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May 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 1

1. Analogue Signals
2. Crossword creation
3. Calligraphy
4. communism

May 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 2

1. Oldest BLP?
2. Is the Abbotabad compound on google earth?
3. Airplane
4. section on arnold school blackpool famous old boys.

May 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 3

1. What is the purpose of pennies
2. Imperialists?
3. poopholding
4. Why am I hated?
5. Re: Page on Martin Seligman
6. Einstein at the wheel

May 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 4

1. Question on date
2. president stumping
3. Wikipedia - most viewed one-day article
4. What is the relative cost of sex in different places?
5. Modern Man in Ancient Rome
6. British Royal succession
7. Finding a Camcorder Manual

May 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 5

1. Generational differences
2. North Korea World Cup shirt
3. What is the font used in airport diagram?

May 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 6

1. Why does Don Cherry wear such high collars?
2. Attack Helicopters' Anti-tank Role
3. unauthorized purchases
4. Need to find the name of the novel
5. "Fertile Crescent"

May 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 7

1. SEALs Information in SEALs Article
2. Clocks going back and hospitals
3. what is { { pp-move } }? "Disambiguate QC to Queen's Counsel using popups - You can help!"?
4. Culture/"civilization"

May 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 8

1. Can someone tell me of any famous or notable people from Atlin,_British_Columbia?
2. triplecrownwinners
3. role playing games, pathfinder
4. Nude uploads
5. Going from Malmö to Berlin on a EuroNightLine train

May 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 9

1. Assault Amphibian School
2. Chickens
3. About memory storage
4. finding and legally downloading songs
5. Things to do/see near the Hyde Park Corner tube station
6. Cardiff or Bristol

May 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 10

1. Steroids
2. Holden apollo 2.2 litre 4 cylinder engine
3. Houseplants that don't mind the dark

May 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 11

1. Storm Chasing car
2. Why I can see Better through pinhole?
3. depth of a river
4. What makes Skype worth $8.5B to Microsoft?
5. How quickly does Google process new Street View images

May 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 12

1. Wikipedia
2. electric tower and lightning protection
3. Contributing to Wikipedia
4. Croquembouche with chocolate 'strip' around it
5. remembering films blog
6. afv taped on March 27, 2010
7. Resource for Finding People
8. Penny matches

May 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 13

1. Diesel Engine
2. internal voice
3. NATA Exam
4. 2 question about Northern Canada
5. Peligre Dam
6. Old English Coin

May 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 14

1. Car problem
2. CORRECTIONS - HOW TO MAKE
3. construction of a drywall arch in a square cornered opening, i.e., a doorway approx. 6 foot 8 inch by 2 foot 6 inch````
4. Picture of place, trying to find out where it is
5. wrong information

May 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 15

1. Confused about barrel connectors
2. Taxi fare from London Heathrow Airport to near Buckingham Palace
3. cave in austria
4. Did the Coalition and US invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan do some good for the people?
5. Rothwell in Northamptonshirre
6. A reading about caring for patient that sounds like an old person but turns out to be a baby
7. Ethnicity and math ability
8. Couchette cars

May 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 16

1. Weird things about America (to foreigners)
2. A good quote / Latin phrase for graduation

May 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 17

1. I have some mythology questions!
2. Built-In Speakers
3. Geneva Convention on Road Traffic
4. Elizabeth II's visit to Ireland

May 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 18

1. telescope
2. Starter digital telescope ?
3. Hot rolling
4. Meteor identification
5. Economic Activites In China ..

May 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 19

1. Speak Asia -A boon or a bane?
2. Silly question - all you can eat
3. Miltary Rank on Retirment in the Philippines
4. Finding your credit card number on the internet
5. " KABAA".
6. Israel & Palestine
7. No Iran?
8. Identify a shape

May 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 20

1. Greek withdrawal from the Eurozone
2. stargazing starter
3. Living in Mom's basement
4. Identify bridge in NYC
5. NDA exams
6. Discover card transaction notices

May 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 21

1. followup question to eurozone withdrawal
2. "New Pence" coins - still OK?

May 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 22

1. Cats and yarn
2. Cell phone upside down?
3. Most valuable non-drug crops by area cultivated?
4. Coins and notes

May 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 23

1. Composting
2. questio about up/down loading pictures
3. Public Domain Bagpipe Music?
4. drop down pop up
5. How much would a broken leg cost you in the USA as opposed to the UK?
6. Do USA medical insurance companies employ people specifically to deny coverage to claimants?
7. is it legal to kill your own dog and what is the limit of a butcher

May 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 24

1. R32/R42 replacement
2. wikipedia usernames...
3. User boxes
4. What font is this?
5. question on maine high school sports
6. How much would it cost to live in Sluseholmen?

May 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 25

1. entrance test for admission in law collage
2. Power steering and boating
3. The Nile
4. Identification of tiny red bugs/arachnids
5. company and organization

May 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 26

1. When a blind person wipes, how do they know when they're done?
2. what colour is this
3. telescope again
4. OLD Photographs
5. Treatment of snakes in nc

May 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 27

1. Hypnosis invented when??
2. proper name for "bumpy" glass
3. Career choice
4. Does it take 7 years to digest gum?
5. Twin Towers
6. How far away is the train?
7. Global warming and ice free ports for Russia
8. What countries made their first appearance at the World Cup when they hosted it?
9. A question about sports?
10. Random interview questions
11. Railway guage (toy)
12. Can old UPC codes be reissued?
13. How to remove an unremovable window screen ?

May 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 28

1. Modem Current Usage
2. global warming
3. Coins and notes (continued)
4. Etiquette question
5. Is cutting yourself good for your health?
6. Sago worms

May 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 29

1. How Does Pure Math Research Look Like?
2. annual hotel rooms attributed General Aviation
3. shopping
4. Paint Brush Woes
5. Why are Wikipedia authors called "editors"?

May 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 30

1. HMS RINGTAIL
2. Turbo timer
3. My weird cat
4. The other thing
5. Please help - how to stop pornographic content and popups on a computer
6. College football coach salaries
7. Sleep
8. Imagine all that data Twitter collects

May 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2011 May 31

1. How did the U.S. TV war footage whitewash happen?
2. How does having a successful football team benefit a college in America?
3. Balloon Decoration