According to the Times of London, around the first of the year, something will happen on Long Island that scientists believe has a small but genuine chance of causing "perturbations of the universe," which could destroy the world. What will happen? (Question courtesy of Jennifer Miller.)

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Wednesday's Question (No. 279)--"When Worlds Collide":
Federal attorneys in the Eastern District of New York arrested and indicted seven people in a case that touched on Holland, Hasidim, and squirrels. What's the connection?

"Burrow Park."--David Feige

"I don't know the connection, but I did hear the Disney Channel has optioned it for development."--Cliff Schoenberg

"Aha--that's what Carleton Fiorina didn't want to talk about! Well, I ain't saying anything either."--David Ballard

"You know, I thought this question was hilarious when I first read it, and then I realized that I'd misread 'Hasidim' as 'Hinduism.' Now I think it's offensive."--Greg Diamond

"OK, OK, I think I know this one. A priest, a rabbi, and a squirrel are on a flight to Holland ..."--Bill McDermott

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