If you were my "phone a friend " on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," what area of

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knowledge would you be able to answer a question about?

Myself, I would be able to answer almost any question about fireworks/pyrotechnics, most questions about Macintosh computers, the films of Robert Bresson, the writings of Jack Kerouac, the music of George Gershwin, and California geography. My sister has an encyclopedic knowlege of English royalty. Both of my parents were U.S. Marines and could answer almost any question about that.

[TK421]

1. History and the arts....math, you are screwed. Geography I'm pretty good at

but if it has anything to do with numbers ( or sports statistics ) you can forget about calling me...

[WritingIsMyReligion]

2. Grammar and other minutiae about the English language.

Also most things about jazz music or music theory, especially jazz history dealing with the '50s or so onwards, most especially of that Miles Davis.

If it's fairly mainstream rock/soul music from the 1960s and '70s, I can in some cases quote artist, title, year released, album, track number. :D I'm hot with classic rock lyrics, too, at least all the radio songs, and some select album tracks from various artists.

I'm sure there's more...

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3. Here's a grammar question for you...

When you compare and contrast two things, the result is a comparison and a _________ .
I've never known what the result of contrasting two things is called.

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

5. Isn't it just 'contrast'?

:shrug:

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7. So "contrast" can be a noun, a verb, or an adjective?

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

15. Got me, but you have to admit, it'd be pretty friggin sweet if it can. . .

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17. Here's another question:

What is the name for this phenomenon? When you meet someone who lives in your neighborhood, then you start seeing them all the time? Or, when you learn a new word, then you start seeing that word a lot?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

31. Synchronicity n/t

[WritingIsMyReligion]

10. I think TFA has it.

It's just a "contrast," so far as I'm aware.

:shrug:

[lost-in-nj]

4. ummmm

absoufuckinglutly nothing.....


I am not proficient or smart in any category!!!!


lost

[flvegan]

6. Animal issues, fitness, nutrition, real property title and law (in some states)

and the Bosox pre-1987.

[sakabatou]

8. Anime

:D

[ghostsofgiants]

9. Music and douchebaggery, primarily.

[MrScorpio]

11. History, politics, geography, general knowledge

I'm your man

[Bennyboy]

12. Sports, the sixties history, music...

[Generic Brad]

13. You wouldn't want to phone me

I would give a smart ass answer that would be obviously wrong. It would not be done with malicious intent because I just cannot help myself. Ask for a lifeline and I'll bring you down, man.

[SPKrazy]

14. *sigh*

probably some boring topic like psychotropic medications or something

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16. Television

from the beginning to about 10 years ago (WAY too many stations and shows to collect mentally, now), English grammar and spelling, some history (preferably British, before Cromwell), science fiction and fantasy literature, software, actors, Star Trek (but of course!), the paranormal, animals....these are the ones from the top of my head. :)

[LibDemAlways]

18. I was on a game show back in 1973 and won a

car because of my knowledge of then-current tv shows. Today, that wouldn't be a good category for me as I rarely watch, except for Olbermann. I think I'd do ok with film, American lit, and politics.

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19. What show were you on?

[LibDemAlways]

24. See post below.

[LibDemAlways]

23. This one:

Split Second featuring Tom Kennedy. It was pretty short lived. More info here:

http://timstvshowcase.com/splitsec.html

[Left Is Write]

20. Pretty much most pop culture and pop entertainment categories.

I could also help out with English language questions, true crime, American history, and the bizarrely trivial.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

21. In general: music, film/TV, literature, politics, random trivia.

[merh]

22. fema fuckups

fema follies

and fema frustrations

just call on me if you get a question dealing with any of them

:hi:

[mitchum]

25. True crime, avant garde music, American Lit, pornography of the 60s, 70s, 80s...

blues, recreational drugs, Tennessee Williams, William Burroughs, the Rolling Stones, Hollywood Babylon type things...Christ! I still have the same interests that I had as a teenager!

[BlueJazz]

26. Astronomy

[Mojambo]

27. Comic Books. n/t

[skyblue]

28. I almost know about "alternative" music, tv, knitting, mass extinctions, certain diseases

[Mythsaje]

29. Sci fi and fantasy

novels, movies, and television. (Better throw in the suspense genre too, I suppose). Rock and pop music from the late sixties to the early 2000s. The martial arts. Archaic weaponry. Dogs. And probably other things I can't remember right now.

[pokerfan]

30. Hmmm...

Physics
Engineering
Mathematics
Computer science
Geology
Astronomy
Space exploration
Geography
Military history
Science fiction
College football

(I'm a lot of fun at parties.)

[Clintonista2]

32. english literature. nt.