# Ask and Answer Trivia Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 3, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-and-answer-trivia-game/854988 "2020-06-03T15:56:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-and-answer-trivia-game/854988/1 "2020-06-03T15:56:17Z")
The person who answers correctly has to post a question of their own. The Ryder Cup used to be played in odd numbered years. Now it’s played in even numbered years. Why the change? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-and-answer-trivia-game/854988/2 "2020-06-03T17:05:48Z")
Without looking it up, I believe it was because the 2001 Ryder Cup was scheduled for September, but was postponed to 2002 following 9/11. I assume the fact we may go back to odd numbered years next year triggered this question. I’m going to shamelessly steal one from a zombie thread I read here recently, so some of you may have also seen it (I believe it was ultrafilter who posted it originally). If you travel due north from the westernmost point of the South American continent (not including any islands), what is the first US state you will reach? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-and-answer-trivia-game/854988/3 "2020-06-04T20:15:33Z")
Texas? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-and-answer-trivia-game/854988/4 "2020-06-04T21:44:36Z")
California? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-and-answer-trivia-game/854988/5 "2020-06-04T22:27:27Z")
Louisiana? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-and-answer-trivia-game/854988/6 "2020-06-05T02:59:46Z")
New York ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-and-answer-trivia-game/854988/7 "2020-06-05T03:05:01Z")
No, Florida. New York, I was thinking easternmost coast of Pacific. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-and-answer-trivia-game/854988/8 "2020-06-05T04:08:44Z")
Whose gonna Google it? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-and-answer-trivia-game/854988/9 "2020-06-05T05:12:42Z")
How does the person who correctly answers a question know that they correctly answered the question and that, therefore, they should ask the next one? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-and-answer-trivia-game/854988/10 "2020-06-05T05:25:11Z")
Miami is at 80.12 W. Piura, Peru, is just inland at 80.something. Goole maps knows more about Starbucks than aboug longitude. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-and-answer-trivia-game/854988/11 "2020-06-05T09:18:11Z")
It’s Florida. Just look at a map. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-and-answer-trivia-game/854988/12 "2020-06-05T09:43:24Z")
jtur88 is correct with their second answer, it is indeed Florida. I guess Googling to check (or in this case, looking at a globe or map) is better than waiting for the question poser to confirm, at least that’s how I assume it should work. jtur88 is up with the next question… ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-and-answer-trivia-game/854988/13 "2020-06-05T11:37:10Z")
What was the lasy natural element to be “discovered” – that is, a physical sample that could be examined" ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-and-answer-trivia-game/854988/14 "2020-06-05T14:54:10Z")
FYI, **Dead Cat** was correct with the Ryder Cup question. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-and-answer-trivia-game/854988/15 "2020-06-06T00:57:47Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > What was the lasy natural element to be “discovered” – that is, a physical sample that could be examined" Francium? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-and-answer-trivia-game/854988/16 "2020-06-06T02:44:55Z")
Close. There was one after Francium