# DON'T Stump the Guy with Average Knowledge... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge/404123 "2007-05-15T01:00:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [May 15, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge/404123/1 "2007-05-15T01:00:58Z")
…Maybe even less than average in most things. 😉 I’m a bored lurker who comes here for a cheap education, so I thought this would be a fun way to activate my underdeveloped brain. RULES: 1. I hereby swear not to get any outside information from google, the internet in general, any book, or any help from anyone other than myself. No catch… I’ll play honest. 2. Ask me whatever question you think I should be able to answer easily. And rate them on a scale of difficulty of 1 - 3 (be honest). I’m a 34 year old, white, american male. 3. Ask me harder questions as you start to get the feel of my knowledge. The harder the question, and if I get it right, your score goes up by the difficulty rating. 4. The trick here is to NOT stump me. So, if I don’t know the answer, It confirms my ignorance, and you’ve lost… subtract the difficulty rating from your score. and… GO! ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge/404123/2 "2007-05-15T01:06:27Z")
Rating 2 (One the average scale): What is the name of Thomas Jefferson’s house? ---
**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:** [May 15, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge/404123/3 "2007-05-15T01:07:12Z")
No idea. **Shagnasty = –2** ---
**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:** [May 15, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge/404123/4 "2007-05-15T01:09:28Z")
Rating 3. What is the name of the cell phone company that Jamie Lee Curtis was a spokeswoman for a few years ago? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge/404123/5 "2007-05-15T01:09:31Z")
Rating 2: What Constitutional Amendement gives the right to bear arms? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge/404123/6 "2007-05-15T01:09:50Z")
The New York Giants play in what state? How long did the Hundred Years War last? What is the airspeed on an unladen swallow? All rated about a 2. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge/404123/7 "2007-05-15T01:10:36Z")
Rating 1: Who is Mickey Mouses girlfriend? ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge/404123/8 "2007-05-15T01:12:32Z")
This is an exceedingly fun game. Who is the author of _Walden_? Difficulty: 2 ---
**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:** [May 15, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge/404123/9 "2007-05-15T01:12:50Z")
Rating 1: What government official gives the warning on the sides of cigarette packs in the United States? ---
**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:** [May 15, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge/404123/10 "2007-05-15T01:13:21Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] Rating 3. What is the name of the cell phone company that Jamie Lee Curtis was a spokeswoman for a few years ago? [/QUOTE] Verizon? [QUOTE=Shagnasty] ]Rating 2: What Constitutional Amendement gives the right to bear arms? [/QUOTE] 4th? [QUOTE=silenus] The New York Giants play in what state? How long did the Hundred Years War last? What is the airspeed on an unladen swallow? [/QUOTE] 1. New Jersey? 2. 100 years? (gulp) 3. African or European? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge/404123/11 "2007-05-15T01:15:16Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] 1. New Jersey? 2. 100 years? (gulp) 3. African or European? [/QUOTE] Yes, No, Good Answer. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge/404123/12 "2007-05-15T01:15:33Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] 4th? [/QUOTE] The right to bear arms is the 2nd amendment. Monticello is Thomas Jefferson’s house. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge/404123/13 "2007-05-15T01:16:01Z")
And one more: Who or what is “Rosebud?” Difficulty: 1 ---
**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:** [May 15, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge/404123/14 "2007-05-15T01:18:14Z")
> [@](#): > > Verizon? Wrong, T-Mobile. So I lose three points? Just to clarify: Hard questions are 3 points, and easy ones are 1? Cuz I meant this to be a hard one. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge/404123/15 "2007-05-15T01:18:57Z")
[QUOTE=storyteller0910] This is an exceedingly fun game. Who is the author of _Walden_? Difficulty: 2 [/QUOTE] No idea. storyteller0910 = **-2** [QUOTE=Shagnasty] Who is Mickey Mouses girlfriend? [/QUOTE] Mini Mouse? [QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] Rating 1: What government official gives the warning on the sides of cigarette packs in the United States? [/QUOTE] Surgeon General. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge/404123/16 "2007-05-15T01:20:30Z")
Keep Our Own Scores… This Is Going Too Fast!!! ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge/404123/17 "2007-05-15T01:21:49Z")
Value 2: What is the value of pi approximately (no decimal places required)? ---
**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:** [May 15, 2007, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge/404123/18 "2007-05-15T01:22:15Z")
[QUOTE=storyteller0910] And one more: Who or what is “Rosebud?” Difficulty: 1 [/QUOTE] A Sled. (bonus: from Citizen Cane) ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge/404123/19 "2007-05-15T01:23:28Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] Keep Our Own Scores… This Is Going Too Fast!!! [/QUOTE] I hope you are caught up on sleep. I suggest getting some water and snacks before the West Coast evening crowd arrives. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge/404123/20 "2007-05-15T01:23:37Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] Value 2: What is the value of pi approximately (no decimal places required)? [/QUOTE] 3.14 (that’s enough, but let’s see how much farther i can get) …159… i think? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-guy-with-average-knowledge/404123.md?page=2)