Further Frequently Unanswered Questions

Masked Intent: de Young Museum, San Francisco (photo by the author)

Further Frequently

Unanswered Questions

by Jamie Jobb

These knuckleball queries erupt from a phone-interrupted rudely-awakened nap, or a tossed-night of turning: the thoughts that pop into a writer's head upon emerging from The Deep.  What follows is another list of impossible interrogatories to recall the initial list of Frequently Unanswered Questions, first published here and the followup list of FUQs published here. Click the question to find Google’s answer.

How brave was Noel Coward?

How bossy is Bruce Springsteen?

How fast is Taylor Swift?

How nice was George Meany?

How tall was Hiawatha?

Who solved Nelson Riddle?

What kind of fox was Eartha Kit?

How deep is Hemingway’s iceberg?

How many neighbors in a sisterhood?

How many cowboys in Indio?

Where is Otto’s Grotto?

Who does His Majesty look up to?

Whose majesty is Our Majesty?

Who knows "other persons known and unknown"?

Who tips ethnic servers on the internet?

Who suffers blacklash?

Who keep vegetables in a vestibule?

Who has it “your way” in Norway?

Who arrives at “the end of the day”?

Who wins unfair and square?

Who needs a second-hand lotion?

Who repairs pews for Jews?

Who builds unaffordable housing?

Who cooks a brutal noodle?

Who plays the Sooners later?

Who was Jefferson Starplane?

Who tickled Cuddles T. Cozy?

Who was the first homeless astronaut?

Who wears a bald sombrero?

Who runs a showrunner?

Who expects to be seasonally punctual?

Who plays hard-to-forget?

Who judges intercourts?

What’s an interocept?

What propounds an amateur boxer?

Should astronauts use space heaters?

When an architect writes a column, should it be doric or ionic? 

What’s beyond comparators?

How long is one metric uncle?

What’s behind the Ate Ball?

What’s malicious compliance?

What’s a most unappealing apple?

What deters French henchmen?

What do bathtub men drink?

What should authorized personnel write?

What should midwives do on Labor Day?

Where should we find pizza repairmen on line?

Where is Bogus Tidewater?

Where do drivers get their feet wet?

Where’s the Sierra Desert?

Why drive on cold shoulders?

Why not just sit down and dance?

Do eyesores damage the optic nerve?

Can you hear Bronx Cheers in Brooklyn?

Who shoots fake selfies?

Did high-school cruising spark global warming?

Did Jesus have a half sister?

Did Jesus condone prophet-sharing?

Does redlining have a silver lining?

Does Davenport Iowa afford sidewalk luxury?

Should a midwife study animal husbandry?

Should a justice-of-the-peace also be a pacifist?

How should one serve a gag order in a restaurant?

Should God order deviled eggs?

What did Jesus wear, as a teenager?

What do autobiographers drive?

When are ventriloquists dumbfounded?

If we have out-of-state plates, should you eat off them?

What determines disfavored speech?

What sinks relationships?

Where do clams let off steam?

Where are dentists indentured?

When is an answer out-of-the-question?

Why does nobody listen to my logorrhea?

Covid Reflection: de Young Museum, San Francisco (photo by the author)