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November 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 1

1. tourettes
2. Sinking a military ship
3. Total number of insurgency casualties? (Iraqi war)
4. Advice required
5. A riddle
6. English songs
7. Addiction to Infornography
8. Non-religious leaders?
9. okay i need help
10. Deer Hunting
11. Halloween - the movie
12. Brits wanted to identify celebrities
13. Pretty Baby

November 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 2

1. wild cats?
2. Mis-information on the Cars flim pages
3. pink object?
4. Where can I report Child Pornography sites?
5. WWI .303 British vs 5.56 NATO
6. Slightly painful lip zit
7. lue heron
8. Gas barbeque (or braai)
9. 10:10 clock setting
10. peak district
11. frost wire not working
12. Why are dogs traditionally walked to the owner's left
13. leadership /governance
14. Bass

November 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 3

1. More bass
2. M*A*S*H
3. Square county/state
4. A riddle I forgot
5. End of Wikipedia
6. Statute of limitations for a transaction
7. wsup
8. Sour cream
9. To prove a single status to get married outside the U.S.
10. currecny exchange
11. Two questions about global warming
12. who owns christmas songs..
13. Terrorstorm
14. touching an lcd screen
15. pension?

November 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 4

1. Question to smokers about addiction
2. Is it against Wikipedia rules or policy to submit information on an online game?
3. Formula 1 Grand Prix Racing
4. Destemming Leaves
5. Song in Jackass 2.
6. ontinental Airlines
7. scenic painting term help!
8. Exploding gas tanks
9. What's an "Embarked voicemail box"?
10. Countries of the world affected by flood and drought
11. Singing fish..

November 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 5

1. Poppy?
2. Roseanne being 80s
3. Removing Caffeine From Coffee Beans
4. population of the living compared to the dead
5. ot a Cat
6. Saturday and Sunday
7. black thingy on aircraft
8. Air Canada strike of 1969
9. sat. night live school of filmaking
10. Saddam's Sentence too harsh?
11. Interstate Highway Exits Project
12. advantages/disadvantages of rechargeable batteries
13. aori Scenery
14. Plagiarism
15. Removing crankshaft bolt
16. Looking for a type of program...

November 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 6

1. Cops being 80s
2. insurance industries
3. amous Accounts
4. Equus (play)
5. Bidding for sport events
6. Sadaam Hussein
7. TV show
8. Furby Prank Call
9. highest score
10. Election Day Results
11. American terms
12. Health and Saftey
13. Question about name of scarf
14. How to remove something that pierced an elevated vein?

November 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 7

1. Shortest marriage
2. dress
3. nude scenes in Shakespeare movies
4. MidTerm Elections
5. Timmy and Jimmy - Red Eared Sliders
6. Skid Marks
7. Sound intensity?
8. How hard is it to quit smoking
9. Duckworth Lewis method of one day cricket
10. Letters of reference
11. More song questions
12. Posting a new article
13. Temple of the Vampire
14. questions need help.ian
15. This is not a question - it's a big thankyou to you wonderful Wikipedians.
16. Account receivable and payable with same company
17. Secret Ingredients
18. dreaming of things I've never seen or heard of
19. BSG Stick
20. Is There A Flag Of The Cantonese Language? How About A Flag Of Guangdong?
21. .S. Navy uniform
22. Chemicals in Cigarettes
23. Natural hair colour
24. manga and anime differences

November 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 8

1. culling bettas?
2. Anti-Monster/Undead Strategy
3. Wikipedia Editing
4. 13 letter word
5. what standing for asl plz
6. Name of this bomb test
7. ife Aquatic
8. riddle mind boggling
9. tuition fee
10. otel made of gold
11. Information on a company in buisness prior to1853 through 1863
12. DD3 Report from Canada Revenue Agency
13. Looking for a yearly overview of world news events
14. Britney Split
15. DL Envelopes
16. Hiring IT Engineers
17. History
18. physics question
19. do manga artist get paid?
20. what kind of medicine existed in World war i?

November 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 9

1. Scott O'Grady
2. Election music
3. Snoose
4. Hard Song
5. Advice Sought
6. Metallurgy
7. user count
8. Buying TVs in Australia.
9. Heathrow help needed - British users alert!
10. texture modified food
11. Wikipedia reference desk answers
12. cookie monster
13. Alanis Morissette
14. ian
15. How many Inc. companies and Ltd. companies are there in the world?
16. umber of Rooms in the Forbidden City in Beijing
17. hale
18. Help-need info on GECKOS
19. acksaw blade
20. ou're Still The One - What Does This Mean?
21. Animated Film - Best picture
22. Tax Question (United States)
23. research
24. Looking for any Info on Author "Susannah Leigh"
25. CURRYS MP3 PLAYER
26. opyright question
27. Mark Banknote 1908 Germany
28. Long term unemployment (UK)

November 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 10

1. Is it alright to...
2. hamlet
3. oil or gas company storage
4. natural skin colour
5. nude in Max payne 2
6. nude sports
7. Einstein's Go rank
8. Finding Articles Made Before Membership
9. SAT/College Admissions
10. False Accusations
11. DH
12. Biscuit Manufacturing
13. Auto Engine Oil Leak
14. Help! i need help with the ladies
15. Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner
16. Start button in windows
17. onditions in Kerala and Tamil Nadu
18. A quandary

November 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 11

1. Tire Shelf Life
2. ream Question 2: The Second
3. Massaging muscle
4. Cell phone cleaning
5. World Record
6. QUIZ ME?
7. or.........
8. PS3
9. Limescale
10. short stories
11. Dating site
12. USA in WWI
13. elp me find somethigng?
14. How do you call people that seeks information for a 3rd-party?
15. Finalizing
16. Cats
17. Behind the scenes of Survivor
18. Nostalgia Collestion

November 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 12

1. Help Me
2. Vintage ... pickup truck
3. Map showing borders over time
4. Best Website
5. What to do?
6. Question (business card slogan)
7. PayPal
8. Do you know of any
9. David Hicks
10. KeraKoll
11. C'MON! (Vauxhall advertisements)
12. musculoskeletal system
13. Zidane in Dhaka, Bangladesh?
14. nude scenes in hitman series
15. Boob Tube
16. engineers
17. Super Bowl
18. car identification
19. update
20. Perpetual Motion Machine
21. Universe as a PPM
22. Perceived framerate/second by eye
23. Wordplay
24. K for konstant

November 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 13

1. info on a song
2. Hi, I'm new and have a question...
3. Inland Lighthouses, USA
4. When where helicopters first used by warships?
5. Brown Sugar
6. How much do English cricketers earn, and where does the money come from?
7. the family of Roelof Frederik "Pik" Botha
8. Puking and getting sick
9. Popular culture
10. Eighth continent?

November 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 14

1. Developing and Applying a Portfolio Management Approach in the Business
2. When is it time to file for chapter 11
3. Removing the item on me
4. Lager and bitter
5. going to England
6. Please help me find this answer..I have searched
7. what is a monumental hole?
8. does this really work?
9. Help.
10. eight of US currency
11. Frat houses
12. what is the future scope of uti bank share.
13. Nervous Shit

November 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 15

1. Web page
2. General of the Army
3. What is this site?
4. Xmas getaway
5. Railways Services in Israel
6. WWI Music
7. ratio analysis
8. Gone fishing
9. Biblical racism?
10. how do i find
11. ream variations
12. Sound Clips
13. Limits on legal contracts ?
14. Check up on Maricopa, Arizona
15. xperian
16. NYC power plants
17. istinctive Smell
18. Three Box Sedan
19. Tier 1 Universities
20. Marshall vs. Eisenhower
21. CSM vs 2LT
22. saving instant messages on yahoo
23. Keyboard malfunction

November 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 16

1. Astigmatism?
2. the hierarchy of WIKIPEDIA
3. Fast Food Choices when high...
4. Wii disagree.
5. CD ROM
6. Sitcoms about university
7. IRC drops out
8. Selling patents: where and how
9. hailand

November 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 17

1. Care of Bougainvillea Plants
2. Need answer for riddles
3. Insignia of the U.S.A.
4. iddles
5. nature
6. S3
7. Help Me! The suffix '-ate'
8. cience Fair
9. hen does The Economist hit newsstands?
10. Online Jamming
11. iTunes "melding"
12. RAZR charger outlet converter
13. how to be successful MBAin
14. Oriental American Presence
15. Intermission - Nine Black Alps
16. Double Trouble in HP
17. encko/Bensko
18. SonyBMG contact info
19. London curry house
20. used bookstore London
21. hange title
22. Question on use of IMDB as a wikipedia source

November 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 18

1. Industry Manufacturing Costs
2. What is the total number of films produced all over the world?
3. Number of television sets in the world
4. Ships, railway lines and aeroplanes
5. Vandalism
6. Searching for a music video
7. geographic coordinates
8. Categorising a new Article
9. Nintendo 64 game
10. Mideastern terrorists
11. Poker chips
12. no rain
13. Guitar Recording
14. ins policies on passports
15. Pre-modern races
    1. Black & Brown

November 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 19

1. F-14 vs F-15 vs F-16 vs F-18
2. Arranged marriage
3. "on-location"...
4. Extreme Ops Location
5. Caliber (guns)
6. Dolly (Parton?) song question (refactored)
7. Serious Question
8. Hong Kong banknotes
9. oins
10. Swan winter survival and feeding
11. copyright / free licensing
12. British top forty pop chart
13. Armed Rebellion in Tennesee USA
14. Gulf of mexico
15. Favourites
16. Arranged Marriage
17. jeans
18. Adding value to meetings and encouraging volunteers to attend
19. ikipoll
20. Democracy and capitalism
21. Help
22. Axe vs Tag
23. Masking Tape

November 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 20

1. football
2. Dislike of nudity
3. Name of a game
4. Red turning blue
5. Saudi Arabia and UAE country info articles contradict
6. crocodiles
7. Moving forward with the Metric System
8. Law
9. Shares
10. 1 Chronicles 21
11. Specialized Programs
12. Website sisterhood
13. Author/artist's share of book/CD sales
14. acksaw blade
15. eneral body info
16. Taxes
17. mountain range
18. Second Life
19. Editing a Wiki
20. The Nutcracker

November 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 22

1. eed a Book Title
2. Cape Horn
3. untitled question
4. Featured Article
5. Not to sound to al-qaeda'ish but...
6. Pencil Sharpener
7. Coin collecting terms
8. French and English accounts
9. Copyright of stamps from [X]
10. What is the safest way to remove hair from your balls?
11. Studio Ghibli
12. Symbol identification needed
13. Husband and wife serial killer.
14. Copyright status of the Red Cross symbol
15. Perpetual calendar in the head
16. Sensible ghost removal
17. finding out sex of a kitten
18. Mysterious official vehicle
19. Anaesthesia-induced nocturnal erections?
20. Abbreviation conventions
21. Historical Information
22. heft
23. kings oddfellows

November 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 23

1. Disney's "Blue Moon" animated music video.
2. Real Estate Paradox
3. Cars as living entities
4. scene on porn movie
5. Help! what is this song called
6. cience fair
7. NAFTA' Preamble
8. If Wikipedia were printed
9. Identify banking institution by type of safe deposit box key
10. Encyclopedia Dramatica
11. Wondering how one might get into electronics.
12. Willy On Wheels
13. ollecting information without any trace of identity?
14. advertising slogans
15. Corned beef tins
16. My editing of articles
17. Architecure blueprints
18. paycheck for members of parliament
19. Fuels of the world
20. Profile picture
21. How do people write books?
22. bout MP3 Wii
23. Salary of US President

November 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 24

1. Smell of woman
2. Education in Ontario
3. ummm
4. BOOKS ON banking business
5. Escorts
6. clicking on hotlink of the article of the day - defect
7. lonely this christmas
8. Search for entries which appear in Wikipedia in various languages...
9. Element?
10. feeding fish
11. The simpsons!
12. Wii
13. Help fixing a paragraph?
14. Userboxes
15. Cornell U
16. Hi
17. uitar wiring
18. Availability of Arab/Middle-Eastern restaurant food and textiles in Toronto, Canada
19. food (bread) definition
20. Information about a specific style of "happy" music
21. urrender of Hong Kong and Singapore
22. river valley in china
23. Security tool at Electronics/Phone stores - what is it, where can I buy one?
24. Uploading images

November 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 25

1. [Stephen Hawking]]'s Religion
2. Newspaper in the new england states
3. contact address for Scott Jaeck
4. Why did my e-mail address appear?
5. I am having problem searching for specific information about a quote.
6. elp with unit conversion: metres cubed to kilowatt hours (natural gas)
7. wikipedias most hunted
8. Butterfly knives

November 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 26

1. China and Taiwan
2. Locate a fellow Vietnam Veteran
3. Democrat and Republican
4. stock market
5. Royal Victorian Order Medal
6. Broken Amplifier
7. Online visual of community
8. What do calls from 000-000-0000 mean?
9. Overenthusiastic article
10. Scientology
11. Heroin and cocaine
12. Crazy Sunglasses
13. ow to Rescue a Friend from a Ponzi Scheme
14. Removing sticker residue from car window
15. wy?
16. Palm reading - left or right hand?
17. Creation of Wikipedia
18. Otter - Sea or River?
19. hotwiring
20. Maida-A type of flour
21. Organizational Theory
22. Organizations as Open or Closed Systems
23. Resource Dependency Theory
24. OMG PS3!
25. Film in Jane Austen style.
26. HP
27. The Yoruba and how they adapt
28. General Theory of Jobs, Property and Money
29. Slave Zero
30. Nicorette Gum
31. Your My World
32. Car clanking sound

November 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 27

1. Turducken
2. I've Seen Pencils.......
3. Help!?
4. Snow at nighttime
5. help im stuck
6. I am a camera n00b
7. German language DVD purchase
8. Government relations
9. sick dreams
10. Changing rooms at school
11. Beatlemania the trivia
12. Where can I buy a University of Southampton academic scarf?
13. help me please
14. Hmmmm (why do we shake hands with the right hand, not the left?)
15. Air in the bloodstream

November 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 28

1. could the Vatican become part of the EU
2. Link problem - webmaster issue
3. T-shirt under Buttoned down
4. Popping collar
5. does any one know of how to start a religion? (or following?)
6. Music question
7. mordern day philsophers
8. how do i report inapropriate items posted?
9. Number of alcoholics in the UK
10. AOE3
11. Friends?
12. Navajo Silversmith Paul Johnson
13. Jimmy Wales
14. Sexuality Drawings
15. reateable
16. Of stings and just desserts
17. Oldest Public University in USA
18. Forbes List of $ Billionaires (2006)
19. Word for Jewish "quorum"
20. Fighting Obesity
21. maidens
22. Racial Ancestry

November 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 29

1. ossible Plagiarized Content Found
2. Photoshop Splice tool
3. Toys and prams
4. Custom MSN color
5. Prince of Persia
6. Pairalell
7. Elaine Maxwell
8. Which place in the world has the largest Japanese population outside of Japan?
9. The Population capacity of a Blue whale
10. Reseach Paper
11. energy
12. Random Article for Specific Categories or Portals?
13. web site for gerrald mcrainy home use
14. What environmental factors have affected the structure of Ford in the past and future
15. Bellhops in films
16. contact address of hulk hogan
17. Speed record for sailboat
18. Clogged drain and possible means of unclogging
19. Sugar Substitutes
20. SONY USA Marketing
21. generator to motor
22. American Dairy Association -- nothing here
23. How difficult would it be to build one of these given the right equipment?
24. Mexican beast
25. Minisubs
26. Website Sponsors

November 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 November 30

1. Gender
2. Siamese behavior
3. Many Movies,Many Cheers
4. Making Webpage
5. cargo ship crew organization
6. Repairing Shoes
7. Generation X
8. 'Floating hinge'
9. Video game question
10. City needed to be identified
11. Comparison of exercise surfaces
12. looking for a book/paper
13. Question about Hebrew University (refactored)
14. Inventions
15. Finding Sponsors for Website
16. sandbox
17. Proportion of drop outs in the US