Would he appreciate an intelligent guess? If I didn't know how much a square foot of air weighed, could I represent it with x and then give a formula? If he a

Would he appreciate an intelligent guess? If I didn't know how much a square foot of air weighed, could I represent it with x and then give a formula? If he asked me who discovered the south pole and I asked him to clarify whether he meant who first reached the south pole, who first postulated that the earth, being spheroid, must have a southernmost extremity, or who first realized that the earth produces a magnetic field, would he be impressed or merely annoyed? I'd be more interested to know how he reacted to the answers than the fact that he asked the questions.