# Trivia questions which, amazingly, have two answers **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 7, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849 "2017-12-07T22:56:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/261 "2018-03-30T10:48:15Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > In what year did three Presidents of the United States each hold the office? > > In 1841, there was Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison and John Tyler. > > In… 1881 (?), we had Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield and Chester Arthur. In 1974, Nixon and Ford were both President … and, during Nixon’s most incontinent phase, Alexander Haig was “essentially seen as the acting president.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/262 "2018-03-30T16:28:22Z")
Which actor — who famously played Zorro — received a Golden Globe nomination, for Most Promising Newcomer, before he was top-billed on screen as Dracula in 1979? ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/263 "2018-03-30T17:51:22Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Which 1968 movie involves an alien artifact buried in the ground that caused profound changes in early man, creating modern humans? When the artifact is uncovered, it emits a signal. I think I’ve answered this one for you before, years ago: Quatermass and the Pit, and 2001. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/264 "2018-03-30T18:25:32Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Which actor — who famously played Zorro — received a Golden Globe nomination, for Most Promising Newcomer, before he was top-billed on screen as Dracula in 1979? George Hamilton and Frank Langella. Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/265 "2018-03-30T19:07:26Z")
I thought I asked this one, but I can’t find it on a search through the thread. “1984 movie in which the heroine, played by Kate Capshaw, watches the villain reach into a victim’s chest with his bare hand and tear out his heart. The victim doesn’t die immediately.” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/266 "2018-03-30T19:26:53Z")
1940s movie by a Poverty Row studio starring one of Universal’s horror stars (obviously slumming) as a scientist trying to find a cure for polio who sneaks through the night looking like a gorilla so that he can kill people for their spinal fluid, which he needs for his research. Actually, I’m kind of surprised that that description even matches _one_ movie, let alone two. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/267 "2018-03-30T19:38:02Z")
There’s a number of times different studios made very similar movies at the same time. Wikipedia has a longish list of them somewhere. Example: What late 1990’s movie was a biopic about Steve Prefontaine? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/268 "2018-03-30T19:51:50Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I thought I asked this one, but I can’t find it on a search through the thread. > > “1984 movie in which the heroine, played by Kate Capshaw, watches the villain reach into a victim’s chest with his bare hand and tear out his heart. The victim doesn’t die immediately.” You did. #164. I sentence you to Kali Ma. ---
**Author:** ![Moris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moris/32/2846_2.png) [@Moris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moris)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/269 "2018-03-30T21:08:04Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Interesting, but as the article says there is no defined land border at present and a settlement could involve joint administration. It might count someday but doesn’t now. Yep, I got carried away. Hans Island is not official yet! ---
**Author:** ![Moris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moris/32/2846_2.png) [@Moris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moris)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/270 "2018-03-30T21:10:30Z")
> [@yearofglad](#): > > Of course, “most famous” is somewhat subjective, but what is OBJECTIVE is that he can only be **most** famous for one thing (depending on who you ask). Otherwise, just about any question of this type qualifies. That could be rephrased better, of course. Point being, there are two Brian Mays. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/271 "2018-03-30T22:04:42Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > In 1841, there was Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison and John Tyler. > > In… 1881 (?), we had Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield and Chester Arthur. Correct as to both years and the men involved. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/272 "2018-03-31T13:17:14Z")
What successful medical drama set in a Chicago hospital premiered the third week of Sept. 1994? ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/273 "2018-08-05T07:32:05Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > What successful medical drama set in a Chicago hospital premiered the third week of Sept. 1994? “ER” (NBC) and “Chicago Hope” (CBS) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/274 "2018-08-05T08:44:33Z")
I thought of a trivia question that has only one answer, but it was inspired by this thread. I’ll explain after someone gets the answer. Who comes next in the following sequence: 1. John Vernon 2. Bradford Dillman 3. John Mitchum 4. Albert Popwell 5. ? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/275 "2018-08-05T14:14:10Z")
It’s got something to do with the Dirty Harry films. Were all of these actors the boss of Eastwood’s character? Were they the partner of his character? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/276 "2018-08-05T14:23:18Z")
What American television show with George Clooney was set in an emergency room? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/277 "2018-08-05T14:34:42Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > It’s got something to do with the Dirty Harry films. Were all of these actors the boss of Eastwood’s character? Were they the partner of his character? It does have to do with the Dirty Harry films, but they were not Eastwood’s bosses or partners. ---
**Author:** ![Panther\_Modern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@Panther\_Modern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panther_Modern)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/278 "2018-08-05T15:23:42Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > What American television show with George Clooney was set in an emergency room? ER. The answer is in the question 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/279 "2018-08-05T15:51:41Z")
Not quite. The answer is E/R and ER. The titles of the shows were spelled differently. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/280 "2018-08-05T15:53:42Z")
> [@Panther\_Modern](#): > > ER. The answer is in the question 😉 Also E/R. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849.md?page=15)