# 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:** 30
**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:** [June 17, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/582 "2026-06-17T16:27:13Z")
Which title character, played by an actor from greater Pittsburgh, appears after a tracking shot over miniature model houses? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/583 "2026-06-19T00:20:54Z")
Beetlejuice has got to be one of them. Michael Keaton is from Pittsburgh. ---
**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 23, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/584 "2026-06-23T15:01:17Z")
In what movie did Warren Oates say “I’m getting too old for this shit”? ---
**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:** [June 23, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/585 "2026-06-23T15:17:26Z")
Which New York Yankees Hall of Famer did character actor Joe Grifasi portray in a 2000s TV production? ---
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/586 "2026-07-04T14:23:30Z")
Which 2010 number-one hit was named after an explosive device? ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/587 "2026-09-03T23:03:43Z")
Ooh, I just learned a good one. (Apologies if it’s been done before, I haven’t read all 500+ posts.) What famous writer was born in Czechoslovakia on the 3rd of July, had several close relatives who were murdered in the Holocaust, and wrote their works in a language other than Czech or Slovak? > [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Which title character, played by an actor from greater Pittsburgh, appears after a tracking shot over miniature model houses? I’m going to guess Barbie on this one? ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/588 "2026-09-04T00:02:44Z")
Kafka has to be one, right? ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/589 "2026-09-04T00:04:21Z")
Character actor makes me think Yogi Berra and Babe Ruth. That’d be my guesses. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/590 "2026-09-04T00:06:42Z")
Yes, Kafka (who wrote in German) is one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/591 "2026-09-04T00:11:06Z")
Well, that was the easy one, I suspect! 😊 Have to think about the second one. not the Rossum’s Universal Robots guy? I think he did write in Czech. (Ha, remembered his name: Capek. But still don’t think it was him.) ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/592 "2026-09-04T00:11:43Z")
Nope. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/593 "2026-09-04T00:31:53Z")
> [@Fretful\_Porpentine](#): > > > [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > > > Which title character, played by an actor from greater Pittsburgh, appears after a tracking shot over miniature model houses? > > I’m going to guess Barbie on this one? Mister Rogers and Beetlejuice (admittedly for a loose definition of “after.”) ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/594 "2026-09-04T00:33:33Z")
Yes on Yogi Berra (in _The Bronx Is Burning_). ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/595 "2026-09-04T00:50:10Z")
I know my Yankees hall of famers, but not my TV shows. How’s about Joe DiMaggio? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/596 "2026-09-04T00:52:29Z")
Nope - one of his teammates: Phil Rizzuto, in _61\*_ . ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/597 "2026-09-04T00:57:54Z")
Yeah, makes sense. Not familiar with either of the shows, but your guy should’ve probably been higher on my list than he was! Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/598 "2026-09-04T13:01:53Z")
Which film in the Alien franchise has an aged and dying industrialist named Weyland recruit a team of scientists and mercenaries to travel by ship to a remote location, where they discover an ancient alien pyramid, people die horribly, and the only human left alive is a young woman? To narrow it down a little, the director was a man born on Tyneside in the North East of England, who was already known for films in the sci-fi/action/horror genre. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/599 "2026-09-04T13:22:54Z")
Which Jewish-American songwriter named Sammy co-wrote the songs for Disney’s _Peter Pan_? Hint: He was born in New York and died in Los Angeles. Hint #2: He had a one-syllable, four-letter last name. The second letter was A, and the last letter was N. ---
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> [@Biffster](#): > > Is light a particle or a wave? Yes ---
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