# 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:** 8
**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:** [December 10, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/141 "2017-12-10T23:27:04Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Canada. Aaaaaaand? ---
**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:** [December 10, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/142 "2017-12-10T23:28:18Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Greenland (Den.) lies between Maine and the Geographic North Pole. (Using the Magnetic North Pole, I think only Canada works.) Nope And it’s not Greenland (or Denmark). But you did make me double-check and my question is incorrect. It should be now: What country in North America has land north of the United States. I think that works. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/143 "2017-12-10T23:38:37Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Nope > And it’s not Greenland (or Denmark). But you did make me double-check and my question is incorrect. It should be now: > What country in North America has land north of the United States. > I think that works. I’m still not sure what you mean. Obviously Mexico has _some_ land further north than _some_ parts of the U.S.. But I assume you don’t mean that, since that’s obviously true for all borders except the rare few that run perfectly straight E-W along a circle of latitude. What would be marginally more interesting would be a broadly E-W border that briefly switches back on itself, so that some part of Mexico is _due_ north of some part of the U.S. Is that what you mean? Is there such a place on the border? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/144 "2017-12-10T23:44:32Z")
Missed edit window: what would be more interesting would be if a largely E-W border had a convolution where it zig-zagged back temporarily, leaving (e.g.) a protrusion of Mexican territory _due_ north of some part of the U.S., and vice versa, is there such a place? Looks like it might be true west of Yuma for a reasonable chunk of land? And there are obviously many more tiny parts anywhere the border is jagged and runs more-or-less N-S. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/145 "2017-12-10T23:48:39Z")
Canada is of course south of the US, between Detroit MI and Windsor ON. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/146 "2017-12-10T23:54:46Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > What top-5 lifetime homerun leader for Major League Baseball started his career in the same city but on different teams? I’m having trouble making sense of this question. Same city as what? Did you mean to ask who started and ended his career in the same city but on different teams? If so, there are three answers: [ul] [li]Hank Aaron - Milwaukee Braves and Milwaukee Brewers[/li][li]Babe Ruth - Boston Red Sox and Boston Braves[/li][li]Willie Mays - New York Giants and New York Mets[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/147 "2017-12-10T23:58:40Z")
What member of the Baseball Hall of Fame was born in Donora, Pennsylvania? Stan Musial or Ken Griffey, Jr. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/148 "2017-12-11T03:03:21Z")
What year was the town of Codell, Kansas hit by a tornado on May 20? 1916, 1917, 1918 [http://www.tornadofacts.net/tornado-fun-facts.php](http://www.tornadofacts.net/tornado-fun-facts.php) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/149 "2017-12-11T03:10:20Z")
France — thanks to St. Pierre and Miquelon? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/150 "2017-12-11T04:13:11Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > France — thanks to St. Pierre and Miquelon? Those islands are not directly north of any part of the US, not even Puerto Rico or the Virgin Is. For that matter, they aren’t even directly north of any part of Canada. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/151 "2017-12-11T04:56:25Z")
Huh? They’re by Newfoundland. I don’t know if that’s the intended answers, but good catch - they’re considered a part of France (“Overseas collectivity”) in the same way that Alaska is the US but PR is a territory. Not all French islands have the same status. ---
**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 11, 2017, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/152 "2017-12-11T05:02:47Z")
Which league won the MLB All Star Game in 1959? Which league won in 1962? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/153 "2017-12-11T05:21:00Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I’m still not sure what you mean. Obviously Mexico has _some_ land further north than _some_ parts of the U.S… But I assume you don’t mean that, since that’s obviously true for all borders except the rare few that run perfectly straight E-W along a circle of latitude. > > What would be marginally more interesting would be a broadly E-W border that briefly switches back on itself, so that some part of Mexico is _due_ north of some part of the U.S. Is that what you mean? Is there such a place on the border? It is Mexico. There are areas along the border where you would cross north into Mexico from the United States. The [southwest corner](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Yuma,+AZ/@32.5856447,-114.9002868,11z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x80d66287214dadd9:0xcfa93a07f59e4258!8m2!3d32.6926512!4d-114.6276916) of Arizona is the largest example. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/154 "2017-12-11T05:28:39Z")
There are several points along the U.S.-Mexico border which are in the U.S. but due South of a tiny bit of Mexican territory. Gadsden, Arizona is one example. There are many examples in Texas as the border follows the Rio Grande meanders. So there are (at least) _three_ answers. You can quibble whether Greenland (Den.) is the country of Greenland or the country of Denmark, but it must be one or the other. ETA: Ninja’ed by **Little Nemo** while I was playing with Google Maps. :o ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/155 "2017-12-11T05:34:15Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It is Mexico. There are areas along the border where you would cross north into Mexico from the United States. The [southwest corner](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Yuma,+AZ/@32.5856447,-114.9002868,11z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x80d66287214dadd9:0xcfa93a07f59e4258!8m2!3d32.6926512!4d-114.6276916) of Arizona is the largest example. Yup. But it’s not really that remarkable. After all, anywhere that any long generally E-W border like this has a section that runs roughly N-S and is squiggly, you are going to have protrusions where this is true, e.g. east of Big Bend, and down through Laredo. It’s just a question of how big they are. Look at almost any broadly E-W irregular border, the same is true more often than not: there are parts of Nicaragua due N of Honduras, parts of Costa Rica due N of Nicaragua, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/156 "2017-12-11T05:53:43Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > I think there’s only one answer to that, since Finland is not a Scandinavian country. [Someone agrees with you](https://satwcomic.com/no-invitation), > [@](#): > > . . . although some say that Finland and Iceland are part of it too. Most people in Sweden, Norway and Denmark doesn’t consider them to be part of Scandinavia though. Although if you use the word [Nordic, Finland is in there.](https://satwcomic.com/how-the-north-works) ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/157 "2017-12-11T07:02:29Z")
I remember reading this in a war themed trivia book “This countries capital is the only capital in the world which was attacked by both ballistic and cruise missiles” It actually applies to two different countries, but you can get the singular one you desire by simply stating “in the same war” or “in separate wars” ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/158 "2017-12-11T08:12:42Z")
What is the penalty for an offside violation in football? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/159 "2017-12-11T13:40:57Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > Unfortunately, modern research has made this slightly wrong, but: > > He was probably the most famous writer that his country has ever produced, and he died on 23rd April, 1616. Who was he? > > (Unfortunately, it is now believed that one died on 22nd April, 1616. Nevertheless, it is still true that one died about 10 days before the other.) If you mean “on the same day or almost as the other”, then it’s Shakespeare and Cervantes (who’s now corrected to the 22nd, apparently); that’s why April 23rd is World Book Day. Who does the ‘10 days before’ refer to? ---
**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 11, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849/160 "2017-12-11T13:46:47Z")
Shakespeare and Cervantes died on the same (or almost the same) date, ten days apart. It’s that Julian/Gregorian thing again. And there used to be only one answer to “Which commonly-circulating US coin bears two depictions of the same President?”, but now there are at least three. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849.md?page=9)