# I can stump you!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 1, 2001, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-stump-you/63986 "2001-05-01T20:15:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-stump-you/63986/1 "2001-05-01T20:15:47Z")
How about a thread full of _really_ difficult trivia questions? And, not just trivia, but _original_ trivia! To get us started, here’s mine: \*\*What is the significance of the following? IV65536\*\* ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-stump-you/63986/2 "2001-05-01T20:37:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sdimbert \* > \*\*How about a thread full of _really_ difficult trivia questions? And, not just trivia, but _original_ trivia! > > To get us started, here’s mine: > > \*\*What is the significance of the following? > > IV65536\*\* \*\* That’s the bottom-most, right-most cell in an Excel spreadsheet. Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-stump-you/63986/3 "2001-05-01T20:41:08Z")
Well, 4 (IV) and 65536 are both powers of 2, but after spending a few minutes juggling possible combinations, I’m not seeing anything significant. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-stump-you/63986/4 "2001-05-01T20:42:05Z")
OK, here’s my contribution: What do the following biblical personalities have in common? Moses Samuel Ichabod Esther Zev Steinhardt [sub]who’s not one of the biblical personalities.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-stump-you/63986/5 "2001-05-01T21:19:35Z")
**Zev** : How the hell did you _know_ that?!? I have a list of potential hints on my desk right now… I couldn’t wait to jump in here and feel smug. Wow. You’re a _serious_ Excel geek. 😃 As far as: > [@](#): > > What do the following biblical personalities have in common? > > Moses > Samuel > Ichabod > Esther Ummm… “Ichabod”? AFAIK, _not_ a Biblical Personality. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-stump-you/63986/6 "2001-05-01T21:28:41Z")
Here’s a movie stumper–Fill in the 4th film: _Gone With the Wind_ _A Streetcar Named Desire_ _Network_ ??? These four films have one unique thing in common that **no other movie in history can claim**. It is an ultra-specific answer, but one that does not require having actually seen all four films. What is the missing film? ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-stump-you/63986/7 "2001-05-01T21:30:23Z")
What do these former major leaguers all have in common? Hank Aaron Babe Ruth Willie Mays Dizzy Dean Dwight Gooden Darryl Strawberry Cy Young … and just to make it harder, make sure that the following players do not fit the rule: Lance Johnson Dave Kingman Rafael Santana Diego Segui And one more baseball question: What was unique about pitcher Al Benton? Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-stump-you/63986/8 "2001-05-01T21:32:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by zev\_steinhardt \* > \*\*OK, here’s my contribution: > > What do the following biblical personalities have in common? > > Moses > Samuel > Ichabod > Esther > > \*\* They are all in the Old Testament? They were all Jewish? They all lived in Eqypt at one time? They were all royalty at one time or another? ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-stump-you/63986/9 "2001-05-01T21:33:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sdimbert \* > \*\ ***Zev** : > > How the hell did you _know_ that?!? \*\* From sitting bored in an Excel class one day and wondering “Gee… how far will this spreadsheet go?” > [@](#): > > \*\* > As far as: > > > [@](#): > > > > What do the following biblical personalities have in common? > > > > Moses > > Samuel > > Ichabod > > Esther > > Ummm… “Ichabod”? AFAIK, _not_ a Biblical Personality. \*\* Yes he is. I’ll even make it simpler for you… he’s in 1 Samuel (Shmuel Alef between me and you)… Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-stump-you/63986/10 "2001-05-01T21:39:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lyllyan \* > \*\* > They are all in the Old Testament? > They were all Jewish? \*\* True, but if that were the answer this wouldn’t be a hard question. > [@](#): > > \*\* > They all lived in Eqypt at one time? \*\* Nope. Only Moses (of the four I mentioned) did. > [@](#): > > \*\* > They were all royalty at one time or another? > \*\* No. Samuel and Ichabod were never royalty. And Moses was only by adoption. Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-stump-you/63986/11 "2001-05-02T00:45:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ArchiveGuy \* > Here’s a movie stumper–Fill in the 4th film: > > _Gone With the Wind_ > _A Streetcar Named Desire_ > _Network_ > ??? _Moonstruck_ These are movies in which the Oscars for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress were for performances in the same film. They were Vivien Leigh and Hattie McDaniel in _Gone With the Wind_ (1939), Vivien Leigh and Kim Hunter in _A Streetcar Named Desire_ (1951), Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight in _Network_ (1976) and Cher and Olympia Dukakis in _Moonstruck_ (1987). What is the name of the ski jumper who symbolized “the agony of defeat” on the opening of _Wide World of Sports_? ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-stump-you/63986/12 "2001-05-02T03:29:14Z")
OK, **Zev** , it took me a while, but I think I got it. > [@](#): > > What do the following biblical personalities have in common? > > Moses > Samuel > Ichabod > Esther Is it the fact that none of them was raised by his or her natural parents? **Robot Arm** : > [@](#): > > What is the name of the ski jumper who symbolized “the agony of defeat” on the opening of Wide World of Sports? Isn’t that Eddie “the Eagle”? Here’s one back at ya: **What little-known Celtic was asked to be the first white Harlem Globetrotter?** ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-stump-you/63986/13 "2001-05-02T03:39:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Robot Arm \* > What is the name of the ski jumper who symbolized “the agony of defeat” on the opening of _Wide World of Sports_? Vinko Bogatej, a Yugoslavian ski jumper. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-stump-you/63986/14 "2001-05-02T03:43:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sdimbert \* > Isn’t that Eddie “the Eagle”? No. The clip was used on the Wide World opening for at least a decade before Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards gained notoriety at the 1988 Winter Olympics. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-stump-you/63986/15 "2001-05-02T03:50:24Z")
Any Advanced Trivia contest is obliged to start with the following question: > [@](#): > > **What is the origin of the word trivia?** And, looking it up in the OED is cheating (but effective). Of course, _because_ it’s obligatory, every serious trivia nut already knows the answer… ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-stump-you/63986/16 "2001-05-02T04:11:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sdimbert \* > What little-known Celtic was asked to be the first white Harlem Globetrotter? [Bob Karstens](http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/noflash/history.html)? He was “the first Caucasian player to be under contract” with the Globetrotters. I don’t know if he played with the Celtics. Technically, Abe Saperstein was the first non-black person to play with the Globetrotters. Buddy Levitt was another one who played before Karstens. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-stump-you/63986/17 "2001-05-02T04:14:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JeffB \* > Vinko Bogatej, a Yugoslavian ski jumper. I think the correct spelling is “Bogataj”, but I’ll give it to you. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-stump-you/63986/18 "2001-05-02T04:21:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by zev\_steinhardt \* > \*\*What do these former major leaguers all have in common? > > Hank Aaron > Babe Ruth > Willie Mays > Dizzy Dean > Dwight Gooden > Darryl Strawberry > Cy Young > > … and just to make it harder, make sure that the following players do not fit the rule: > > Lance Johnson > Dave Kingman > Rafael Santana > Diego Segui\*\* If it wasn’t for Babe Ruth, I’d say that all of their names include at least one set of double letters. Damn him. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-stump-you/63986/19 "2001-05-02T04:26:10Z")
TRIVIA was the Roman word for a three street intersection where the guys would sit around and bullshit, watching the wortld go by. Glad they decided on “trivia” and not “bullshit”. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-stump-you/63986/20 "2001-05-02T04:27:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sdimbert \* > \*\*OK, **Zev** , it took me a while, but I think I got it. > > > [@](#): > > > > What do the following biblical personalities have in common? > > > > Moses > > Samuel > > Ichabod > > Esther > > Is it the fact that none of them was raised by his or her natural parents? > \*\* Yep, that’s it, **sdimbert**! Like your Excel question, I thought that would last a bit longer. Zev Steinhardt [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-stump-you/63986.md?page=2)