Cat's Cradle

Question 1

What would happen to all the water on Earth if ice-nine existed?

Answer 1

Freeze.

Question 2

According to Dr. Breed, does ice-nine exist?

Answer 2

Doesn’t think so.

Question 3

What does Dr. Breed mean by “yellow press”?

Answer 3

National Inquire.

Question 4

What did Dr. Hoenikker do with the ice-nine that he created?

Answer 4

Gave it to his kids.

Question 5

What is a wampeter?

Answer 5

Point that thing many things rotate around.

Question 6

What are two different types of wampeters?

Answer 6

Waxing and wanning.

Question 7

What problems does Miss Faust have with truth?

Answer 7

Didn’t think would be only required by truth.

Question 8

What does Miss Faust believe God is?

Answer 8

LOVE.

Question 9

Why did Dr. Hoenikker have the photograph of the little war memorial on his desk?

Answer 9

?

Question 10

Why doesn’t Miss Faust want the elevator to stop on the fifth floor?

Answer 10

Crazy driver for elevator, mayo this and all things.

Question 11

What does Mr. Knowles think happened to Dr. Hoenikker when he died?

Answer 11

Couldn’t die different domination.

Question 12

What word was on the burial marker the author believed belonged to Dr. Hoenikker?

Answer 12

Mother.

Question 13

What is the burial marker for Dr. Hoenikker?

Answer 13

40 cm. of marble.

Question 14

What does the taxi driver want to do?

Answer 14

Find own mother’s tomb, pay respect.

Question 15

What does the Bokononist saying “peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God” mean?

Answer 15

Nothing happens fro just a chance.

Question 16

Who brought Mrs. Hoenikker’s burial marker? Why?

Answer 16

Her children, done nothing for her (husband).

Question 17

What was Marvin Breed’s reaction to losing the future Emily Hoenikker?

Answer 17

Very heart broken, hits/smashes violin and sends to her.

Question 18

Obviously, what is ironic about Marvin Breed’s assessment of Dr. Hoenikker?

Answer 18

Created/working on bomb to be a nice person.

Question 19

What does Marvin Breed believe a great mind should be used for?

Answer 19

Creating love and comfort to your wife/husband.

Question 20

What is a vin-dit?

Answer 20

Epiphany to follow belief, push by God.

Question 21

Why, according to Marvin, did Emily marry Dr. Hoenikker?

Answer 21

Play music of the stars, transcend music.

Question 22

Why is Frank Hoenikker wanted by the police?

Answer 22

Apparently worked for model, got robbed… nothing crazy.

Question 23

Why did Dr. Hoenikker take his daughter out of high school?

Answer 23

Take care of him/wife died.

Question 24

Why did Asa Breed’s son decide to give up on science? What does he do instead?

Answer 24

Lost all respect for science, what can be built by science.

Question 25

Who asked Marvin's great-grandfather to sculpt and angel tombstone?

Answer 25

Immigrant- same last name.

Question 26

What is ironic about the statement "I'm still trying to pull the strings of my life back together"?

Answer 26

Cat's Cradle, pulling life back together...

Question 27

What does the author find that Frank Hoenikker built?

Answer 27

Model town, perfectly created... trains, etc.

Question 28

What is naïve about the dreams that Jack had for Frank?

Answer 28

Engineer to build toys, for toy flyer.

Question 29

What is a wrang-wrang?

Answer 29

Being depressed, stop piety yourself.

Question 30

Why didn't the author become a nihilist (what is a nihilist)?

Answer 30

Krab- destroyed apartment, killed cat. Meow around neck. Nihilist- no regard for structure, no regard for anything, no values.

Question 31

Where does Frank Hoenikker live?

Answer 31

Island San Moreno

Question 32

What is Frank's job?

Answer 32

Makes model, designs things, architect.

Question 33

How did Frank end up on San Lorenzo?

Answer 33

Pleasure trip, sink-found.

Question 34

Why was he allowed to live in San Lorenzo?

Answer 34

Father, ice-nine got freedom by that.

Question 35

How does the author end up at San Lorenzo?

Answer 35

Total chance.

Question 36

Who is he assigned to write an article on?

Answer 36

Juleanne Castle.

Question 37

Why is the author looking forward to the trip?

Answer 37

Most beautiful girl ever, meet her.

Question 38

What is a duprass?

Answer 38

Only has 2 people.

Question 39

Why does H. Lowe Crosby want to move his bicycle factory from Chicago to San Lorenzo?

Answer 39

Ingratiated wanting raises, etc.

Question 40

Why would the people of San Lorenzo have common sense?

Answer 40

Kill people who breaks the law.

Question 41

What is a Hoosier? Why is Hazel immensely proud to be one?

Answer 41

Someone from Indiana, everywhere they go someone from Indiana was a leader.

Question 42

What does she want the author to call her?

Answer 42

Mom.

Question 43

What is false karass?

Answer 43

Attempt made up teams.

Question 44

What is a granfalloon?

Answer 44

False ideas ties false teams together.

Question 45

What, according to H. Lowe Crosby, is the reason why people are on Earth?

Answer 45

Bicycle, make as many manufacture teams as they can.

Question 46

According to H. Lowe Crosby, what is the punishment for crime on San Lorenzo?

Answer 46

The hook.

Question 47

How would H. Lowe Crosby like the United States to punish crime?

Answer 47

Public hangings.

Question 48

What is the "Chamber of Horrors"?

Answer 48

Wax display of what they do/did for history.

Question 49

Why doesn't H. Lowe Crosby like the MIntons?

Answer 49

Soft on communism.

Question 50

Why did Horlick MInton really get fired?

Answer 50

Critical to Americans.