# Clever trivia questions **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 22, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747 "2008-06-22T02:54:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Peter\_Pangloss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Peter\_Pangloss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Pangloss)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/81 "2008-06-27T03:04:13Z")
[QUOTE=It’s Not Rocket Surgery!] Beetle Bailey (from the eponymous strip drawn by Mort Walker) is the brother of Lois from Hi and Lois (drawn by Chris Browne, I think). [/QUOTE] That is correct. ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/82 "2008-06-27T03:23:21Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] I would think Alaska being argued as the eastern most point would have to do with the Aleutian Islands lining up under Russia. Russia is considered a Eastern country. [Map](http://encarta.msn.com/map_701510011/aleutian_islands.html) [/QUOTE] Right. Alaska is the only US state that lies (partially) in the Eastern Hemisphere. [Semisopochnoi Island](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semisopochnoi_Island), one of the Aleutians, is the easternmost point in the US (by longitude). ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Pangloss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Peter\_Pangloss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Pangloss)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/83 "2008-06-27T06:22:09Z")
[QUOTE=Peter Pangloss] Who was the only King to be crowned in Westminster Abbey? [/QUOTE] No takers? The only King to be crowned in Westminster Abbey? Anyone? Bueller? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/84 "2008-06-28T03:21:45Z")
[QUOTE=Airblairxxx] That movie seems to be a thrown-together documentary after her death, and it wasn’t what I was thinking of. The movie I’m talking about was fictional, and the funeral was incorporated into the story. (Oooh, there’s a hint for you.) [/QUOTE] Bruce Lee’s last movie: Game of Death. I had to look up the title, but I knew the outline of the answer. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/85 "2008-06-28T16:23:48Z")
[QUOTE=Airblairxxx] That movie seems to be a thrown-together documentary after her death, and it wasn’t what I was thinking of. The movie I’m talking about was fictional, and the funeral was incorporated into the story. (Oooh, there’s a hint for you.) [/QUOTE] Crap. I really wanna know this one. JFK? (Wanna PM me if you don’t wanna spoil the answer for the thread?) :smack: As I read the tail end of the thread… that’s what I get for being over-eager. Though I _do_ like my Jayne Mansfield answer. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/86 "2008-06-28T17:59:44Z")
[QUOTE=Airblairxxx] Name the movie that featured (a) a star, and (b) footage of that star’s actual funeral. [/QUOTE] Guess - Plan 9 From Outer Space? ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/87 "2008-06-29T17:07:52Z")
I am guessing there is a trick to this one because according to Westminster Abbey all of the British Crowns have had their coronations there for centuries. From Wikipedia: “Since the coronations in 1066 of both King Harold and William the Conqueror, all English and British monarchs (except Edward V and Edward VIII, who did not have coronations) have been crowned in the Abbey.” I really just wanted to refresh the thread cause while I don’t know any answers I love trivia questions. Adhemar [QUOTE=Peter Pangloss] No takers? The only King to be crowned in Westminster Abbey? Anyone? Bueller? Anyone? [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/88 "2008-06-30T18:44:28Z")
[QUOTE=Cardinal] Bruce Lee’s last movie: Game of Death. I had to look up the title, but I knew the outline of the answer. [/QUOTE] Correct. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Pangloss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Peter\_Pangloss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Pangloss)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/89 "2008-07-01T03:01:28Z")
[QUOTE=adhemar] I am guessing there is a trick to this one because according to Westminster Abbey all of the British Crowns have had their coronations there for centuries. From Wikipedia: “Since the coronations in 1066 of both King Harold and William the Conqueror, all English and British monarchs (except Edward V and Edward VIII, who did not have coronations) have been crowned in the Abbey.” I really just wanted to refresh the thread cause while I don’t know any answers I love trivia questions. Adhemar [/QUOTE] **adhemar** : You are quite right: it is a trick question. (Hint: Look carefully at the phrasing of my question and notice that I didn’t ask, “How many men were crowned King?”) ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/90 "2008-07-01T04:43:26Z")
[QUOTE=Peter Pangloss] No takers? The only King to be crowned in Westminster Abbey? Anyone? Bueller? Anyone? [/QUOTE] Since we know it’s a trick question, I’m gonna take a shot with Elvis Presley. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/91 "2008-07-01T05:59:20Z")
If we’re moving to geography: What’s the smallest country that has a land border with more than one other country? More than two other countries? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/92 "2008-07-01T06:01:28Z")
> [@](#): > > No takers? The only King to be crowned in Westminster Abbey? Anyone? Bueller? Anyone? James I. Because he was already King James VI of Scotland when he was crowned in Westminster Abbey. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2008, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/93 "2008-07-01T11:46:16Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] If we’re moving to geography: What’s the smallest country that has a land border with more than one other country? More than two other countries? [/QUOTE] I would guess Lichtenstein for both of these. ETA: no, wait, the first one could be Andorra. I stand by my first answer for the second question :). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/94 "2008-07-01T15:30:54Z")
What’s the smallest country that has a land border with more than one other country? More than two other countries? Answer:It’s Liechtenstein (bordered by Austria and Switzerland) and Luxembourg (bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany). Andorra is bordered by France and Spain but it’s larger than Liechtenstein. Another geography one. What country is bordered by the most countries that are larger than it is? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/95 "2008-07-01T16:03:32Z")
What was the original color of Mickey Mouse’s shorts? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/96 "2008-07-01T16:13:03Z")
P.S. I should note that my question _does_ tie in with all the Academy Awards questions being bandied about. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/97 "2008-07-01T17:47:19Z")
> [@](#): > > What was the original color of Mickey Mouse’s shorts? White? I didn’t actually check but the only alternative would have been black, right? And then it wouldn’t have been apparent he was wearing pants at all. And Disney didn’t go the full frontal route until Donald Duck. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/98 "2008-07-01T17:53:21Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] White? I didn’t actually check but the only alternative would have been black, right? And then it wouldn’t have been apparent he was wearing pants at all. And Disney didn’t go the full frontal route until Donald Duck. [/QUOTE] Nope … this wasn’t B&W but actual color. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Pangloss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Peter\_Pangloss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Pangloss)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/99 "2008-07-02T02:13:15Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] James I. Because he was already King James VI of Scotland when he was crowned in Westminster Abbey. [/QUOTE] King James VI of Scotland is correct. Anna Leonowens (Anna of “The King and I,” etc., etc. etc.) had a famous great-nephew. Who was he? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/100 "2008-07-02T12:43:23Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] Another geography one. What country is bordered by the most countries that are larger than it is? [/QUOTE] I’ll take a stab at Tajikstan, with 4. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747.md?page=6)