Totenkopf Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080131/od_nm/dumb_odd_dc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper_Kazai Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Lol. I remember some guy getting the very first question wrong. It was funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 funny!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ztalker Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Tears in my eyes...not from laughing... Those people are just ignorant. Borderline arrogant. All those questions are valid and are about human history. Every sane person would know these answers...I bet even RJM could finish it with a 100% score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lion54 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 What I find funny is that the site they link to has expired. The day before they posted this article. Now that's funny. Good job yahoo news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Every sane person would know these answers... I don't know the answers to: - What happened in Dallas on November 22,1963? - Which American actor is married to Nicole Kidman? - Name a film starring Bob Hoskins that is also the name of a famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. - In which European city was the first opera house opened in 1637? I guess I'm pretty dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I think he should of said, any sane person from the united states or other English speaking countries with an interest in the united states and European Opera houses would know these answers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corinthian Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 1: John F. Kennedy was shot. As for the other three, I don't know, nor do I particularly care. And name one heterosexual male that has an interest in the United States and European Opera. You'll find a very small list, particularly outside the Upper class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ-W4 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I don't know the answers to: - What happened in Dallas on November 22,1963? - Which American actor is married to Nicole Kidman? - Name a film starring Bob Hoskins that is also the name of a famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. - In which European city was the first opera house opened in 1637? 1, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was killed. 2, Nicole Kidman was married to our fave loon, t0M kerr-ooze, once, supposedly at the time the quwstion was asked. 3, The film was Mona Lisa. 4, The first opera house ever was the Teatro San Cassiona in Venice, opened in 1637. For further funny reading on the opera and its madness, try 'Maskerade' by Terry Pratchett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ztalker Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 adamqd wrote: I think he should of said, any sane person from the united states or other English speaking countries with an interest in the united states and European Opera houses would know these answers Correct...I tend to post things to quickly before thinking them through. But like you said..any person with some history training about the US should be capable of answering these. To be honest, I found them a bit difficult since we in Holland don't really get teached about the U.S. (yeah, okay...Boston Tea party and such...). So it's no problem Sabretooth doesn't know. Was very difficult for me too. but the candidates in this program ARE American citizens. And you, a guy from India, would have possibly guessed better then those candidates did anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mur'phon Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Wait, jesus was a jungle-swinger? *Re-reads new testament* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Jesus, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimartin Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I don't know the answers to: - What happened in Dallas on November 22,1963? Being a non-US citizen, there is no shame in not knowing that date. However, that does not forgive any American for not knowing that date a long with 12/07/1941, 09/11/2001, 05/07/1945 or 05/08/1945, 08/14/1945, 01/20/2009:D and 01/08/1935 (the last one is a joke). All Texans should also know the date 03/06/1836 and what happened on that date in San Antonio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 - Name a film starring Bob Hoskins that is also the name of a famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. I originally thought of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" too, because that's the only movie I know Bob Hoskins from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue15 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 heh i was gonna say 'the da vinci code' i wouldn't have got any of those questions right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrollytheMighty Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 1, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was killed. 2, Nicole Kidman was married to our fave loon, t0M kerr-ooze, once, supposedly at the time the quwstion was asked. 3, The film was Mona Lisa. 4, The first opera house ever was the Teatro San Cassiona in Venice, opened in 1637. For further funny reading on the opera and its madness, try 'Maskerade' by Terry Pratchett. I thought the film was called Mona Lisa Smiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totenkopf Posted February 1, 2008 Author Share Posted February 1, 2008 The answer to the opera house question was stupid b/c Sydney is on the other side of the world (and didn't exist at the time of the first euro opera house anyway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimartin Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 The answer to the opera house question was stupid b/c Sydney is on the other side of the world (and didn't exist at the time of the first euro opera house anyway). That and the Sydney Opera House architecture seems a little modern to be built in 1637. Any fool should be able to reason that the first Opera House was in Italy, unless they did not know Italy was a part of Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabish Bini Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 The Jesus answer to the jungle swingin one, classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev7 Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 That is pretty funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeroldoth Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Here's one for you. Clips from an Australian show interviewing Americans: http://www.shoutfile.com/v/gSfSsCpR/Why_People_Believe_Americans_Are_Stupid 6:49 "Star Wars is based on a true story, true or false?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 - Which American actor is married to Nicole Kidman? - Name a film starring Bob Hoskins that is also the name of a famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. - In which European city was the first opera house opened in 1637? These questions are not necessarily answerable by any sane person in the western world. They require cultural knowledge of an unusual nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ-W4 Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 I thought the film was called Mona Lisa Smiles.Nope. 'Mona Lisa' (with Bob Hoskins) is an English film from 1986 while 'Mona Lisa Smile' is a 2003 US film. They require cultural knowledge.FIXED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 "Jesus of the Jungle." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Nope. 'Mona Lisa' (with Bob Hoskins) is an English film from 1986 while 'Mona Lisa Smile' is a 2003 US film. FIXED Well, then, I suppose you know the intimate details of the Carranza Affair, or the Escobedo Affair, the Investiture Controversy, or the ins-and-outs of the Levée en Masse of August 1793, since all European history and gossip is apparently now basic cultural knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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