# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/221 "2013-07-30T18:19:29Z")
Jimmy MacDonald and Wayne Allwine were the only two people who voiced Mickey Mouse on a regular basis besides Walt Disney himself. (I’m discounting Carl Stalling, who may have done the voice in one short and Chris Diamantopoulos, who is the current voice.) What did the two of them have in common? They both got their start in the sound effects department at Disney. Speaking of Mickey, Minnie’s voice in the more recent (post 1970’s) cartoons were done by Russi Taylor. What did she and Wayne Allwine (Mickey’s voice) have in common? They were husband and wife. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/222 "2013-07-31T00:33:20Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > Speaking of Mickey, Minnie’s voice in the more recent (post 1970’s) cartoons were done by Russi Taylor. What did she and Wayne Allwine (Mickey’s voice) have in common? > > They were husband and wife. In that order?? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/223 "2013-08-14T17:39:32Z")
> [@Cartoonacy](#): > > 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] That made me research something, which turns out to be true: Who played the first live-action Spiderman? [Danny Seagren](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0780480/?ref_=tt_cl_t7), in The Electric Company “Spidey” shorts. The first one was October 21, 1974. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/224 "2013-08-14T17:49:01Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Who played the first live-action Spiderman? > > [Danny Seagren](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0780480/?ref_=tt_cl_t7), in The Electric Company “Spidey” shorts. The first one was October 21, 1974. I wouldn’t have gotten the name right, but I knew the gist of that answer without hesitation or doubt. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JustsomeDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@JustsomeDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustsomeDude)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/225 "2013-08-14T17:56:22Z")
Do marmots kill people? Yes, the bobac variety coughs them to death. The estimated death-toll is over a billion. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/227 "2020-05-13T15:49:53Z")
Since 1945, what do all British tanks and most AFVs (Armored fighting vehicles) come equipped with? Tea making facilities. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/228 "2020-05-13T22:29:23Z")
What is Hoss Cartwright’s given name? Eric ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/229 "2020-05-13T23:49:38Z")
In the old Dobie Gillis sitcom, Dobies beatnik friend was Maynard G. Krebs. What did the ‘G’ stand for? It’s Walter. As Maynard always said “The ‘G’ is silent”. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/230 "2021-12-04T01:28:28Z")
What is the name of the apparent Nazi sympathizer whom Canada’s top athelete of the year award is named after? Lou Marsh ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/231 "2021-12-04T07:47:26Z")
> [@Chief\_Pedant](#): > > What is the verb for which “wrought” is a past participle? Wring ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/232 "2021-12-04T08:34:04Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > Wring Hmm I see that was already answered with “work”. ---
**Author:** ![a6ka97](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/233 "2021-12-04T13:47:39Z")
On the “A” side of a standard 45 RPM record, what is the average number of grooves? Every 45 RPM record (and every standard vinyl record) has the same number. 1 continuous groove from the edge to the middle. ---
**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 4, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/234 "2021-12-04T14:35:16Z")
One of my old favorites is now obsolete: “What is the only commonly-circulated US coin that bears two depictions of the same President?” Used to be, the answer was the penny: Lincoln is, of course, on the obverse, but the reverse with the Lincoln Memorial, if you look closely, has the statue of Lincoln in the middle. Of course, this is now obsolete twice over: Because pennies no longer show the Lincoln Memorial, and because there are now at least two quarters with an image of Washington on the reverse (the state quarters for New Jersey, with Washington Crossing the Delaware, and South Dakota, with Mount Rushmore). ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/235 "2021-12-04T20:42:29Z")
In which episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, do we see Sulu in the captain’s seat? And given that Kirk and Spock were both on the bridge at the time, and Scotty was on the ship, why was Sulu there? “Is There in Truth No Beauty?” and Spock had been driven insane by the sight of a Medusan, and he knocked Sulu into the seat while Sulu and other crew were trying to restrain him. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/236 "2021-12-04T21:06:51Z")
Who are the only two Major League Baseball players to win all three major individual awards - Rookie of the Year, Cy Young Award, and MVP? Don Newcombe and Justin Verlander. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/237 "2021-12-05T00:45:34Z")
What was the winning percentage of the 1927 Yankees, known for their Murderers Row of sluggers, including Babe Ruth, who hit 60 homers that year? .714, which equals the Babe’s career home run total How many intentional walks did Roger Maris receive in 1961, the year he hit 61 home runs to break the Babe’s single season record? 0. It helps to have Mickey Mantle batting behind you. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/238 "2021-12-05T00:52:41Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > One of my old favorites is now obsolete: Mine too. What is the only state in the US with no commercial airline service whatsoever? Used to be Delaware, but now Wilmington has service from Frontier Airlines, so that is no longer true. Come to think of it, maybe that’s why President Biden likes Amtrak so much; at one time they were the only transportation link to his home state. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/239 "2021-12-05T01:19:30Z")
How many times does Lincoln appear on the penny?\* Twice. If you squint you can see him, seated, between columns of the Lincoln Memorial on the obverse side. The \*refers to them changing designs of late, but on that version with the Lincoln Memorial he’s in there. You know siblings, who have two parents in common…and half siblings, who have one parent in common. But what’s a 3/4 sibling? I’ve posted it elsewhere in SDMB, but if two marry and produce a child, and the father dies, and his brother takes his place and they have another child…I guess this was common in some cultures, even some Christian cultures. The children from the second marriage would be 3/4 sibs, genetically. See also: horse breeding. How is the penny different from the nickel, dime, and quarter in US coins (and the answer has nothing to do with copper, color? Lincoln faces the opposite direction—to the right instead of left, like the rest. How many grooves does a 3 minute LP record have, at 33 RPM? Just 1…a long, continuous groove ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/240 "2021-12-05T02:58:50Z")
You didn’t read posts 233 or 234, did you? ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/241 "2021-12-05T03:51:42Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > I suspect, although I’m too lazy to prove, that even at the equator the plumb line points very very slightly off due to tidal forces from the earth’s rotation… either slightly too far west or slightly too far east. Anyone know if this is true? You would have to give a reason why it points to the north–or to the south–of the center. My point was that the oblateness means that the perpendicular to the level surface (which is where a plumb line points–that’s a theorem) does not point to the center. Here is another of my favorite trivia questions. What is special about Feb, 12, 1809? Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born that day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028.md?page=13)