DON'T Stump the Teenage Girl with Not-So-Average Knowledge

Oh man, some of you guys are brutal! I thought the goal was to NOT stump our OP!:smiley:

(good answer on the Beatles question, BTW)

Trick question. Might not be a crime at all.

  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?

Fair enough. The Scottish People will be deciding whether or not Scotland should remain in the UK.

Here’s one… 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 ____.
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No doubt! I sure as hell don’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 “Hamlet”?

A: His wig
B: His goat
C: His shoes
D: His skull

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 doesn’t have any bones.Okay - now a hard one.

What are the two major divisions of Islam?

Regards,
Shodan

Yeah, I’m lucky if I’m getting 3/4 of these questions, if that.

Category: Measurements

  1. How many items in a “gross”?

  2. How many feet in a mile?

  3. How many teaspoons in a tablespoon?

Who is the only president elected to four terms?

Who was the last president to be sworn into office on March 4th?

Why didn’t you think you were opening a huge can o’ worms?

Who can take a sunrise and sprinkle it with dew?

How do you destroy the Black Cauldron?

Who is the main character of Disney’s Sleeping Beauty?

In Potions class, the intelligent student could learn to bottle fame, brew glory, or even what?

When Juliet asks “Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo” what is she asking?

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?

Considering the OP isn’t an adult, I’d say they ought not ‘ought to know’ them.

:smiley:

  • Name an opera.

  • Name an architect.

  • Name a spice or herb that begins with C that isn’t cinnamon.

  • Name a philosopher that isn’t Greek.

  • Name a scientist from the 1800s or later that isn’t Einstein or Stephen Hawking.

  • Name a nation in the Caribbean that isn’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 president’s Cabinet has departments. Name one.

If she’s fifteen, I’d say it’s high time she learned them. :rolleyes:

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?

Apparently your father is a bit more lenient regarding your language than my father was about mine. :slight_smile:

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.

Wait until he finds out she’s been answering all these quiz questions instead of doing her homework. :stuck_out_tongue:

True or False:

  1. 100 pounds is less than 100 kilograms
  2. 100 yards is less than 100 meters
  3. A house mortgage with a 10% interest rate is better than a house mortgage with 5% interest rate. (all other factors being equal)