# 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:** 17
**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:** [July 1, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/321 "2020-07-01T17:44:42Z")
> [@CardboardBoxx](#): > > Who played the reigning queen of Westeros in _Game of Thrones_ season 8 and Sarah Connor in the _Terminator_ franchise? Good one! ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/322 "2020-07-01T21:26:00Z")
What aquatic network show debuted on Saturday September 19, 1964? What network show debuting on Thursday September 24th was adapted to feature films? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/323 "2020-07-02T16:37:36Z")
William Shatner played which Kirk brother on _Star Trek_? > **[George Samuel Kirk](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/George_Samuel_Kirk)** > > George Samuel "Sam" Kirk Jr. was a male Human scientist and Starfleet sciences division officer who lived during the mid-23rd century. George Samuel Kirk Jr. was the eldest son of George and Winona Kirk and the brother of famed Starfleet Captain... ---
**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:** [July 5, 2020, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/324 "2020-07-05T04:20:58Z")
What character, played by Andy Sirkis, died in the most recent _King Kong_ remake? What character, played by Anthony Ramos, died in the 2020 film _Hamilton_? ---
**Author:** ![Honolulu\_Lulu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/87869e/32.png) [@Honolulu\_Lulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honolulu_Lulu)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/325 "2020-07-06T23:11:43Z")
In what film did Dustin Hoffman hold the title role, yet he was not the lead character? Hook and Rainman ---
**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:** [October 10, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/326 "2020-10-10T04:37:59Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Who comes next in the following sequence: > > 1. John Vernon > 2. Bradford Dillman > 3. John Mitchum > 4. Albert Popwell > 5. ? I don’t think this one ever got answered, so: 1. Clint Eastwood I was originally going to ask "what actor was in all five Dirty Harry movies. But, when I looked it up, Albert Popwell was not in _The Dead Pool_ And a new question: What William Holden movie features a scene of a bridge being blown up? ---
**Author:** ![its\_the\_daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@its\_the\_daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/its_the_daddy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/327 "2020-10-10T07:26:52Z")
When is a door not a door? ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/328 "2020-10-10T09:54:42Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > What William Holden movie features a scene of a bridge being blown up? The Bridge on the River Kwai and The Horse Soldiers This person declined to accept the Nobel Prize in Literature. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2020, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/329 "2020-10-10T11:30:15Z")
This question has five answers. What famous person or character began or ended their existence within one day from the release of the Beatles’ second album? ---
**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:** [October 10, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/330 "2020-10-10T14:48:30Z")
> [@Iggy](#): > > The Bridge on the River Kwai > and The Horse Soldiers I wasn’t aware of _The Horse Soldiers_. There are two more answers, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/331 "2020-10-16T08:28:42Z")
Without looking up when exactly the second Beatles album came out, I’ll venture a guess that two of the five people are John F. Kennedy and Aldous Huxley, both of whom died on 22 November 1963. ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/332 "2020-10-16T08:46:30Z")
Which bestselling British fantasy writer, known for inventing an extensive world to great detail as a setting for a series of novels, graduated from Oxford University and held professorships there for many years? J.R.R. Tolkien, of _The Lord of the Rings_ and the _Hobbit_ series, and C.S. Lewis, of _The Chronicles of Narnia_. The two were close friends and would often discuss their writings with each other. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2020, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/333 "2020-10-16T10:09:04Z")
The Beatles released their second album, _Meet the Beatles_, on November 22, 1963. President Kennedy, C. S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley all died on that day. The Birdman of Alcatraz, whose real name was Robert Stroud, died the day before. _Doctor Who_ was first shown on TV the day after. (Note that I said it could be a person or a character and it could be the beginning or end of their existence.) C. S. Lewis was never a professor at Oxford. He was a fellow and a tutor. This is picky, but the term “professor” in the U.K. doesn’t include the levels of employment that are called “assistant professor” or “associate professor” in the U.S. To be a professor in the U.K., you would have to be at the level that’s called “full professor” or one that’s a designated chair in the U.S. Lewis didn’t get much recognition at Oxford. He never became a professor and never received a chair at Oxford. In 1954, he left Oxford for Cambridge because there he was designated as a chair. To be exact, he was appointed to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/335 "2020-10-16T11:05:00Z")
What year was the Beatles second album released? ---
**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:** [October 16, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/336 "2020-10-16T12:01:41Z")
In 1963. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/337 "2020-10-16T12:56:30Z")
Album release dates, huh? In which year was the album “David Bowie” by David Bowie released? [1967](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie_(1967_album)) [1969](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie_(1969_album)) j ---
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> [@RealityChuck](#): > > What year was the Beatles second album released? Are you asking for information? Or is that a trivia question that amazingly has two answers? ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/339 "2020-10-16T13:43:37Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > C. S. Lewis was never a professor at Oxford. He was a fellow and a tutor. This is picky, but the term “professor” in the U.K. doesn’t include the levels of employment that are called “assistant professor” or “associate professor” in the U.S. To be a professor in the U.K., you would have to be at the level that’s called “full professor” or one that’s a designated chair in the U.S. Lewis didn’t get much recognition at Oxford. He never became a professor and never received a chair at Oxford. In 1954, he left Oxford for Cambridge because there he was designated as a chair. To be exact, he was appointed to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature. Interesting, I didn’t know that (although I should have, since I went to Oxford myself and have, while I was there, heard anecdotes about Lewis and Tolkien and their friendship). It’s also an amusing coincidence that the question that I came up with (but phrased badly, as you pointed out) includes, in the form of C.S. Lewis, an answer to a question asked by another poster (about the deaths coinciding with the second Beatles album). ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/340 "2020-10-16T13:51:21Z")
If I may add a macabre example, without intending any disrespect: Which major world cities saw themselves the target of - real or presumed - aerial attacks by planes coming from within the same country on an 11 September? Three correct answers. In addition to the obvious answer of New York City, the other two are Munich and Santiago de Chile. As for Munich: The closing ceremony of the 1972 Summer Olympics - which had already been the target of a terrorist attack when the Israeli team was taken hostage - took place on 11 September 1972. during the ceremony, reports came in that terrorists had hijacked a German plane and were headed towards Munich to drop bombs on the Olympuic Stadium. The organisers of the games left it to the discretion of the PA announcer whether he’d announce this amd initiate an evacuation. He decided against it, and the report turned out to be incorrect. As for Santiago de Chile, the coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power took place on 11 September 1973 and involved the bombardment of the presidential palace by the Chilean air force. ---
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