# What is your favorite trivia question? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 5, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169 "2008-05-05T19:00:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169/61 "2008-05-06T20:14:39Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] The greatest movie trivia question of all time: In the movie, _Back to the Future_ To what day did Doc Brown set the flux capacitor; being the day that Doc Brown had invented the flux capacitor and therefore the day that Marty McFly arrived in the past? [/QUOTE] I wanna say Nov 5, 1955? And **Abirode** , Russia is considered part of the Asian continent? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169/62 "2008-05-06T20:42:58Z")
[QUOTE=Flander] And **Abirode** , Russia is considered part of the Asian continent? [/QUOTE] Siberia, at least. And to me, saying Europe extends even to the Urals is ludicrous: it’s obviously smack dab in the middle of Central Asia. IMO, Europe ends in the middle of the Baltic states and the middle of the Black Sea. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169/63 "2008-05-06T21:32:03Z")
What was Peter Lorre’s real name? ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169/64 "2008-05-06T21:48:48Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] Another one that has generated lots of discussion: Who is the only person in the world who has two countries named after him? Simón Bolivar; Bolivia and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. [/QUOTE] Actually, I would say most adults of, let us say 35, have had at least two countries named after them, but they have had even more that were named before them. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169/65 "2008-05-06T22:10:41Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] The greatest movie trivia question of all time: In the movie, _Back to the Future_ To what day did Doc Brown set the flux capacitor; being the day that Doc Brown had invented the flux capacitor and therefore the day that Marty McFly arrived in the past? [/QUOTE] October 26, 1955. October 26 is my birthday, and my wife was born in '55, so this one’s pretty easy for me to remember. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169/66 "2008-05-06T22:15:47Z")
My all-time favorite trivia question is, what is Donald Duck’s license plate number? 313 I don’t know why it is that, but it is. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169/67 "2008-05-06T22:49:05Z")
I have not seen the answer to this one yet: _Three POTUS have died on the 4th of July,who are they?_ I know Jefferson and Adams…can’t think of the 3rd one! ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169/68 "2008-05-06T22:58:57Z")
[QUOTE=T\_SQUARE] What are the world’s only two double-landlocked countries? True of false: France borders The Netherlands? (OK, it’s true, but where?) [/QUOTE] The island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean. Half belongs to the French department of Guadeloupe and the other to the Netherlands Antilles. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169/69 "2008-05-06T23:18:37Z")
[QUOTE=Ronald C. Semone] 2. Which is the largest European country? Most people say “France” or “Poland”, but the correct answer is “Denmark.” Denmark? Yes, because Greenland, which is huge, is legally an integral part of Denmark just the way Hawaii is an integral part of the U.S.A. (Actually, this may no longer be true since I recall reading a few years ago that the status of Greenland had changed.) [/QUOTE] The problem with that is that Greenland is not part of Europe – if anything, it’s part of North America. So, if Denmark including Greenland is a “European country”, then Russia including the part of Russia in Asia (i.e., Siberia plus other territory) is also a “European country”. And, of course, Russia is by far the largest country in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169/70 "2008-05-06T23:33:41Z")
Try this on your baseball fan friends. It’s not a true trivia, but it’s a guaranteed laugh. Name the four Alou brothers who played Major League Baseball. Felipe, Matty, Jesus, and Boog Powell. Boog changed his name because he didn’t want to be known as Boog Alou. ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169/71 "2008-05-06T23:36:05Z")
A few geography ones I’ve written for the pub quiz I host: What two cities have been among the 10 most populous in America every census from 1790 to 2000? It’s part of the Arab League and the Francophonie, but one African country does not belong to the African Union. Which one? For the first half of the civil war, Mesilla, New Mexico, was the capital of what Confederate territory? Paris is the most populous French-speaking city in the world. Which city comes in second? What’s the most populous city in the US named after a person who was alive when it was founded? What’s the longest river in the U.S. that doesn’t share its name with a state? Which of these is largest in terms of square miles: the drainage basin of the Amazon river, Australia, the Roman Empire at its largest, or the Sahara? ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169/72 "2008-05-06T23:44:42Z")
Another baseball TQ. Who was the last switch hitter to be named AL MVP? ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169/73 "2008-05-07T00:18:01Z")
Paris is the most populous French-speaking city in the world. Which city comes in second? Montreal? ---
**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169/74 "2008-05-07T00:41:53Z")
[QUOTE=Interrobang!?] A few geography ones I’ve written for the pub quiz I host: What two cities have been among the 10 most populous in America every census from 1790 to 2000? It’s part of the Arab League and the Francophonie, but one African country does not belong to the African Union. Which one? For the first half of the civil war, Mesilla, New Mexico, was the capital of what Confederate territory? Paris is the most populous French-speaking city in the world. Which city comes in second? What’s the most populous city in the US named after a person who was alive when it was founded? What’s the longest river in the U.S. that doesn’t share its name with a state? Which of these is largest in terms of square miles: the drainage basin of the Amazon river, Australia, the Roman Empire at its largest, or the Sahara? [/QUOTE] All guesses, for the most part: NYC and Philly CAR? Arizona territory? Dakar? New York? (If the Duke of York counts as a person’s name) Snake Amazon ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169/75 "2008-05-07T01:19:58Z")
[QUOTE=BwanaBob] Paris is the most populous French-speaking city in the world. Which city comes in second? Montreal? [/QUOTE] I was going to guess Quebec. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169/76 "2008-05-07T01:28:00Z")
Name a landlocked country that is completley surrounded on all sides by the same other country? ---
**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169/77 "2008-05-07T01:35:23Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] Name a landlocked country that is completley surrounded on all sides by the same other country? [/QUOTE] I think there are 3. San Marino, Vatican, and Lesotho. ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169/78 "2008-05-07T01:46:22Z")
I know 3 cities (there may be more) which were founded as national capitals. That is, before the founding: no city. Immediately after: national capital. What are these? ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169/79 "2008-05-07T01:46:52Z")
[QUOTE=T\_SQUARE] I think there are 3. San Marino, Vatican, and Lesotho. [/QUOTE] I thought Lesotho was the only one- thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169/80 "2008-05-07T01:47:35Z")
Name the actors in _The Magnificent Seven_. (This was appealing to someone of my older generation). Many people can name 5, sometimes 6. But they usually can’t get all 7. The one everyone missed was Brad Dexter. The other one they sometimes miss was Horst Buchholz [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-trivia-question/448169.md?page=5)