# Help me with trivia questions **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 18, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-trivia-questions/582363 "2011-05-18T19:43:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-trivia-questions/582363/1 "2011-05-18T19:43:17Z")
I am hosting a live trivia game.Help me come up with some general knowledge questions. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-trivia-questions/582363/2 "2011-05-18T20:19:00Z")
What are your categories? That’s going to be the easiest way to fill this out. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-trivia-questions/582363/3 "2011-05-18T22:04:26Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > What are your categories? That’s going to be the easiest way to fill this out. Any category is fine ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-trivia-questions/582363/4 "2011-05-18T22:28:45Z")
In which sport did Dr. Benjamin Spock, noted child care author, win an Olympic gold medal? Rowing, 1924 In what category did Dr. Joyce Brothers win $64,000 on the $64,000 question? Boxing Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-trivia-questions/582363/5 "2011-05-18T22:55:31Z")
What is the largest concrete dome in the world? The Pantheon (Rome) Who was the first major league baseball player to die as a result of injuries sustained on the field? Mike Powers, 1909 Who was the first President of the United States to survive being shot while in office? Ronald Reagan Who is the only person elected to both the Baseball and Pro Football Halls of Fame? Cal Hubbard What was the only official government post ever held by the Duke of Windsor after his abdication? Governor of the Bahamas during World War II What is the name of the war fought between Great Britain and Spain starting in 1739? War of Jenkins’ Ear What role did Groucho Marx play in his final film role in the 1968 film Skidoo? God What was the lowest denomination of currency authorized by U.S. law? The mill 1/1000th of a dollar. Which two famous authors died on the same day as John F. Kennedy? C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-trivia-questions/582363/6 "2011-05-18T23:52:12Z")
Read the [Trivia Dominoes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=550730) thread. You’ll find tons of possibilities. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-trivia-questions/582363/7 "2011-05-19T00:03:57Z")
Some US Geography question What US state is closest to Africa? Maine What US states are the furthest North, East, South, and West? Alaska, Alaska, Hawaii, Alaska What US State is bordered by one (and only one) other US State? Maine ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-trivia-questions/582363/8 "2011-05-23T15:42:32Z")
1. Who was the first American author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature? Sinclair Lewis 1. Reginald Pole was the last Roman Catholic to hold what position? Archbishop of Canterbury 1. What two letters are worth 8 points in Scrabble? J and X 1. Who was the last Whig to serve as President of the USA? Millard Fillmore 1. Who was the last human being to set foot on the moon? Gene Cernan 1. What was the LAST major league baseball team to have a black player on its roster? The Boston Red Sox 1. What are the first names of the Everly Brothers? Phil and Don ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-trivia-questions/582363/9 "2011-05-25T18:17:48Z")
Who was the only person to have a speaking role in both _Animal House_ and _Caddyshack_? Sarah Holcomb What was the date of the first scheduled night game at Wrigley Field? August 8, 1988 Who wrote the 1966 Monkees hit “I’m a Believer”? Neil Diamond Who hosted an ABC variety show called “Saturday Night Live” the same year the more famous NBC show premiered? Howard Cosell ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-trivia-questions/582363/10 "2011-05-25T20:17:52Z")
When did Harry Truman find out about the Manhattan Project? Only after President Franklin D. Roosevelt died. Before Prince William of Wales got the title Duke of Cambridge upon marrying earlier this month, when was it last in use? In 1904. How many times did Cold War rivals JFK and Khruschev meet? Only once, in Vienna in 1961. How many elections has Barack Obama lost? One, when he ran for Congress in 2000. What was James A. Garfield’s favorite parlor trick? He was both well-educated and ambidextrous, and could write Latin and Greek simultaneously. Who performed with a gospel choir at the segregated 1939 Atlanta premiere of _Gone with the Wind_? A young Martin Luther King Jr. What had a young George Washington hoped to do when he grew up? Become a British naval officer like his half-brother Lawrence, but his mother wouldn’t let him. What did the British ambassador affectionately say about Theodore Roosevelt? “You must always remember that the President is about six.” What did Oscar Wilde say when asked by a U.S. customs officer if he had anything to declare? “Only my genius!” ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-trivia-questions/582363/11 "2011-05-25T20:24:59Z")
[Here you go.](http://www.triviaplaying.com/index.htm) mmm ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-trivia-questions/582363/12 "2011-05-25T21:11:25Z")
Which 2 US states have never had a recorded temperature over 100 degrees Fahrenheit? Alaska and Hawaii > **[U.S. state and territory temperature extremes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state_temperature_extremes)** > > The following table lists the highest and lowest temperatures recorded in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 inhabited U.S. territories during the past two centuries, in both Fahrenheit and Celsius. If two dates have the same temperature record (e.g. record low of 40 °F or 4.4 °C in 1911 in Aibonito and 1966 in San Sebastian in Puerto Rico), only the most recent date is shown. > Unreferenced data assumed to be from NOAA How many US states have parts that are more North than the Southernmost point of Canada? 27 What’s the most that a contestant can possibly win in a single Jeopardy game? $356,000 Assuming I did the math right ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-trivia-questions/582363/13 "2011-05-26T15:56:54Z")
I was about to start another thread with this trivia challenge when I remembered this thread of yours. I have yet to look up the answer but the question is prompted by way of a comment that [Guy Pearce](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001602/) made in the Q&A session with the cast of _The King’s Speech_ (which we watched on a Netflix disc last night) where he said he had appeared in two recent Best Pictures. The question is: which movie actor (either gender) has appeared in the most Best Pictures (Academy Awards versions)? ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-trivia-questions/582363/14 "2011-05-26T18:20:43Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > …Assuming I did the math right Which, I apparently didn’t. Here’s the real answer: > **[How much money can you win in one show of Jeopardy? - Answers](https://qa.answers.com/gambling/How_much_money_can_you_win_in_one_show_of_Jeopardy)** > > Roger Craig set a new single day cash record of $77,000 on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 see related linkTournament Winners can not be considered to have won the money in one day though the day they win the tournament it is for much larger amounts of... ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-trivia-questions/582363/15 "2011-05-26T18:34:24Z")
I NEED categories to narrow down my trivia knowledge, so I’ll just pick presidents. What was Ulysses Grant’s given middle name? -He didn’t have one, he made up S. because he wasn’t allowed to enroll in the military without one. Gerald Ford was asked to play professional football for two teams, who were they? -Lions and Packers, he passed on it to become an assistant coach at Yale. What was Ronald Reagan’s nickname in college. -Crazy Legs, he had mad football skills too. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-trivia-questions/582363/16 "2011-05-27T02:06:14Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > What was Ulysses Grant’s given middle name? > -He didn’t have one, he made up S. because he wasn’t allowed to enroll in the military without one. His middle name, which was what he always went by, was Ulysses and his first name was Hiram. He became “Ulysses S. Grant” while at West Point due to a clerical error, which he apparently was happy to live with. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-trivia-questions/582363/17 "2011-05-27T02:34:28Z")
What procedure did every President up through Ike avoid, but every President since has had done? {Spolier} circumcision {Spoiler} ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-trivia-questions/582363/18 "2011-05-27T16:32:19Z")
What Supreme Court justice led the NFL in rushing twice? Byron “Whizzer” White ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-trivia-questions/582363/19 "2011-05-31T02:02:47Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > His middle name, which was what he always went by, was Ulysses and his first name was Hiram. He became “Ulysses S. Grant” while at West Point due to a clerical error, which he apparently was happy to live with. Ignorance successfully fought. Now I wonder where the hell I came up with that false factoid. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-trivia-questions/582363/20 "2011-05-31T08:25:34Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Ignorance successfully fought. Now I wonder where the hell I came up with that false factoid. confused Grant with Harry S. Truman, perhaps? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-trivia-questions/582363.md?page=2)