Trick Questions

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?

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
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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 “Frankfort.”
:stuck_out_tongue:

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).

Heh. That’s what I get for barely skimming the column before answering.

Right on the number, but it was Grover Cleveland who had two non-consecutive terms and is, therefore, counted twice.

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?

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??? :smiley:

What is the smallest city in England?

Wells? (So small it shares a bishop with Bath :wink: )

What’s Julius Caesar’s first name?

During WW2 the RAF painted the undersides of its planes “Sky”. What colour is Sky?

Caius

No, Gaius.

At least, that’s what Colleen McCullough says.

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).

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

That’s the straight answer. This being a trick question thread, it is of course wrong :slight_smile:

The capital of Australia is “A”.

Who is the Baby Ruth candy bar named after?

Gray. They’re in Britian.

I see…but…“capital” can refer to the political center of a state or country as well, so the query is ambiguous and not really a trick question.

Unless of course Australians use “capitol” in the way Americans use “capital.” In which case, ignore me.

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.)

Making a guess:

The smallest city in England is London – the City proper occupies the least land area?

Nope (although they later painted the undersides of fighters Light Aircraft Gray for operations over the Continent).