Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/November 2012

= November 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 1


 * 1) unattractive women
 * 2) One does not simply walk into Mordor!
 * 3) Satire artwork interpretation
 * 4) Location of street address in California and attributes

= November 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 2


 * 1) How much did Thomas Peterffy pay for his seat on the AMEX in the 70s?
 * 2) Punjabi Sindhi Pashto Baloch Universities in Pakistan
 * 3) FEMA centralized displacement city
 * 4) Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Weapons of Mass Destruction
 * 5) Voting in hurricane ravaged areas
 * 6) St. Patrick's Church, County Down
 * 7) Liechtenstein
 * 8) Non-denominational Christians and Bible Studies/Prayer Meetings
 * 9) Axis natural resources
 * 10) Language attitudes in Islam
 * 11) Penal Servitude in the UK
 * 12) A few quotations
 * 13) Shortest branch line
 * 14) Where is the free will?
 * 15) Are there any European Far-Right Parties that support Iran?
 * 16) Animism
 * 17) Ancestry of Robert Browning
 * 18) Robot president
 * 19) Stays of executions in the United States

= November 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 3


 * 1) Turin Cannon Pyramid Construction Details.
 * 2) American School of Design, New York
 * 3) Proof of chastity
 * 4) Why do campaigns bother with internal polls?
 * 5) Building in Toronto
 * 6) Account
 * 7) Where and when should I cast my vote?
 * 8) Minority-Majority Congressional/Electoral Districts

= November 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 4


 * 1) How would Romney improve healthcare and education?
 * 2) People's squeamishness over plot details
 * 3) Nihilism and violence
 * 4) Charles VIII of Sweden
 * 5) What did the people of Post-Roman Gaul call themselves before they became French?
 * 6) Voting places for people displaced by Hurricane Sandy?
 * 7) Annexation of Rapa
 * 8) Can the president of USA change his/her religion while in office?
 * 9) Lamar Smith's approval ratings after SOPA
 * 10) Easter - Passover
 * 11) British Empire
 * 12) Highlanders

= November 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 5


 * 1) Dine for America
 * 2) economic crisis
 * 3) denial of authority
 * 4) psychological foundations of education
 * 5) Leo Ryan and Jonestown
 * 6) Locating a last will and testament
 * 7) Vouchers
 * 8) Church emphasis on "personal relationship with God"
 * 9) Live Stream US election
 * 10) Interracial sexual arousal among racists

= November 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 6


 * 1) Full style of Norwegian monarchs
 * 2) Israeli presidents  and Israeli prime ministers by Jewish sect
 * 3) Japanese royal family
 * 4) End of the world
 * 5) Psychiatric question
 * 6) Election question
 * 7) Forex trading
 * 8) Don't you have a cool-off period before elections?
 * 9) Marotiri
 * 10) Tubuai and Raivavae
 * 11) How many children of the American Civil War veterans are still alive?
 * 12) Israel
 * 13) Affidavit without a lawyer

= November 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 7


 * 1) senate gavel
 * 2) Number of polling stations in America
 * 3) Politics
 * 4) United States presidential election, 2016
 * 5) Reason(s) for party majority difference between U.S. Senate and U.S. Governors?
 * 6) Puerto Rican status referendum, 2012
 * 7) why weren't jews admited to moscow state university math programs?
 * 8) Not sure how to fix a statement about Politics
 * 9) Could wiki communities ever be a "public policy" topic?
 * 10) Why is Florida taking so long to declare for Romney or Obama?
 * 11) Presidents that never were
 * 12) Saura, Vérin, Mousey
 * 13) Medieval titles of nobility in multiple kingdoms
 * 14) Another Presidential Election question
 * 15) Who's inherited Agatha Christie's estate?

= November 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 8


 * 1) Newt Gingrich's moon base idea
 * 2) Good luck custom -- only in England?
 * 3) Precedent for marriage referendums?
 * 4) Famous people surviving catastrophes early in life
 * 5) In "The Book Thief", what is the author, Markus Zusak, trying to say about certain issues in relation to conflict?
 * 6) Yet another US election question - small-town results
 * 7) when did scientists first get paid?
 * 8) Our article on the Holocaust reads that Freemasons were also targeted, how did the Nazis know who was a Freemason?
 * 9) Are people such as Michael J. Fox, Jim Carrey allowed to vote in both Canada and the U.S.?
 * 10) Is it true that Hitler first killed his dog to test the pills?
 * 11) Do we know for sure that President Obama will be able to appoint more Supreme Court judges?
 * 12) Pencil milling
 * 13) Human nature evolution
 * 14) Native American voting patterns
 * 15) India own 51st state issue
 * 16) French Polynesian mayors
 * 17) Parliamentary procedure?
 * 18) Was it luck or police failure?
 * 19) How legally binding is "conceding" an election?

= November 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 9


 * 1) -er/-re
 * 2) RCAF strategical map in the Battle of Britain
 * 3) Clumsy typography on old buildings
 * 4) Hurricane Sandy ribbons
 * 5) Xi Jinping military service
 * 6) Yet another US presidential  election question-Electoral college Reform
 * 7) Do customer service workers in England address male customers as "Sir"?
 * 8) Class consciousness in the U.K.
 * 9) Re:  Puerto Rican status referendum, 2012
 * 10) Will Obama help the "Palestinian people" build their state?
 * 11) Greater Bangladesh
 * 12) Code of Tehauroa (1884)
 * 13) It's legal to kill a Scotsman in York?
 * 14) September 11 and the dancing Palestinians
 * 15) Forcing sovereign government to pay
 * 16) Political allegiances of CEOs

= November 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 10


 * 1) Was Amenhotep IV  Nefertiti 's cousin? And were they related through adoption or blood? Why did they Egyptians marry their relatives anyway?
 * 2) Republican Party in US
 * 3) Galen
 * 4) A "Book Thief" quote?
 * 5) Is capital punishment truly effective in lowering crime rates?
 * 6) Parental Consent Abortion Laws Enforcement
 * 7) Communism and capital punishment
 * 8) Irene Adler
 * 9) Titanic's stewards and their responsibility
 * 10) Researching Supreme Court Justice Opinions
 * 11) Armies  capturing each other's main city
 * 12) How many US Americans have German surnames?
 * 13) Which years of the Senate election cycle favor each party? (USA)
 * 14) Why did the Nazis persecute the homosexual?
 * 15) "Brown people"?
 * 16) A Scandal in Bohemia

= November 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 11


 * 1) what is a dignitary and what does that person do?
 * 2) Did the vikings believe in gods other than Odin?
 * 3) Literary Term/"Meta"
 * 4) A Nazi who wore glasses and was responsible for the killings of the disabled, can anybody help me?
 * 5) What exactly is the view of continental philosophers to formal logic?
 * 6) Shariah banned in which states?
 * 7) Jewish holidays
 * 8) Festivals that Bengali hindus do and don't celebrate
 * 9) First Class of Lahainaluna
 * 10) The Matrix

= November 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 12


 * 1) Death of community - references please
 * 2) S. S. Hill
 * 3) Celebrities quoting from the Bible
 * 4) Can philosophy be done and understood with only informal logic?
 * 5) What book is September reading?
 * 6) Does increasing female Infidelity mean that men are getting less gay?
 * 7) Are Canada and the U.S. on the same side on the Iranian issue?
 * 8) Sir Peter Hayman (MI6)
 * 9) Military culture
 * 10) Attending some courses at prestigious colleges
 * 11) Is Anderson Cooper's coming out a hindrance to his career?
 * 12) berenger sauniere
 * 13) U.S. Conquering British Canada in the War of 1812

= November 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 13


 * 1) Birmingham, England hotel, meals, and transportation fees
 * 2) George Kanahele
 * 3) Azania
 * 4) Why didn't Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marry King George V of Hanover?
 * 5) Citations back in the day
 * 6) Nakai Nalimaʻaluʻalu Davis
 * 7) God's grace
 * 8) Cousins
 * 9) found an old handwrite book and want to know what is his origins

= November 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 14


 * 1) Finnish free university education
 * 2) Ship of Theseus
 * 3) Protestant Holy Roman Emperor
 * 4) Pederasty
 * 5) September 11 attacks

= November 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 15


 * 1) National Guard nuclear weapons
 * 2) University System
 * 3) Regarding the Assassination of Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh
 * 4) Root cause behind the Fatah–Hamas_conflict
 * 5) university policies on police clearance
 * 6) Study question
 * 7) "Shady Groves" and "Matty Groves"
 * 8) top hats among jew men of different sects and ethnic groups
 * 9) Samuel Kipi

= November 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 16


 * 1) Republic VS Democracy
 * 2) Most Partisan U.S. Counties
 * 3) How to nominate someone for the Order of Canada?
 * 4) Succession of Monaco in 1919
 * 5) Human sexual behavior:
 * 6) William Alister Macdonald portrait of Teuruarii IV
 * 7) "Non-practicing Muslim or whatever"
 * 8) American Civil War

= November 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 17


 * 1) Census Data for Diyala Province
 * 2) Two Separate Middle East Questions
 * 3) Revolutionary War Descendants Question
 * 4) Is the UN anti-Israel?
 * 5) When does the term for Stephen Harper end?
 * 6) Israel and Pacific island nations
 * 7) British monarch exercising ceremonial power in other realms
 * 8) Robert Louis Stevenson and Isobel Strong
 * 9) Was Jesus Jewish and Christian?
 * 10) Sketch of J. Piikoi's Life
 * 11) Queen Kapiolani at Golden Jubilee
 * 12) Eli Yishai ever speak Arabic?

= November 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 18


 * 1) Other than Cubans and Colombians, which Latino nationalities in the U.S tend to vote more for Republicans?
 * 2) American merchant/missionary families in the 1800s
 * 3) Witches' sabbaths
 * 4) Which countries have voted in favor of Israel?
 * 5) Biography of Sherley Toulson
 * 6) Thomas Hopu
 * 7) Harper's administration and foreign policy
 * 8) History of the Hawaiian Islands
 * 9) European priest-kings?
 * 10) The Philippines and total plastic bag bans (again) (moved from Science Refdesk)
 * 11) Nine Years' War/Rhineland and the Empire

= November 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 19


 * 1) Texas Claiming a Part of Oklahoma in 1892
 * 2) The centennial book: one hundred years of Christian civilization in Hawaii, 1820-1920
 * 3) Buttoning the top button
 * 4) How many people are dying in Gaza? (moved from Science Refdesk)
 * 5) Freud's Civilization and its Discontents
 * 6) Conspiracy theorists on banking

= November 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 20


 * 1) Barack Obama in Southeast Asia
 * 2) Set of line drawings all titled 'The Beaujolais Sset'
 * 3) Do the Israelis have it all mapped out?
 * 4) Divorcing a spouse with mental instability
 * 5) 1854 engraving of Waimea
 * 6) Lyndon B. Johnson corruption

= November 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 21


 * 1) Scarborough Shoal
 * 2) Longest public holiday
 * 3) Logo's Etymology (college of Europe)
 * 4) Jewish cap worn by Mizrahi Haredi men
 * 5) Keapaweo Mountain
 * 6) Royal Staff
 * 7) How segregated is Iraq and Israel?
 * 8) Barriers to entry in the mining machine maintenance industry in Australia
 * 9) Why is the MBTI called that?

= November 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 22


 * 1) Individual Investor Share
 * 2) Laura Secord
 * 3) top incomes
 * 4) Is Sandy Island a mountweazel?
 * 5) Watchful eyes
 * 6) Is the man on the right of the photo Ignacy Loga-Sowiński ?
 * 7) Stuffed animals
 * 8) Lawyering in Texas
 * 9) Why was Africa the dark continent?

= November 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 23


 * 1) dessert from Arabic?
 * 2) info (metropolitan vs. megapolitan)
 * 3) Campus Police
 * 4) Open access rail and skies
 * 5) Article 21 of the UNDHR
 * 6) MOOC search
 * 7) 1990s discovery  that would alter established beliefs about Human beings
 * 8) what are some of patents that are considered by legal experts to be quite broad, but which courts have uphold?

= November 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 24


 * 1) Hadith numerations
 * 2) Israeli airstrikes and its allies
 * 3) what would be an example of a short, bog-standard typical patent document for a device that is now commonplace?  (it can be expired, by now.)
 * 4) The United Kingdom of what?
 * 5) Maryland Supreme Court
 * 6) Gold State Coach
 * 7) Medieval Europe
 * 8) Developmental Psychology Video

= November 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 25


 * 1) Is there a link between conservatism and religion?
 * 2) The Philippines and plastic bag bans (yet again)
 * 3) What are the current British laws on treason?
 * 4) Is it possible for people or their parents and grandparents not to have cousins or siblings? (A family of only children)
 * 5) What percent of the adult population over 18 has never been married nor ever been in romantic relationships?
 * 6) How would reliabilism justify knowledge?
 * 7) Why did the Southern states ratify the 13th amendment?
 * 8) Why do humans enjoy fictional stories?
 * 9) Muslim meal times
 * 10) World War II and the suicide of most Nazi members
 * 11) Who is educated?
 * 12) Turning into a market maker (not in the stock market)
 * 13) symbols of France, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, and Spain
 * 14) Music
 * 15) Separatists winning the Scottish Parliament elections.
 * 16) Did Churchill say something like this?

= November 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 26


 * 1) Tolerance
 * 2) mizrahi and sephardi jew politics
 * 3) The OTHER Middle-Eastern Religions
 * 4) Punahou, Hilo
 * 5) Waimea United Church of Christ
 * 6) Ernest Hemingway and Ludwig Renn (Spanish Civil War, 1936-39)
 * 7) RMS Titanic

= November 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 27


 * 1) Keith Baines
 * 2) Transnational metropolitan areas
 * 3) Temple details
 * 4) Philipp Bouhler and his killings of the disabled
 * 5) Recorded speculations about the "origin of energy"?
 * 6) Idiots guide to 2011 UK census release calendar
 * 7) Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
 * 8) The United States Supreme Court Overruling Itself Twice

= November 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 28


 * 1) 2012 Campaign Question
 * 2) First European to cross the equator
 * 3) de-law-ification
 * 4) Hazara dominated provinces of Afghanistan

= November 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 29


 * 1) Schuyler A Donnella  Retired secret service field chief. 1867?-1929 ss time frame
 * 2) Hebrew Publishing Company
 * 3) Countries With Little or No State/Province Boundary Changes Over Time
 * 4) Why did Russia get all the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons?
 * 5) Lincoln Avoiding the Whole Idea of Secession?
 * 6) Obama as vice-president
 * 7) Help with a Native American Myth
 * 8) Webcomic parable reference
 * 9) 18 party in Bangladesh with BNP?
 * 10) Palestine 2012 UN Statehood Vote

= November 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 November 30


 * 1) Jewish holidays on 10th Muharram
 * 2) Verification on the Chenier Cell considering itself the "most macho of the FLQ"?
 * 3) Large Articles/Papers on Race/Ethnicity History in National Censuses
 * 4) the sinking of the “Girona” ship
 * 5) Street grids
 * 6) Agape
 * 7) Tocharian city states
 * 8) Looking in the Congressional Record
 * 9) Portrait of Henry Pitman
 * 10) Recipient nomination