# DON'T Stump the Teenage Girl with Not-So-Average Knowledge **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 8, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233 "2014-01-08T02:59:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Macca26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/201 "2014-01-09T04:43:16Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > I was under the impression that the character was named after the other use of “Naruto” meaning “whirlpool” (which are in turn named after the city of Naruto). This is backed up by Uzumaki also meaning whirlpool/vortex. While Naruto[maki] are a ramen topping with a spiral pattern\* (and probably the more common use of Naruto in Japan in everday speech), I figured that was just a convenient pun they used the character’s love of ramen. Are you sure that he was named specifically after the fish spiral? (Of course, it could easily be a little of column A a little of column B). > > I haven’t watched too horribly much of the show, but with the Rasengan move in particular, it feels like the “whirlpool” naming was rather deliberate. (I also hear his mom was from some whirlpool-based village or whatever but I have no idea if that was true) > > - Narutomaki are, incidentally, named after the whirlpools due to their spiral pattern. You know, it may be a bit of both. I had also forgotten about his love of ramen, which is always drawn with the naruto(maki) in it so I probably assumed it after some prodding from Shonen Jump about puns and meanings. I stopped watching Naruto at about episode 100 so I’m not really up to date with it any more. I had high hopes for a lot of shonen shows but so many simply fall into the “big tournament so everyone can show off!” trope and “let’s shove as many characters into this so everyone can have a favorite and have a reason to keep watching”, both of which start to get boring/make me feel cynical. Uzumaki, coincidentally, is the name of a great horror manga about spirals by Junji Ito. Now THAT I can recommend. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/202 "2014-01-09T04:52:55Z")
Hey, you did good! > [@Purin](#): > > 1. Big Dipper, Little Dipper… (whatever their names are, isn’t it Ursa Major and Ursa Minor?) Scorpius, Aquarius, Aries … all the zodiac ones. Ha! Yes! Very good! You also knew the constellation names of the Big and Little Dippers are Ursa Major and Minor, which was very good. You also knew that the proper name of the constellation name is Scorpius rather than the Zodiac sign name Scorpio. I think you might know some astronomy. 🙂 > [@Purin血](#): > > 1. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune… (and Pluto which I still consider a planet, god flapjacks dammit) Yes and in correct order! Bonus points for Pluto, and I’m with you on planethood. > [@Purin血](#): > > 1. Mars, I think! Yes, by a good bit! > [@Purin血](#): > > 1. Io? Yes! Io is one of the four largest moons of Jupiter, called the [Galilean moons](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galilean_moons) because they were discovered by Galileo Galilei. The other three are Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. We’ve discovered 62 smaller moons since then. > [@Purin血](#): > > 1. Umm… I can’t think of anything besides the sun. I don’t know much about stars. :dubious: I know you said you don’t go for movies, but maybe I can give a hint: 5a. This star loaned its name to a Tim Burton movie, which was named after a ghost who was the title character, who was played by Michael Keaton, and also starred Winona Rider. What was the movie? 5b. This bad guy from _Batman Begins_ took his name from a star. Who was the bad guy? 5c. (not from movies) What’s the only star in the north sky that never moves? (Double hint: we use it to navigate) ---
**Author:** ![Peaton\_of\_peat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@Peaton\_of\_peat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peaton_of_peat)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/203 "2014-01-09T05:41:40Z")
> [@Purin](#): > > Now, this might be something I can do. > > 1. Prunes are dried plums, if I can remember correctly. It was some sort of dried fruit. > > 2. Salty, Sweet, Sour, Bitter, and… I can’t remember the last one! > > 3. …Uh, basil? Right? Or bay leaves? Crap! > > 4. Damn, I can’t think of what makes them different! > > 5. …Why do I want to say sugar cane. That’s a guess, i’m most likely wrong I think. Sugar in the raw, too? Probably not. 1. Good job, a lot of people seem to think they’re just wrinkleberries or something, and putting them into context makes them a whole lot more appetizing (I really love me some prunes). 2. Sorry I used you as a guinea pig, Americans have only recently accepted the existence of a fifth taste and seeing it mentioned in an episode of Adventure Time made me wonder just how widely known it is these days. It’s “savory” by the way, and it comes from meat, mushrooms, tomatoes, and cheese, among other things. 3. I was looking for “oregano” but those are both good guesses, and I would have guessed the same. They’re all mainstays of Italian cooking, but basil is more of a foreground flavor while oregano tends to be something you notice when it’s not there and it should be. Fun fact, bay leaves are also “laurel leaves,” as in a “wreath of laurel” that Romans would wear on their heads, the same kind of laurels that you might rest on. 4. Fair enough, it’s not really well defined! “Herbs” are almost always leaves though, and “spices” are usually seeds, or else brown. Some things that are sometimes called “herbs and spices” aren’t either, at least in the case of garlic. I really have no idea what to call garlic other than a “seasoning” bececause it’s not really used in “vegetable” levels like onion is. 5. Yeah, sugar is the big one, and sugar in the raw is one variant. The main sweeteners used in the American kitchen are sugar, molasses, corn syrup, and honey. Sugar can be split into white/granulated, light brown, dark brown, raw/turbinado, and powdered/confectioner’s. Corn syrup is split into light and dark, and there’s a number of grades of molasses too. To be honest, I don’t think there’s any recipes that call for any of those that doesn’t also call for some kind of sugar, with the exception of some things that use honey, like “put honey on your cereal.” That’s probably because sugar does important things besides add sweetness, but that’s for another time. This is fun! Here’s some more, no particular theme this time: 1. What kind of music goes “wubwubwubwubwubwub”? 2. Which creature is known for its love of drinking blood, which is known for its love of eating brains, and which is known for its love of eating maidens and princesses? 3. Name as many creatures as you can that will try to drink your blood in real life. 4. What does the clutch (leftmost pedal of the three) do in a car? 5. How long is a fortnight? ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/204 "2014-01-09T05:54:24Z")
Has any of this stoked your curiosity to learn more about anything you’ve not been able to answer? And if so, what? Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/205 "2014-01-09T06:24:19Z")
> [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](#): > > Why should we be concerned, even a little, about what’s under Yellowstone? Not a reference, there is a supervolcano under Yellowstone, like a few others in the world, that has the potential of causing massive destruction and climate change if it erupts. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/206 "2014-01-09T06:25:54Z")
Name 8 different types of hats. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2014, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/207 "2014-01-09T07:14:31Z")
> [@Purin](#): > > 1. …I hate you. > > 2. The Flux Capacitor! > > 3. …The Holy Grail? > > 4. Blue! …And the three colored shirts are blue, yellow, and red. I’m not sure what they all mean, but if I were to guess, blue probably means a captain, or some thing like that, red means an operator, and yellow is like… special forces? I don’t even know. > > 5. No. 1. In the immortal words of Han Solo, “I know.” The answer was the T-Rex! (rawwr!) 2. Correct! Great Scott! 3. Yes, trying to throw you off with a too-obvious answer. 😛 4. Yes, blue! And correct on the 3 shirt colors. Honestly I didn’t expect you to know Spock’s color, let along get the first bonus right. So proud. The 2nd bonus question was just to be ridiculous. Even casual fans might not know, but gold shirts are the helm’s crew, like the captain, navigator, etc. anyone who’s station is on the bridge. Blue is medical and science and general awesomeness. Red is DEATH!!! Actually it’s officers, security, engineering, and other misc. crew. Just don’t be wearing one if on an away team. 5. Is that a refusal or an answer? Hidee hidee hidee hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/208 "2014-01-09T07:20:16Z")
> [@Purin](#): > > I’ll look them up! And yeah, maybe so, but selective memory is hard to deal with. I wish I didn’t have it. :smack: _Everybody_ has it. Sorry to give you bad news. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/209 "2014-01-09T07:23:36Z")
New York is the most populous city in the U.S. What is the second-biggest city? What type of tree grows the tallest? For bonus points, what type of tree grows to be the heaviest? For further bonus points, what type of tree lives the longest? What is special about Greenwich, England? What place holds the record for the hottest weather ever recorded? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/210 "2014-01-09T07:24:25Z")
> [@Purin](#): > > The ‘thing’ in my username is a Japanese symbol known as a Kanji. I’m a very large anime and manga fan, and I love Japanese culture just as much, if not, even more. (Hint hint, wink wink for you guys asking questions!). > > It is pronounced ‘chi’ (like in ‘CHEEse’) and it is the kanji for the word ‘blood’. … Cheese has a single syllable, which using the same transliteration you used there is pronounced _chis_. Writing it like that makes it look like you think it has two, CHI and es. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/211 "2014-01-09T07:38:19Z")
Kids - I’m 64 and well educated. \*_I_ can’t remember half of this. Jack Benny’s name came after great effort (Rochester was a black servant - that tells you how recent that show was). If we are allowed a 4 liter container, the process would be to fill the 7, use it to fill the 5. Deposit the remaining 2 into the 4; repeat process. Following are “classic rock” aka Old Fart’s Music: 1. There is a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold. What is she buying? Stairway to Heaven 2. What is expected to happen when the moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter is aligned with Mars? Age of Aquarius 3. I’m free as a bird now. Can you change me? No I’ll try: 1. Who was Jack Kennedy? 2. Cities on which atomic bombs were dropped. Who dropped them? 3. What weather phenomenon is blamed for the current cold snap across the eastern section of North America? 4. What kind of animal is a serval? ---
**Author:** ![Scholar\_Beardpig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Scholar\_Beardpig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scholar_Beardpig)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/212 "2014-01-09T08:18:38Z")
Big fan of the Japanese stuff, eh? I can dig that. Let’s see what you got. 1. What is the longest-running anime series? 2. Which Japanese leader initiated the Sinization of Japan? (By which I mean, introducing lots of Chinese culture and practice in the court.) 3. Name 3 capitals of Japan. 4. With regards to the latter, who moved the capital to Tokyo? 5. What were the causes of the Boshin War? 6. Who were the only non-Japanese people allowed to visit Japan during the Sakoku, and where were they allowed to go? 7. What is the oldest document about the history of Japan? 8. What anime series were re-consituted to make the American show _Robotech?_ 9. What are the three crown jewels of Japan? 10. What, in the Japanese nengo calendar, is the current era name? ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/213 "2014-01-09T08:25:06Z")
Some Disney-related questions: 1. What film is considered to be Mickey Mouse’s screen debut? 2. What does the middle initial of Walter E. Disney’s name stand for? 3. What’s the name of the second theme park located next to Tokyo Disneyland? 4. Which character has the black nose and single tooth - Chip or Dale? 5. What major sports network does the Walt Disney Company own? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/214 "2014-01-09T10:07:01Z")
1. What is the Hindu color of mourning? 2. On October 30th, 1961, a Soviet bomber dropped the Tsar Bomba, a 57 megaton hydrogen bomb, in the largest nuclear weapon test ever conducted. What…was the bomber’s belly painted? 1. Who did Madeline Kahn play in a motion picture adaptation of a board game? ---
**Author:** ![Sofis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Sofis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofis)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/215 "2014-01-09T10:35:39Z")
1. What is a kotatsu? 2. In Japanese comedy, what do you pair with a boke? 3. What is a shamisen? 4. Azuki is a common flavouring in Japanese sweets. What is it? 5. What is mochi made out of? ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/216 "2014-01-09T12:23:43Z")
1. Where are your irises? 2. Breathing in and out is known as: a. inhalation b. respiration c. expiration 3. What is the largest muscle in the human body? 4. Which organ is responsible for eliminating toxins and monitoring the levels of water, acids, salts and protein in the body? 5. You’ve heard of carpal-tunnel syndrome probably. Where in your body are the Carpals? Bonus: where are the Tarsals? 6. What causes the common cold? a. cold weather b. viruses c. going outside with wet hair 7. What is the largest organ in the human body? 8. Are arteries and veins the same thing? Why or why not? 9. Where are your biceps? 10. In Fahrenheit, what’s a normal body temperature? > [@Purin](#): > > 1. Around your pupils! They are the colored parts of your eyes. > > 2. B. > > 3. Oh… Got me there. I don’t know! Stomach muscle? > > 4. Oh, man! Got me here too. > > 5. I have Carpal Tunnel, so they’re in your arms? Bonus: No idea. > > 6. B. Viruses. Viruses that you can get easily with the other two options. 😛 > > 7. Your skin! > > 8. No, they aren’t. I don’t know why, but i’m guessing because your arteries are vital if you manage to cut them somehow. You could bleed out in minutes! > > 9. Your arms? > > 10. 98.5 degrees. 1. Awesome! 2. Correct! 3. That’d be the butt 4. Kidneys 5. Pretty much, carpal bones connect forearm to hand, the bones of the hand are metacarpals. Tarsals and metatarsals are ankle and foot. 6. You got it! 7. Very good, many adults miss this one! 8. Right you are. Arteries are larger and carry oxygenated blood from the heart out, the smaller veins return the deoxygenated blood back again. 9. Of course! 10. Way to go, you did great on these 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/217 "2014-01-09T12:56:52Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > 1. Why do polar bears never prey on penguins? They can’t get the plastic wrappers off. 😛 This is an old joke in the UK, where Penguins are a well known band of chocolate biscuit [cookie] that come individually wrapped, these days in plastic. (It used to be foil backed paper, and one would say "They can’t get the silver paper off.) I do know the ‘serious’ answer too. ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/218 "2014-01-09T14:59:25Z")
> [@Purin](#): > > 1. France. > 2. Rome??? > 3. Japan??? > 4. I’m not sure. Soccer? > 5. South America?? > 6. Spanish? 4 Points for me. You got them all except for the fact that Brazil speaks Portuguese, not Spanish. The reason for this is that in 1493 the Pope divided the world between Portugal and Spain by drawing a line that gave Spain the New World. The caveat is a small portion of Brazil stuck out over that line allowing Portugal to colonize it. So, while the rest of central and South America speaks Spanish, Brazil speaks Portuguese. If you were on a standard curriculum instead of home schooled you’d be probably be learning this Sophomore year of high school. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/219 "2014-01-09T15:38:29Z")
Japanese culture, eh? What do Masatoshi Shinomaki, Sumio Endo, Isao Inokuma, Yasuhiro Yamashita, and Shinobu Sekine have in common? What is seppuku? Count to five in Japanese. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/220 "2014-01-09T16:17:24Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > Who is the only president elected to four terms? > > Who was the last president to be sworn into office on March 4th? > [@Purin](#): > > "… > > 1. Wasn’t it Roosevelt? …Oh… Jeez… > > 2. Do you mean the most current president? Obama? Or just a presiden’t that was sworn into office on March 4th. (You can tell if that’s the case, I have no clue.) > > I don’t know… …" 1. Correct: Franklin Delano 2. The answer is also Franklin Delano. Presidents used to be inaugurated (sworn in) on March 4th. In 1937 the date was changed to January 20th to shorten the ‘lame duck’ period of both the succeeding and current presidents. Soo… 1933 was the last time a president was inaugurated on March 4th and that was FDR. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233.md?page=12)