# 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:** 15
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/281 "2018-08-05T19:28:13Z")
Wow, ER and E/R missed being first aired exactly 10 years apart by 3 days. Though Clooney wasn’t in E/R until later in the first season. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/282 "2018-08-10T15:12:00Z")
> [@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.” I cheated for the second title, because I knew of **Temple of Doom** , but I was thinking that the only other rip-out-a-heart movie from 1984 was **The Terminator** , and Capshaw wasn’t in that. So I had to look it up. **Dreamscape**. I’d forgotten about that heart-ripping scene. Apparently 1984 was a big year for hearts being ripped from chests. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/283 "2018-09-09T23:58:43Z")
In what 1960s movie is there a scene of Gert Fröbe flying across the English Channel? ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/284 "2018-09-10T12:21:13Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > In what 1960s movie is there a scene of Gert Fröbe flying across the English Channel? It is surprising that such a serious looking fellow did comedic farces back than. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/285 "2018-09-10T23:16:29Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > It is surprising that such a serious looking fellow did comedic farces back than. My question actually has three answers; two farces, one not. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/286 "2019-07-05T16:33:38Z")
When Hank Aaron retired, he led all major league baseball players. He stayed first until the mid-2000s, and is currently second. What am I talking about, and who bumped Aaron out of first? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/287 "2019-07-05T16:47:59Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > When Hank Aaron retired, he led all major league baseball players. He stayed first until the mid-2000s, and is currently second. > > What am I talking about, and who bumped Aaron out of first? He was bumped out of first on the home run list by Barry Bonds, and out of first place alphabetically by David Aardsma. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/288 "2019-07-05T17:04:45Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > He was bumped out of first on the home run list by Barry Bonds, and out of first place alphabetically by David Aardsma. Wow, I did not think anyone was going to get that one. I’m impressed. How did you happen to know that? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/289 "2019-07-05T17:26:05Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Wow, I did not think anyone was going to get that one. I’m impressed. > > How did you happen to know that? The first one was obvious. The second _could_ have been some other baseball stat but I figured it had to be some kind of “outside the box” answer. Since Aaron would have been near the first of the alphabetical list, I checked and found that Aardsma had replaced him. I didn’t know it previously. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/290 "2019-07-05T17:28:12Z")
Who played a criminal that got defeated by Adam-West-as-Batman, and also played a criminal that got defeated by Peter-Falk-as-Columbo? ---
**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:** [July 5, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/291 "2019-07-05T17:38:52Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Who played a criminal that got defeated by Adam-West-as-Batman, and also played a criminal that got defeated by Peter-Falk-as-Columbo? Ooh, good question. Without looking it up I’d guess Victor Buono and Roddy McDowell. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/292 "2019-07-05T17:49:00Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Ooh, good question. Without looking it up I’d guess Victor Buono and Roddy McDowell. Well, no (though Victor Buono would’ve been amazing as a Columbo villain). ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/293 "2019-07-05T18:06:02Z")
Got to admit I’ll be a little surprised if there’s only two. Batman and Columbo were both important make-work projects for old character actors from the '60s/early '70s. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/294 "2019-07-05T18:25:52Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > Got to admit I’ll be a little surprised if there’s only two. Batman and Columbo were both important make-work projects for old character actors from the '60s/early '70s. I wasn’t a regular _Columbo_ watcher, but I think I’m familiar enough with it that I’d have noticed if Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith, or Julie Newmar had played a villain on it. There were a lot of _Batman_ villains, though; some of them only on for one or two episodes. (I just saw one with Shelley Winters last weekend.) I was trying to think of anyone who would have been a big enough name to be the guest murderer on _Columbo_, and did TV (as opposed to movies) work during the right era. If not McDowell or Buono, I could list several more guesses. I don’t want to look it up, or give it away to someone else who wants to guess. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/295 "2019-07-05T18:56:22Z")
6 degrees of Frank Gorshin. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/296 "2019-07-05T19:23:57Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Who played a criminal that got defeated by Adam-West-as-Batman, and also played a criminal that got defeated by Peter-Falk-as-Columbo? Anne Baxter and Roddy McDowall. I didn’t know this offhand. It took some digging in [imdb.com](http://imdb.com). ---
**Author:** ![Helmut\_Doork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e8c25b/32.png) [@Helmut\_Doork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helmut_Doork)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/297 "2019-07-05T19:34:28Z")
This was the first 1970’s group to have a number one hit with the song “Best of My Love” ---
**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:** [July 5, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/298 "2019-07-05T19:42:02Z")
> [@Helmut\_Doork](#): > > This was the first 1970’s group to have a number one hit with the song “Best of My Love” Did you mean to put “first” in there. I know of two, but only one is “first”. Even if you’re talking about number one in different countries, there still seems to be one winner. ---
**Author:** ![Helmut\_Doork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e8c25b/32.png) [@Helmut\_Doork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helmut_Doork)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/299 "2019-07-05T20:00:33Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Did you mean to put “first” in there. I know of two, but only one is “first”. Even if you’re talking about number one in different countries, there still seems to be one winner. Yeah, agree that probably wasn’t the clearest way to phrase it- The Eagles were the first band to take the song Best of my Love, written by Henley/Frey/Souther, to number one. The Emotions were the first band to take the (different) song Best of my Love, written by White/Mckay, to number one. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/300 "2019-07-05T20:20:50Z")
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