# DON'T stump the man in his thirties of average intelligence **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 14, 2014, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774 "2014-01-14T10:43:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![snowmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@snowmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowmaster)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774/21 "2014-01-14T21:57:46Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Same question I asked on the other thread. > > Name the following movies that won an Oscar for Best Picture: > > 1. Tim Hulce played Mozart > 2. Anthony Hopkins playing a serial killer > 3. Charlie Sheen playing a soldier in Vietnam > 4. Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep playing a divorced couple > 5. Sylvester Stallone playing a boxer Amadeus. The Silence of the Lambs All the Vietnam movies run together for me. Platoon? Drawing a blank on this one. Rocky ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774/22 "2014-01-14T22:30:25Z")
Heres a few more snowmaster. What event started the first gulf war? What was the US response? Who was Sam Walton and what business did he start? In what State? What early act of terrorism (against the US) occurred in Lebanon during Reagan’s presidency? What was Bill Clinton’s first and biggest scandal? That almost overshadowed his first term? Who shot J.R.? What iconic show does it reference and the actor? Bonus points if you recall who actually shot him. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![snowmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@snowmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowmaster)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774/23 "2014-01-14T22:38:12Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Heres a few more snowmaster. > > What event started the first gulf war? What was the US response? > > Who was Sam Walton and what business did he start? In what State? > > What early act of terrorism (against the US) occurred in Lebanon during Regan’s presidency? > > What was Bill Clinton’s first and biggest scandal? That almost overshadowed his first term? > > Who shot J.R.? What iconic show does it reference and the actor? Bonus points if you recall who actually shot him. 😉 Iraq invaded Kuwait. We drove them back into Iraq but didn’t go into Baghdad. Also put out a lot of oil well fires. He founded WalMart in Arkansas. Bombing of the Marine barracks. Whitewater real estate dealings. Larry Hagman in Dallas. Don’t know who, though. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774/24 "2014-01-14T22:41:25Z")
Very good. I’m surprised a guy in his thirties knew about the Marine barracks bombing. You were just a young kid then. I was thinking of Operation Desert Shield on the first question. The defense of Saudi Arabia. But you’re right. I think J.R.'s mistress shot him? I don’t recall for sure either. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gateway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774/25 "2014-01-14T22:54:42Z")
**For sure or for show.** For sure **For sure as well, I’m pretty sure.** For sure **The undercover cop was killed.** This actually could be, the only way I am sure it is used however is if it is used in an ‘enacting’ sense (like, calling 187 rather than having had 187 happen) **What’s up, buddy?** Wrong! Got you! So, bra = bro = brother, so it is “what’s up brother?” **Chill out and relax. (This one is too easy, sorry. No points)** Yes the last one was too easy, but it was hard to assess your level of street from this message board. Good guesses. How about a few more? Can you finish these song lyrics? “Black and white are, all I see. In my infancy, red and yellow then \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, lets me see.” “I tried so hard, and got so far, but in the end, it doesn’t even matter. I had to fall, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, but in the end, it doesn’t even matter.” “Eating seeds as a pasttime activity, the toxicity of our \_\_\_\_, of our \_\_\_\_.” ---
**Author:** ![Gateway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774/26 "2014-01-14T22:56:00Z")
Have you ever considered trying out for jeapordy? ---
**Author:** ![snowmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@snowmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowmaster)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774/27 "2014-01-14T23:02:58Z")
Only the middle one sounds familiar to me, but I don’t know the missing word. Yes, I have considered it; guess I’d better not try out for Don’t Forget The Lyrics, eh? I’m going to assert that brother is not meant litterally and buddy is interchangeable. I knew bra let to bro. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774/28 "2014-01-14T23:16:54Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > . . . I’m really surprised neither The Sweeney nor Morse made it to America. . . . Morse made it to America, on PBS. Not sure about The Sweeney. Q: Which President proposed and established the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)? ---
**Author:** ![Gateway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774/29 "2014-01-14T23:20:40Z")
> [@snowmaster](#): > > Only the middle one sounds familiar to me, but I don’t know the missing word. > > Yes, I have considered it; guess I’d better not try out for Don’t Forget The Lyrics, eh? > > I’m going to assert that brother is not meant litterally and buddy is interchangeable. I knew bra let to bro. Hmm, well, it could be buddy; there are no official rules on slang (mostly). If you knew it was bro then that is good enough. Meh, you probably know some lyrics, these are all somewhat modern rock/alternative. **TOOL** “Black and white are, all I see. In my infancy,\*\* red and yellow then came to be/me, reaching out to me,\*\* lets me see.” **Linkin Park** “I tried so hard, and got so far, but in the end, it doesn’t even matter. I had to fall,\*\* to lose it all\*\*, but in the end, it doesn’t even matter.” **System of a Down** “Eating seeds as a pasttime activity, the toxicity of our **city** , of our **city**.” I think I found your achilles heel then 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![snowmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@snowmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowmaster)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774/30 "2014-01-14T23:21:05Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Morse made it to America, on PBS. Not sure about The Sweeney. > > Q: Which President proposed and established the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)? You know, when I blew the ADA question, I should have been looking up EPA, civil rights act, etc. Would have been a democrat. Carter? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774/31 "2014-01-15T00:26:06Z")
I asked it because I was surprised when I learned it myself. Nixon. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774/32 "2014-01-15T00:45:03Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > What event started the first gulf war? What was the US response? > [@snowmaster](#): > > Iraq invaded Kuwait. We drove them back into Iraq but didn’t go into Baghdad. Also put out a lot of oil well fires. It depends on what you consider the first gulf war. Back in the eighties, before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, there was a long war between Iraq and Iran. At the time, it was often referred to as the Gulf War. ---
**Author:** ![snowmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@snowmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowmaster)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774/33 "2014-01-15T01:24:44Z")
I’ve only ever known that conflict by the name Iran-Iraq War. Gulf War, to me, exclusively means the H.W. Bush and W. Bush wars. ---
**Author:** ![Gateway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774/34 "2014-01-15T18:38:38Z")
I have some gamer questions for you: Which of the following does not belong: Ken, Ryu, Chun-Li, Marco, Bison, Zangeif What game is the following from: Scorpion, sub-zero, sonya In a first person shooter, a camper is someone who: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. What kinds of cars are F-Zero cars? In Zelda, the main characters name is \_\_\_\_\_. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774/35 "2014-01-15T18:55:53Z")
Who is Rosemary Woods? Why was she in the news? What car was sometimes called a Goat? ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774/36 "2014-01-16T00:02:09Z")
Why do environmentalists have so much recreational outrage over anthropogenic global warming, since if it does damage mankind seriously, that would be good for the environment? ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774/37 "2014-01-16T00:32:16Z")
Name one song by Taylor Swift. ---
**Author:** ![snowmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@snowmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowmaster)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774/38 "2014-01-16T00:50:11Z")
> [@Gateway](#): > > I have some gamer questions for you: > > Which of the following does not belong: Ken, Ryu, Chun-Li, Marco, Bison, Zangeif > What game is the following from: Scorpion, sub-zero, sonya > In a first person shooter, a camper is someone who: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. > What kinds of cars are F-Zero cars? > In Zelda, the main characters name is \_\_\_\_\_. Ugh, this isn’t going to be pretty. No idea at all. An iconic fighting game. Mortal Kombat. Hangs out in a good hiding place or other advantageous position and waits for trouble to come to them. If done right, this involves getting the drop on said trouble. Cars that aren’t Formula One? I have a feeling that’ll get me half credit at best. A guess: Cars in an unlimited class with no restrictions on pretty much anything. Link? ---
**Author:** ![snowmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@snowmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowmaster)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774/39 "2014-01-16T00:51:49Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Who is Rosemary Woods? Why was she in the news? > > What car was sometimes called a Goat? I may have done better with Rosemary’s Baby or Rosemary Clooney. Sorry, no idea. No idea either. A VW Microbus? ---
**Author:** ![snowmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@snowmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowmaster)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774/40 "2014-01-16T00:55:10Z")
> [@Chief\_Pedant](#): > > Why do environmentalists have so much recreational outrage over anthropogenic global warming, since if it does damage mankind seriously, that would be good for the environment? Environmentalists (some, anyway) are selfish hypocrites. They want humanity to feel bad about what it’s done, but all but the most extreme want humanity to survive and prosper, just in a more responsible way. Global warming may be caused by people, but it couldn’t be caused by environmentalists, could it? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-man-in-his-thirties-of-average-intelligence/678774.md?page=3)