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Alexander Graham Bell, Mary Queen of Scots, Andrew Carnegie, William Wallace--what's the connection?

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Monday's Question (No. 30)--"Faintness, Nausea, Disneyness":

Something in Disney World is irritating both Arabs and Israelis. What? (Question courtesy of Dave Gaffin.)

"The adorable cartoon character Crusader Chipmunk (TM) who sings 'Gee, I'm glad I have a foreskin!' "--Andrew Solovay

"Continuing series of 'land for peace' deals with Sea World trivializes Middle East problems."--Jack Defevers

" 'Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah' is considered to be a totally inappropriate soundtrack for both Mickey's Wailing Wall and Goofy's Dome of the Rock."--Jennifer Miller

"The addition of the words 'and a Christian' to the sign: 'To ride Space Mountain you must be this tall.' "--Tom Williams (Floyd Elliot had a similar answer.)

"The centuries-old conflict over whether Epcot is the vacation capital for Israel or Palestine."--Peter Carlin

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