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What is the place that Gandalf falls to after the battle with the Balrog?
I was wondering; what is the name of the place Gandalf falls to when the Balrog drags him down, after the fight in Moria?
What information from the Legendarium is there available about this place?
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Why did Greedo shoot first?
Was there ever an explanation given by George Lucas or the studios for changing the cantina scene to Greedo firing before Han did?
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Is there a canon explanation for how Proton Torpedoes were able to turn 90 degrees at the end of Star Wars: ANH
Based on this question: Why did Luke need a targeting computer in the first place?
Proton Torpedoes launched from Luke's X-Wing were able to change direction 'on a dime' 90 degrees to get into Death Star's thermal exhaust shaft.
It seems…
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Why does Star Trek use Celsius (SI system), not Fahrenheit (the imperial system)?
Why does the Star Trek franchise (produced in the USA) use Celsius for temperature and other units from SI, rather than Fahrenheit and units from the imperial system (still widely used in USA)? Eventually, as per Paul D. Waite's comment, the…
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Do students ever get sorted into houses other than what their family is in?
It seems to me that whatever house your parents were in is where you will end up. I know the Sorting Hat initially wanted to Sort Harry into Slytherin, but that had a lot to do with his connection to Voldemort. He ultimately ended up in the same…
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Why does saying "Swiper, no swiping!" three times prevent Swiper from swiping?
In Dora the Explorer, Swiper often tries to swipe an object that Dora and Boots need to reach their destination. If they confront him and say "Swiper, no swiping!" three times before he reaches it, he'll say "Oh, man!" and leave. However, I've seen…
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When did Qui-Gon Jinn defy the council before?
As Qui-Gon Jinn made his decision about training Anakin, Obi-Wan warns Qui-Gon to not defy the Jedi Council again.
From the script:
OBI-WAN : The boy will not pass the Council's tests, Master, and you know
it. He is far too old.
QUI-GON : Anakin…
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Is anyone at Hogwarts married?
Is anybody at Hogwarts married? Professors, groundskeepers, lunch ladies? (Joking about the lunch ladies.)
For however well we got to know the faculty of Hogwarts, I don't remember spouses or children being mentioned once.
I've never been to a…
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How could Dumbledore hire Hagrid when he wasn't Headmaster?
In Philosopher's Stone, Hagrid tells Harry how he was hired by Dumbledore.
"I was at Hogwarts meself but I — er — got expelled, ter tell yeh the truth. In me third year. They snapped me wand in half an’ everything. But Dumbledore let me stay on as…
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How does David Lightman in WarGames manage to hack a computer by dialing a number?
His setup seems to be a telephone connected to a computer. When he dials another computer on the phone, he manages to gain access to it remotely.
Is this a realistic situation or just something done for effect?
This video shows the technique but…
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Could Khal Drogo's Khalasar really have defeated the Iron Throne?
I always found it surprising how scared everyone was about Daenerys' marriage to Khal Drogo and the possibility of the Dothraki horde crossing the Narrow Sea. In Season 1 Episode 5, Robert Baratheon specifically states that if they did cross the…
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Why did Benjen Stark take the Black?
OK, I've waited until I finished ADWD in case there was any explanation there.
Why was Benjen Stark on the Wall? Was there an explanation I have missed?
I appreciate, as a younger brother, he would have had less opportunity than Brandon (or Eddard),…
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Why is Chief O'Brien's rank so low when he is the senior engineer of Deep Space 9?
In all other Star Trek series the chief engineer is a Lieutenant or higher
Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
Lieutenant junior grade B'Elanna Torres
Commander Charles Tucker
And yet in DS9, a huge…
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What is "the prop" used in many Sci-Fi movies?
While watching the Crew Commentary on the Babylon 5 Pilot Movie "The Gathering", I heard JMS and John Navarro talk about "the mystery object", a prop which has supposedly been passed around and included somewhere in many Sci-Fi movies. It seems to…
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How did the cookfire get hot enough to melt gold in Game of Thrones?
In the television series Game of Thrones, Khal Drogo melts gold in a cookpot over a seemingly ordinary fire, and then pours the molten metal on Viserys' head. How could the cookfire get hot enough to melt gold?
Wikipedia says the melting point of…
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