# 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:** 21
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/402 "2025-02-12T19:23:43Z")
The Lion King and Star Trek Generations. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/403 "2025-02-12T19:24:22Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > When did the Mets lose the World Series (1973. 2015) The Mets lost the World Series in 2000 as well. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/404 "2025-02-12T19:32:55Z")
And I was at Game 5 so I guess I memory blocked it like those hats that had a split Mets/Yankees logo on them. Dunno what “the curse” will be called, perhaps after next year’s 40th anniversary of the arrogant ruthless team that nearly lost in Houston and Boston will be called. If not for the 69 Miracle’s it’d be 55 or even 64. I’ll be back here with another try before they’re 3-3 in the WS. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/405 "2025-02-12T20:32:48Z")
> [@veryfrank](#): > > he technically _was_ the Doctor until Christopher Eccleston appeared on March 26, 2005: 3225 days. Didn’t McGann regenerate into John Hurt aka The War Doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/406 "2025-02-12T20:40:10Z")
Skimming quickly through the thread, I was kind of surprised this one never got posted: Which famous musician was found dead in Harry Nilsson’s London apartment? “Mama” Cass Elliott, and Keith Moon. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/407 "2025-02-12T20:43:37Z")
The one that annoys me is “what is the world’s tallest mountain” because the answer is mt Everest. Period. It is not Mauna Kea. Now whatever mtn in south America is furthest from the center of the earth. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/408 "2025-02-12T21:22:49Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Didn’t McGann regenerate into John Hurt aka The War Doctor. Canonically yes, however it was a pretty big (but good) retcon. When Eccleston made his debut, that regeneration hadn’t been conceived yet. It’s 183 days between Hurt’s first appearance onscreen in the role and his last. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/409 "2025-02-12T21:26:16Z")
Okay, only New York Sports things I could think of: Q: What Yankee manager was fired after winning the pennant (but losing the World Series) in his last year managing the team? A: **Casey Stengel (1960) & Yogi Berra (1964)** Q: What Yankee and Mets Manager was born in Missouri and died in New Jersey? A: **Casey Stengel** & **Yogi Berra** _(music)_ Q: Who wrote “Yesterday”? (different songs) A: **Paul McCartney (1985)** and **Badfinger (1970)** (good possibility there are other different ones) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/410 "2025-02-12T22:13:44Z")
A bonus answer! I was thinking _The Lion King_ and _The Hudsucker Proxy_. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/411 "2025-02-12T22:30:09Z")
Yikes! I’ll walk back where Stengel “The Ol’ professor” died - it was California. And there are like 20 songs just called “Yesterday” and lots more with the word in the title. Stengel once said, “Can’t anyone here play this game?” regarding the 120 loss 1962 Mets. Hopefully the answer to “The losingest team in baseball” won’t _always_ just be those hapless Mets. I’ll back away from this thread and go visit Harry Nillson’s apartment. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/412 "2025-02-13T14:04:01Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > Hopefully the answer to “The losingest team in baseball” won’t _always_ just be those hapless Mets. That record was literally broken four months ago. > **[2024 Chicago White Sox Statistics | Baseball-Reference.com](https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/2024.shtml)** > > Chicago White Sox latest stats and more including batting stats, pitching stats, team fielding totals and more on Baseball-Reference.com ---
**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 13, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/413 "2025-02-13T14:09:19Z")
That’s just one season. The Phillies have lost the most games in MLB history. Far and away ahead of the Braves in losing baseball games. Every time the Phillies lose a game they set a new record. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/414 "2025-02-13T14:18:08Z")
Golly. Nobody in South Chicago knows how to play the game, Casey. Two more games to do it. One more win and one more loss to raise their “winning” percentage to .253 vs Mets .250. Must have been rainouts for the Mets (40-120) as before then it was 154 games per season, then 162 and rainouts only require playing if the pennant is on the line. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/415 "2025-02-13T14:19:33Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > That’s just one season. The Phillies have lost the most games in MLB history. Far and away ahead of the Braves in losing baseball games. Every time the Phillies lose a game they set a new record. That’s true. Indeed it means the Phillies are the losingest sports team in the history of organized sports. (The Washington Generals are trying to lose so they don’t count.) The winningest team of all time? Nope, not the Yankees. It’s the Giants. They have won 11541 regular season games and exactly 100 playoff games. ---
**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 13, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/416 "2025-02-13T15:32:12Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > (The Washington Generals are trying to lose so they don’t count.) They had a decent season so we call them the Commanders now. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/417 "2025-02-14T12:33:47Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > ….and exactly 100 playoff games. That’s pretty pathetic considering how long they’ve been around. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/418 "2025-02-14T12:44:16Z")
Slightly off-topic: What MLB pitcher won the most games over his career? Cy Young (511). What MLB pitcher lost the most games over his career? Cy Young (315). ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/419 "2025-02-14T14:43:36Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > That’s pretty pathetic considering how long they’ve been around. It is the sixth most of any franchise, fourth among NL original franchises: Yankees, 252 Dodgers, 140 Cardinals, 134 Red Sox, 108 Braves, 102 Giants, 100 No one else is close to 100. The A’s have 85, despite having won the World Series nine times. Next is the most of any expansion team, the Astros with 83, despite having won the Series only twice. The fewest of an original franchise is 30, by… the White Sox. That is by way of comparison fewer than the Blue Jays, who have only been around since 1977. It’s surprisingly hard to get these numbers. ---
**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 14, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/420 "2025-02-14T14:55:37Z")
The numbers line up pretty well with the most World Series games played by teams. Yankees, Dodgers, Giants, and Cards are 1,2,3, and 4 on the list. Red Sox and Braves come in at 6 and 9. ---
**Author:** ![Nyvaak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nyvaak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nyvaak)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/421 "2025-02-14T16:43:59Z")
What actress played two roles - identical cousins - in a 1960s TV sitcom? Two very different personalities, but their appearance differed only in their hair. In the eponymous _Patty Duke Show,_ Patty played both Patty and Cathy Lane. Elizabeth Montgomery played Samantha Stevens and cousin Serena (last name unknown) in _Bewitched._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849.md?page=22)