# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/81 "2017-12-08T19:39:47Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > what answer other than Hank Ketcham??😕 [David Law and Ian Chisholm.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_the_Menace_and_Gnasher) Two entirely unrelated comic strips about the adventures of misbehaving boys with the same title, published on different sides of the Atlantic, _on the same day._ ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/82 "2017-12-08T20:21:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **DrDeth** : > > Zulu? No, Brits, obviously. Why would the Zulu have been fighting against themselves? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/83 "2017-12-08T20:35:22Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Nitpick:Nobody is buried in Grant’s Tomb. The famous General and his wife are entombed in above-ground sarcophagi. Double nitpick: “Bury” includes below ground, above ground, at sea, and possibly other corpse disposals. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/84 "2017-12-08T21:03:31Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > What top-5 lifetime homerun leader for Major League Baseball started his career in the same city but on different teams? Started and ended his career in the same city you mean. If the selection is from players who hit more than 500 home runs then there are 2 that started and ended their career in the same city, for different teams, and in different leagues. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/85 "2017-12-08T21:14:34Z")
“In which Shakespeare play does a friar persuade a bride to fake her own death?” ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/86 "2017-12-08T22:24:00Z")
What highly successful English rock band had a drummer named Alan White for at least 9 years? I don’t know if this is particularly interesting, but the first Alan White played on an album by John Lennon, who was previously in a famous band with Ringo Starr, who was the father of the person who replaced the second Alan White. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/87 "2017-12-08T22:32:45Z")
What top-100 rated liberal arts college is located in the small town of Northfield, MN? ---
**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:** [December 8, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/88 "2017-12-08T22:59:23Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > what answer other than Hank Ketcham??😕 There was a UK strip with the same name. Though they first appeared one week apart, not on the same day. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/89 "2017-12-08T23:23:26Z")
Somewhere I read that Groucho Marx attended a seance of someone who claimed all knowledge of the living and the dead, and would accept any and all meaningful life questions, and Groucho asked (something like) “What is the capital of Ceylon?” ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/90 "2017-12-08T23:29:20Z")
Who had a UK top ten single in 1985 with **The Power of Love**? 1 **Frankie Goes to Hollywood** who went to number 1 during December 1984 but remained in the top ten during January 1985. 2 **Huey Lewis and the News** got to number 9 in the summer of 1985 with their entirely different song (taken from the soundtrack to the movie **Back to the Future**.) 3 **Jennifer Rush** had her entirely different to both the other songs hit number 1 in the autumn of 1985. TCMF-2L ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/91 "2017-12-08T23:39:19Z")
> [@Fretful\_Porpentine](#): > > “In which Shakespeare play does a friar persuade a bride to fake her own death?” Nu? What’s the other one? ETA, for whole thread: If this is mentioned upthread, my apologies, but is not “which” as an interrogative demanding of one and only one response? Ie, the question has no answer because it is posed misleadingly to begin with. ETA2: Of course that’s OP point. But it’s like asking “what’s the lowest temperature water in your fridge will freeze above 50 deg. F?” ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/92 "2017-12-08T23:55:06Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > There was a UK strip with the same name. > > Though they first appeared one week apart, not on the same day. No, they appeared on the same day. The issue of the Beano in which Dennis first appeared was cover-dated 17th March, but was actually published on the 12th. The real difference between them (apart from their appearance, behaviour, mileu, etc) is that Dennis (US) is a single-panel newspaper cartoon, while Dennis (UK) is a multi-page comic book character. Not everyone makes a great distinction between the two, but for those that do, the wording of the question is very important. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/93 "2017-12-09T00:04:46Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > … > ETA, for whole thread: If this is mentioned upthread, my apologies, but is not “which” as an interrogative demanding of one and only one response? Ie, the question has no answer because it is posed misleadingly to begin with. > … Depends on the verb. If “is” singular, “are” plural. [Discuss](https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/which-of-these-examples-is-are-correct-also-versions.2173095/). ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/94 "2017-12-09T00:09:06Z")
Portland is the largest population center in what US state? ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/95 "2017-12-09T00:26:34Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Nu? What’s the other one? Well, it happens in Romeo And Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing – I don’t know which other one you’re thinking of. > [@](#): > > ETA, for whole thread: If this is mentioned upthread, my apologies, but is not “which” as an interrogative demanding of one and only one response? Ie, the question has no answer because it is posed misleadingly to begin with. > > ETA2: Of course that’s OP point. But it’s like asking “what’s the lowest temperature water in your fridge will freeze above 50 deg. F?” I think the idea is that the person asking the question might reasonably believe there to be a single answer, whereas there are, in fact two (or more). ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/96 "2017-12-09T00:32:32Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > What is the capital of Bolivia? Sucre and La Paz. I think La Paz is the legislative capital, I’m really not sure how it’s all set up. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/97 "2017-12-09T00:50:44Z")
Which land battle against a foreign nation was fought on US soil? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/98 "2017-12-09T01:21:22Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Which land battle against a foreign nation was fought on US soil? There’s been more than just two, even ignoring those of the War of Independence. There were several in the War of 1812. The Battle of New Orleans is best known, but also the [Battle of Blandensburg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bladensburg) and the [Battle of Baltimore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baltimore) included some land fighting. I suppose the [Siege of Detroit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Detroit) should count too. There were other lesser engagements as well. There were several in Texas at the beginning of the Mexican-American War and some in California as well. Those latter probably shouldn’t count, since California wasn’t part of the US yet. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/99 "2017-12-09T01:40:54Z")
> [@UDS](#): > > And one from the UK version of Trivial Pursuit: Who were the enemy at the Battle of Rorke’s Drift? > [@DrDeth](#): > > Zulu? 😕 > [@Chronos](#): > > No, Brits, obviously. Why would the Zulu have been fighting against themselves? How is “the Brits” an answer to that question when it’s asked in the UK? And what would be the second correct answer to that question if it’s not “the Zulus”? If the catch is supposed to be that “the enemy” isn’t specified, so that the question can be answered both “the Zulus” and “the Brits,” that’s pretty weak. It applies to pretty much every battle. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/100 "2017-12-09T01:41:02Z")
> [@glowacks](#): > > What highly successful English rock band had a drummer named Alan White for at least 9 years? > > I don’t know if this is particularly interesting, but the first Alan White played on an album by John Lennon, who was previously in a famous band with Ringo Starr, who was the father of the person who replaced the second Alan White. Along the same lines, two of England’s most successful 80s bands had drummers named Roger Taylor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849.md?page=6)