# 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:** 6
**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 24, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/101 "2005-01-24T19:24:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Easy one: George W. Bush is officially the 43rd president of the USA. How many men have served as president before him? forty one. chester a. arthur has 2 non consecutive terms. One from my grandpa: What’s the difference between a duck? and would you rather walk to work or take your lunch? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/102 "2005-01-24T19:24:55Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > All those are easy. Nice job on them, except: -Do you say “Loo-iss-vill” is the capital of Kentucky, or do you say “Loo-ee-vill” is the capital of Kentucky? I say Frankfurt [/QUOTE] I think folks in Kentucky and in Hessen would be surprised to find that a city in the latter is capital of the former – you may say “Frankfurt” but I say “Frankf **o** rt.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/103 "2005-01-24T19:46:00Z")
I’m gonna stick my neck out: Who invented the hydroplane… Alexander Graham Bell? (I’m sure I saw that in that funky little museum in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, which was devoted to his inventions (the tetrahedral kite, several aircraft, and some communications thingie that I can’t quite recall). ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/104 "2005-01-24T20:13:25Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > No. Heh. That’s what I get for barely skimming the column before answering. > [@MSUbulldogs101](#): > > forty one. chester a. arthur has 2 non consecutive terms. Right on the number, but it was _Grover Cleveland_ who had two non-consecutive terms and is, therefore, counted twice. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/105 "2005-01-24T20:14:14Z")
Sunspace wins! Not who you’d expect, hm? He was a friend of Curtiss. For the record: First superhero identified as a ‘mutant’ in comics is Captain Comet, a DC character. The first Marvel character identified as a mutant was, in fact, before X-Men. Amazing Fantasy #14, the issue before Spider-Man’s first appearance, had a story named “The Boy Who Could Fly”, about a winged boy, who was identified as a mutant. One of its legs is both the same. Why a duck? Why a no chicken? ---
**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 24, 2005, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/106 "2005-01-24T22:29:35Z")
E-Sabbath: thats basically it, but he always used to say : because one of his legs is just alike. p.s. Cleveland, Arthur, theyre basically the same, right??? right??? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/107 "2005-01-24T23:07:54Z")
What is the smallest city in England? ---
**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 24, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/108 "2005-01-24T23:42:50Z")
> [@](#): > > What is the smallest city in England? Wells? (So small it shares a bishop with Bath 😉 ) What’s Julius Caesar’s first name? During WW2 the RAF painted the undersides of its planes “Sky”. What colour is Sky? ---
**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/109 "2005-01-25T00:00:23Z")
> [@Bookkeeper](#): > > What’s Julius Caesar’s first name? Caius ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/110 "2005-01-25T00:08:28Z")
No, Gaius. At least, that’s what Colleen McCullough says. ---
**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 25, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/111 "2005-01-25T00:18:24Z")
Right. Gaius Julius Caesar. Gaius was his “given” name, Julius identified him as a member of the Julian clan, and Caesar was his family name (praenomen, nomen, cognomen). ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/112 "2005-01-25T01:03:41Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > No, Gaius. > > At least, that’s what Colleen McCullough says. Not to be really nitpicky, but: You’re both right! The _praenomen_ could be written either Caius or Gaius, it was the same name. It was also the ‘first’ name of the Roman emperor more commonly known as Caligula, and indeed, the emperor Augustus (at least after his adoption by Julius Caesar), who had his name changed several times. Cheers, Daphne ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/113 "2005-01-25T01:04:46Z")
> [@Bookkeeper](#): > > Wells? (So small it shares a bishop with Bath 😉 ) That’s the straight answer. This being a trick question thread, it is of course wrong 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carterba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@carterba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carterba)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/114 "2005-01-25T01:35:03Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > What is the capital of Australia? The capit **a** l of Australia is “A”. Who is the Baby Ruth candy bar named after? ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/115 "2005-01-25T01:46:50Z")
> [@Bookkeeper](#): > > During WW2 the RAF painted the undersides of its planes “Sky”. What colour is Sky? Gray. They’re in Britian. ---
**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 25, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/116 "2005-01-25T01:57:13Z")
> [@carterba](#): > > The capit **a** l of Australia is “A”. I see…but…“capit **a** l” can refer to the political center of a state or country as well, so the query is ambiguous and not really a trick question. ---
**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 25, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/117 "2005-01-25T01:59:30Z")
Unless of course Australians use “capitol” in the way Americans use “capital.” In which case, ignore me. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/118 "2005-01-25T02:01:53Z")
> [@carterba](#): > > Who is the Baby Ruth candy bar named after? Ruth Cleveland, daughter of the 22nd and 24th Presidents of the United States. (She and he are also the first two-generation trivia answers in this thread.) ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/119 "2005-01-25T02:03:07Z")
Making a guess: The smallest city in England is London – the City proper occupies the least land area? ---
**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 25, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851/120 "2005-01-25T02:53:55Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Gray. They’re in Britian. Nope (although they later painted the undersides of fighters Light Aircraft Gray for operations over the Continent). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trick-questions/285851.md?page=7)