Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane?
 
Good Morning and welcome to another new calendar year of INSPIRATIONAL TIDBITS.  Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah - we’re officially busy again! Finally – a GOOD problem to solve.  This year, the Tidbits staff will strive to both delight and confound you by regularly invading your electronic space with this weekly offering.  So, without further Boo Hoo, we will continue with the theme of the opening line above, which asks the question “Did you ever wonder…?”
 
Why do you have to 'put your two cents in'... but it's only a 'penny for
your thoughts'?  Where's that extra penny go?
     
Why is it that people say they 'slept like a baby' when babies wake up like
every two hours?
        
Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars
to look at things on the ground?
  
Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you naked anyway.
    
If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of a coconut, why
can't he fix a hole in a boat?
  
Why does Goofy walk on two feet while Pluto walks on all fours?
        
Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?
  
Why did you just try singing the two songs above?
 
And of course, one last existential question to ponder:
 
If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that ACME crap, why didn't he
just go out and buy dinner?
 
New year, new entrants?  Who will be the year’s first winner of the BRAINSQUEEZERS? 
 
1. America’s first millionaire made his money from ( railroads; real estate; manufacturing )
 
2.  About how long ago were the bananas that you see in the supermarket picked?  ( one week ago; 2-1/2 weeks ago; up to 4 weeks ago )
 
3.  How long did it take to get all of the signatures on the Declaration of Independence?  ( 5 weeks; 5 months; 5 years )
 
4.  The skeleton of an average 160 pound person weighs about how much?  ( 29 pounds; 43 pounds; 58 pounds )
 
5.  “Spheno Palatine Gangleoneuralgia” is the medical term for ( tennis elbow; an ice cream headache; standing up too fast and seeing stars )
 
TIEBREAKER:  At about how many weeks into a pregnancy will a fetus actually have fingerprints?
 
OBSCURE EXTRA BONUS QUESTION:  What person has received the most number of movie Oscar awards? 
 
                         MJB