# 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:** 16
**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, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/301 "2019-07-05T20:22:46Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Related: Which performer played both a Batman (Adam West) villain, and a Columbo victim? Heh. I don’t need to check IMDB; Jack Kruschen and Julie Newmar qualify. ---
**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, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/302 "2019-07-05T20:44:55Z")
There’s one other. ---
**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, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/303 "2019-07-05T20:48:11Z")
Ida Lupino. ---
**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, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/304 "2019-07-05T23:34:10Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > Anne Baxter and Roddy McDowall. > > I didn’t know this offhand. It took some digging in [imdb.com](http://imdb.com). Was Roddy McDowell one of the correct answers, then? I was honestly guessing on that. While this thread is alive again, I thought I’d repost two of my questions that never did get answered. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > 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. ? > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > In what 1960s movie is there a scene of Gert Fröbe flying across the English Channel? ---
**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, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/305 "2019-07-05T23:42:28Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > In what 1960s movie is there a scene of Gert Fröbe flying across the English Channel? _Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes_ and _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang._ (The first in a plane, the second in an airship.) ---
**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, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/306 "2019-07-05T23:45:07Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Was Roddy McDowell one of the correct answers, then? I was honestly guessing on that. He was: as The Bookworm, and as, uh, The Heir Using Exploding Cigars. (Incidentally, I realized too late that there’s arguably a third correct answer, though _not_ for the reason **74westy** gave: the animated BATMAN VS TWO-FACE wound up giving the roles to Adam West and Columbo foe William Shatner.) ---
**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:** [July 6, 2019, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/307 "2019-07-06T02:25:10Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > _Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes_ and _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang._ (The first in a plane, the second in an airship.) And I’m sure you’re just not saying it, but he flew with his gold-smuggling Rolls Royce across the Channel in _Goldfinger_, too. ---
**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 6, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/308 "2019-07-06T12:54:46Z")
I don’t feel these questions regarding Batman/Columbo/whatever crossover guest stars are all that amazing. Pick any two shows that ran a non-trivial amount of time in roughly the same era and there will be acting crossovers. So having two or more is nothing special. ---
**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 6, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/309 "2019-07-06T13:42:05Z")
I take your point, but the restriction that they played the villain or victim reduces the number somewhat. Without that, there’s maybe 20 actors with sizeable roles in both shows, and about 90 if you include bit parts. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/310 "2020-06-16T04:57:04Z")
What action movie star of the 1980s had one of his early roles with a non-speaking part in an adaptation of a Raymond Chandler story? ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/311 "2020-06-16T12:51:17Z")
What country’s President lives in a mansion with a color in its name? You’re half right if you guessed “Casa Rosada” (Pink House) in Buenos Aires (Argentina). ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/312 "2020-06-16T14:16:49Z")
Weirdly, I just learned today that there is a third answer: the [president of South Korea’s residence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_House) is called the Blue House in English. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/313 "2020-06-16T14:57:55Z")
What major Hollywood star of action films has a star on the Hollywood walk of Fame, just like another major Hollywood star of action films with the same name? Actually this one only has one answer. Or, rather, it has two answers, but they’re the same. But they’re two different unrelated people. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/314 "2020-06-16T15:32:43Z")
Which character did Scott Bakula play longer, Sam Beckett or Jonathan Archer? (I wrote this as a deliberate trick question for a trivia contest once.) ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/315 "2020-06-16T16:46:15Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > What country’s President lives in a mansion with a color in its name? > > You’re half right if you guessed “Casa Rosada” (Pink House) in Buenos Aires (Argentina). > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Weirdly, I just learned today that there is a third answer: the [president of South Korea’s residence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_House) is called the Blue House in English. If you could reword the question to “Which country’s leader lives in a colored house?” then you could also include the Netherlands, whose leader is of the House Orange-Nassau. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/316 "2020-06-25T12:38:18Z")
Arkhangelsk? Just to fool the archaeologists of the future, still full of doubt about the exact date Arkhangelsk became the 12th most populous city on the planet. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/317 "2020-06-25T13:51:59Z")
In what early 2000s movie does Keira Knightley play a spunky young Englishwoman named Elizabeth? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/318 "2020-06-25T14:35:33Z")
What band did UK singer/composer Ian Anderson lead? ---
**Author:** ![CardboardBoxx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardboardboxx/32/7079_2.png) [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/319 "2020-06-25T14:39:28Z")
Who played the reigning queen of Westeros in _Game of Thrones_ season 8 and Sarah Connor in the _Terminator_ franchise? ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/320 "2020-06-27T14:45:03Z")
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