Curiosity Questions

Why do humans enjoy listening to sad song?

Why do humans enjoy listening to sad song?

Where's the evolutionary link to our survival or reproduction?

duddy   390   1 Reply

bolbol

Stamps on Stock Exchanges.

Stamps on Stock Exchanges.

Are there stamps from different countries on stock exchanges?

prashantakerkar   480   4 Replies

prashantakerkar

Olympics Wrestling and Weightlifting games.

Olympics Wrestling and Weightlifting games.

If i am not wrong, wrestling and weightlifting sports both require strength, power and might. Can a Olympic gold medal wrestler also win a gold medal in weightlifting and vice versa?

Prashant S Akerkar

prashantakerkar   422   3 Replies

byakushisakura

Cricket Helmet.

Cricket Helmet.

Does the helmet worn by the batsman in modern day cricket cover the neck? If not, this can lead to neck injuries to the batsman stuck by the ball?

prashantakerkar   280   3 Replies

Anonymous

Cricket or Football Origin First?

Cricket or Football Origin First?

Cricket or Football Origin First?

If I am correct, Both Cricket (England, Europe) & Football (Europe) are the Origin where the outdoor games were started.

1 Football started from which country in Europe?

2

prashantakerkar   339   10 Replies

Anonymous

SNA Diseases

SNA Diseases

Could a simple viewpoint help in dealing with cancer, hereditary diseases, and viral diseases?

     This simple viewpoint is:  ordered orderliness vs. ordered disorderliness as far as the nucleotide rungs in the DNA molocule

CarlLinnaeus   290   2 Replies

CarlLinnaeus

Sky races in future Olympic games.

Sky races in future Olympic games.

Similar to land (bike, car) races and water (ship) races, can there be sky races, say helicopters, in future Olympics games? Will prime security be the obstacle for sky races?

Prashant S Akerkar

prashantakerkar   266   N/A

prashantakerkar

Tracing Ancestors / Forefathers names

Tracing Ancestors / Forefathers names

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogy

Is it possible to trace Ancestors / forefathers origin names ?

I mean

Great Great Great Great Great ........... Grandfather's first name from Father's side?

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prashantakerkar   2641   39 Replies

prashantakerkar

Mixing 750ml of 190 proof alcohol into 128oz of juice. What is the alc.proof or % of that mixture?

Mixing 750ml of 190 proof alcohol into 128oz of juice. What is the alc.proof or % of that mixture?

I am Mixing 750ml of 190 proof alcohol into 128oz of apple juice.  What is the alcohol proof or % of that mixture?  Thanks in advance

John D Adkins   386   1 Reply

bio_man

What sort of force would be needed to push the moon out of its orbit around the Earth?

What sort of force would be needed to push the moon out of its orbit around the Earth?

What sort of force would be needed to push the moon out of its orbit around the Earth?

psyche360   537   1 Reply

bolbol

Outgroup role in relative rate test

Outgroup role in relative rate test

Recently I've bumped into a research concerning molecular clocks and I'm really struggling with understanding the way relative rate test works, specifically the role of "outgroup sequence" in it, I don't understand the way ou

Funny Walrus   883   2 Replies

bio_man

Humans climbing trees olympics game

Humans climbing trees olympics game

https://www.google.com/search?q=humans+climbing+trees&oq=&aqs=chrome.0.69i59i450l15.-1j0j7&client=ms-android-lava&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

Do you feel Humans climbing trees (Coconut, Bamboo etc) could be co

prashantakerkar   352   2 Replies

prashantakerkar

Additional three joker cards available in a pack of 52 playing cards.

Additional three joker cards available in a pack of 52 playing cards.

Additional three joker cards are available in a pack of 52 playing cards.

What are the different playing cards games where joker cards are being used?

Thanks & Regards,
Prashant S Akerkar

prashantakerkar   334   2 Replies

prashantakerkar

Do you believe in possibility of life in other galaxies?

Do you believe in possibility of life in other galaxies?

With over a hundred billion galaxies in the universe. It is hard for me to believe that there is not at least one other solar system with life. Especially, when some scientists claim that they have already found some exoplanets that can be like Earth

patrick65   332   2 Replies

patrick65

Rest day in a Test cricket match.

Rest day in a Test cricket match.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_cricket

If i am not wrong, there was a rest day after 3 days play between both the cricketing nations in the 5 day test match.

Is this rule now discarded ?
In case yes from which year and

prashantakerkar   287   1 Reply

duddy

Telephone call on hold feature in Wired technology

Telephone call on hold feature in Wired technology

Is this feature possible in wired telephone voice calls technology (Digital and Analog exchanges) similar to Wireless technology in Smartphones on keeping a phone call on hold and then speaking with another person on call?

If Not, Why?

prashantakerkar   251   1 Reply

bio_man

Train derailment reasons & causes.

Train derailment reasons & causes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derailment

What are the major reasons & causes for Train derailment?

Thanks & Regards,
Prashant S Akerkar

Post Merge: 4 years ago

Thanks

prashantakerkar   267   1 Reply

bio_man

Possibilities of being able to break known biological limitations

Possibilities of being able to break known biological limitations

Hello, so to give some background context to my question, I was playing around with thought puzzles in my head about the many-worlds interpretation of quantum and the notion that all possible variants would come about. I ended up arriving at a place

mhk293   258   2 Replies

mhk293

Upanayana ceremony rituals in Hinduism.

Upanayana ceremony rituals in Hinduism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upanayana

https://www.instagram.com/p/CFL7mlZp2Zc/

Recently in March 2020 month, we performed the Munj
of my 10 year old son. During the actual Muhurtam time ritual (which was at 9:52 am), my w

prashantakerkar   329   9 Replies

bio_man

If the sun is in space, why is there light on earth but not in space?

If the sun is in space, why is there light on earth but not in space?

If the sun is in space, why is there light on earth but not in space?

90daytona   247   2 Replies

90daytona

Courier delivery services - Home & Office oarcel collection.

Courier delivery services - Home & Office oarcel collection.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courier

Will it beneficial to the courier services company in terms of operations of recieving the courier parcel from their customers at their residence or office? i.e. parcel collection services

T

prashantakerkar   426   3 Replies

bio_man

Did the Loch Ness monster ever exist?

Did the Loch Ness monster ever exist?

My guess is that it may have been a large sea creature, thought to be extinct that somehow made it's way into the Loch Ness for a period of time before going back to the sea and thus only the original sightings hold any efficacy.

The

ryann   274   6 Replies

ryann

Crosswords on Palindrome words.

Crosswords on Palindrome words.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palindrome

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossword

Is it possible to create crosswords only on Palindrome words?

Thanks & Regards,
Prashant S Akerkar

prashantakerkar   588   1 Reply

bio_man

Running commentaries in Outdoor & Indoor Sports.

Running commentaries in Outdoor & Indoor Sports.

https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-lava&sxsrf=ALeKk01LQdTQ10UTj_W6j4CiG9XCyehicQ%3A1599282191765&ei=DxxTX-6WLoGf4-EP2_eiSA&q=running+commentary+in+sports&oq=running+commentary+in+spirts&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1z

prashantakerkar   255   1 Reply

bio_man

How are bullet proof tires made?

How are bullet proof tires made?

How are bullet proof tires made?

ryann   253   2 Replies

ryann

Scrabble games for Chess Glossaries & Terminologies.

Scrabble games for Chess Glossaries & Terminologies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_chess

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrabble

Can there be Scrabble games and tournaments dedicated to Chess Glossary and Terminologies?

Thanks & Regards,
Prasha

prashantakerkar   274   1 Reply

bio_man

Dice board games with characters and unicode characters.

Dice board games with characters and unicode characters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dice

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode

Are there board games available played with Dices of any shape having characters or unicode characters or combination of both numeric, character,unicode ch

prashantakerkar   388   3 Replies

bio_man

Mixed 6 players Volleyball matches.

Mixed 6 players Volleyball matches.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball

Can there be Mixed 6 players Volleyball international matches played in the future?

Mixed 6 players : 3 Male, 3 Female.

Example :

USA v/s Poland
England v/s Ar

prashantakerkar   685   6 Replies

bio_man

Scrabble board game re-engineering.

Scrabble board game re-engineering.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrabble

1 Do you feel the Scrabble game could become interesting if the number of board squares are changed from 225 to 256 or 196?

2 If the geometrical board figure is changed from Square to Recta

prashantakerkar   277   1 Reply

bio_man

Bank Safe Deposit Locker use case scenario.

Bank Safe Deposit Locker use case scenario.

https://www.google.com/search?q=bank+safe+deposit+locker+rules+and+regulations&oq=&aqs=chrome.2.35i39l5.-1j0j7&client=ms-android-lava&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

Use case scenario
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I

prashantakerkar   305   7 Replies

bio_man

Basketball court surfaces.

Basketball court surfaces.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_court

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_court

Basketball sport is played with Hardwood or Concrete surface.

Do you feel it will make a difference to the Basketball pla

prashantakerkar   2739   1 Reply

bio_man

Football at the Summer Olympics.

Football at the Summer Olympics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_Summer_Olympics

As per the Statistical records, USA with 4 Gold, Hungary and United Kingdom with 3 Gold medals tied are the top three countries.

What are the different reasons for th

prashantakerkar   334   4 Replies

duddy

FIFA world cup matches till date.

FIFA world cup matches till date.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_winners

Your opinion & views on this.

As per statistical records, Brazil with 5, Italy & Germany tied at 4 wins are the top three countries.

What are

prashantakerkar   3583   3 Replies

bio_man

Maximum number of votes tie.

Maximum number of votes tie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_India

This could be the rarest case maybe where two contestants from two different political parties gaining the maximum number of votes are in a tie.

i.e. Same number of votes.

prashantakerkar   448   1 Reply

duddy

Archery boards geometrical shapes.

Archery boards geometrical shapes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archery

https://images.app.goo.gl/arhVidMPdczLqh4p7

1 Can Concentric Rhombus Archery board shapes make a difference to the Archer ?

2 Can Revolving Concentric Circles or Revolving Concent

prashantakerkar   552   5 Replies

duddy

Chess game variation.

Chess game variation.

While playing chess with my son came with a interesting variation.

Can you share me your opinion regarding the same?

Variation
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White & Black will alternatively make 1 and 2 moves turn by

prashantakerkar   529   3 Replies

bio_man

Why the sky color is blue?

Why the sky color is blue?

Why the sky color is blue?

ryann   247   1 Reply

bolbol

Famous Poets & Singers.

Famous Poets & Singers.

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets.html

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-147019/

Do you feel the Famous poets who compose and write poems are always / also good singers?

prashantakerkar   569   8 Replies

bio_man

Gada (mace) fighting contender in Olympic games.

Gada (mace) fighting contender in Olympic games.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gada_(mace)

Do you feel Gada fighting can be considered a good contender in future Olympic games?

Notes
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1 Rules to be formed for the same similar to Boxing, Wrestling, Fencing

prashantakerkar   656   6 Replies

bio_man

Famous Left Handers in the World.

Famous Left Handers in the World.

https://bestlifeonline.com/famous-left-handers/

https://www.google.com/search?q=famous+left+handers+in+the+world&client=ms-android-lava&prmd=insv&sxsrf=ALeKk00Rlgp_8x1owduBIjZMu3lwm5FJ2Q:1585804769834&source=lnms&tbm=is

prashantakerkar   289   1 Reply

bio_man