Answer Man
Family has worked in TV for six decades
When I recently issued an urgent request for pictures of WTVI-TV, I didn't hold much hope.
Answer Man
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Answer Man: What's being built over the Chain of Rocks Canal?
Q. For months now on my way to Missouri via 270, I have watched construction progress on God only knows what at the canal bridge. Enlighten us, please.
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Answer Man: Flesh-eating bacteria is all around us
In just the past couple of weeks, I've heard of two people in Georgia who developed severe infections after suffering relatively minor injuries outdoors. How common are these infections and how fearful should we be of losing limbs and even dying if we just cut ourselves outside?
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Answer Man: Do you remember Robert Hall in East St. Louis?
Q. When I was a child, my family would go to East St. Louis to shop at the Robert Hall clothing store. Where was it exactly and when did it close?
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Answer Man: Penguins aren't all 'Happy Feet'
Q. A family member went to Antarctica on a research trip. When she came home, she had to throw away her coat because of the smell from the penguins. I don't know much about them, so can you tell me if penguins live in groups and do they, well, poop?
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Answer Man: Chalk one up for politically incorrect fat girl songs
Q. My 85-year-old neighbor and I love old songs, but one has us stumped. We can remember only the ending, which went something like this: "I met another man with some chalk in his hand coming around the other side over the mountain." Sound familiar?
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Answer Man: Why do police say 'Roger' after radio messages?
Q. Why do police say "Roger" and "Roger that" when confirming they have received a radio message? And, while you're at it, why are you always so jolly when it comes to the pirate flag?
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Answer Man: Westfield Plaza was a revolving door of stores
Q. What stores have been in the Westfield Plaza shopping center? I was told there was a Toys R Us there at one time. Is that right?
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Answer Man: Singing off-key and out of synch was duo's specialty
Q. I am looking for the song "Carioca" -- but not just any version. I want the crazy one done by Jonathan and Darlene Edwards that was used in the Zucker brothers' first film, "The Kentucky Fried Movie."
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Answer Man: How the 'wagon wheel effect' works
Q. What physics or optical illusion is involved when we see so many car advertisements on television that make a wheel appear to be spinning backward when the vehicle is moving forward?
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Answer Man: What speed can you reach when falling?
Q. Recently, I was watching a video from maybe the '80s that showed a guy parachuting from the edge of space. It said he was falling at 100-something mph. But I always thought terminal velocity is in the 70-mph range, which, to my understanding, is the fastest speed anything can fall.
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