# What do you know a lot about? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 19, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-a-lot-about/189540 "2003-07-19T04:05:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-a-lot-about/189540/21 "2003-07-19T14:30:59Z")
I’d like to start by saying I have an exceptional amount of knowledge in each of these fields, but am not an expert within them. I am regularly humbled and educated when around te _real_ experts. 1. Horses. Pretty much all things horse, be it breeds and colors, tack and training, history and use. 2. Similarly–horse racing. I’m a trivia freak and have a noggin full of record times, dates, lists, pedigree lines, etc. When I can’t sleep, I run through a chronological list of the last 35 Kentucky Derby winners. 3. Animals in general. Having had a wide variety of exotic pets, I’ve gained an above-the-norm amount of knowledge of several different species. Beyond that, I just love animals and am fascinated by them, so I study various biology subjects for pleasure. 4. Education/teaching techniques. Being a teacher, I’d _hope_ I’d be pretty up on behavioral/educational theory. It’s fascinating, at least to me. 5. Heh…50 states and capitals. Having taught them for so long, I know them all and can place them on a blank map. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-a-lot-about/189540/22 "2003-07-19T14:34:09Z")
Andrew Lloyd Webber. I know more about him than HE does. Julian Lloyd Webber. And who is the other Doper who has even heard of him? Natural cleaning. No bleach, ammonia, etc. for me. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-a-lot-about/189540/23 "2003-07-19T14:50:10Z")
The movie **Grease** … don’t laugh! I was only 10 when it premiered. Clowns… don’t laugh -or- run away! Softball… ok, you can laugh now. And Aerosmith… you better _not_ laugh, sucka! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-a-lot-about/189540/24 "2003-07-19T15:05:11Z")
I won’t laugh … Grease is my favorite movie 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-a-lot-about/189540/25 "2003-07-19T15:23:07Z")
Add me to the list of Tudorphiles. I am absolutely obsessed with Henry VIII and especially with Elizabeth I. Speaking of Gloriana, damn! what a mind! ---
**Author:** ![Bugnorton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bugnorton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bugnorton)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-a-lot-about/189540/26 "2003-07-19T16:39:49Z")
To iterate others; I am only an “expert” in #1 and am thrilled to have the opportunity to learn from true experts, but here goes: [list=1] [li]Propery Management a.k.a. Feces Management[/li][li]Star Trek TOS[/li][li]Cats (the little furry companions, not the musical)[/li][li]Clive Staples Lewis (the man and his work)[/li][li]Vivien Leigh [/li][li]Laurence Olivier[/li][li]Bad Theater[/li][li]Much more completely useless information that has no practical application in RL, 'ya think that might be why I’m not exactly rolling in the dough?[/li][/list=1] ---
**Author:** ![Shemem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Shemem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shemem)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-a-lot-about/189540/27 "2003-07-19T16:49:03Z")
As a former copy editor and current librarian, I’ve made it my duty to know a little bit about almost everything. But you know what they say about a little knowledge … The one thing I do know a lot about is words. So I suppose I’ve made good career choices, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Adoptamom\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Adoptamom\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adoptamom_II)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-a-lot-about/189540/28 "2003-07-19T19:37:01Z")
I fall with those who know a bit about alot of things. I am considered by others to be especially knowledgeable about: parenting homeschooling sewing ---
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-a-lot-about/189540/29 "2003-07-19T19:48:06Z")
I forgot to add World Capitals to my list. A kid in my study hall asked my one once, and I didn’t know the answer ( I am a math teacher you know). I was so dissapointed with myself, that I started with the biggies, and kept going and going. I know every capital in the world now, and can usually answer them with about 98% accuracy. BTW, hopefool is really cracking me up. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-a-lot-about/189540/30 "2003-07-19T19:58:52Z")
Ancient Rome-especially the Julio-Claudian family of Emperors. A variety of people from reading their biographies: George Orwell, Marlon Brando, Anthony Hopkins, Jack Nicholson to name a few. Pop culture Bettas ---
**Author:** ![jjohnny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@jjohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjohnny)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-a-lot-about/189540/31 "2003-07-19T21:43:21Z")
I am in the midst of learning all that I can about the USS Indianapolis, its tragic story, the gentlemen who survived, and those who rescued them. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-a-lot-about/189540/32 "2003-07-19T22:43:53Z")
Medicine Prisons Chemical dependency Tolkien ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-a-lot-about/189540/33 "2003-07-19T23:26:15Z")
Nursing. Child rearing (though not as much as I’d like to). Movies Wine. Food. Books. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-a-lot-about/189540/34 "2003-07-19T23:31:59Z")
Oil & gas exploration WWII This message board Eating cheaply ---
**Author:** ![Tsubaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Tsubaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsubaki)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-a-lot-about/189540/35 "2003-07-20T00:58:17Z")
**moejuck** , I should have added that I am not an expert so much as more knowledgable than your average Joe. I don’t know much about the history except that - the sport is about 2000 years old, but it didn’t become popular as a spectator sport until the 1600’s - it possibly is an imported sport from the Asian continent (Korea and Mongolia also have their own variety of sumo) - the current system of six tournaments per year didn’t start until 1958 - it uses a lot of Shinto ritual - it was about the 1600’s that bansuke (rankings), heya (“stables”), and the dohyo (ring) were introduced. - the original rikishi were usually unemployed samurai, and “tournaments” were held to raise money for temples, shrines and such, with a small proportion of the money given to the competitors themselves. Now, if you want to know about MODERN sumo (ie. the past 5 years or so) I could give you a decent rundown, and answer most questions I think. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-a-lot-about/189540/36 "2003-07-20T01:31:48Z")
Boeing 737’s and 777’s. NASCAR Racing. NASCAR collectibles. Crayola crayons. I also know quite a bit about cooking (especially southern Italian), carpentry and woodworking, computers, cars of the 50’s through the 70’s, and the attack on Pearl Harbor. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-a-lot-about/189540/37 "2003-07-20T02:16:13Z")
U.S. immigration law and policy The extremely random and obscure ethnic groups of the North Caucasus, and their treatment by the Russian central authorities “Expert” is a relative term, though, as I am neither a lawyer nor a historian by any means, and will happily cede to anyone with greater expertise. ---
**Author:** ![fruitbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-a-lot-about/189540/38 "2003-07-20T04:11:49Z")
I think I qualify in three areas of increasing obscurity. 1. Investments and finance. (I bore myself here) 2. Rare and Antiquarian books (Collector and sometimes dealer) 3. The History and Culture of Haiti, including a damn good understanding of Vodun (Voodoo) and Haitian Creole for a white guy. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-a-lot-about/189540/39 "2003-07-20T04:30:15Z")
Star Trek, miscellaneous world history, and pro wrestling. ---
**Author:** ![n2o](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a88e4f/32.png) [@n2o](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/n2o)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-know-a-lot-about/189540/40 "2003-07-20T05:14:19Z")
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