Each section of the FAQ includes an example of the technique(s) being used.
The first letters of each sentence in the first section spell
BABY
.The numbers in the second section decode to
CRUDE
andOR
using each technique.In the third section, 1001 in Roman numerals is MI, the 10th element in the periodic table is Ne, the variable used in formulas for radius is r, and the postal abbreviation for Alabama is AL; these combine to spell
MINERAL
.
The answer to the clue BABY CRUDE OR MINERAL is OIL
.