# What wrong answers have you found in Trivial Pursuit? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 2, 2001, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wrong-answers-have-you-found-in-trivial-pursuit/74688 "2001-08-02T20:11:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wrong-answers-have-you-found-in-trivial-pursuit/74688/81 "2020-11-23T10:46:48Z")
Every episode of Family Feud seems to have at least one question where you have to wonder if the top answer wasn’t rigged in some way as it’s completely baffling to for most of the group of 100 to all say the top answer. “Name something that most people put in their mouths every single day” The top answer was “Popsicle/Lollypop” as the Top Answer with 40%. The obvious answer was “Tooth Brush” and yet that was #2 but with only 20%. ---
**Author:** ![vandwedge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f14d63/32.png) [@vandwedge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandwedge)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wrong-answers-have-you-found-in-trivial-pursuit/74688/82 "2020-12-19T16:30:32Z")
Got another one! Q: What radioactive, 164-foot Tyrannosaurus Rex made the covers of _Time_ and _Newsweek_? A: Godzilla Most of this is accurate, except for the fact that Godzilla is not a Tyrannosaurus Rex. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wrong-answers-have-you-found-in-trivial-pursuit/74688/83 "2020-12-20T20:30:14Z")
> [@vandwedge](#): > > Most of this is accurate, except for the fact that Godzilla is not a Tyrannosaurus Rex. He is, though, in Fred Worth’s _Super Trivia Encyclopedia_ (with almost that exact wording–Worth says a radioactive _fire-breathing_ 164-foot tyrannosaurus rex). ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wrong-answers-have-you-found-in-trivial-pursuit/74688/84 "2020-12-20T20:41:41Z")
In the original set, the question was something like “According to The Kinks in _Lola_ what did champagne taste like?” They insist it’s “cherry cola,” which is WRONG WRONG WRONG because the original lyric was “Coca-Cola” and they had to re-record the lyric as “cherry cola” after Coke threw a fit. Nowadays the “Coca-Cola” version is the one that gets played and Coke thinks it’s awesome free advertising. That’s life for ya. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wrong-answers-have-you-found-in-trivial-pursuit/74688/85 "2020-12-20T21:01:04Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > They insist it’s “cherry cola,” which is WRONG WRONG WRONG because the original lyric was “Coca-Cola” and they had to re-record the lyric as “cherry cola” after Coke threw a fit. Not quite. They had to re-record in order to get on the BBC. > **[BBC Four - More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On - 16 songs banned...](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5R152hTbVPQdYjn29q5jt4/16-songs-banned-by-the-bbc)** > > From The Kinks to Blondie and Heaven 17, the story of songs that faced the ban ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wrong-answers-have-you-found-in-trivial-pursuit/74688/86 "2020-12-20T21:09:32Z")
Well, regardless of who made it necessary, Trivial Pursuit is still wrong in saying the lyric is “cherry cola.” Assholes. Not that I’m still salty about it or anything. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wrong-answers-have-you-found-in-trivial-pursuit/74688/87 "2020-12-23T18:53:51Z")
Not that it really matters, but the only version I know is the cherry cola one. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wrong-answers-have-you-found-in-trivial-pursuit/74688/88 "2020-12-23T19:50:12Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LemG0cvc4oU/maxresdefault.jpg "The Kinks - Lola (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LemG0cvc4oU) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wrong-answers-have-you-found-in-trivial-pursuit/74688/89 "2020-12-24T01:08:17Z")
IIRC, the UK version had “cherry cola” in it because of the BBC’s policy about name brands/product placement in songs. So it was banned by the BBC. Ray Davies re-recorded that vocal section and that’s where the “cherry cola” version comes from. “Coca Cola” is the original lyric and the one that is typically played in the US. At least that’s the lyric I sing when I think of that song. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wrong-answers-have-you-found-in-trivial-pursuit/74688/90 "2020-12-25T03:18:09Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > IIRC, the UK version had “cherry cola” in it because of the BBC’s policy about name brands/product placement in songs. So it was banned by the BBC. Ray Davies re-recorded that vocal section and that’s where the “cherry cola” version comes from. You do RC; scroll up a bit. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wrong-answers-have-you-found-in-trivial-pursuit/74688.md?page=4)