The Improbable Questions This Week

QUESTION: Identify one of the oldest variety of this type of fruit. Tastes like a pineapple, but looks like an entirely different fruit.

ANSWER: Pineberry

QUESTION: Name the American who regularly bought slaves with his own money so he could free them.

ANSWER: James Buchanan, 15th President of the USA

QUESTION: The notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd was a ruthless thief. When he robbed banks, he'd also do one ADDITIONAL thing that was his criminal signature. What was it?

ANSWER: He'd destroy all the mortgage papers during the heist, freeing people of their property debt.

QUESTION: This famous American died by suicide, but he wasn't the only one in his family. Who are we talking about?

ANSWER: Ernest Hemingway. His father, sister, brother, son, and granddaughter also died by suicide.

QUESTION: This location looks like something out of a sci-fi film. It is home to over 800 rare species of flora and fauna not found anywhere else on earth! Where is this Lost World?

ANSWER: Socotra, between Somalia and Yemen in the Indian Ocean. An island where 90% of reptiles do not occur anywhere else. Some plants are 20 million years old.