# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/101 "2014-01-08T18:08:42Z")
Oh man, some of you guys are brutal! I thought the goal was to NOT stump our OP!šŸ˜ƒ (good answer on the Beatles question, BTW) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/102 "2014-01-08T18:13:39Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > oo, yeah, letā€™s try some law questions. > > I burn down a building. Whatā€™s the name for the crime I have committed? Trick question. Might not be a crime at all. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/103 "2014-01-08T18:15:22Z")
1. What does my username mean? 2. What two entries complete this list: archangels, angels, virtues, thrones, dominions, cherubim, seraphim? 3. Why do polar bears never prey on penguins? ---
**Author:** ![Cognitive\_Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Cognitive\_Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cognitive_Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/104 "2014-01-08T18:27:05Z")
> [@Purin](#): > > 1. Shit! Itā€™s a riddle? Fuck. Uhhā€¦ dildos. > > 2. References. Fuck, again. No clue. ā€¦42? > > 3. Maybe with one of those ladiesā€™ dildos. (Hah, I have no idea.) > > _ā€¦What???_ > > I donā€™t know! :dubious: Fair enough. The Scottish People will be deciding whether or not Scotland should remain in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/105 "2014-01-08T18:32:05Z")
Hereā€™s oneā€¦ complete this sentence: Many dopers are in negative scores on this challenge because they are asking you about things that happened years before you were \_\_\_\_. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/106 "2014-01-08T18:39:35Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Oh man, some of you guys are brutal! I thought the goal was to NOT stump our OP!šŸ˜ƒ No doubt! I sure as hell donā€™t know all these. Purin, I saw a question on Millionaire today which made me think of this thread (the contestant had to pass on it, by the way): Upon his death, Polish musician Andre Tchaikowsky donated what item to the Royal Shakespeare Co. to be used in a production of ā€œHamletā€? A: His wig B: His goat C: His shoes D: His skull ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/107 "2014-01-08T18:57:00Z")
If you were flying over a lake in a canoe, and one of the wheels fell off, how many pancakes would it take to shingle a doghouse? Thirteen - ice cream doesnā€™t have any bones.Okay - now a hard one. What are the two major divisions of Islam? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/108 "2014-01-08T19:28:20Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Oh man, some of you guys are brutal! I thought the goal was to NOT stump our OP!šŸ˜ƒ > > (good answer on the Beatles question, BTW) Yeah, Iā€™m lucky if Iā€™m getting 3/4 of these questions, if that. Category: Measurements 1. How many items in a ā€œgrossā€? 2. How many feet in a mile? 3. How many teaspoons in a tablespoon? ---
**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 8, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/109 "2014-01-08T19:40:22Z")
Who is the only president elected to four terms? Who was the last president to be sworn into office on March 4th? ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/110 "2014-01-08T19:42:50Z")
Why didnā€™t you think you were opening a huge can oā€™ worms? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/111 "2014-01-08T19:53:23Z")
Who can take a sunrise and sprinkle it with dew? How do you destroy the Black Cauldron? Who is the main character of Disneyā€™s Sleeping Beauty? In Potions class, the intelligent student could learn to bottle fame, brew glory, or even what? When Juliet asks ā€œRomeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeoā€ what is she asking? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/112 "2014-01-08T19:54:36Z")
Who was the only American president never to be elected either president or vice president? How many years can someone serve as US president? Why is the White House white? What state is Washington, DC, in? In what years were there three US presidents? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/113 "2014-01-08T20:45:30Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Some politics questions that every adult citizen ought to know: Considering the OP isnā€™t an adult, Iā€™d say they ought not ā€˜ought to knowā€™ them. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_Raygun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@Ronald\_Raygun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_Raygun)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/114 "2014-01-08T20:47:41Z")
- Name an opera. - Name an architect. - Name a spice or herb that begins with C that isnā€™t cinnamon. - Name a philosopher that isnā€™t Greek. - Name a scientist from the 1800s or later that isnā€™t Einstein or Stephen Hawking. - Name a nation in the Caribbean that isnā€™t Cuba or Jamaica. - Name one of the Marx Brothers. - Name an island that is i. not part of the US, ii. not a continent, and iii. not a country on its own, but rather part of a country. - Name a country in the Middle East that does not begin with a vowel. - The presidentā€™s Cabinet has departments. Name one. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/115 "2014-01-08T20:49:02Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Considering the OP isnā€™t an adult, Iā€™d say they ought not ā€˜ought to knowā€™ them. If sheā€™s fifteen, Iā€™d say itā€™s high time she learned them. :rolleyes: **Alternative Question:** Who are Louie, Dewey, and Huey, and how can you tell them apart? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/116 "2014-01-08T20:58:07Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > **Alternative Question:** Who are Louie, Dewey, and Huey, and how can you tell them apart? :dubious: Ok I actually know this one. A comedien, a philosopher and a rock musician. Who is Albert Einstein? ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/117 "2014-01-08T21:03:24Z")
> [@Purin](#): > > 1. Shit! Itā€™s a riddle? Fuck. Uhhā€¦ dildos. > > 2. References. Fuck, again. No clue. ā€¦42? > > 3. Maybe with one of those ladiesā€™ dildos. (Hah, I have no idea.) > > _ā€¦What???_ > > I donā€™t know! :dubious: Apparently your father is a bit more lenient regarding your language than my father was about mine. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/118 "2014-01-08T21:06:21Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > When does 2+3=-1? > [@Purin](#): > > Maybe if 3 is a negative number? 2 + -3? Wait, that would be -1. Oh well, just put negative signs! HA! 1st and 2nd edition Dungeons & Dragons. Armor class numbers got lower as your armor class got better, so if you started at an AC of 2 and got a +3 bonus, your AC would then be -1. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/119 "2014-01-08T21:12:36Z")
> [@Deeg](#): > > Apparently your father is a bit more lenient regarding your language than my father was about mine. šŸ™‚ Wait until he finds out sheā€™s been answering all these quiz questions instead of doing her homework. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-stump-the-teenage-girl-with-not-so-average-knowledge/678233/120 "2014-01-08T21:32:26Z")
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