Questions vs Answers ???

[ova50]

Why is the name of the phobia for the fear of longwords Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?
I can only give you my opinions as to why.
Possibly to allow the person to look it up and face the fear alone.
Or to be cruel.

Why is it called a TV set when there is only one?
The original televisions consisted of a large picture tube and several glass tubes or valves (before transistors) in order to work. If you didn't have the complete "set"of tubes, or valves you didn't see anything.
Similar story in todays times, nothing to see on TV.

How did the headless horseman know where he was going?
The most obvious answers would be that he has an innate sense of direction or a very intelligent horse.

Why do they call it an escalator if it takes you down?
Jesse W. Reno , produced the first working escalator and installed it alongside the Old Iron Pier at Coney Island, In New York City in1896. Originally only used for moving people up an incline. In later years they were used in a downwards fashion. The word remained the same.

Why is it called football when you hardly use your feet?
The answer is in the name itself. It was named as such because the original measurement of the ball was 1 foot.

Do cows drink milk?
Cows do not need milk, although there are some cases where a cow will drink from another cow, dairy farmers refer to this as milk-stealing, which is different to stealing milk money.

Since we see little birdies when we just get knocked out, what do little birdies see when they just get knocked out??
This is a myth, it only applies to animated things.

Why is an alarm clock going "off" when it actually turns on?
To "Go Off" means to be discharged or activated; as in "the explosive devices went off", "the siren went off" or "the alarm went off".

If you wore a Teflon suit, could you ever end up in a sticky situation?
Yes, providing you could withstand the heat. Teflon begins to deteriorate after the temperature of reaches 237 °C ,and begins to significantly decompose above 350 °C.

Why is Grape Nuts cereal called that, when it contains neither grapes, nor nuts?
Grape-Nuts is a breakfast cereal developed in 1897 by C. W. Post, who was a former patient, and later competitor of the 19th-century breakfast food innovator, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg. Despite its name, the cereal contains neither grapes nor nuts; it is made with wheat and barley. The cereal got its name due to a resemblance to grape seeds, also called grape"nuts."
I have never had them, I'm more of a Coco Pops kinda guy.

Why are boxing rings square?
“In the Blue corner we have…………, and in the red corner we have…………”
If they were round, you would not have a corner to hail from, come out of, or go back to.

What's the opposite of opposite?
Same.

Are zebras black with white stripes, or white with black stripes?
If the area on a Zebra has more black than white, They are white strips. If they have more white than black. Black stripes.

What is another word for "thesaurus"?
Lexicon, dictionary are some.

What's another word for synonym?
Substitute, alternative and a few others.

Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
Because they were going to crash, why would you not wear one.

[NP99]

why is it that people all around me can catch fish but not me..?

I'll stand next to you. You'll start catching them then

[choppie]

That's easy.
The word 'politics' is made up of the words, 'poli' meaning'many' in Latin, and 'tics' as in 'bloodsucking creatures’

Correct answer, Go to top of class

[P4trol]

Why do they refer to a 4WD with a lot of accessories as having 'all the fruit'?

If you look at the brands, they are all animals eg. tough dog, old man emu, black widow, tigerz, foxwing, etc