think about it and try to come up with an answer.
How about these examples that pop up in the Y!A Aircraft forum?
“Why don’t they make planes out of black box material?”
“Why aren’t there parachutes or ejection seats on airliners?”
OR this gem which comes up in the Hunting forum: “What can I hunt with an airsoft gun?”
Did the end of the world occur in the year 2000?
Babies come from the stork.Don’t they?
I was going to point out the pencil having a REAL reason, but that has already been corrected. Stupid questions on here include the people who ask the SAME QUESTION day after day, and it is listed 3 times already on that page. I wish Yahoo would qualify that as abuse to stop it. A REAL stupid question would be What’s the capital of Mars? or When you open a bag of cotton balls are you supposed to remove the top one(for those who still remember the cotton ball on top of medicine bottles).
Wow… haha. Wal-Mart, does it sell wall stuff?
I guess if you’ve never heard of the store you wouldn’t know what they sell. So it’s not stupid. It’s just funny.
It also proves the fact that she is a celebrity just because of the money her family makes.
What time is the 6 o clock news on? A friend of mine asked me this, and she was dead serious.
how do you call 911?
(on a chat room) how do i talk?
how fast would a train be moving if the train driver had the foot on the brake for half an hour?
what was i supposed to ask?
i like this question: what page is page 73 on?
What I love is that tomorrow is my birthday. I have always loved that my birthday was the same day as ask a stupid question day!
Is this a stupid question?
ha ha what color is pinks hair
very cool im going to do it tomarrow
What is a free gift? Aren’t all gifts free?
Would a fly without wings be called a “walk”?
What’s another word for thesaurus?
How do you throw away a trash can?
If a pizza is round then why do they make the box square?
If you put a slinky on an escalator, would it go on forever?
Why is abbreviation such a long word?
If a turtle doesn’t have a shell, is he homeless or naked?
You Know the saying “Quit while your ahead”. Well, if you are ahead why would you want to quit?
lmao… bwahahahaha :p
When I was teaching middle school science, I got a doozy…
When we fire rockets into outer space, how do the rockets get ‘out’ of the earth?
Made for an interesting lessen teaching layers of the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrospere, etc… but these two girls just couldn’t understand the concept. They thought that if outer space was ‘out’, then we must be ‘inside’ the earth…never mind that you can see the stars…
why do we have to ask stupid questions?
What were Marie Curie’s personal character traits/skills/interests/strengths ?
what is the meaning of life
what is the meaning of life
In street fighter do they yell HADOUKEN
why are people alive
how come we are not dead when were born
What’s a teacher’s occupation?
“I’m hungry, what should I have to eat?”
This was in the Rock & Pop section.
some questions I like are,
What colour ink does a red pen have?
What hand do lefties (or righties) write with?
How do you pronounce the word, super? (spoken out loud)
What colour are red blood cells?
The answer to the question about the chicken and the egg, the answer is actually the egg. Egg laying animals came long before the chicken, so there were eggs before there were chickens.
is our children learning….
wow. that grammar is terrible.
and no, because school, according to kindergarten, is to prepare you for the adult world.
i don’t see a lot of prepared people, do you?
oh wow… my teachers are gonna hate me tomorrow
“is the united states a country?”
“can i ask a question?”
How do you spell FBI
have you ever had shoes without shoe strings?
hey s maybe some people do that because they are trying to get answers. not all question are answered and not all question are given a good answer
what is hotter that the sun?
What is cooler that ice?
Hey you asked stupid questions
dont people already ask stupid questions everyday
Some questions can sound stupid but are actually good ones. For example, I asked this question on YA:
How many Three Stooges were there?”
I believe the correct answer is, “seven”.
One famous stupid question is:
“When was the war of 1812 fought?”
The correct answer is: 1812 – 1815.
what does “condoms to go” sell
Milk? Is that a movie about the guy who invented milk? (actual overheard question)
whats the number for 911 ?
When did the War of 1812 start?
I was also going to tell about the #2 pencil question, but someone beat me. They DIDN’T say that a #1 pencil has softer graphite and the higher numbers are harder. Of course, artists pencils are so varied, they go by numbers AND letters to define THEIR hardness. I much prefer those to graphite because I can see what I wrote easier on newspaper.
Why is clear considered a color?
Why do you feet smell and your nose runs?
Is drilling for oil boring?
Why do they call it quicksand when it sucks you down slowly?
Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive-up ATM?
Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
Why don’t you ever see the headline “Psychic Wins Lottery”?
A stupid question is a question that has already been answered.
I always love it when you go to a doctor for an ache or pain that you’re experiencing. And they always ask,
“What kind of pain is it?”
Ermm… the kind that hurts?
If the question was asked by George Bush, there’s a 99% chance it was a stupid one.
did u ask this question ?
how far is near?
I have found that when you ask ANY kind of question, you find out things you needed to know (which never occured to you before).
If this isn’t stupid enough, it’s definately random enough.
Do you think that if Pimp My Ride would do an episode with a tank it would be able to guest star our president and the govenator( Arnold Can’t-Spell-the-Name)?
If everything we eat “tastes like chicken”, then what does chicken taste like?
lols my favorite is from homer simpson
what’s the number of 911?
What colour is the White House?
there are a lot of stupid questions. I hate this the only stupid question is the one that isn’t asked bullshit. What type of questions do stupid people ask then? Are they only intelligent for that second they ask the question then return to being dumb afterwards?
When is the 10 o’clock news on?
My favorite stupid question:
Are we there yet?
my dad always just replied, “does it look like we are there yet? No? Then we must not be there yet.”
Whats the point of stupid question day? Is it to make people feel smarter or just better about themselves? =]]
Um… I can most certainly answer your so called unanswerable questions.
What came first, the chicken or the egg?
It’s not really asking the question you see. The real question behind the question is “Do you believe in creationism or evolution?” Which is a question everyone can answer.
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?
The unstoppable force would bounce off of the immovable object and change direction.
If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why’s it still #2?
The #2 refers to the size, not the popularity
Why does Donald Duck. wear a towel when he gets out of the shower, but never wears pants? (A riddle worthy of the Sphinx.)
In cartoons you have to use a lot of references everyone understands. If he wasn’t wearing a towel you wouldn’t know he just came out of the shower, if you saw him come out of the shower, then you would know he is completely naked. Disney wouldn’t do that. If he’s wearing something he isn’t wearing nothing, which is the whole reason he doesn’t wear pants… you have to know he’s a duck.
What day is friday the 13th on?
These are ones I’ve actually heard:
Are cats supposed to have fur?
Why do we eat? Is it because we are hungry or something?
“Can I ask you a question?!”
…. You just did. -_-
I’ve heard this one too on Y!A:
“How do you ask a question on Yahoo!Answers?”
or as simpsons homer says,
“I hope i didnt brain my damage”…
When your in space, witch way is up?
why does goofy stand up when plutostands on four feet? never understood that!
Actualy there ARE stupid questions, and Bill Engvul (idk how to spell it), the creator of my favorite jokes ever, the “here’s ur sign” jokes, proves that to us all the time
Infact i thought of my own whill I was at my highschools football game.
So a man steps out of his car in the parkinglot of a football stadium, wearing a jersy, facepaint, and a foam finger, and a man walking past asks him “You goin to the game?” “Nope I parked my car here to walk 20 miles to the airport so i can fly down to texas where our next game is,” Heres ur sign!!!
(sorry i wanted to repost cause i made alot of mistakes in the last one
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Is there a limit to the amount of questions I can ask?
So am I allowed to ask stupid questions on a non stupid question day?
If someone were to outlive their own death sentence, would they be set free?
If lighting struck me less than 3 times but more than 8, would I turn into light?
Do you ever think cats will ever bark and dogs will ever meow?
How is it that dark matter isn’t visible yet we know it’s there?
How come white, black and transparent are considered colors?
How do you describe life to someone who’s dead?
Why do people reveal secrets to people on tv, and then go and tell those people not to reveal their secrets?
If I become immortal, how can I kill myself?
Do we really revolve around the sun or does the sun really revolve around us?
In Spanish class a girl said “How do you say si? Oh Yeah Si!” It was a “you would have had to of been there” moments. It was more funny than it was stupid though.
Donald duck wears the towel when he exits the shower because he’s wet… thats why.
Does Ice Cream melt?
How much wood could a wood chuck, chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?
Do we breath air?
Can u play a wii with just me?
if your have red highlights and have a baby, will your baby come out with red hair?
quick whats the number for 911?
How do I call 911? There’s no 11 on the phone!!! DX
How big is the size small?
“What colour is a mirror?” and when you answer them… “But how can you know???”
Something funny to do would be, “do you have the time?” asks a stranger and you reply “yes” and walk away.
Ok. Here’s a classic stupid question. When was the War of 1812? Answer-1812.
how is babby formed
how girl get pragnent
Who let the dogs out?
Some of my fav.s
what time iz the noon meating
what flavors do they put in a cherry flavored lolly pop
When does alive after 5 starts?
where do babies come from?
What’s a stupid question?
Can I ask you this question and also not ask you this question?
hmm you have to be careful when stating that there is no such thing as a stupid question because to the average person, some go a little too far but nice topic to bring up for discussion.
“what class is this?”
my geography teacher said that he’s had students that have gone a whole semester thinking it was geometry class. sooo, i guess it’s not really a stupid question
Did Adam and Eve have Belly Buttons?
In high school, one of my teachers had a saying. “Don’t be afraid to ask stupid questions. They are much easier to handle than stupid mistakes!”
How many players do you have to have on a 53-man NFL roster?
“How do you make a backwards “d” ?
hah I saw this one on yahoo answers
made my week!
What is the exact speed of stupid, and how do we measure it?
If you want to say something, you have to “put your two cents in”, yet you only get paid “a penny for your thoughts.” So where does that extra penny go?
Why does nobody know who’s in the tomb of the unknown soldier? Open it up and look inside already.
How is it that no matter where the Starship Enterprise went (including visiting strange new worlds and new civilizations), how is it that everyone they encountered speak perfect English?
Why is water wet?
Sorry to disagree. If asking questions that have no answers is stupid, then scientists and philosophers (and perhaps other categories you can think of) are the stupidest persons in the world!
Some questions may prove to have answers after serious thinking. (And at least you won’t know whether there is really no answer unless you ask.) Sometimes other important findings can be made even if no answers can be reached, because what’s more important is in the thinking.
Asking seemingly “stupid” questions is also a source of creativity. That’s why some people say children are creative but gradually unlearn their creativity after they have learned something else.
If a table has three sides, how high must the sun be in order to buy a pound of nails for two dollars?
how long did the Seven Years War last? (hint…..not seven. technically).
I actually overheard this one at the zoo from an adult:
“Komodo dragons? Dragons are real?”
Third day of school, during the MIDDLE of a english lecture, a student raises his hand and asks:
“When’s the school science fair?”
If we didn’t live what would we be?
How do you cure someone with no problem?
If we couldn’t talk what do you think we would say?
Yep there really are some stupid Q’s!
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they are really funny, thanks!!♥
Like teachers don’t have ENOUGH to do these days, teaching dumb kids and dodging bullets … NOW they’re ENCOURAGED to answer stupid questions. Good Lord, what a waste of time and taxpayer money.
Why don’t super glue get hard in the tube?
Who is buried in Grant tomb?
Is water wet?
Why did the chicken cross the road?
When is a boy not a boy?
how do you deal with a boring frien while even you cant talk to them?
How Dead is dead
Why do they call it toothpaste if it doesn’t stick to your teeth?
What is the biggest ant or an elephant?
I work at a bar and i have to deal with men’s comments all the time..I’d like to know why thier wife/girlfriend/date give me drama & a hard time and not the guy they are with? Do these women really think im working to take thier man away? Whats the deal with these women? They are crazy!! This may not be considered a common stupid question but it just may be one that is impossible to answer ‘or’ it just may be the most stupid question you’ve been asked..What do ya think mike?
Do ghosts have flatulence?
Can I ask you a question?
Are you asleep?
Why do we do it anyway when someone says don’t look behind you?
Can blind people still cry?
how old is the worlds oldest man?
If a tree falls on a man in the middle of the forest, does he still make a sound?
Why Did they Name the White House… The White House?
What color ink does a blue pen have????
It’s unbelievable how many people who can not answer this very simple question:
You are 37th in line to go on a roller coaster. How many are in line in front of you?
This question came up in a 5th grade, AP Math class. None of the students had even a clue on how to solve this problem. I was amazed!
One student even wrote for an answer, “It is impossible to know because I don’t know how many total people are in line.”
Finally, I actually drew pictures showing how to get the correct answer.
Just curious. How many of you can answer this simple math problem?
When you eat food while traveling on a plane do you gain less weight?
if I pass the person in 2nd place, what place am I in?
how much dirt is in a hole 3 by 4 meters wide and 2 meters deep
–none, holes dont have dirt
I remember asking a dumb question once:
To a woman who traveled to her home country. I was like: How did you know where to shop?
So dumb!!
what is the science definition of native species?
i had a friend once who asked my schience teacher if we breath in to out lungs were dose the air go. the weerdest part was she could not understand that she had answerd he oun wueschon and why it was true. lastly she was in 6th grade at the time?!!!!
was she just seeing if the teacher was taking her seariosly or was this real.
p.s. she can not act
to J.C. the answer is 37 if you are 37th in line 37 people are before you. the class probibly knew the answer in the back of there head but thought it was to simple and tryed to find a more complex answer but when they could not find one they simply concluted that there was no aswer
why arent planes made with the same material as the Black box?
#2 pencil’s name has to do with graphite density, and not popularity.
What happens when an emergency vehicle with its siren howling comes across a school bus with its red lights flashing?
Does the emergency vehicle stop until the red lights are turned off or does it blow past and risk mowing down kids?
My favorite in YA! ? would be
“can you recommend me some books to read? I like…”
there are always at least three of these on the book page at any given time and the list of “I like” books is basically the same…seems like people could just read the questions people already asked and answered…a thousand times
When you write fiction, can you make stuff up?
Many people think fiction is all made up stuff; however, when you study fiction genre in literature, you realise that writers have certain hidden convictions to this genre that they cannot make stuff out of it or it will be awkward.
So the answer is, yeah to some extent ONLY.
Oh, there are absolutely stupid questions. My favorite?
“Who invented water?”
Sadly, this one came from my own brother. I was forced to disown him.
when did 9/11 happen?
There are no stupiud questions, just stupid answers.
write more often
Nice.
(1) Do fish drink water?
(2) What is in a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich?
(3) In which part of the sky do I find Polaris?
I like the following question.
Press the any key to continue. “What key is the any key?”
I don’t think the question about Donald Duck is so stupid. Why wear a towel when he doesn’t wear anything down there anyway? LOL.
But if there are no stupid questions, what do stupid ask?
It’s unbelievable how many people who can not answer this very simple question:
You are 37th in line to go on a roller coaster. How many are in line in front of you?
This question came up in a 5th grade, AP Math class. None of the students had even a clue on how to solve this problem. I was amazed!
One student even wrote for an answer, “It is impossible to know because I don’t know how many total people are in line.”
Finally, I actually drew pictures showing how to get the correct answer.
Just curious. How many of you can answer this simple math problem?
…..
that is just really sad..the answer is 5 lol jkjk
the answer is 36
Well, once our teacher called my friend by name and asked What is your Name?
Ok so i tell my friend one time i fell off a 2 story building and she asks “DID YOU LIVE?!?” she was serious….
Our math teacher asked a simple question she couldn’t even answer once. So the students helped the teacher with the problem for a chance XD.
How much does a $5 foot long from subway cost?
Should I join chorus or choir?
how long is the show 60 minuets?
How do alphabetically order m&ms?
What do batteries run on?
Do files get embarrassed when they get unzipped?
Do clowns wear really big socks?
Do witches run spell checkers?
When I erase a word with a pencil, where does it go?
Does that screwdriver belong to Phillip?
Do you know the muffin man?
When night falls who picks it up?
When day breaks who fixes it?
Where does your lap go when you stand up?
If you mated a bull dog and a shi-tzu, would it be called a bullshit?
Why is it called a “drive through” if you have to stop?
Why are Softballs hard?
Can blind people see their dreams?
What color would a smurf turn if you choked it?
Can women put their mascara on with their mouth closed?
Why are they called stairs inside but steps outside?
If corn oil is made from corn and vegetable oil is made from vegetables then what is baby oil made of?
Why do dogs hate it when you blow in their face, but stick their head out the car window?
the other day, at a party that had an assortment of dips, my friend asked “where does a guacamole plant come from?”
what’s the number for 911?
out of all the 26 letters of the alphabet, how many letters are there?
Dear Mike, the What came first, the chicken or the egg? Question, is not a stupid question, nor is it a question that can’t be answered. The answer has been shared time and time again, yet people just seem to ignore it.
The Answer is the egg, assuming that the question is asking whether the origin of the species began with an adult, or an egg. You see, for speciation to occur, the new offspring must be so genetically different through minuet changes in their DNA that they would no longer be able to create viable offspring with members of the species that proceeded it. And because these changes in the DNA would be determined before the egg is even laid, the egg is what came first, because that first chicken came from that first chicken egg.
You seem like a guy that likes information, so I thought you’d find that interesting. Cheers!
if someone was to ask you what your name was would you say your name or what your favorite color is?
what color is the green grass?
how do you spell this?
*you may not have understood this question, but i asking how do you spell the word “this”*
not trying to sound like a nerd or anything…..
….but the question go hard right
…..
……i know, i know!!!
Can you call my freind to ask her for her phone number? Can you drown a fish? Can you go to the bathroom for me, im watchin TV.
haha! That’s the same day as my birthday!
why are they called hamburgers when there made of beef?
Did the romans live in rome?
my 2 fave questions i hear from my bffs are
hey you know how much the $5.55 pizza is from hungry howies??
or
hey did you see that guy with that hair over there??
im usually like well ya i see alot of guys with that hair!!!
wiiiiii yes i agree one question: the earth is flat?
T_T
all people have blue eyes?
Ok, if goofy is a dog, and he drives a covertibal, plays golf, and lives in condo, but pludo who is also a dog, lives in a dog house, chases cats and walks on all fours??
What color is the white house?
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck would?
How long is the hour test?
Why do they say the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon?
What color is black hair? LOL!!!
I see many of this questions and they have funny answers like them
Why does Hollywood always use this in funeral scenes? “As we walk through the shadow in the valley of death” My question is: Why does it have to be a valley? Why can’t it be a beach, or a mountain, or a forest…why does it have to be so morbid also?
What’s the point of asking questions?
If dogs smell like wet dog when they get wet, why don’t people smell like wet people when they get wet?
How do you shoot a gun without bullets?
How do you smell a odorless smell?
What are rubber bands made out of?
Is there a person shorter than a ginger bread man?
Are glass cups made out of glass?
Did Adam have a belly button?
How many pieces of chicken come in a 10 piece bucket?
How long would it take a monkey with a wooden leg to kick the bottom out of a lead bucket — true or false?
Someone in my class once asked “I know its a civil war but who are they fighting against?”
If there’s no such thing as a stupid question, what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart all of a sudden, just in time to ask their question?
Some favs:
Why don’t they have mouse-flavored
cat food ?
Why is not pi equal to 3 to make life much simpler?
my friend looked at me one day completely serious and asked me, whos in the tomb of the unknown soldier??
umm hun, if we knew that, it wouldnt be the tomb of the UNKNOWN soldier. hehe
once we were eating sugar Halloween cookies shaped like pumpkins, again she looked at the label that read “sugar pumpkin cookies”
an looked at me and asked “Do these sugar pumpkin cookies taste like pumpkin to you??”
no, because they are SUGAR cookies that are SHAPED like pumpkins….
i love my freinds
The first chicken laid the first egg! Not the other way round:p
God created living creatures, some of which then laid eggs. Tadaa
We project to the outside what we are. So see stupidity all around and also in questions. We understand what we want to see and that depends on our unconscious background, that we have established during our life, through our education and all influences we have received. Many of those questions are not stupid if we can see these from another level, beyond our limited mind set…
BeiYin
Sophie, you are as dumb as those 5th graders also lol the answer is 36, not 37. If you are the 37th person in line, then in front of you would be 36, since you’re the 37th.
HEY WHY IS THE SKY BLUE? WHY IS THE OCEAN WIDE? WHY IS A MOUNTAIN HIGH?
100% genuine question from my sister a few years ago.
I watched Titanic last night and loved it, but why did they have to spoil it by telling you it sank at the beginning?
My stupid question is:
How many hours are in 24 hours?
“what does this joke mean?”I always have this question and noone answer me just laughing at me,I don’t know why.
My 8-year-old son went on Facebook while I was at work and asked me whether he had permission to go on the internet.
I said, “Duh, you’re already ON the internet!”
What’s the difference between a string?
What came first, the chicken or the egg?
It is not a trick question.
Maybe for stupid people it is.
I love this article! Asking stupid questions = fun
One time I was in Califorina (Los Angeles), visiting my Dad. I live in Seattle, and wasn’t gonna be back for like, 2 more weeks. My friend called me up one night, at 9′ o clock at night, (which is early for us) And said to me, “So, what time is it over there?” I answered, “What?” She repeated,” What time is over there in California? Is it like, 3 a.m.?” I laughed at her and said, “It’s the same time as yours.”
“REALLY?!?!? How?!?!”
“Robyn, I’m not in a different time zone. I’m one state, over. XD”
“Oh….”
I count that as a stupid question. Then I said, “No wonder you’re failing Social Studies!”
Can i just say to the person that said …
“How do you drown a fish?”
Its not a stupid question as it can be done ,Pull its tail towards you and it drowns them .Its a bit sick but yes it can be done
the best is if the circle of life is a circle then why dose life end?
i think these are so weird. almost as weird as opisit day
-Where was the battle of Lexington and Concord fought?
-What was the color of Colonel Brown’s white horse?
-If a bus leaves Chicago at 3:00 p.m., traveling 50 mph, -making 5 stops, heading to New York, what was the bus driver’s name?
-Is King George III, the one who ruled around 1776, alive?
SOME of my favorite stupid questions. But, as my mother would say, “no question is stupid, no question at all”
My stupid question of the day:
What does the Pause key do? If I click it and nothing happens, does that mean that it’s working?
How many minutes are they in 1 minute?
What metal is used in steel?
What colour is red nail polish?
Where is the North Star?
What color are oranges?
When lightning strikes the ocean, why don’t ALL the fish die?
Is 12 am in the morning?
Why is it called the Superbowl, if its for football? Shouldn’t that be what you would call a bowling tournament?
What color is brown sugar?
“Have you ever seen a fire department on fire??”
How many months have 28 days?
(Hah… trick question.
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Paris Hilton’s is the funniest! LOL
When is the 4th of July?
How to spell para-acetylaminophenol .
How to spell paracetamoxyfrusebendroneomycin ?
What came first, the chicken or the egg?
Sorry, Mike , I disagree. That’s not a stupid question, That’s a hard to answer question.
What came first, the chicken or the egg?
Do you know the answer?
Mike,
#2 on the pencil indicates how dark or light the pencil actually writes — and ranges from 9H (lightest) to 9B (darkest). And the reason why HB pencils (or #2) pencils are most popular in the US and the around the world is that it takes very little pressure to vary the appearance of letters on paper and especially, in the US, for writing test papers — it is dark enough to be read by computerized systems, yet light enough to be erased without smudging.
So many stupid questions! This proves that world is full of stupids especially USA.
MY FAVE:
How do you forget?
How long does 60Minutes go for?
Can you put chicken salt on chicken?
is this a stupid question?
lolz this was on my B-Day!! xD
But mine is when some one gets in trouble and the principle will yell at you to get in there office or something and the person in trouble just responds “Why?”
Where do babies come from?
Sorry, but the kids have the right to know :]
I’ve always told my students that the only stupid questions are those which, if you thought about them, you would know the answers to. In other words, I want them to think first, then ask.
Why is A the first letter of the alphabet?
Isnt DC the capital of Maryland?
(question about the Capitol) the capital of what?
Why airplane’s blackbox doesn’t have black color?
there are no stupid questions, only inquisitive idiots.
if toothpaste is truly a paste,why dont out teeth stick together?
This is funny, coming from someone who works for Yahoo Answers. Making a blog about all the stupid questions on Yahoo Answers yet never doing anything about it. And allowing kids as young as 13 on there who post the stupid questions in the first place.
I had a person ask why they always see the Pope on TV, but never his wife.
“Why is it that a fly flies, but an elephant don’t elephant?”
Some of those questions Mike and other people are listing aren’t stupid at all.
Is the 4th of July on the same day every year? Well duh, Becky, It’s always on the 4th.
Why is it called alcoholics anonymous when the first thing you do is stand up and say
“hi, my name’s Bob. I’m an alcoholic”?
why is egg called egg?
why is water wet?
I don’t see anything funny in questions like:
How old is the world’s oldest man?
Do fish drink water? (the answer to this question differs)
When was the war of 1812 fought? (practically it lasted a few years, so…)
Why did you suggested them?
how do you spell twelve?
how much is a dollar bread?
once my friend looked me in the face and saw the lipgloss on my lip and asked me if i had on lipgloss.
The #2 pencil question is stupid. #2 is the size of the lead.
how long is a five dollar foot long and how much does it cost?
mike what is your name?
When was the War of 1812?
there are only five REAL stupid question.
“is this a stupid question?”
“WHY WONT THIS STUPID PULL DOOR OPEN?!?!”
“Whats in a hamburger made of beef?”
“How tall is someone who’s 5’5?
“What flavor is choclate pudding?”
oh, and one more…. (this is the one that is the MOST STUPID!!!)
“ISNT TOKYO MEW MEW AWESOME!!!!???” (let me answer that… NO NO NO NO NO!!! FMA IS!!!)
to J.C. the answer is 37 if you are 37th in line 37 people are before you. the class probibly knew the answer in the back of there head but thought it was to simple and tryed to find a more complex answer but when they could not find one they simply concluted that there was no aswer ~Sophie
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If you’re 37th in line, there’s 36 in front of you.
Just draw it up and you’ll see.
how’s this
How old is a 95 earth year-old human?
True of False: If a mix yellow pain with number paint what puncuation should i use?
Where is the top drawer?
LOL.
I Like this 1:
If the pizza is round then why is the box square?
what’s the number for 9-1-1?
Is ice cream cold?
Questions never speak. Those who never speak can never be stupid.
There is nothing like a stupid question in this world.
Why aren’t planes made of the same material black boxes are made from? I hate the dumb-asses who ask this question and think they’re geniuses. If it were light enough we might as well make cars and lots of other things out of it too.
Heres a good one! Go up to your geography teacher and ask them exactly how heavy the water on earth is. that will make them think!
Some of the questions posted aren’t stupid at all like “What’s hotter than the sun?”….Answer ” Many other stars”.
Anyways, here’s my contribution:
” Who owns the internet?”
None of the questions are “stupid”, in fact Some of the answers r…!!!
“How do you drown a fish?”
Believe it or not, it is actually possible to drown a fish. All living things need respiration by some means
Mike, whats your name?
how old is a thirty year old man?
Does 2+2=22?
Does 1+1=11?
how do you have babies
how do you spell the word a?
if you can melt dry ice, can you swim without getting wet? – Steven Wright
where is the burlin wall
who is justin bieber
if you are going to buy a pair of boots that cost $97 and you borrow $50 from friend #1 and $50 from friend #2 to buy the boots and you get $3 change. so you give each friend a dollar back and keep a dollar for yourself. now you owe each friend $49. well if you add that together you get $98 and you add the dollar you kept yourself it equals $99 where did the other dollar go?
Who is Bob; And why is he so spongie???
My absolute favorite:
Can I ask you a question?
darthawesome, you made some valid points in your comment yet you didnt seem to think the following question through all the way:
what happens when an unstoppable force hits and immovable object?
your answer was that the unstoppable force would bounce off and change directions. thats incorrect. if it were to “bounce” off then the force would have to stop going in that direction and then start moving in another direction. in other words. FAIL.
whats fire made of?
Why can’t teachers respect students since they know that population is because of them?
Although I know it was somewhat of a joke there actually is an answer to the #2 pencil question. Pencils are ranked on type; the numbers are what we see in the U.S. while the letter systems are used by much of the rest of the world. #1 (B) just means a black pencil. #2 (HB) means hard black. #2 1/2 (F) is fine point. #3 (H) just refers to hard. (Like #3 colored pencils.) # 4 (2H) a softer pencil. There is a much more complex grading chart, but those are what the numbers correspond to in the U.S.
The egg came first. Anyone who says otherwise is either a troll (for instance, all creationists) or needs to go back to high school.
My Favorite?
Witness — He threatened to kill me!
Judge — Did he kill you?
Witness — ….
What subject do you learn in math?
What are the first three letters of the ABC’s?
How do you use scarf in a sentence?
If you didn’t get the last one, it’s stupid because the question is using scarf in a sentence. You can replace it with any word, actually.
if you are going to buy a pair of boots that cost $97 and you borrow $50 from friend #1 and $50 from friend #2 to buy the boots and you get $3 change. so you give each friend a dollar back and keep a dollar for yourself. now you owe each friend $49. well if you add that together you get $98 and you add the dollar you kept yourself it equals $99 where did the other dollar go?
What is the answer? I can’t get $100!
Did Jesus write the bible?
How many cups of sugar does it take to get to the moon?
@Dayna Some of those questions are dumb, and I can’t answer all of them.
how long is the show 60 minuets?
As long as the name suggests.
How do alphabetically order m&ms?
By colour.
What do batteries run on?
Cathodes and electrons.
Do clowns wear really big socks?
If their feet are big.
Do witches run spell checkers?
On MSWord, I’m sure.
When I erase a word with a pencil, where does it go?
Into the eraser.
Does that screwdriver belong to Phillip?
Some of them do.
Do you know the muffin man?
Not personally.
When night falls who picks it up?
God.
When day breaks who fixes it?
God.
Where does your lap go when you stand up?
In front of your thighs (in the air).
If you mated a bull dog and a shi-tzu, would it be called a bullshit?
Impossible senario.
Why is it called a “drive through” if you have to stop?
Because you don’t have to leave the car.
Why are Softballs hard?
Because of the way they are made.
Can blind people see their dreams?
Yes. Electric signals in the brain give them mind-sight during sleep.
What color would a smurf turn if you choked it?
Purple.
Can women put their mascara on with their mouth closed?
I can…
Why do dogs hate it when you blow in their face, but stick their head out the car window?
Our breath stinks.
I got the answer for u question !
Q : “How to drown a fish?”
A : “Cut the gills.”
can a jedi lightsaber cut through superman?
if you put a raisen in a cup of water does it turn back into a grape?
why is sandwhich bread square if bolony is round?
do vegitarians eat animal crackers?
these are the questions that haunt me…