# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/241 "2005-01-29T12:11:35Z")
> [@](#): > > How many cities is Budapest made up of? Three: Buda, Pest, and Obuda. Plus, I believe, suburbs annexed into the conurbation since WWII. ---
**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 29, 2005, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/242 "2005-01-29T12:57:31Z")
Well done Cunctator & Polycarp. Glow with pride. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/243 "2005-01-29T13:39:39Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Excellent. Are you an Orcadian, or do you have maps of the area? > > The trick is that Mainland is the name given locally to the main island of Orkney, NOT the Scottish mainland. They call that “doon sooth”. Already knew that Orkney=Mainland and checked a map for the distance. ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/244 "2005-01-29T15:07:09Z")
> [@LucyInDisguise](#): > > From the 1997 movie, _The Fifth Element_, give Leeloo’s full name [spelling counts] – and give the name of the actress that portrayed her. Milla Jovovich played Leeloominai Lekatariba Laminatcha Ekbat D Sabat [spelling may be a little off]. I am so ashamed for remembering that. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![LucyInDisguise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucyindisguise/32/18064_2.png) [@LucyInDisguise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LucyInDisguise)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/245 "2005-01-29T15:24:05Z")
> [@auRa](#): > > Milla Jovovich played Leeloominai Lekatariba Laminatcha Ekbat D Sabat And the correct answer is: In the 1997 Movie, The Fifth Element, Leeloo’s full name is \*\*Leeloominai Lekatariba Laminatcha Ekbat D Sabat \*\* – Played by Milla Javovich. > [@](#): > > … [spelling may be a little off] … Not unless my eyes are crossed … > [@auRa](#): > > I am so ashamed for remembering that. :smack: Why? Especially if you did that from memory!!! You are Rock. Let’s Roll on … Time to take the gloves off! 😃 What was the fourth word spoken on the moon? ---
**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 29, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/246 "2005-01-29T16:49:46Z")
“Tranquility” as in “Contact light. Houston, Tranquility base here. The Eagle has landed” ---
**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 29, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/247 "2005-01-29T16:53:53Z")
Correction: _engine_. EAGLE: Contact light! O.K., engine stop . . . descent engine command override off . . . HOUSTON: We copy you down, Eagle. EAGLE: Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed! ---
**Author:** ![sjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjc)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/248 "2005-01-29T19:11:26Z")
> [@LucyInDisguise](#): > > And the correct answer is: In the 1997 Movie, The Fifth Element, Leeloo’s full name is \*\*Leeloominai Lekatariba Laminatcha Ekbat D Sabat \*\* – Played by Milla Javovich. I believe it’s Milla J **o** vovich ---
**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 29, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/249 "2005-01-29T19:21:23Z")
Translate this _Romeo and Juliet_ quote to modern English: Juliet: Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? ---
**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 29, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/250 "2005-01-29T20:18:13Z")
I do believe it means “where do you stand in this feud between our families, and how do you feel about me”. that, or “hey white boy, where da hell you at” ---
**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 29, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/251 "2005-01-29T20:21:42Z")
Into how many regions is the country of Bolivia divided? google is NOT your friend!!! ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/252 "2005-01-29T21:08:17Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > Translate this _Romeo and Juliet_ quote to modern English: > > Juliet: Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? “Wherefore” = Why? As in, “Romeo, why the heck did you have to be _Romeo_?” i.e., why did things work out that I, a Capulet, fell for you, a Montague, when our families are doing a Hatfield-McCoy routine? (Which makes the idea of writing a “The Wiz”-style pastiche of R&J set in Appalachia all but irresistible!) ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/253 "2005-01-29T22:50:43Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > Translate this _Romeo and Juliet_ quote to modern English: > > Juliet: Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? I thought it meant (in modern English) “why is your name Romeo?” ---
**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 29, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/254 "2005-01-29T23:05:16Z")
yeah, like a “why do you have do be a Montague?” kind of thing ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/255 "2005-01-29T23:34:40Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > Using a privilege granted in 1964, both members of a married couple rise, one after the other, to address the U.S. Senate. Who are they, and why can they? Any hints, **Polycarp**? It’s quite intriguing. ---
**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 29, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/256 "2005-01-29T23:36:44Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > “Wherefore” = Why? > > As in, “Romeo, why the heck did you have to be _Romeo_?” i.e., why did things work out that I, a Capulet, fell for you, a Montague, when our families are doing a Hatfield-McCoy routine? This is basically what I learned it meant. I remember one of my English instructors was annoyed by productions of the play in which it was actually interpreted to mean “where”…so Juliet would be all “Where are you, Romeo - hiding in the bushes?” while searching the ground beneath her balcony. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/257 "2005-01-29T23:38:18Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > Any hints, **Polycarp**? It’s quite intriguing. It’s a heterosexual couple, who have been in the news rather regularly for over a decade now. ---
**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 30, 2005, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/258 "2005-01-30T03:21:00Z")
And here’s an easy one…herpetology is the study of what? ---
**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 30, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/259 "2005-01-30T03:28:14Z")
snakes…and their STDs ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/260 "2005-01-30T04:52:31Z")
Several people basically got the mirror one right - mirrors don’t reverse left and right, but front and back. _[Krakatoa, East of Java](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064555/combined)_ - but how far? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851.md?page=14)