How do airlines price tickets? My question comes from the following example. A round trip ticket on American Airlines’ direct flight from RDU to London Gatwick is more expensive than a round trip ticket on American Airlines from RDU to Rome that goes through London Gatwick. This includes EXACTLY the same airplanes from RDU to [...]

There currently is a popular rap song with the lyric “My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.” What is a milkshake? What does it mean in this context?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: Milkshake (for the hungry masses): A delightful (i.e., prohibited by many diets) beverage typically blending (literally) milk and ice cream.

In the [...]

Why is chardonnay the most popular (most widely available) varietel of white wine? Is it the ease of growing the chardonnay grape? Is there actually significantly more demand for chardonnay than other white wines?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: Wine drinkers often have no idea of the best wines, and have a very difficult time telling them [...]

I get emails for the “Penis Patch” everyday. Why am I getting these and how can I get rid of them?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: You are getting them because you make a mistake typical of computer users around the world: you use email.

Getting rid of them is easy–just use the email delete function (preferably [...]

What are the best cookies you have ever had? Do you think my cookes are better?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: The best: chocolate/butterscotch chip cookies.

As to yours? Answer Person hasn’t seen them. You need to work on that.

Answer Person, what can I do to get your job? I think that being an Answer person could be my life’s aspiration, how can I achieve my goal?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: 1. Lead a pure and virtuous life.
2. Learn all things.
3. Obtain work in Perkins Library.
4. Practice writing responses [...]

When someone has been awarded an honorary doctorate, what is their title (assuming they have no other graduate degrees)? Do you call them “Dr.”?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: The answer is that you call them what they prefer. There are no hard and fast rules on the honorary doctorate. It is, after all, and unearned degree [...]