# DON'T Stump the Guy with Average Knowledge, Part II **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 25, 2007, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041 "2007-10-25T22:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/21 "2007-10-25T23:15:29Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] I’ll play, though I only barely grasp the scoring concept. Who is it that said, ‘‘What does not kill me only makes me stronger’’? Difficulty - 2 [/QUOTE] GAH! May as well hazard an embarrassing, uneducated WAG: Was it Napoleon? Since I obviously got this wrong, you would subtract your difficulty rating from your current score, then put the tally at the bottom of your next post. You are at negative 2, Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/22 "2007-10-25T23:16:51Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz] In Texas Hold 'em poker, what is another name for the “Turn” card? 2 pts SSG Schwartz [/QUOTE] River? _gulp_ ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/23 "2007-10-25T23:18:25Z")
Name a song from Led Zeppelin’s _Physical Graffiti_ album Difficulty 2 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/24 "2007-10-25T23:19:30Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] This was fun last time. I was thinking of doing one of my own. Guess I’ll have to wait. Alright, here we go… Name the World Series winners since 2000 (1 point each). Name 5 Supreme Court Justices (2 points each). Name a Wagner Opera (3 points). [/QUOTE] 1. Cubs. Yankees. Sox. Hrmm, hope at least one was right 😉 2. I don’t like it as much as you do. Sorry. 3. WOW! Opera, that’s a new one. Beats me. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/25 "2007-10-25T23:20:54Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Name a song from Led Zeppelin’s _Physical Graffiti_ album Difficulty 2 [/QUOTE] Hmmm… a tad before my time, but I do like Zepp. I’ll go with **California** , since it’s my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/26 "2007-10-25T23:27:11Z")
[QUOTE=SpectBrain] on rereading that should have been a 9 inch diameter round pizza. [/QUOTE] Does that mean I got my math wrong. The radius of 9", would be 4.5… and I squared that giving me… 9\*3.14 mama! So, did I not figure that right? OH, wait… I’m doing that wrong… it should be 3.14_4.5_4.5 That gives me ~63.5" square. I’ll still take the 8x8. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/27 "2007-10-25T23:35:40Z")
Why is the logo for Sirius Sattelite Radio a dog? (3 points) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/28 "2007-10-25T23:37:03Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] Oh god, you’re playing with Olympic fire. Here goes. 96, Atlanta? 06, Greece? 84, NY? (man, this I am really not sure about) 2012, London 😉 [/QUOTE] Oooh, so close! 1984 was LA, not New York! And the '06 games were in Greece, but the city was Athens. It’s kind of weird that you remembered '06. It wasn’t in a normal Olympics. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/29 "2007-10-25T23:38:11Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] Why is the logo for Sirius Sattelite Radio a dog? (3 points) [/QUOTE] Because of the constellation Canus Major (Canus = Dog) containing the star Sirius, for which the company took its name. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/30 "2007-10-25T23:38:37Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] 1. Cubs. Yankees. Sox. Hrmm, hope at least one was right 😉 2. I don’t like it as much as you do. Sorry. 3. WOW! Opera, that’s a new one. Beats me. [/QUOTE] 1. Cubs… no. Yankees, Diamondbacks, Angels, Marlins, Red Sox, White Sox, Cardinals. I’ll only count Sox as one, even though a “Sox” team has won twice. 2. Huh? (Souter, Roberts, Thomas, Ginsburg, Scalia, Kennedy, Breyer, Stevens, Alito). 3. Heh. Took a shot. So I guess that’s +2, -5 for a total of -3. By the way, do you have a rule for these sorts of “x-points per right answer” type questions? It’s hard to figure out exactly how to score them. Or should we just not ask them? ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/31 "2007-10-25T23:40:36Z")
[QUOTE=Pochacco] Oooh, so close! 1984, was LA, not New York! And the '06 games were in Greece, but the city was Athens. It’s kind of weird that you remembered '06. It wasn’t in a normal Olympics. [/QUOTE] Athens was '04. The '06 games (winter) were in Torino (Turin). ---
**Author:** ![DJ\_Motorbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@DJ\_Motorbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DJ_Motorbike)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/32 "2007-10-25T23:40:39Z")
Who was the fattest U.S. President? Difficulty 2 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/33 "2007-10-25T23:41:35Z")
[QUOTE=Pochacco] Oooh, so close! 1984, was LA, not New York! And the '06 games were in Greece, but the city was Athens. It’s kind of weird that you remembered '06. It wasn’t in a normal Olympics. [/QUOTE] Maybe just give yourself 1 point for each one I got right. S’gotta count for something! I wasn’t thinking, I should’ve put Athens (I really did know that), I only remembered that year/local since I thought it cool that the games be hosted by the country of their original inception. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/34 "2007-10-25T23:41:48Z")
Spirit and Opportunity, when capitalized and treated as a collective group refers to what? (I’m going to call this a three pointer) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/35 "2007-10-25T23:42:40Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] Athens was '04. The '06 games (winter) were in Torino (Turin). [/QUOTE] It was Athens in 1906, not 2006. Although, upon reflection, I suppose \*\*cmyk \*\* meant the latter … . ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/36 "2007-10-25T23:43:26Z")
(Difficulty 2) Match the philosopher with the philosophy. In no particular order: Descartes Kant Nietzsche Existence is not a predicate God is dead I think; therefore, I am ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/37 "2007-10-25T23:44:30Z")
[QUOTE=Pochacco] It was Athens in 1906, not 2006. Although, upon reflection, I suppose \*\*cmyk \*\* meant the latter … . [/QUOTE] Huh, never heard of a 1906 Olympics. Even an “unofficial one”. Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/38 "2007-10-25T23:45:23Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] By the way, do you have a rule for these sorts of “x-points per right answer” type questions? It’s hard to figure out exactly how to score them. Or should we just not ask them? [/QUOTE] It does make it complicated, and more risky for the players. I’d try to itemize the questions as much as possible. Or quantize it in such a way where if you say name 4 of the blankity-blanks, and I only name 3, it counts as 3 points. The best and easiest way is to just have one possible answer to one question, and leave it at that. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/39 "2007-10-25T23:46:34Z")
[QUOTE=Pochacco] It was Athens in 1906, not 2006. Although, upon reflection, I suppose \*\*cmyk \*\* meant the latter … . [/QUOTE] (yeh, shit. I did mean the latter… sorry! I thought it was a winter game.) ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/40 "2007-10-25T23:47:47Z")
[QUOTE=DJ Motorbike] Who was the fattest U.S. President? Difficulty 2 [/QUOTE] Teddy? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041.md?page=3)