# Trivia question **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question/612138 "2012-02-08T00:00:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question/612138/1 "2012-02-08T00:00:02Z")
What nation was bloodlessly, and willingly invaded on this date in history? How many “soldiers” were in the “army”? ---
**Author:** ![CatherineZeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question/612138/2 "2012-02-08T00:19:29Z")
7,000 troops to Grenada. Apparently Ronald Reagan would have been 101 yesterday. [http://www.thenation.com/blog/158344/reagans-lesson-obama-invade-grenada](http://www.thenation.com/blog/158344/reagans-lesson-obama-invade-grenada) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question/612138/3 "2012-02-08T00:29:47Z")
> [@CatherineZeta](#): > > 7,000 troops to Grenada. > > Apparently Ronald Reagan would have been 101 yesterday. > > [http://www.thenation.com/blog/158344/reagans-lesson-obama-invade-grenada](http://www.thenation.com/blog/158344/reagans-lesson-obama-invade-grenada) Nope-much smaller “army”, and my use of “invaded” is tongue-in-cheek. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question/612138/4 "2012-02-08T00:37:31Z")
There were 4 soldiers. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question/612138/5 "2012-02-08T00:42:34Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > There were 4 soldiers. What nation were they from? Names? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question/612138/6 "2012-02-08T00:46:19Z")
Is this something to do with the novel/movie/play _The Mouse That Roared_? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question/612138/7 "2012-02-08T00:48:03Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > Is this something to do with the novel/movie/play _The Mouse That Roared_? Nope. The last guess is on the right track. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question/612138/8 "2012-02-08T00:52:24Z")
Not the time Swiss soldiers wandered into Liechtenstein by mistake? There were more than 4 Swiss soldiers. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question/612138/9 "2012-02-08T01:10:54Z")
Nope **Arnold**. They weren’t armed, if it helps. ---
**Author:** ![CatherineZeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question/612138/10 "2012-02-08T01:46:32Z")
Google came up with results ranging from the Glorious Revolution to people who “invaded” Indianapolis to “Occupy the Superbowl.” ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question/612138/11 "2012-02-08T01:50:25Z")
;)Um, yeah. They were English weren’t they. Didn’t some carry axes and one was armed with sticks? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question/612138/12 "2012-02-08T02:19:48Z")
I’m gonna answer, since nobody’s close: Today is the anniversary of the Beatles landing in America. (IOW, the “British Invasion”) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question/612138/13 "2012-02-08T02:33:35Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > I’m gonna answer, since nobody’s close: Today is the anniversary of the Beatles landing in America. (IOW, the “British Invasion”) I wasn’t close?! I was dead on. And I think \*\*Dallas Jones \*\*had it too. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question/612138/14 "2012-02-08T02:45:38Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I wasn’t close?! I was dead on. And I think \*\*Dallas Jones \*\*had it too. **Dallas** was close. I guess I was too picky with his answer. :o ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question/612138/15 "2012-02-08T02:52:58Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > **Dallas** was close. I guess I was too picky with his answer. :o What!? And you think I meant the Monkees or something? ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question/612138/16 "2012-02-08T03:06:58Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > What!? And you think I meant the Monkees or something? People DO say you monkey around.. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question/612138/17 "2012-02-08T03:10:04Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > People DO say you monkey around.. > -D/a Oh yeah! Well I oughta… wait, that’s true actually. Anyway, if I have to be old, I should at least get credit for knowing shit from the dark ages. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question/612138/18 "2012-02-08T05:58:38Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > **Dallas** was close. I guess I was too picky with his answer. :o I was just letting others have a chance to play too. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question/612138/19 "2012-02-08T19:35:02Z")
And I thought I knew everything about the Beatles! I should’ve guessed that. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question/612138/20 "2012-02-08T19:58:45Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > And I thought I knew everything about the Beatles! I should’ve guessed that. We have a really big shooo for you tonight, here are the Beatles from the Ed Sullivan Show. Must have took days to clean the moisture off those seats. 😃 https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q1wIXIFfrXI?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque