# What is your favorite trivia question (and answer)? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 9, 2013, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028 "2013-07-09T11:04:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/181 "2013-07-19T15:38:22Z")
Who won both “Album of the Year” and “Best New Artist” at the 1961 Grammy Awards? Bob Newhart (album _The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart_) ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/182 "2013-07-19T19:23:48Z")
What album spend the most time at Number One on the Billboard 200 chart? The soundtrack to the movie _West Side Story_. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/183 "2013-07-20T00:03:35Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > OJs part in the movie barely registers on the WTF scale compared to it being nominated for Best Picture. Thus what I said about multiple layers. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/184 "2013-07-24T16:46:01Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > Bears explanation. Is that different than an owl’s explanation? Oh, you’re using _bears_ as a verb. :smack: > [@Chief\_Pedant](#): > > What commonly used English 3 letter word contains neither a vowel nor a y? Still waiting for this answer. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/185 "2013-07-24T16:48:24Z")
It’s already been posted. nth ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/186 "2013-07-24T17:18:13Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > I’ve suggested this one before, but I’m still looking for a way to formulate it as a killer trivia question: > > True or false: The Jacksons’ hit “Blame it on the Boogie” was co-written by Michael Jackson. > > True, but by an unrelated person called Michael Jackson Yes. He goes by the name “Mick” Jackson and [recorded his own version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcDj46elLhQ). It’s pants compared to The Jacksons’ version. Also, he pronounces it “booo-gee.” :mad: ---
**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:** [July 24, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/187 "2013-07-24T21:34:22Z")
Y’know, I want to be able to object to “Alaska” as the answer to “Easternmost point in the US”… But then again, suppose we instead had the trivia question “What is the easternmost point of the former British Empire?”? At any point in the Empire, there was another point in the Empire east of you, so you _can’t_ use the “go east until you can’t” standard there, and the only one that makes sense is the one based on longitude. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/188 "2013-07-24T22:58:26Z")
Who was the first actor to play James Bond? Barry Nelson, in a 1954 made-for-tv adaptation of [Casino Royale](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_Royale_%28Climax!%29). Who was the first actor to play Superman? Bud Collyer, who did the voice of Superman and Clark Kent on the [Adventures of Superman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Superman_%28radio%29) radio series from 1940 to 1951. But the first actor to wear the Superman costume was [Ray Middleton](http://www.supermanhomepage.com/other/other.php?topic=dyk-ray-middleton), at the 1940 New York World’s Fair. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/189 "2013-07-24T23:05:56Z")
> [@Cartoonacy](#): > > Who was the first actor to play James Bond? > > Barry Nelson, in a 1954 made-for-tv adaptation of [Casino Royale](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_Royale_%28Climax!%29). :eek: I consider myself a Bond authority and I had no idea. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/190 "2013-07-25T00:21:08Z")
I have many. I’ll stick with baseball. Other then Babe Ruth, how many members of the baseball Hall of Fame wore #3 for the New York Yankees? Joe “Ducky” Medwick, who wore it in spring training in 1947 (though not in a game) Ruth was traded to the Yankees in 1920 and made into a right fielder. What member of the hall of fame played right field for the Yankees the year before? George Halas. I didn’t say the \*baseball \*hall of fame Lou Gehrig set a record for playing in 2130 consecutive games. What baseball player was present both the day he began his streak and the day he ended it? Wally Pipp. Gehrig was Pipp’s replacement, of course, but on May 2, 1939, when Gehrig took himself out of the lineup, Pipp was attending the game. What player had the highest batting average in the AL but was not the league’s batting champion despite qualifying for it. Taffy Wright. In 1938, Wright batted .350 and qualified because the rules at the time required the batter appear in 100 games. Wright was in 100 games, but only had 282 plate appearances. Jimmy Foxx, who batted .349 in 685 PAs, was declared the champion. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2013, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/191 "2013-07-25T09:17:44Z")
In 1948 a poll was taken among Americans to identify the “most admired man alive.” Jackie Robinson was #2, Pope Pius XII #3, President Harry S Truman #4. _Who was #1 ?_ Bing Crosby. The Wikipedia article mentions some other surprising facts, e.g. in “1948, the Music Digest estimated that Crosby recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music.” ---
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Q: What is the most profitable song ever written? [spoiler]A: _Margaritaville_; not for record sales or airplay, but licensing. Wikipedia lists restaurants and resorts, footwear, apparel, outdoor furniture, chicken wings, and even a blender. I’m not sure there could be any definitive comparison of a song’s profitability, but it’s an interesting topic. _Margaritaville_ does seem to have spawned an empire.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/193 "2013-07-25T16:01:22Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > In 1948 a poll was taken among Americans to identify the “most admired man alive.” Jackie Robinson was #2, Pope Pius XII #3, President Harry S Truman #4. Pretty surprising that Jackie Robinson is that high - not that he doesn’t deserve it but considering that racism it’s very impressive. I’d have figured that someone like Eisenhower or Chuck Yeager would have been higher. Darker horses like joe McCarthy or J. Edgar Hoover possibly. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/194 "2013-07-25T18:39:13Z")
Joe Kapp’s first football game as head coach of California was against Texas A&M. What did - and, to this day, still do - those two schools’ football teams have in common that most other NCAA teams don’t? Neither had a player numbered 12 - Texas A&M uses it for its student crowd, which it considers the “12th Man”, and Cal retired it when quarterback Joe Roth died of cancer A number of finalists from _So You Think You Can Dance?_ have appeared on the TV series _Glee_ as members of other schools’ show choirs (they lip-sync to other singers). What makes these two different from the others: (a) Courtney Galiano? She is the only one to have his/her name listed in the show’s credits - in a couple of episodes, she played a non-performing student that had a few lines. (If you’re familiar with the show, she was one of the “skanks” that hung out with Quinn at one point.) (b) Ryan Ramirez? She appeared on Glee _before_ becoming a finalist on SYTYCD. Which is longer - the Olympic Marathon, or the New York City Marathon? The Olympic one, by about 1/2 inch. Presumably, the Olympic Marathon is the IAAF standard distance of 42 km 195 meters, while the NYC one is the “traditional” distance of 26 miles 385 yards, which is 42 km 194 meters 98.8 cm. Okay, that last one was pushing it, especially as they don’t take into account things like the NYC distance being shortened slightly by the weight of the people on the bridges actually flattening the curvature of the bridges’ roadways. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/195 "2013-07-25T19:06:56Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > These are my favorites to say to other people; I am certain that Dopers already know these. > > What do Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine have in common? They are brother and sister > > What do Rip Torn and Sissy Spacek have in common? They are first cousins > > What do Uma Thurman and Gary Oldman have in common? They were married > [@KneadToKnow](#): > > FWIW, I have written a lot of trivia questions in my time, and if I worded those first two the way you have, the answers I’d be looking for would be parents and a set of grandparents respectively. You could also look for a different answer to the last one: A divorce decree. ETA:And a no-longer active marriage license, of course/ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/196 "2013-07-25T21:26:03Z")
What was the first feature film based on a Marvel Comics series? [spoiler]Howard the Duck (1986) You might have guessed Conan the Barbarian (1982), but the Marvel comic books and the Universal film were both based on the 1930s pulp stories of Robert E. Howard.[/spoiler] ---
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Well, it was either What phrase do “I Am the Walrus” and “Mrs. Robinson” have in common? or What two songs feature the phrase “coo coo kah joo”? ---
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> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > What were the names of Rick Blaine’s two nightclubs in the movie Casablanca? > > Rick’s Americana and La Belle Aurora Close; it’s Rick’s Cafe Americain. My contribution: In Lord of the Rings, what is the relationship between the two elf-lords, Galadriel and Elrond? Galadriel is Elrond’s mother-in-law. ---
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Don’t forget the [riddle](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1C0Tw80Fgk&t=30s) that the Clive Owen character poses to the Denzel Washington character in the excellent movie _Inside Man_. _Which weighs more: all the trains that pass through Grand Central Station in a year or the trees cut down to print all U.S. currency in circulation?_ Neither, they are tied at zero each. Trains don’t pass through Grand Central station: it’s the terminus for all lines it serves. U.S. currency is made from linen and cotton, not paper. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/200 "2013-07-25T23:33:22Z")
> [@Cartoonacy](#): > > What was the first feature film based on a Marvel Comics series? IMDB says the pilot episode for THE INCREDIBLE HULK was terrific enough to eventually merit a theatrical release in the late '70s, putting Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno up on the big screen in half-a-dozen countries. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028.md?page=11)