# Your Favorite Trivia Stumpers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 18, 2000, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291 "2000-03-18T03:20:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291/1 "2000-03-18T03:20:00Z")
I have two: Question: What was the first Beatle solo album? Answer: Paul McCartney’s soundtrack to the film “The Family Way” (1966). Why it’s a stumper: Most will guess Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass”(1970) or McCartney’s self-titled album from the same year. A few Beatle knowitall wiseguys (some no doubt on the SDMB) will maintain it’s Harrison’s “Wonderwall Music” (1968). McCartney’s soundtrack was the first album released by a Beatle completely self-composed and recorded without any assistance from the other three. Question: What is the name of the theme song from “The Andy Griffith Show”? Answer: “The Fishin’ Hole” Why it’s a stumper: Most are surprised to hear that the song has a title other than “The Theme to the Andy Griffith Show.” * * * “My hovercraft is full of eels.” ---
**Author:** ![Cowboy\_Greg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Cowboy\_Greg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowboy_Greg)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291/2 "2000-03-18T05:39:00Z")
The SDMB crowd will probably know right off, but these have stumped everybody else I’ve tried them on (with maybe two exceptions): 1. In the Sixties, there was a Hanna-Barbera cartoon featuring Jinx the cat. What were the names of the mice who bedeviled him? 2. We all know it was Mr. Wizard who intoned “Frizzle, frazzle, frozzle, frome” to yank a certain somebody out of a jam. Who was he rescuing? * * * A cubicle is just a padded cell without a door. ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291/3 "2000-03-18T06:38:00Z")
Don’t know the names of the cimce, but Mr. Wizard was rescuing a little boy turtle, and as soon as I went to reply, his names jumped out of my head–I can see the character, but the name is gone! Argh! Name any actor from “High Chapperal” (moderate stump) or “Lancer”. Name the show about astronauts that accidently went back in time. Or sing the theme song. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291/4 "2000-03-18T07:10:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Cowboy Greg: > \*\*1. In the Sixties, there was a Hanna-Barbera cartoon featuring Jinx the cat. What were the names of the mice who bedeviled him? > > 1. We all know it was Mr. Wizard who intoned “Frizzle, frazzle, frozzle, frome” to yank a certain somebody out of a jam. Who was he rescuing? > \*\* 1. Pixie and Dixie harassed Mr. Jinx. 2. **Mr. Whoopie** used the phrase “drizzle, drazzle, drozzle, drone. Time for this one to come home,” to retrieve Tennessee Tuxedo and Chumley. ---
**Author:** ![SingleDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SingleDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleDad)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291/5 "2000-03-18T07:16:00Z")
My favorite semi-stumpers are: What was Charlie Brown’s father’s occupation? What was Underdog’s girlfriend’s name? What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? 😉 * * * “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away”. - Phillip K. Dick ---
**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291/6 "2000-03-18T07:18:00Z")
A laden or unladen swallow? * * * “Winners never quit and quitters never win, but those who never win and never quit are idiots.” ---
**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291/7 "2000-03-18T07:20:00Z")
Er, duh, uh, what I **meant** was: An African or European swallow? Sorry for the confusion, it’s been a long night @ work… \ * * * “Winners never quit and quitters never win, but those who never win and never quit are idiots.” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291/8 "2000-03-18T07:21:00Z")
## Lex - I think you mean ‘A European or African Swallow?’. _Eschew Obfuscation_ ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291/9 "2000-03-18T07:23:00Z")
Uh…see? I was right! He did mean it! (Eeesh…Review the thread before posting…review the thread before posting…) ---
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291/10 "2000-03-18T07:33:00Z")
There are some who call me, tim… * * * Kinooning it up for 20 years and counting ---
**Author:** ![Cowboy\_Greg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Cowboy\_Greg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowboy_Greg)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291/11 "2000-03-18T07:51:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Padeye replies: > \*\*1. Pixie and Dixie harassed Mr. Jinx. \*\* Ding-ding-ding! We have a winner! As for who Mr. Wizard (the lizard) retrieving – partial credit for Padeye and Kallessa. It WAS on the Tennessee Tuxedo show, but it was a seperate segment… Tutor Turtle (or Tooter – there’s disagreement as to which name is canonical). As for the show about the astronauts who went back in time… Aieeeee! I used to sing that in grade school, fer chrissake! “Lost in time, lost in space, blah-blah-blah…” Now if I could only remember the name of it… To answer SingleDad’s queries: 1. Charlie Brown’s dad was a barber 2. Underdog’s girlfriend was ‘Sweet Polly Purebred’ 3. I… I… I don’t know! _AIEEEEEEE!_ Yes, I watched far too much TV as a kid. Why do you ask? 😉 * * * A cubicle is just a padded cell without a door. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291/12 "2000-03-18T12:51:00Z")
Looking for questions still unanswered… > [@](#): > > Originally posted by Kallessa: > \*\*Name any actor from “High Chapperal” (moderate stump) or “Lancer”. > \*\* From “High Chapperal” - the guy played Big John Cannon was Leif Erickson, who also distinguished himself as Pete the River Rat in “Showboat”. The only thing I remember of Lancer was that it was a cheap Bonanza rip-off. I have no idea of the character name, but an actor named James Stacy was in it… who also had an ensemble role in “South Pacific”. I don’t know much, but I know musicals! 🙂 What actors, other than the seven regular cast members, made multiple appearances on _Gilligan’s Island_? Describe (as best you can in this medium) the audio signal warning station house 51 that they had a call to respond to. What monster hit song was subtitled “Exordium & Terminus”? - Rick ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291/13 "2000-03-18T14:06:00Z")
> [@](#): > > What actors, other than the seven regular cast members, made multiple appearances on Gilligan’s Island? (trying cut and paste for the first time) I remembered the characters but had to look up the actors: Hans Conried as Wrongway Feldman Vito Scotti as a recurring Mad Scientist. * * * This signature for rent. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291/14 "2000-03-18T14:31:00Z")
Very good! I would point out that Vito also had another role – he was the Japanese soldier with the coke-bottle-bottom think glasses, back in the days when such portrayal wasn’t considered culturally offensive. So he was the only actor actor to appear in different roles, as well as one of two to appear twice in the same role in different episodes. I suppose, to be purely technical about it, there was one other - stuntman Val Prochaska appeared multiple times wearing an ape suit, whenever they needed an ape. - Rick ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291/15 "2000-03-18T15:30:00Z")
“It’s About Time” It’s about time It’s about space About strange people in the strangest place … It’s about two astronauts And about their fate they meet a prehistoric cavewoman And her prehistoric mate … Where will they go What will they do As through the barrier of time they flew? Past the Roman Senators Past the armored knights Past the something something To our thoroughly modern sights They will be here With all of us Dodging a taxi, a car, or bus … That’s the most I could come up with this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291/16 "2000-03-18T15:37:00Z")
And Rick - “In the Year 2525” ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291/17 "2000-03-18T15:44:00Z")
My two personal favorites: 1. Who’s buried in Grant’s tomb? (trick question) 2. What is the signature on the bat used by Jack Nicholson in “The Shining”? ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291/18 "2000-03-18T15:47:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Cowboy Greg: > \*\* Ding-ding-ding! We have a winner! > > As for who Mr. Wizard (the lizard) retrieving – partial credit for Padeye and Kallessa. It WAS on the Tennessee Tuxedo show, but it was a seperate segment… Tutor Turtle (or Tooter – there’s disagreement as to which name is canonical). > > _Touche_ Turtle. Not Tooter, Touche. I am a big Tennessee Tuxedo fan. > > As for the show about the astronauts who went back in time… Aieeeee! I used to sing that in grade school, fer chrissake! “Lost in time, lost in space, blah-blah-blah…” Now if I could only remember the name of it… > > To answer SingleDad’s queries: > > 1. Charlie Brown’s dad was a barber > 2. Underdog’s girlfriend was ‘Sweet Polly Purebred’ > 3. I… I… I don’t know! _AIEEEEEEE!_ > > Yes, I watched far too much TV as a kid. Why do you ask? 😉 > > \*\* * * * _…send lawyers, guns, and money…_ ``` Warren Zevon ``` ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291/19 "2000-03-18T15:49:00Z")
Ok, screwed that post up. Haven’t had my morning beer yet. I guess I posted my reply for Touche Turtle right in the middle of a post without proofreading. See, there are dangers in posting sober. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291/20 "2000-03-18T16:20:00Z")
No one EVER gets this one totally correct: How many people were with Moses in the ark? No cheating! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trivia-stumpers/15291.md?page=2)