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'Sexed Up'

I am sick to death of hearing & reading the saying 'Sexed Up'. Where did this originate (America I wonder?) & what's it got to do with sex anyway?

strozzi

Capital - Capitol

The US Congress building is the Capitol but the seat of government of a country is normally the capital. What's the origin of the 2 different words ?

DBusby

Worst F1 drivers

Who are the wrost, and least successful, F1 drivers of the past 10 years? A top ten list would be nice.

strozzi

Answerbank related questions & articles.

I've often seen Answerbankers referring to the fact that when you ask a question a list of related topics is posted before you are asked if you still want to post your question. I have doubts about...

Lennon

Famous people and their scars

Every scar tells a story. Whenever I watch a film or TV and I see someone with a distinctive scar, I am always intrigued to find out how they got it. I know I can find it out on the web, but I can't...

strozzi

Meaning of Scottish name Jock

I thought that the name Jock was a reference to someone from Scotland. I've read that Jock has equivalents in other countries e.g. Jacques (France), Giacobbe (Italy) and Yakow (Russia). My curiosity...

maitre d'

Jacob

I think there could be a jacobite rebellion soon if all this jacob-ish stuff goes on much more - we've had his cheese [as it were] his ladder, his sheep [well I didn't] not to metion his party, joy,...

drochit

Jacobs Organ

Many animals use their Jacobs Organ to recognise and greet each other. What exactly is this organ, and do we humans have one as well ?

crowdpleeser

Plane tickets

What is the cheapest plane ticket from Amsterdam to Hungary?

Pinotage

# - why do Americans call it a POUND sign

# - why do Americans call # a POUND sign when they use it as an abbreviation for NUMBER - eg '# 1 best seller' (its real name is an octothorpe)

sypher

Huge Plasma Screen shown on BBC1 News

Can anyone tell me where I can hire a plasma screen that is the same size as the one shown on the BBC1 National News?

Einstein

Why do they do it?

Why do people post questions here, such as 'which county is a particular place in', when a google search would produce the answer in about 2 seconds? Surely if they are savvy enough to work out how to...