# 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:** 5
**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 26, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/81 "2007-10-26T02:05:47Z")
[QUOTE=GorillaMan] I hope **cmyk** doesn’t mind a bit of sideshow entertainment, in that I was wondering about a composer-birthdate question, and it’s a bit of a bastard. So, with the same honour rules, place the dates of _death_ of the following in the correct order, all you get is a honourary pint from me, and **cmyk** gets another: Ravel Gershwin Prokofiev Holst Rachmaninov [/QUOTE] HA! Yeh, you guys are on your own on this one 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/82 "2007-10-26T02:06:37Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] I’m thinking it only goes up the $100 now. Benjamin Franklin. [/QUOTE] Yuppers! So I’m back in the green with 2 points. I’m afraid I’ve got to get going - so I’m going to sit on my laurels for now. Maybe we will play later, when my insomnia wakes me up again. (If you’re still here) ETA: **Gorilla Man** , you’ve got me stumped. Badly. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/83 "2007-10-26T02:14:27Z")
So I am back to 0. I will try to raise my score with these: Name two Spielberg movies that focused on extra-terrestrials. (one point each) Name two Spielberg movies that were set in WWII. (Also one point each) SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/84 "2007-10-26T02:15:24Z")
I am going for an easy printing question for my first, but I will twist it up with some math to make it interesting for you. How many picas are in a mile? Difficulty: 1 ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/85 "2007-10-26T02:19:46Z")
[QUOTE=GorillaMan] I hope **cmyk** doesn’t mind a bit of sideshow entertainment, in that I was wondering about a composer-birthdate question, and it’s a bit of a bastard. So, with the same honour rules, place the dates of _death_ of the following in the correct order, all you get is a honourary pint from me, and **cmyk** gets another: Ravel Gershwin Prokofiev Holst Rachmaninov [/QUOTE] I can say with confidence that they all died in 19xx. I know a lot of composers’ death years, but you managed to find five I don’t remember (I’m pretty sure Gershwin died in the '30s). ---
**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 26, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/86 "2007-10-26T02:22:13Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz] So I am back to 0. I will try to raise my score with these: Name two Spielberg movies that focused on extra-terrestrials. (one point each) Name two Spielberg movies that were set in WWII. (Also one point each) SSG Schwartz [/QUOTE] E.T. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (and just for fun: War of the Worlds) Schindler’s List Saving Private Ryan (and just for fun: Raider’s of the Lost Ark, The Last Crusade, and 1941) ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/87 "2007-10-26T02:22:14Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] > [@fachverwirrt](#): > > Name 5 Supreme Court Justices (2 points each). 1. I don’t like it as much as you do. Sorry. [/QUOTE] No questions right now (I’m distracted by baseball), but I am curious as to what this meant. I’m just a bit confused. ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/88 "2007-10-26T02:25:32Z")
I think he mixed up the SCJ and the opera questions. “I don’t like (opera) as much as you do. 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 26, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/89 "2007-10-26T02:26:11Z")
[QUOTE=CoG888] I am going for an easy printing question for my first, but I will twist it up with some math to make it interesting for you. How many picas are in a mile? Difficulty: 1 [/QUOTE] let’s see… 6 picas in an inch x 12 inches in a foot x 5280 feet = 380,160 picas. Cute, real cute. 😉 (you’re lucky i knew how many feet in a mile!) ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/90 "2007-10-26T02:27:36Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] [QUOTE=GorillaMan] I hope **cmyk** doesn’t mind a bit of sideshow entertainment, in that I was wondering about a composer-birthdate question, and it’s a bit of a bastard. So, with the same honour rules, place the dates of _death_ of the following in the correct order, all you get is a honourary pint from me, and **cmyk** gets another: Ravel Gershwin Prokofiev Holst Rachmaninov [/QUOTE] I can say with confidence that they all died in 19xx. I know a lot of composers’ death years, but you managed to find five I don’t remember (I’m pretty sure Gershwin died in the '30s). [/QUOTE] Ahhh, I was too choosy, maybe, lets eliminate Gershwin and Holst. Hint: it’s now a decade apiece! ---
**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 26, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/91 "2007-10-26T02:29:01Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] No questions right now (I’m distracted by baseball), but I am curious as to what this meant. I’m just a bit confused. [/QUOTE] Ha, I’m sorry… I was merely saying I don’t like not knowing the answers as much as you don’t like me not knowing the answers, because we both lose. Obtuse, I know. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/92 "2007-10-26T02:30:06Z")
Clearly you do not live in Denver… That puts me at One! Geography, for 2 points… Name the five oceans of the world ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/93 "2007-10-26T02:31:56Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] Ha, I’m sorry… I was merely saying I don’t like not knowing the answers as much as you don’t like me not knowing the answers, because we both lose. Obtuse, I know. :smack: [/QUOTE] I was parsing that _completely_ differently. I thought you thought that I liked the Supreme Court or something. Thanks for clearing that up. ---
**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 26, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/94 "2007-10-26T02:40:38Z")
[QUOTE=CoG888] Clearly you do not live in Denver… That puts me at One! Geography, for 2 points… Name the five oceans of the world [/QUOTE] Ahhh… We have the Atlantic; Pacific; Arctic; Indian; and the Antarctic or Southern? ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/95 "2007-10-26T02:45:12Z")
Woo! Hoo! That is 4 points for me. I have found my category. Next questions: Two movies featured a truck driver, a black Trans-Am, and a Texas Sheriff. Name them. (One point each) What was the license plate on the Trans-Am? (Two Points) SSG Schwartz ---
**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 26, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/96 "2007-10-26T02:50:53Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz] Woo! Hoo! That is 4 points for me. I have found my category. Next questions: Two movies featured a truck driver, a black Trans-Am, and a Texas Sheriff. Name them. (One point each) What was the license plate on the Trans-Am? (Two Points) SSG Schwartz [/QUOTE] Ah hah! Not so fast! No idea, but it sounds Burt Reynolds-y. I’ll guess Smokey and the Bandit. However I’ve never seen it. So, if it’s correct, I can’t answer the license plate question. ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/97 "2007-10-26T02:53:08Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] Ahhh… We have the Atlantic; Pacific; Arctic; Indian; and the Antarctic or Southern? [/QUOTE] Ah, Yes! You are correct. Three points I was floored when I found out there was a fifth ocean. Rocked my world. What movie brought us the quote “What we have here is a failure to communicate?” Probably should be a 1 pointer. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/98 "2007-10-26T03:06:22Z")
What four capitals start with the same letter as their states? (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 26, 2007, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/99 "2007-10-26T03:08:17Z")
[QUOTE=CoG888] Ah, Yes! You are correct. Three points I was floored when I found out there was a fifth ocean. Rocked my world. [/QUOTE] Well hey, isn’t it _really_ just one big ocean? [QUOTE=CoG888] What movie brought us the quote “What we have here is a failure to communicate?” Probably should be a 1 pointer. [/QUOTE] Whew! I almost didn’t get this. For some reason Butch Cassidy kept coming to mind, but i KNEW that wasn’t right… so I let it stew, then Cool Hand Luke finally popped out. Damn, that was close. Now I got that Guns 'n Roses song in my head. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041/100 "2007-10-26T03:15:02Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] Ah hah! Not so fast! No idea, but it sounds Burt Reynolds-y. I’ll guess Smokey and the Bandit. However I’ve never seen it. So, if it’s correct, I can’t answer the license plate question. [/QUOTE] Well, that puts me at 5 points.. I will stay with the win streak. Movies: According to a hotel caretaker in film, “All work and no…” finish the quote. (One point) What was the name of the hotel in this film? (Two points) SSG Schwartz [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge-part-ii/424041.md?page=6)