Three Questions

[7chronicles]

3. WHAT is Succotash?
Succotash is a food dish consisting primarily of corn and lima beans or other shell beans.

1. WHERE did the Doberman Pinscher originate from?
2. WHY does normal society function during the day instead of at night?
3. WHAT was the title of the first Twilight Zone episode?

[waggawerewolf27]

1. Doberman Pinscher is a breed of dog that comes from the German province of Thuringia, where the breed was developed by Karl Friedrich Louis Doberman in 1890. Doberman was a debt collector who needed a suitably large and ferocious guard dog to protect himself.

1. WHERE would you find a place called Pomerania?
2. WHY does normal society function during the day instead of at night?
3. WHAT was the title of the first Twilight Zone episode?

[AstroWolfD]

3. WHAT was the title of the first Twilight Zone episode?

Without looking... I think it was called "Where Is Everybody?".

1. WHERE would you find a place called Pomerania?
2. WHY does normal society function during the day instead of at night?
3. WHAT was the name of Perry Mason's secretary in the famous tv series of the same name?

[7chronicles]

( @AstroWolfD: Great memory! Bonus Points )

3. WHAT was the name of Perry Mason's secretary in the famous tv series of the same name?

Della Street. (Love Perry Mason )

1. WHERE would you find a place called Pomerania?
2. WHY does normal society function during the day instead of at night?
3. WHAT is the name of the planet the Robinson's are trying to reach in the original Lost in Space series?

[Meltintalle]

1. Pomerania is a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea. The name Pomerania comes from slavic po more, which means Land at the Sea

1. WHERE was the first skyscraper built?
2. WHY does normal society function during the day instead of at night?
3. WHAT is the name of the planet the Robinson's are trying to reach in the original Lost in Space series?

[AstroWolfD]

(Ah! I've seen every episode, love that series, Perry too )

1. WHERE was the first skyscraper built?

Chicago

1. WHERE does the Mississippi River begin?
2. WHY does normal society function during the day instead of at night?
3. WHAT is the name of the planet the Robinson's are trying to reach in the original Lost in Space series?

[stargazer]

1. WHERE does the Mississippi River begin?

At Lake Itasca in north central Minnesota.

1. WHERE is the world's southernmost continuously inhabited place?
2. WHY does normal society function during the day instead of at night?
3. WHAT is the name of the planet the Robinson's are trying to reach in the original Lost in Space series?

[waggawerewolf27]

1. Apparently, the southernmost continuously inhabited place in the world is the small hamlet of Puerto Toro (55°04'59S) on the island of Navarino on the southern tip of Chile. Penguins and scientists don't count.

1. WHERE was the place called Iconium in the New Testament?
2. WHY does normal society function during the day instead of at night?
3. WHAT is the name of the planet the Robinson's are trying to reach in the original Lost in Space series?

[ramagut]

2.WHY does normal society function during the day instead of at night?
Because our eyes are not adapted to night vision. With no electric light it would have made no sense to try and hunt, gather, cook and venture around in the dark. We also have a limited sense of smell and hearing, so we rely on our vision. (One person's opinion; I don't think we really know why).

1. WHERE was the place called Iconium in the New Testament?
2. WHY is water important?
3. WHAT is the name of the planet the Robinson's are trying to reach in the original Lost in Space series?

[Varnafinde]

1. WHERE was the place called Iconium in the New Testament?

Iconium (modern Konya) was located 150 mi. south of Ankara (in modern Turkey) and about 100 mi. east of Pisidian Antioch — via the road system.


1. WHERE do you find the largest freshwater lake in the world?
2. WHY is water important?
3. WHAT is the name of the planet the Robinson's are trying to reach in the original Lost in Space series?

[waggawerewolf27]

1. WHERE do you find the largest freshwater lake in the world? This would be Lake Superior, the largest of the Great Lakes on the border between Canada and USA, the total area being 82,414 square km. However, the deepest lake with the largest volume of fresh water in the world is Lake Baikal in Siberian Russia.

1. WHERE in UK would you find Alfred the Great's old kingdom of Wessex?
2. WHY is water important?
3. WHAT is the name of the planet the Robinson's are trying to reach in the original Lost in Space series?

[Ryadian]

3. WHAT is the name of the planet the Robinson's are trying to reach in the original Lost in Space series? According to the Wikipedia entry, the planet is called Alpha Centauri in the pilot, though that's actually the name of the star system it's in.

1. WHERE in UK would you find Alfred the Great's old kingdom of Wessex?
2. WHY is water important?
3. WHAT is the principal ingredient in a souffle?

[stargazer]

3. WHAT is the principal ingredient in a soufflé?

Eggs...terminate (sorry, couldn't resist a Doctor Who Series 7 reference).

1. WHERE in UK would you find Alfred the Great's old kingdom of Wessex?
2. WHY is water important?
3. WHAT is the world's longest railway line?

[De_De]

WHAT is the world's longest railway line?

At about 10,000 KM or just under 6,000 miles the Trans-Siberian Railway covers over 1/3 of the circumference of the Earth and is the world's longest railroad.


1. WHERE in UK would you find Alfred the Great's old kingdom of Wessex?
2. WHY is water important?
3. WHAT is longest running sit-com in America?

[Varnafinde]

1. WHERE in UK would you find Alfred the Great's old kingdom of Wessex?

In south-west England.
(For the first time in nine hundred years, there is now an Earl of Wessex - Prince Edward received that title at his marriage in 1999.)


1. WHERE do you find Europe's deepest lake of freshwater (regardless of volume)?
2. WHY is water important?
3. WHAT is longest running sit-com in America?

[7chronicles]

3. WHAT is longest running sit-com in America?
The Simpsons

1. WHERE do you find Europe's deepest lake of freshwater (regardless of volume)?
2. WHY is water important?
3. WHAT was the first book published by C.S. Lewis?