Ask FunTrivia Question Archive

2004. Who said, "It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I say it?"

2007. What is the name of the building in Seattle, Washington where Dr. Frasier Crane lived?

2010. Who invented the pitching machine?

2011. Which US president designated Presidents' Day?

2015. What is the equivalent in golf to the Triple Crown in horse racing?

2016. Does anyone know the Kingdom and the Phylum for a Desert Cottontail rabbit?

2019. What is the Virginia state song?

2020. Who was the first US president pictured on a coin?

2029. What is the name of the Academy Award winning film that was originally titled "Everyone Goes to Rick's"?

2035. Of the twenty-four MLB players who have accumulated 3000 hits in their careers, which six have a career batting average under 300?

2037. What was the first compact disc ever pressed in the United States?

2038. What was the first novel ever written on a typewriter?

2041. Who was the oldest delegate to sign the Declaration of Independence?

2042. What was the chimp's name on the 60's TV series 'Daktari'?

2051. What is the history of the bubblegum machine?

2052. Which is the only flavor of Jell-O that comes from real fruit rather than from artificial flavoring?

2053. Who was the inventor of scissors?

2054. What US state and Canadian province are connected by the Alcan Highway?

2057. What was the name of the dog on 'The Brady Bunch'?

2065. What is the medical symbol that has a snake or serpent wrapped around a pole, and what is its origin?

2069. What year was the Super Bowl interrupted before the game was over to air the movie 'Heidi?'

2076. Do girl cows have horns?

2080. What Major League pitcher struck out 300 batters in a season six times in his career?

2091. How much time does the average American spend stuck in traffic?

2092. Who was the celebrity guest that was bumped on David Letterman because Dave took to long talking to an audience member?

2094. How could both the North and South defend their position in 1861 by referring to the Revolution of 1776?

2097. What is the most common color of dinosaur eggs discovered so far?

2099. How many weeks did John Malkovich live on Jell-O?

2100. What does the 'G' stand for on the cartoon character 'Speed Racer'?

2101. What was the original use for Play-Doh?

2103. What is the shape of a Pringle called?

2104. Why are barns almost always painted red?

2108. How did policemen come to be called 'cops'?

2111. During an average baseball game, how many balls are used?

2121. What is the dot over the letter "i" called?

2122. Where is the largest swimming pool in the world, and how big is it?

2123. What is a deerstalker?

2124. Can bats take off from the ground?

2126. Which state has the most roads?

2127. Why is the hat worn by Sherlock Holmes called a deerstalker?

2128. Do fish drink water?

2135. What is the temperature in space?

2140. Who controled the crime syndicate in New York and New Jersey in the late 1920s and early 1930s?

2144. What popular child's toy was based on a 16th century Filipino hunter's weapon?

2145. In the 1970s during the opening of the ABC TV show 'Wide World of Sports' when the announcer said "and the agony of defeat" they showed footage of a downhill skier in a total wipeout. Who was that and did he survive?

2148. What did John Greenwood invent in 1790?

2151. What was the popular song of the early 1930's expressing the lament of a war veteran?

2152. Who was the staff aide to General Douglas McArthur during the forced eviction of the Bonus Army in Washington, DC in July, 1932?

2153. In the first year of national television in the United States, which show was rated number one?

2160. Can anyone tell me anything about the downfall and the death of Napolean Bonaparte?

2163. What did George Washington always carry with him?

2164. What two qualities does the Bald Eagle symbolize?

2167. What US president is on the fifty dollar bill?

2168. Who was the only US president born on the fourth of July?

2169. What is the average age of US presidents when they take office?

2170. What US president was the first to appear on TV?

2173. Indigo was a plant grown in the South during the time of the American Revolutionary War. What color is the indigo plant?

2175. What are the three numbers that rotate on James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 license plate in 'Goldfinger' and 'Thunderball?'

2178. Does anyone know when the Lazy Susan, a revolving tray, was invented and by whom?

2179. What animal sleeps with its eyes open?

2182. In 'Star Wars, A New Hope' is Uncle Owen really Luke's uncle or is he just a friend of the family?

2184. In what movie does Barbra Streisand play a Communist?

2185. Who was the founder of the Walden Puddle Commune?

2188. What kind of rifle did Lee Harvey Oswald use to kill President Kennedy?

2189. What is the vertical groove in the median portion of the upper lip called?

2192. What was the first book written by Jessica Fletcher?

2198. Why do we celebrate Saint Patrick's Day?

2199. Is there a reason to butter the nose of someone having a birthday?

2201. France and Monaco have won the Eurovision Song contest seven times. What other country has also won seven times?

2205. What does the 20th of September, XX Settembre, commemorate in Italian history?

2206. What color were the uniforms of the Americans during the Revolutionary War?

2207. How much do veterinarians get paid monthly?

2208. What do penicillin, x-rays, velcro, and synthetic dyes have in common?

2209. Who invented the escalator?

2214. On what date was the first formal 'flying saucer' sighting filed?

2217. Why are people afraid of the number 13?

2218. Which US president is pictured on the one-thousand dollar bill?

2221. What does the word 'sarghine' mean?

2222. What one place does the American flag fly twenty-four hours a day, is never raised or lowered and is never saluted?

2223. United States dollar bills are not made of paper but of what?

2224. What and when was the first coin made in America?

2225. What country had the first paper money?

2227. What person created the first engraving plates for money?

2228. The earth spins on its own axis. How fast does it rotate at the equator in miles per hour?

2231. Who wrote a play in which all of the characters are looking for the author?

2232. Little Miss Coppertone replaced the original image used by the company until 1953. What was the original image used?

2233. What US president will be remembered throughout history as the 'great emancipator'?

2234. What sport did George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton all like to play?

2235. KLM is the national airline of what country?

2238. What is nicknamed 'Old Glory'?

2248. Who was the author of a chatty newspaper column called 'My Day' beginning in 1935?

2249. Who was the first woman appointed to a US Cabinet position?

2252. Which TV show did 'Seinfeld' replace back in the late 1980's?

2253. How many times thicker than water is blood?

2254. What animal's skin was once commonly used as sandpaper?

2258. After quitting his job on the Daily Planet, where did Clark Kent work?

2261. What is the hottest city in the United States?

2262. According to the Rastafarians, in what country is the Ark of the Covenant to be found?

2263. At 17.5 feet in length, it was the longest of its type ever and was presented to the Smithsonian in 1967. What was it?

2264. What town in western New York claims to be the home of Jell-O?

2265. What NHL team once had two brothers and their father on the same team?

2266. Who illustrated the cover of the album 'Shaved Fish' recorded by John Lennon?

2270. What is the hottest pepper?

2273. Who was the right-fielder for the 1946 pennant winning Boston Red Sox?

2274. What do dating penguins offer each other to show their interest?

2279. What bird exists only to clean the teeth of a crocodile?

2280. Who were the members of the popular singing group 'The Rhythm Boys' of the 1920's?

2281. Who was the young man from Davenport, Iowa, who became the first major white jazz star in the 1920's?

2282. What anthropologist celebrated the healthfulness of the uninhibited sex she observed among the people of Oceania?

2284. There is a city on every continent in the world called by what name?

2285. What is the world's highest unclimbed peak?

2286. What is the longest (highest) fall survived without a parachute?

2287. What was the largest credit card transaction ever made?

2289. What is the former name of Ho Chi Minh City?

2291. Why was the introduction of George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' banned in the United States when the book first came out?

2293. Why is the worm in a tequilla bottle?

2296. What species of bear is the largest?

2297. What is the origin of the US military tradition that a newly commissioned officer gives the first enlisted man to salute him a silver dollar?

2298. What Major League pitcher holds the record for the most home runs in a career and or year?

2301. What do these household items, antifreeze, golf balls, and southwestern lasagna have in common?

2303. If & is an ampersand and * is an asterisk, what the devil is @ called?

2306. Who is the narrator of 'City Confidential' the A&E television series?

2307. Is it true that one Diet Coke contains the same amount of caffeine as one cup of coffee?

2308. Are bulls color blind?

2309. I've been told that there is a certain, and astonishing low, number of people you can get in one room before two people will have the same birthday, month and day, not year. What is that number?

2310. Which is the largest joint in the human body?

2312. Who is the only real astronaut to appear on 'Star Trek'?

2313. On what TV series did the first interracial kiss occur?

2314. Who were the first couple to be shown in bed together on TV?

2320. In the book 'Fahrenheit 451' we find out this is the temperature at which paper burns. Is this true, and what would it be in degrees centrigrade?

2322. What was the original virus host in the 1994 movie 'Outbreak'?

2323. What is the purpose for the holes in the prongs on an electrical plug?

2328. There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters. Does anyone know the word?

2334. What is plaque?

2342. In the movie 'Groundhog Day' how many times does Phil Conners (Bill Murray) die and what are all the ways in which he supposedly dies?

2343. Baseball fans of the 1920s knew that the 'Sultan of Swat' was Babe Ruth and the 'Iron Horse' was Lou Gehrig. Who was the 'Rajah'?

2345. What four word English language phrase is the most widely printed?

2350. In the TV series 'Topper' two ghosts, George and Marion Kirby, owned a St. Bernard. What was the dog's name?

2351. What was the name of Tonto's horse on the 'Lone Ranger' TV series?

2355. Who hit the first home run in a regular season baseball game at Candlestick Park in San Francisco?

2356. Why is the pitching mound on a baseball diamond raised?

2357. What famous horse won the first ever Hollywood Gold Cup in 1938?

2358. Secretariat appeared on the covers of which three national magazines prior to his record breaking Triple Crown win in the 1973 Belmont Stakes?

2359. What was the name of Paul Revere's horse?

2360. Off which country is the island of Islas Marias?

2361. How much is a Big Mac in Russia in the ruble versus the US dollar?

2362. 'Midnight Train to Georgia' was the only number one hit for which group?

2365. In the movie 'On Golden Pond' what was the nickname of the fish that Norman and Billy were trying to catch?

2367. What is the cat's name in 'Pet Semetary'?

2369. What was Grandpa Munster's pet bat's name?

2372. What was the original name of the Walt Disney cartoon character Goofy?

2379. Who was Caeser Rodney?

2382. What was the nickname of the first official US presidential airplane, a C-45 piloted by Major Henry T. Myers in 1944?

2385. What was the saying in the Buster Brown shoe commercial regarding Buster and his dog?

2386. What British colony became part of China again in 1997?

2392. What is the word that is written on the scroll held by the Quaker pictured on packages of Quaker Oats cereals?

2393. What is the dot over the letter 'i' called?

2396. Astronomers say that they have no evidence of black holes or worm holes, then how do they know about them?

2398. Do scientists know what the consequences will be if Pluto hits Uranus or Neptune, and when will it happen?

2399. How bad is Shaq at three-pointers?

2403. This New York town, the home of an annual rodeo, was named after a Massachusetts legislator whose name is synonomous with strange looking congressional districts. What is the town?

2404. What do the two bears on the seal of the state of Missouri represent?

2405. What was Dorothy's last name in 'The Wizard of Oz'?

2407. What is the term for the offspring of a sheep and a goat?

2410. Which Australian sports superstar produces and markets his own brand of Chardonnay wine: Greg Norman, Shane Warne, Steve Waugh, or Pat Cash?

2412. What was the first manufactured breakfast cereal?

2417. Which 20th century icon was designed by George Blaisdell in 1932 and became popular worldwide after it became standard issue for American GI's during the Second World War: The Swiss Army knife, the Zippo lighter, the Omega Speedmaster, or the Biro pen?

2418. Who controls the Quantum Fund, the largest hedge-fund in the world, whose run on the Thai baht is believed to have precipitated the South-East Asia crisis in 1997: Warren Buffet, Paul Allen, George Soros, or William Safra?

2419. What did Kipling say a good cigar was?

2423. What is the name of the rooster on the Kellogg's corn flakes box?

2425. When General Napier captured Sind in 1843, he sent the foreign office a one-word telegram. What was the word and what did it mean?

2430. What is Homer Simpson's middle name?

2432. The average ant can lift up to how many times its own weight?

2435. The first Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise was founded in what US city?

2442. Twenty percent of all people in the United States were slaves when which president took office?

2445. Can fish drown?

2446. Does hot water weigh more than cold water?

2447. Who is the world's largest manufacturer of apparel?

2448. The blood test, C-reactive protein, is better at predicting the risk of heart attact than what other test?

2449. In 2000, what two drugs were pulled off the market in March due to safety concerns?

2451. Who was the shortest US president?

2453. Which is the largest game reserve in the world?

2457. In the Periodic Table of Elements what does the letter N stand for?

2460. What is the largest amount of money in US coins you can have without being able to make change for a dollar?

2461. Of the million-plus insects on Earth, there are 3000 kinds of these. What are they?

2463. On which side of a graduation cap does the tassel hang before one graduates?

2468. Briefly, what is the theory of relativity?

2473. What is Luria's Law?

2474. What vegetable is 91% water?

2475. What year did China pass the only one child per couple law?

2478. Which US president's home was called the Hermitage?

2479. Which US president had more influence over the life of James Monroe than any other human being, including the designing of his home?

2480. Which US president was most responsible for James Polk winning the presidency?

2481. Under which US president's administration did Commodore Perry go to Japan to open that country to world trade?

2482. Which US president is the only one interred in Washington, DC?

2483. The Peace Corps was created under which US president's administration?

2484. The nation's bicentennial took place under which US president's administration?

2485. Which president was in partnership with William F. Berry in an ill-fated general store in New Salem, Illinois?

2486. Which US president was chosen in the forty-ninth ballot as the 1852 'dark horse' candidate of the Democratic Party?

2487. What relation was Benjamin Harrison to William Henry Harrison?

2489. Who was the US president who made famous his fireside chats to the nation?

2490. Which US president called his program the New Frontier?

2491. How large was the largest hailstone on record?

2495. What was the name of the movie Jean Seberg starred in where she had an affair with a US naval officer in Italy?

2498. Is it possible for my pet cat to have allergies to pollen or certain foods?

2499. Who was the 39th president of the United States?