DON'T Stump the Guy with Average Knowledge, Part II

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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[QUOTE=cmyk]

  1. Michigan, Superior, Huron, Erie, Ontario

  2. Eagle?

  3. Polio?

  4. Portuguese!

  5. So, the guy with the hat, catches the white round thingy, and… damn… I lost it. Does it have anything to do with the shortstop?
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+1 for the lakes, +1 for golf (bravo!), +1 for Polio, +1 for Portuguese, -3 for baseball. That gives me +1 total, putting me at 5!

1.What modern nation evolved from the Holy Roman Empire? (2 points)

2.Who was King of England when the Declaration of Independence was signed? (2 points)

3.In ancient Greek society, what was the name of the serf/slave caste mostly found in Sparta? (3 points)

4.Who is the state of Pennsylvania named after? (first and last name, +2 points)

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[QUOTE=Mosier]
+1 for the lakes, +1 for golf (bravo!), +1 for Polio, +1 for Portuguese, -3 for baseball. That gives me +1 total, putting me at 5!

1.What modern nation evolved from the Holy Roman Empire? (2 points)

2.Who was King of England when the Declaration of Independence was signed? (2 points)

3.In ancient Greek society, what was the name of the serf/slave caste mostly found in Sparta? (3 points)

4.Who is the state of Pennsylvania named after? (first and last name, +2 points)
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  1. I’d say the Vatican, but that’s not really a nation, is it? Italy sounds too easy, but it’s all I got… Italy?

  2. Henry? (always a safe kingly name :smiley: )

  3. :confused:

  4. Wow. No idea. Sean Penn? :slight_smile:

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This reminds me of a That’s Jake strip, where Jake and his buddies are playing Jeopardy on TV and they all have minus $30,000. Alex Trebec is pounding the floor in frustration.

1 pt - What is 33 divided by 1/3?
2 pt - What is the measurement of each angle in an equatorial triangle in degrees?
3 pt - What do the letters in E=mc[sup]2[/sup] stand for?

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  2. Huh. I’m sure it’s wrong, but I’ll guess 30º

  3. Energy = Mass * The Speed of Light, squared.

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[QUOTE=cmyk]

  1. I’d say the Vatican, but that’s not really a nation, is it? Italy sounds too easy, but it’s all I got… Italy?

  2. Henry? (always a safe kingly name :smiley: )

  3. :confused:

  4. Wow. No idea. Sean Penn? :slight_smile:
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Ouch, there goes all my points.

  1. is Germany.
  2. is George III
  3. the serfs/slaves in Sparta were called Helots.
  4. William Penn, the founder/governor of Pennsylvania.

That gives me -9 total, bringing me down to -4. I suck.

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[QUOTE=Knowed Out]
This reminds me of a That’s Jake strip, where Jake and his buddies are playing Jeopardy on TV and they all have minus $30,000. Alex Trebec is pounding the floor in frustration.
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I feel more like Sean Connery in the SNL Jeopardy skits. “Take That, Trebec! HAWAHWAH!”

And I’m sure the rest of the Dope feels like the exhausted and frustrated Alex.

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[QUOTE=Mosier]
Ouch, there goes all my points.

That gives me -9 total, bringing me down to -4. I suck.
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No, I suck. You can suck when it’s your turn: whomever gets the least amount of points, has to start their own shotgun-trivia thread.

MWOOHAHAAH! :cool:

Side Note: Interesting it’s taking so long for people to pick up on my stronger topics in this game.

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CMYK, I had a blast doing this the first time! If you don’t mind me hurting your brain again… :slight_smile:

[QUOTE=cmyk]
I’m a 34 year old, white, american male.
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To avoid overinflating my score, I’ll stick with one-point questions until I get a feel for what you know or don’t.

So let’s go for…“All Things Asian”…

Identify the country usually associated with this food:

1.1)…sushi [1 pt]
1.2)…dim sum [1 pt]
1.3)…bibimbap (or Bi-Bim-Bap) [1 pt…1 more pt if you know what this is]
1.4)…phở [1 pt…1 more pt if you know what this is]

1.5) What does the color red symbolize/signify in Chinese culture? [1 pt]

1.6) Besides karate (the easy one), name three other martial art styles. (Chuck Norris’s Way of Death doesn’t count.) [1 pt each]

1.7) The aforementioned karate comes from the words “kara” (empty) and “te” (hand). What does “karaoke” mean? [1 pt]

1.8) Who comes to mind when “Jeet Kune Do” is mentioned? [1 pt…1 more pt if you know what “Jeet Kune Do” means]

1.9) Although Mandarin is the official national language of China, what other language is more likely spoken in Hong Kong? [1 pt]

1.10) Although Mandarin is the official national language of China, what European language is of historical importance in the Special Administrative Region of Macau (a.k.a. “Macau” or “Macao”). (The language is not widely spoken anymore, but is used for street signs.) [1 pt]

I went @.@ when I revisited the 11-page thread for Part I, so advance apologies if I’m repeating questions.

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[QUOTE=twopiecesofeight]
CMYK, I had a blast doing this the first time! If you don’t mind me hurting your brain again… :slight_smile:

To avoid overinflating my score, I’ll stick with one-point questions until I get a feel for what you know or don’t.

So let’s go for…“All Things Asian”…
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Ahh yes, welcome back twopieces!

1.1)…sushi [1 pt] = Japan
1.2)…dim sum [1 pt] = Korea
1.3)…bibimbap (or Bi-Bim-Bap) [1 pt…1 more pt if you know what this is] = No idea.
1.4)…phở [1 pt…1 more pt if you know what this is] = Thai?

1.5) What does the color red symbolize/signify in Chinese culture? [1 pt] Is blood too easy? The sun? Heritage? I’ll go with honor/bloodshed?

1.6) Besides karate (the easy one), name three other martial art styles. (Chuck Norris’s Way of Death doesn’t count.) [1 pt each] = Tae Kwon Do, Kendo, Jujitsu?

1.7) The aforementioned karate comes from the words “kara” (empty) and “te” (hand). What does “karaoke” mean? [1 pt] = Empty Mouth?

1.8) Who comes to mind when “Jeet Kune Do” is mentioned? [1 pt…1 more pt if you know what “Jeet Kune Do” means] = To me? no one. slumps

1.9) Although Mandarin is the official national language of China, what other language is more likely spoken in Hong Kong? [1 pt] = Cantonese?

1.10) Although Mandarin is the official national language of China, what European language is of historical importance in the Special Administrative Region of Macau (a.k.a. “Macau” or “Macao”). (The language is not widely spoken anymore, but is used for street signs.) [1 pt] = Day-um. And this is a one-pointer?! Okay… umm… European, rarely used anymore, except in Macau street signage… I gotta go with… Latin? winces

I see you’re back in form! :smiley:

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[QUOTE=cmyk]

  2. Huh. I’m sure it’s wrong, but I’ll guess 30º

  3. Energy = Mass * The Speed of Light, squared.
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  1. 99
  2. 60º
  3. correct!

Net 0 for me, woot!

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[QUOTE=Knowed Out]

  1. 99
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:smack:

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[QUOTE=cmyk]
Holy shit, Lib! You give me far too much credit! :smiley:

Leeeets see…

Kumi = Swahili
Sqh = Cherokee
Kekahi = Hawaiian
Dva = Czech
Doq = Klingon*
*HA!
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Woo-hoo! I’m back up to 5.

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I love this thread! It’s forcing all the know-it-alls to rethink how they interact with the Joe Sixpacks of the world.

1 pt - How many sides does an octogon have?
2 pt - Is 133 a prime number?
3 pt - Of the trigonometric functions Sine, Cosine, and Tangent, which one stands for the ratio of the opposite side of a right angle to the adjacent side?

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One of the best MPS threads ever! :slight_smile:

Difficulty: 3

Match the description with the philosophical tag. In no particular order:

The nature of existence
The nature of reality
The nature of knowledge
The nature of human interactive behavior
The nature of beauty and value

Ethics
Aesthetics
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Ontology

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[Quote=Mosier]
In baseball, describe how one fielder can get an unassisted triple-play. (3 points!)
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[QUOTE=cmyk]
5) So, the guy with the hat, catches the white round thingy, and… damn… I lost it. Does it have anything to do with the shortstop?
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The shortstop certainly can be the fielder involved. Imagine the bases are loaded. All three runners are moving as a line drive is hit. The shortstop catches the line drive, steps on second to retire the runner going from second to third, then tags the runner who was on first and is sliding into second.

Let’s see how you are on automobile trivia.

What make and model of car was known as the “Tin Lizzie”? (1 point)

Ralph Nader’s book Unsafe at Any Speed concentrated on what make and model of car? (2 points)

In what country would you most likely be if you were driving a Holden? (3 points)

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An additional one, please.

Difficulty: 3

Match the planet with the moon. In no particular order:

Mars
Uranus
Saturn
Jupiter
Neptune

Callisto
Deimos
Despina
Cressida
Calypso

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[QUOTE=Knowed Out]
I love this thread! It’s forcing all the know-it-alls to rethink how they interact with the Joe Sixpacks of the world.

1 pt - How many sides does an octogon have?
2 pt - Is 133 a prime number?
3 pt - Of the trigonometric functions Sine, Cosine, and Tangent, which one stands for the ratio of the opposite side of a right angle to the adjacent side?
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Lemme rephrase the 3 pt. I didn’t ask it right.

3 pt - Of the trigonometric functions Sine, Cosine, and Tangent, which one stands for the ratio of the opposite side of a NONright angle to the adjacent side?

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[QUOTE=cmyk]
First woman to walk on the moon!? No… first woman to make rank in the US military with a name that sounds uncannily like “grasshopper”? No… first woman to make such a rank in the military only to knock **OtakuLoki’s **score down by three points? Yes.
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Well, while that’s true, I don’t think one could call that a claim to fame. :wink:

Grace Hopper was a computer pioneer and was a key part of the team that invented/wrote one of the first computer languages: COBOL.

She also documented the first debugging in computers, going back to electrical/mechanical machines. A fly (IIRC) got fried on one of the relays, and crashed the machine, so when they found the cause she put it onto a card with the notation that it was the first computer bug to be caught for posterity. :wink:

And you’re a computer person. Sheesh. (grinning)

So.. I’m 9 points in the hole, now. Ouch.

Okay, let’s try food science:

  1. What’s the difference between leavened and unleavened bread? (one point)

  2. Why do food science types suggest precautions for dealing with raw chicken that aren’t required when handling other common livestock meats. (two points)

For that matter, recently the FDA removed it’s ban on serving pork rare. The reason for the previous ban had been concerns about a parasitic infection that humans could get from poorly cooked pork. 3a) What is the parasite, or the name of the parasitic infection, that the FDA had been concerned about? (two points)
3b) Why did the FDA change it’s position on pork and this parasite? (a bit more esoteric, three points)

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So sorry I haven’t been around all day… I’ll answer the balance in the morning!

-cmyk

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[QUOTE=Knowed Out]
I love this thread! It’s forcing all the know-it-alls to rethink how they interact with the Joe Sixpacks of the world.

1 pt - How many sides does an octogon have?
2 pt - Is 133 a prime number?
3 pt - Of the trigonometric functions Sine, Cosine, and Tangent, which one stands for the ratio of the opposite side of a right angle to the adjacent side?
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Nevermind, I couldn’t resist. :wink:

  2. Yes.

  3. Tangent?