# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![dummygladhands71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/242 "2021-12-05T04:49:16Z")
Won a cut throat game of trivia with the neighbors by knowing the name of the theme song from “You Bet Your Life.” ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/243 "2021-12-05T05:18:10Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Another thought: > > Wouldn’t it [a plumb line] be slightly off most places on earth? The surface is not a perfect sphere, or oblate sphere. There should be gravitional pull from nearby mountains … … and yo’ mama. ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/244 "2021-12-05T05:18:47Z")
Vladimir Putin and I were both born on October 7, 1952. He must be my evil twin. ---
**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 5, 2021, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/245 "2021-12-05T05:27:29Z")
> [@Chief\_Pedant](#): > > What commonly used English 3 letter word contains neither a vowel nor a y? nth As in “to the nth degree” or “the nth root” > [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > How many grooves does a 3 minute LP record have, at 33 RPM? Nope. Two - one on each side. And I don’t think 3 minutes is a “Long Playing” record. ---
**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, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/246 "2021-12-05T06:38:09Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > > [@Chief\_Pedant](#): > > > > What commonly used English 3 letter word contains neither a vowel nor a y? > > nth > As in “to the nth degree” or “the nth root” You were ninja-ed _8 years ago_ (and again more recently after this zombie was re-vivified). ---
**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:** [December 5, 2021, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/247 "2021-12-05T06:40:03Z")
Not necessarily my favorite trivia question, but I did think of this one: What two regular cast members (their names were in the opening credits) from _All in the Family_ have been nominated for Oscars? Rob Reiner - 1993 Best Picture for producing _A Few Good Men_ Danielle Brisebois - 2015 Best Original Song in _Begin Again_ ---
**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 5, 2021, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/248 "2021-12-05T06:57:09Z")
What weighs more - an ounce of gold or an ounce of feathers? And if you think you know that: What weighs more - a pound of gold or a pound of feathers? gold and feathers respectively. Gold is measured using the troy systems and feathers are measured using the avoirdupois system. Ounces and pounds are different in each but a grain (about 64.8 mg; abbreviated gr) is the same in each. 1 ozt of gold is 480 gr, 1 lbt of gold is 12 ozt or 5760 gr, 1 oz of feathers is 437.5 gr and 1 lb of feathers is 16 oz or 7000 gr. ---
**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, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/249 "2021-12-05T13:44:21Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Nope. Two - one on each side. > And I don’t think 3 minutes is a “Long Playing” record. Ah, meant 30 minutes, pretty long for one side/ ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/250 "2021-12-05T14:16:04Z")
1. What is the most common name given to baby boys born in Israel (2020)? One source: ([https://www.timesofisrael.com/mohammad-again-most-popular-baby-boys-name-tamar-knocked-off-top-by-miriam/](https://www.timesofisrael.com/mohammad-again-most-popular-baby-boys-name-tamar-knocked-off-top-by-miriam/)) . 2. What is the world’s most populous island completely surrounded by fresh water? (scroll down to #38). If I’m not mistaken, the second most populous fresh-water island is #92, which is adjacent to #38. [List of islands by population - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_by_population) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/251 "2021-12-05T14:26:10Z")
Who is older: Gary Oldman or Gary Numan ? Gary Numan is older than Gary Oldman (or if you prefer, Gary Oldman is newer than Gary Numan) - by 13 days ---
**Author:** ![Yelnick\_McWawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/839c29/32.png) [@Yelnick\_McWawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yelnick_McWawa)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/252 "2021-12-05T17:19:48Z")
Scalpers selling playoff tickets for face value? This is from personal experience and may not be unique: From 2003 to 2013, the Boston Red Sox played to sellout crowds for 820 consecutive games. This includes the 2004 post-season wherein the Red Sox won the World Series for the first time in 86 years. I went to Fenway Park during the A.L. championship series. The Red Sox were playing their chief rivals, the New York Yankees. While the game was sold out as far as the Red Sox were concerned, scalpers were not finding many buyers. I had two different scalpers offer me pretty-good seats for face value. What recent baseball event had reduced the demand for tickets? Up to this point, no baseball team had ever won a best-of-seven series after losing the first three games. This was the fourth game and many fans had written-off the Sox for the year. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/253 "2021-12-05T17:41:10Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > What were the names of Rick Blaine’s two nightclubs in the movie Casablanca? > Rick’s Americana and La Belle Aurora I realize this is several years later, and that one of these errors was corrected soon after you posted it: the nightclub in Casablanca was Rick’s Café Americain. The other claim also has a misspelling (it was La Belle Aurore) but what makes you think Rick owned that place? Early in the scene where they hear the German guns in the offing, Rick says that they have to drink up this bottle of champagne and three more, because (Louis? anyway, a man’s name) says he’ll water the garden with it rather than let the Germans get it. Surely whoever said that was the owner, not Rick. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/254 "2021-12-05T17:41:51Z")
Who first laid out the principles of natural selection? [Patrick Matthew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Matthew), who published 28 years before Darwin. j ---
**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:** [December 5, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/255 "2021-12-05T18:13:40Z")
What non-sporting, non-geographical relationship do the Kentucky Derby and the Stanley Cup have? The Kentucky Derby gets its name from a great-grandfather of the person for whom the Stanley Cup is named. Specifically, the Kentucky Derby is named for The Derby (aka the Epsom Derby), named after the 12th Earl of Derby; his grandson’s second son, the 16th Earl of Derby, was Governor-General of Canada and donated what would be known as the Stanley Cup. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/256 "2021-12-05T20:34:58Z")
Who was the first person to win a Nobel Prize and an Oscar? George Bernard Shaw. He was pretty pissed off by the Oscar, according to Wikipedia: " Shaw was determined that Hollywood should have nothing to do with the film, but was powerless to prevent it from winning one Academy Award (“Oscar”); he described his award for “best-written screenplay” as an insult, coming from such a source." But he was fine with the Nobel Price, as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/257 "2021-12-05T20:44:18Z")
and my dad in 1933 ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028/258 "2021-12-05T20:57:00Z")
Shaquille Rashaun O’Neal, most of us know him as Shaq, scored 28,596 points in his NBA career, he attempted only 22 (3)threeponiters… how many were successful?? /spoiler/ Only one /spoiler/ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question-and-answer/663028.md?page=12)