# A question for people 40 and up. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 13, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893 "2020-02-13T20:17:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893/61 "2020-02-15T05:22:08Z")
Justin Bieber. Not my cuppa tea, but a lot of people think he’s sexy. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893/62 "2020-02-15T06:10:10Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Kate Upton - just checked, she’s 27, so I picked yes. Mainly known as a swimsuit model, and her few acting roles are primarily of the “hot chick” variety. Yeah, that’s the one I immediately thought of, but I just couldn’t conjure up her name in the two second time limit. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893/63 "2020-02-15T09:48:42Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Justin Bieber. Not my cuppa tea, but a lot of people think he’s sexy. That was the one I came up with, though it took me 4 seconds. I thought he was known for singing more than sexy … but I couldn’t name any of his songs. BTW, the SPOILER box does NOT prevent the “hidden” text from appearing during mouse-over on the index page. Thus, I actually used slightly more than 4 seconds. I wish I’d thought of Kate Upton! 🙂 Though she’s been famous so long I’d have figured her for her 30’s by now. Did she start modeling when she was 16 or something? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893/64 "2020-02-15T10:11:52Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > At least I didn’t say Mary Pickford. Or Lillian Gish? Gloria Swanson? Greta Garbo? Forever young! ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893/65 "2020-02-15T10:28:45Z")
I thought “Girls from _Spring Breakers_,” but only one of them is still in her 20s. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893/66 "2020-02-15T16:54:40Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > Emma Watson, and she just about squeaks in there because she’ll turn 30 this year. Not especially known for being sexy, but definitely known for her looks. Margot Robbie for me. Also just under the wire at 29. She turns 30 in July. Ditto for Jennifer Lawrence, who turns 30 in August. EDIT: Reading through the thread, the Hadid sisters, or the various Kardashian-linked spawn, would have been better choices. Weirdly, I thought Kate Upton was over 30. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893/67 "2020-02-15T16:58:15Z")
Florence Pugh Amber Heard Elle Fanning ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893/68 "2020-02-15T18:06:54Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > Marilyn Monroe was actually a really good actress especially in comic roles. She was also good in dramatic roles. The first film I ever saw her in was _Don’t Bother to Knock_. Soooooo creepy. I was still a kid-- 11 or so, didn’t really know who she was, and identified most with the child in the film. Never really could think of her as sexy after that, until I saw photos of her in the Norma Jeane Baker days. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893/69 "2020-02-15T19:05:53Z")
I was able to sputter out Selena Gomez’s name in just under 2 seconds. Now my wife’s giving me the side eye. ---
**Author:** ![Tempe\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tempe_jeff/32/7328_2.png) [@Tempe\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tempe_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893/70 "2020-02-15T19:10:32Z")
Miley Cyrus ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893/71 "2020-02-16T04:24:33Z")
I answered no, but honestly even if you’d simply asked my name I reckon I’d have wasted more than two seconds wondering if it was a trick question … ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Brother\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_brother_1/32/3513_2.png) [@Little\_Brother\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Brother_1)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893/72 "2020-02-17T21:34:48Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > After reading the question in the spoiler, you have 2 seconds to answer. I don’t need to know your answer (although you may share if you wish), I would just like to know if you were able to do it. > > Name a celebrity in their twenties that is largely known for his or hers good looks or sexiness. I blanked out. I thought of some names, but I got hung up because I couldn’t guess their ages. I’m turning 65 in April, and cheerfully admit that my interest in pop culture has evaporated; I’m content with my legacy dinosaur music and movies. But I mentioned “Lizzo” because in recent years, I notice that showbiz celebrities leap from obscurity to Internet trash-tabloid and social-media fame overnight. Suddenly this year, Lizzo! Lizzo wore a dress slit to the thigh at the Grammies; Lizzo threw shade on somebody; Lizzo gave a talk about diversity at some school. Not knocking Lizzo, who is only a name and a series of sensational blurbs to me. I know she’s not the first “It Girl”, and she won’t be the last-- even if the terminology changes. ---
**Author:** ![Brayne\_Ded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Brayne\_Ded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brayne_Ded)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893/73 "2020-02-18T11:27:36Z")
It took me at lest two seconds just to digest the question. So definitely a “nope” on my part. While I can think of some good-looking people, I can’t always be sure that they are in the right age bracket, and then there is the little question of “known most for their good looks.” OK, I’ll try some models, but I suspect that many of the famous ones are already over the age limit. All the names that I came up with, after quite a bit of thought, were people who are easy on the eye but seem to be good at acting, or singing, or whatever. And Taylor Swift is 30? Jeez, time flies. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893/74 "2020-02-18T12:48:00Z")
I marked Yes then searched for that person, [only to find that she is 35](https://is.gd/1hMbWp)! And I can’t change my answer to No, can I? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893/75 "2020-02-18T15:06:15Z")
No. In my defense, I’m not sure I can come up with **anyone’s** name in two seconds or less anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893/76 "2020-02-18T15:08:08Z")
I said ‘Taylor Swift’, but I was wrong. Missed it by two months. ---
**Author:** ![MattDHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@MattDHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattDHat)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893/77 "2020-02-18T21:49:57Z")
Seriously. At my age, anyone in their 20’s are my kids age. That’s not sexy, its…icky. The mind automatically does an abhorrence pull back. That age group is more likely to induce an urge to change their diaper, at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Teddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Teddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teddie)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893/78 "2020-02-18T21:52:47Z")
Harry Styles former member of One Direction. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893/79 "2020-02-18T22:00:42Z")
> [@Little\_Brother\_1](#): > > I blanked out. I thought of some names, but I got hung up because I couldn’t guess their ages. I’m turning 65 in April, and cheerfully admit that my interest in pop culture has evaporated; I’m content with my legacy dinosaur music and movies. > > But I mentioned “Lizzo” because in recent years, I notice that showbiz celebrities leap from obscurity to Internet trash-tabloid and social-media fame overnight. > > Suddenly this year, Lizzo! Lizzo wore a dress slit to the thigh at the Grammies; Lizzo threw shade on somebody; Lizzo gave a talk about diversity at some school. > > Not knocking Lizzo, who is only a name and a series of sensational blurbs to me. I know she’s not the first “It Girl”, and she won’t be the last-- even if the terminology changes. Sorry. Lizzo is 31. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-40-and-up/847893/80 "2020-02-18T22:08:36Z")
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