# Trick Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851 "2005-01-21T02:31:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/181 "2005-01-27T03:25:58Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > It’s uncertain, but possibly from the Italian word _girasole_, “sunflower”. > > Shakespeare and Cervantes both died on April 23, 1616. Approximately how much time elapsed between their deaths? About 10 days. England used the Julian calendar and Spain used the Gregorian calendar. Their deaths were ten days apart. On the day Cervantes died it would have been April 13 in England. My question: (and this one will be sure to please the kiddies :D) What word begins with ‘f’ and ends with ‘uck’? ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/182 "2005-01-27T04:13:14Z")
oooh oooh, i know that one! FIRETRUCK!!! ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/183 "2005-01-27T04:26:04Z")
In my first post, I meant “occasions” not “equations.” Sorry. I can’t leave without correcting this. Please continue. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/184 "2005-01-27T04:54:27Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Right idea, wrong port. Murmansk. Doesn’t Kalingrad, on the Baltic, also not freeze? ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/185 "2005-01-27T07:17:00Z")
> [@zoogirl](#): > > WAG, one day because of the International Date Line. > > Here’s mine - > > Who starred as Dorothy in the first Wizard Of Oz? > Who Starred as the Monster in the first Frankenstein? > What year did the first Maltese Falcon come out? Dorothy Dwan Charles Ogle 1931 …? One I had in an ‘effective communication’ class: How many animals of each kind did Moses take onto the ark? ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/186 "2005-01-27T07:49:08Z")
None, they took themselves onto the Ark. All correct on the movie stuff! Have the Filmgoers Encyclopedia, do you? 😉 What’s the average size litter you can expect when you mate dogs? ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/187 "2005-01-27T07:51:22Z")
> [@zoogirl](#): > > What’s the average size litter you can expect when you mate dogs? Zero, bitch! ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/188 "2005-01-27T07:52:28Z")
> [@Dijon Warlock](#): > > How many animals of each kind did Moses take onto the ark? Noah. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/189 "2005-01-27T07:59:43Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Zero, bitch! :eek: Well! I never! How dare you…oh. Um, right. :smack: Yep, that’s the answer! (sort of 😉 ) Now you gotta post one. Oh, and you’re right. Noah. :smack: :smack: I’m so getting booted out of teaching Sunday School for that! ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/190 "2005-01-27T08:12:37Z")
OK, complete the following joke: Why did the chicken cross the road? To get her old age pension. You don’t get it? Neither did she - … ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/191 "2005-01-27T12:52:14Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > OK, complete the following joke: > > Why did the chicken cross the road? > To get her old age pension. > > You don’t get it? > Neither did she - … Well, _that_ one laid an egg! 😛 What unusual characteristic do the Nile and Willamette Rivers have in common? ---
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/192 "2005-01-27T13:57:05Z")
The Northern Ireland has been solved-it’s Ireland. Jerusalem artichokes take their name from the Italian girasole for sunflower-well done rowrrbazzle. We get our English word noon from a Latin word referring to which time of the day?auRa has it-it’s from the Latin ‘nones’ meaning the 9th hour after sunrise (3pm) So this one remains Which Drifters song reached the highest chart position in the UK?(not just trivia!) And this easy one What colour is an aeroplane’s black box? ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/193 "2005-01-27T14:00:50Z")
> [@Dijon Warlock](#): > > How many animals of each kind did Moses take onto the ark? Too obvious. How 'bout this one: how many cows did Noah take on the ark? ---
**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:** [January 27, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/194 "2005-01-27T16:53:10Z")
**Which Drifters song reached the highest chart position in the UK?(not just trivia!)** None of them ever got higher than no 2. **how many cows did Noah take on the ark?** seven cows and seven bulls. ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/195 "2005-01-27T17:29:22Z")
> [@Iceland\_Blue](#): > > . . . What colour is an aeroplane’s black box? ::sigh:: These things are never simple. If by “black box” you mean the Cockpit Voice Recorder or the Flight Data Recorder: then the answer is “orange”. The term “black box” used to refer to _any_ avionics remote unit. In my days as an avionics installer for Cessna (some years back), most black boxes were black; the glideslopes were gray; only the ELT was orange. Speaking of Cessna, here’s a reference to its hometown. In which state are the Wichita Mountains located? Hey. It’s the best I can do on short notice. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/196 "2005-01-27T22:36:45Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > What unusual characteristic do the Nile and Willamette Rivers have in common? They flow south to north? (The obvious answer, so I’m probably missing the trick.) So then, does the Nile originate in Upper or Lower Egypt? ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/197 "2005-01-28T00:02:08Z")
> [@](#): > > **Kaitlyn** said: > Since nobody’s attempting the bra size question, the answer is 28 to 29 inches. Depends on the maker of the bra. Some use true measurements rounded to even numbers (in which case it would be 33 or 34) and some use the add 5 and then go to the next even number. Weird, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/198 "2005-01-28T00:14:25Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > They flow south to north? (The obvious answer, so I’m probably missing the trick.) > > So then, does the Nile originate in Upper or Lower Egypt? Right – people do tend to fail to note that. As for your question, neither – two of the main branches of the Nile originate in Ethiopia; the longest branch, more or less in Tanzania, depending on which upper tributary you consider the main river. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/199 "2005-01-28T00:23:56Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > As for your question, neither – two of the main branches of the Nile originate in Ethiopia; the longest branch, more or less in Tanzania, depending on which upper tributary you consider the main river. D’oh. I phrased it wrong. Let’s try this…was the ancient library of Alexandria in Upper or Lower Egypt? ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/200 "2005-01-28T00:35:24Z")
> [@zoogirl](#): > > None, they took themselves onto the Ark. > > All correct on the movie stuff! Have the Filmgoers Encyclopedia, do you? 😉 > > What’s the average size litter you can expect when you mate dogs? [IMDB.COM](http://IMDB.COM), doncha know. 🙂 And to mine (as has been pointed out): it was Noah, not Moses. I was amazed at how many people got tripped on that one. Here’s another from the same class: Is it illegal to marry your widow’s sister? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851.md?page=11)