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Dace 7 Apr 2005 01:16

A chance to increase your post count by one
 
Im actually interested in knowing how widespread this knowledge is so ...



WITHOUT GOOGLING do you know:

1.) Where venezuela is

2.) What the expression "having a cross to bear" means

Just put a "yes" or "no" after the number of the question in your reply.

It's as easy as that people.

Knight Theamion 7 Apr 2005 01:24

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
yes

yes

MrL_JaKiri 7 Apr 2005 01:28

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
Yes

Yes

I also know what the capital of Venezuela is!

Dace 7 Apr 2005 01:31

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
No showing off now Mark, you've got your post count, be content with that.

Deepflow 7 Apr 2005 01:35

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yes yes...

lokken 7 Apr 2005 01:37

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
yes
yes

midge5 7 Apr 2005 01:42

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
Yes
Yes

MrL_JaKiri 7 Apr 2005 01:51

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Dace
No showing off now Mark, you've got your post count, be content with that.

Caracas! (Although I did have to google to make sure I spelt it correctly)

I know that because of a private eye cartoon, which followed on from the headline "Random tests for cattle". It was a scientist, in a field, with a clipboard, next to a cow. "You! What is the capital of Venezuela?" was the pun involved.

It remains with me in the same way that the episode of 3rd Rock From the Sun where the kid whos name I've forgotten is going to get into an exclusive school but deliberately ballses it up.

"It's called THE CORONA. You know that! You've BEEN THERE!"

That and

"I too have a dream. And in that dream I'm naked on a ferris wheel."

I only remember those things about that show, other than that guy who was in that film with a doppelganger and also in Cliffhanger was in it. John Lithgow.

IncubusGod 7 Apr 2005 01:57

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
yes

****ing yes

Phil^ 7 Apr 2005 02:20

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
yes
no - though im sure i will in a few moments as i google it...


edit : Argh i wish i was still clueless about it now :(

queball 7 Apr 2005 02:33

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
1) Yes.
2) Yes. And I'd be surprised if someone I met didn't know it.

JamMak 7 Apr 2005 02:37

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
Yes
and Yes

...I think

Boogster 7 Apr 2005 03:05

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
Yup.
Yup.

Demon Dave 7 Apr 2005 03:24

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
Yes
No EDIT: after re-reading it Yes. i thought it read "having to cross a bear" at first :rolleyes:

Tactitus 7 Apr 2005 03:44

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
1) Yes
2) Yes


I think self-selection bias will be the big winner here ;)

s|k 7 Apr 2005 03:59

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
1) No
2) Yes

Structural Integrity 7 Apr 2005 07:20

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
Yes, b'cause it's on a RISK board
Yes... I think... I know a lot of Dutch sayings, my English ones aren't as good but I can guess what "bear a cross" means.

roadrunner_0 7 Apr 2005 08:22

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
yes
yes


why are you asking dace?

Structural Integrity 7 Apr 2005 08:26

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
Find the link...

Isn't this big Jezus(-like) bloke on the rock in Venezuela?
Or are there rumours that the new pope will be from Venezuela?

Knowing Dace, these two must be related somehow.

Dante Hicks 7 Apr 2005 08:31

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
Yes
Yes

Tomkat 7 Apr 2005 08:32

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
yes yes

KoeN 7 Apr 2005 09:09

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
- yes
- i think so

postcount +1

hyfe 7 Apr 2005 09:10

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
Anybody not being able to place Venezuela on a map should be ashamed.

pablissimo 7 Apr 2005 09:22

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
Pretty sure
Yes

Zharkov 7 Apr 2005 10:09

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
yes, yes

furball 7 Apr 2005 10:22

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
yes, yes

SYMM 7 Apr 2005 10:42

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
Yes, Yes.
Though misreading the 2nd as "having a bear to cross" did confuse me slightly :|

Vasquez 7 Apr 2005 11:00

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
aye
aye

Ste 7 Apr 2005 11:02

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
yes and yes

Phang 7 Apr 2005 11:09

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yes yes

LHC 7 Apr 2005 11:16

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yes, yes

I am Idler 7 Apr 2005 11:26

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
I thank you for this wonderful chance to improve my postcount.

Thank you Dace

NEWSBOT3 7 Apr 2005 12:18

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
yes
yes

ChubbyChecker 7 Apr 2005 12:21

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
I was born there, so yes
And yes

Apothos 7 Apr 2005 12:28

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri
Yes

Yes

I also know what the capital of Venezuela is!


Apothos 7 Apr 2005 12:31

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Structural Integrity
Isn't this big Jezus(-like) bloke on the rock in Venezuela?

Thats Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), isn't it?

Structural Integrity 7 Apr 2005 12:33

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Apothos
Thats Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), isn't it?

Oh yeah...

Dace 7 Apr 2005 12:33

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Apothos
Thats Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), isn't it?



yup

Dace 7 Apr 2005 12:36

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
OK a chance to increase your post count by a further one post.

Again just a simple "yes" or "no" answer will suffice.

- Do you think somebody who doesn't know the answer to those questions is stupid (or is liable to be so)?

MrL_JaKiri 7 Apr 2005 12:36

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
Yes. I can go into further detail if required!

Dace 7 Apr 2005 12:38

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
OK go into further detail Mark.

Phang 7 Apr 2005 12:39

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yes i suspect

Structural Integrity 7 Apr 2005 12:42

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No...
Because knowledge and intelligence are two completely different things. And being able to answer those questions falls under knowledge in my opinion.

edit: for clarification, being stupid is a lack of intelligence, not knowledge.

Dace 7 Apr 2005 12:45

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Fair enough SI but on the second original question what if the person was a catholic?

Knight Theamion 7 Apr 2005 12:53

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
John Lithgow is funny.

Structural Integrity 7 Apr 2005 12:57

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Dace
Fair enough SI but on the second original question what if the person was a catholic?

Point still stands. ;)

Perhaps you should change "stupid" to "ignorant" or "poorly informed".

However, assuming the saying "having a cross to bear" has been uttered to the individual on many occassions, and has been explain too, then perhaps one COULD conclude the person is stupid.
But it's also possible the person is just forgetfull, which is not a sign of stupidity in my opinion.

In short, you can't label a person stupid by asking questions that only require knowledge to answer.

MrL_JaKiri 7 Apr 2005 13:03

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Dace
OK go into further detail Mark.

Whilst it is true that intelligence =! knowledge, you made it explicit in your question that you were talking about general trends rather than hard and fast laws. In my experience, it is a perfectly evidenced trend that more intelligent people will tend to know more, and are more likely to be able to infer the meaning of something (such as the 2nd question) from information they already have, if they haven't been explicitly told the "answer".

Obviously there are some cases where this doesn't apply; the classic example of the idiot savante, but genetic disorders and other similar things tend to exaggerate the number of outliers (such as dwarfism or giantism when you're looking at a distribution of heights), and are in such comparatively small numbers that they can be safely ignored.

hyfe 7 Apr 2005 13:19

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I think quite alot of non-stupid people without english as first language would have problems with nr.2.
Bear is not a common word.

Not knowing where Venezuela is means you're ignorant, which means you're most likely pretty stupid though.

SbOlly 7 Apr 2005 13:21

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
No,
Yes,
Yes.

Phang 7 Apr 2005 13:24

Re: A chance to increase your post count by one
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by hyfe
people without english as first language

are not the people being discussed here.


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