What would you rather they research? Don't say the obvious as they are already well funded and researched.
do you want a list? i think its pretty pointless so this could be a long list
1 - which different types of mice prefer which cheese
2 - how many books a dwarf can carry on there head
3 - excatly why does toast fall butter side down
4 - if you stick a peice of toast to the back of a cat and dropped it off a roof would the cat land on its feet or the toast butter side down
5 - how useful would solar powered street lighting be
6 - how far can an orange be hit with a cricket bat
7 - if you put emtpy smarties tubes on cats legs do they walk like a robot
8 - why does the star button on my mobile not work (a little selfish but what the hay)
9 - whats funnyer, a guy running into a glass door he thought was open or a skateborder cracking his balls on railings
10 - why isnt a building called a built
that is just 10 things which IMO would be better to research (you did say dont pick the obvious lol)