Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/January 2011

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January 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 1

1. Text question-answering services
2. Can anyone explain what's on the TV in this picture?

January 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 2

1. Jets/Giants
2. Hat type
3. Ref desk meta-question
4. (Catholic Saints)
5. Garlic Paste Problem

January 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 3

1. How does this quadruple-amputee do the required rituals in life?
2. Arachnology
3. Song Sample
4. Skimming foam from lentils
5. What is the coldest major city in Canada?
6. Personal Hygene

January 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 4

1. place in connecticut
2. Is it worse to be a 9/11 Truther or an Obama Birther?
3. general secretaries of communist party of india marxist
4. who are some famous people from the war-torn region of Darfur?
5. Photograph
6. Themed days such as National No Smoking Day - who registers them?

January 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 5

1. Wrists
2. Presidential Silver Award
3. LGBT understanding
4. What skill set
5. NIGHT-TIME PARKING LIGHTS IN BRITAIN

January 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 6

1. The end of the land
2. turmeric where to purchase
3. Amazing Adventures Of Spider-man Ride

January 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 7

1. golf membership for over 80,s
2. Giant checks

January 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 8

1. Photographs of convicts

January 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 9

1. Could anyone identify this city for me?
2. Military terms or language
3. IPO
4. Queen Victoria's Succession to the throne of England
5. Question (Divorce)
6. How to get to John o' Groats?
7. Department store with the most floors
8. Kansas, in area, compared to other states, pre 1912
9. Time between Logan airport and Back Bay Station

January 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 10

1. Roy Cleveland Sullivan (February 7, 1912 – September 28, 1983) was a U.S. park ranger in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.
2. help finding Wikipedia basic design info.
3. Identify who the statue in the picture is of
4. No Japanese elevator companies in Switzerland?
5. 2010 mailing address

January 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 11

1. Weight gain as a result of Calories intake
2. Very silly question unlikely to be answered
3. An uplifting question
4. Sending a customer complaint to the top
5. Electric hand drill keyed chucks - opening and closing?
6. Who are the people in this video and why are they doing these things
7. Queensland floods
8. Limited Company Owning another company

January 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 12

1. video ads
2. Pens drying out

January 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 13

1. Adelheid. Wittgenstein and the Bishop
2. Grosseto worth a detour - any Italian can tell me?
3. recipe for a mexican dinner

January 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 14

1. Ouker/Ochre vs. Oquirrh
2. Thames Valley Eggs
3. Hat

January 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 15

1. how many law students are there in the US?
2. Seven Reasons Why I only have left-handed gloves
3. What was that all about ?
4. City Map of Aryanah
5. Hip Flask
6. Street: same direction, different name
7. hyperhomocysteinemia
8. A tough interview question.....
9. ADD NAME TO SAXOPHONIST LIST
10. What enclosed structure has the largest single interior space?

January 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 16

1. Heartbeat (ITV police drama) episode 360 series 18 "The Middle Of Somewhere"
2. Alcohol and 21-year-old rule in the US
3. how to create a facebook page that links to wikipedia?
4. Soldier Field, Chicago
5. Identify Hoover Vacuum Cleaner

January 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 17

1. Car alarm problems
2. Art
3. Toggle bolt
4. I want to be an Entrepreneur......and something is holding me back...

January 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 18

1. Entering historical information on a person
2. wwp. what does it stand for?
3. Pro sports and concussions (head injuries)
4. Buying a damaged car and then finding out that it was prior salvage before the minimal damage you bought it with??
5. Identify the city
6. mining the farmland

January 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 19

1. How does this donation site work?

January 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 20

1. rat
2. Jan Van Riebeek
3. nude ads on internet
4. Men's dress shoe: leather vs. rubber
5. Fujilift
6. Vintage La-Z-Boy Identification

January 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 21

1. Wessex and related topics
2. Country map with dots?
3. Tornadoes in Kansas

January 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 22

1. secretary of state rice
2. Auto insurance rates
3. Drill Instructor Hitting Recruits
4. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BRANDY AND WHISKY?
5. CRICKET SCORE OF LAST MATCH BETWEEN INDIA AND SOUTH AFRICA?
6. mechanical pencil mystery

January 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 23

1. Finding family in Czechoslouakia
2. Porn
3. Looking for a book by Beverley La Haye (article in Wikipedia but link not working)
4. Digital wall clock with analogue face?
5. question
6. The Germans' fear of the "cold steel"
7. Sugar "free"

January 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 24

1. Speed limit of a developing economy
2. Daily Mail Talk Page
3. How much land would be freed if people stopped eating ice cream
4. Belief about extra-terrestrials, particularly related to circular patterns and mushroom fairy rings
5. Travel Insurance - Not a request for medical or legal advice.
6. spencers orchard bradford on avon

January 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 25

1. "environmental impact fee" on long distance bill
2. Repetitive phrases
3. Pincode in Kolkata
4. Gelatin source
5. What does Ebay want to choke out the smaller sellers?
6. Why does e-bay not let shippers use FedEx?
7. How much better is Amazon Auctions than Ebay?
8. childrens book called pug
9. Alcohol
10. Editing A Page

January 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 26

1. US presidents' approval ratings
2. Leaf blowers
3. Status of European Union recording copyright extension?
4. what is the right provided to waqf board
5. Chains hanging from truck and bus axles

January 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 27

1. Where did answers to my question go?
2. Phone hacking
3. Anti-fat-woman movement

January 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 28

1. Yellow H boxes in the UK
2. What are the largest outdoor recreation tradeshows in the US? Can I find a list?

January 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 29

1. How to control land crabs?
2. NRI'S from Tamilnadu and kerala

January 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 30

1. When was Dr. Robert H. Horwich born.
2. Lee vs. Lee Cooper
3. Definition/guide needed
4. GPA
5. Location of Razitsia
6. Weight of a CD + all artwork/booklet + plastic sleeve = ?
7. Image request site

January 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 January 31

1. Russian probing bomber flight
2. political geography
3. Homeowner Associations