# Best trivia questions for fun-time discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 1, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-trivia-questions-for-fun-time-discussion/491572 "2009-04-01T13:54:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2009, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-trivia-questions-for-fun-time-discussion/491572/61 "2009-04-04T11:46:09Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > York City have been out of the Football League for a while now as well, so your first question needs to be amended, too. Ta. And the other ‘x’ is Wrexham ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-trivia-questions-for-fun-time-discussion/491572/62 "2009-04-08T10:25:21Z")
Which animals make up the African ‘Big 5’? The discussion would no doubt include: Lion, tiger, elephant, rhino, hippo, giraffe. leopard, cheetah, gazelle, crocodile and zebra. Lion, elephant, rhino, leopard and buffalo! ---
**Author:** ![Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petrobey_Mavromihalis)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-trivia-questions-for-fun-time-discussion/491572/63 "2009-04-08T11:52:11Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Lion, elephant, rhino, leopard and buffalo! I presume you mean the last of the list is surprising. The Big 5 were chosen for how difficult they are to hunt, and those rate high on that criteria, as well as being very dangerous to mess with. Good question, though. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-trivia-questions-for-fun-time-discussion/491572/64 "2009-04-08T16:45:55Z")
> [@Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](#): > > I presume you mean the last of the list is surprising. The Big 5 were chosen for how difficult they are to hunt, and those rate high on that criteria, as well as being very dangerous to mess with. > > Good question, though. Fair enough (and good to know), although I would consider a hippo extraordinarily dangerous to mess with! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-trivia-questions-for-fun-time-discussion/491572/65 "2009-04-08T17:25:48Z")
Not counting the letter Y, how many other Presidents besides Barack Obama had a surname that ended with a vowel? ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-trivia-questions-for-fun-time-discussion/491572/66 "2009-04-09T00:32:17Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Not counting the letter Y, how many other Presidents besides Barack Obama had a surname that ended with a vowel? I count four. But counting the Y, which two presidents’ full names\* contained all six vowels? \*not necessarily at birth. Additional clue: they served consecutively. ---
**Author:** ![Kalea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@Kalea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalea)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-trivia-questions-for-fun-time-discussion/491572/67 "2009-04-09T00:52:02Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Which animals make up the African ‘Big 5’? > > The discussion would no doubt include: > > Lion, tiger, elephant, rhino, hippo, giraffe. leopard, cheetah, gazelle, crocodile and zebra. > > Lion, elephant, rhino, leopard and buffalo! Now, given that, what are Africa’s “Little 5”? Antlion, Elephant shrew, Rhino Beetle, Leopard tortoise, and Buffalo weaver ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-trivia-questions-for-fun-time-discussion/491572/68 "2009-04-09T14:50:25Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > I count four. So do I. Monroe, Fillmore. Pierce, Coolidge > [@](#): > > But counting the Y, which two presidents’ full names\* contained all six vowels? > > \*not necessarily at birth. Ulysses Simpson Grant (originally Hiram Ulysses Grant) and Rutherford Birchard Hayes On a related note: What were the given first names of Presidents Cleveland, Wilson, Coolidge, and Eisenhower? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-trivia-questions-for-fun-time-discussion/491572.md?page=3)