Ask FunTrivia Question Archive

26001. In a game of craps, what are the chances that you will be a winner on your first roll by getting either a 7 or an 11?

26002. Here's another 'trickle-down' puzzle. Find the three missing words, each with only one letter changed from the previous word - mood, _____, _____, _____, barn?

26005. What does VHS stand for?

26008. John B. Higgins (also titled Higgins Bhagavathar to recognise his proficiency in classical Carnatic music) was an American who created Carnatic music history in India. Who or what attracted him to the field, was it a visit to a temple, or another American, or an Indian historian?

26010. Who among the following belongs to the first batch of management graduates of the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad a premier management institution in {India---C.K.Prahlad;Rajat} {Gupta;Sumantra} Ghoshal Or Kanwal Rekhi?

26012. In the Disney movie 'Pinocchio' Gepetto also had two pets. What were they and what were their names?

26013. What sort of animal was Cockbird?

26018. Which school achieved apocryphal fame amongst servicemen in World War 2 for the bell by the side of each bed with which to summon a mistress?

26025. What ever happened to 80's pop group Erasure?

26026. What are the real names of the comic duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy?

26027. Who was in goal for W.Germany in the 1966 world cup final?

26029. What became of the eighties singers Kim Carnes and Toni Basil?

26033. What is a silver certificate dollar?

26034. Who said, 'Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.'?

26035. What President was the grandson of a President?

26036. How fast would a ten second car be?

26040. Any sensible answers as to why the RN and Army call the RAF crabs?

26041. What is the name of Tom's female owner in the cartoon Tom and Jerry?

26042. Which singer had a cousin who scored an F.A Cup final goal?

26043. Do you know any words to mean ask?

26044. How long is a taxi ride from EIS airport, Beef Island, Tortla to Roadtown, Tortola?

26046. Have there ever been a black astronaught if so who was the first in space?

26047. On which of the following islands can you find Havensight Mall: St. Thomas, Nassau or St. Croix?

26048. Does anyone know where to find the lyrics to the song that the word 'juneyflip' first appeared in?

26049. What authors have been mentioned in a song, what was the song called and who was the recording artist?

26051. What Value of current can kill?

26052. What value of voltage can Kill?

26053. What are the effects of electricity on the human body?

26055. Which authors have won Tony Awards?

26056. Which authors have written dictionaries?

26057. Do hair and fingernails continue to grow after death?

26058. Which authors had one of his/her works made into a Disney Cartoon?

26059. What tree species grows taller than any other?

26061. Which authors wrote award winning screen plays and what was the movies name?

26063. How old was the actor who played Jem in the movie 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?

26068. Who said 'the world powers are dying of indigestion'?

26073. Which Arthurs have written dictionaries?

26074. Been stuck on this question for a FT Quiz - Which writer is the odd one out. Anthony Burgess,Denys Arcand,Homer,James Lee Barrett,John Cleese,Melvyn Bragg,The Apostle Mark?

26084. Are psychopaths mentally ill - or are they just evil - or both?

26087. How would Shakespeare's plays presented to the audiences in his times?

26090. What was the first city with more than one TV station?

26091. What's the destination of the Arlberg Express,leaving Vienna every night at 8:10?

26093. What US state has the second least birth rate?

26094. Who/what was on the most popular poster?

26096. What year was the first drunk driving arrest made?

26097. How come August has no special holiday?

26098. Can someone please tell me what the seven continents of the world are?

26099. Has anyone ever unravelled the mystery of what Haysi Fantayzee were thinking when they came up with 'John Wayne is Big Leggy' as a song title?

26100. True or false Human embryos have tails and gill slits. (WHY)?

26102. Why do men have (is it called the adam's apple)and why can you see it in some and you can't in others?

26103. Why was there no War Crimes Tribunal after World War I?

26104. Why do they call New Zeland (or is it Australia) Oz?

26105. How many times does Lucas fire his rifle in the beginning of the TV show?

26108. If a chicken egg is a single cell, why doesn't it become two by mitosis and continue like regular human eggs?

26109. Is a pollen grain a single cell?

26117. What is the first number having factors that add up to more that the number itself (Don't include the number itself as one of the factors)?

26119. What's the difference between 11 yards square and 11 square yards?

26120. What does the phrase - Can't see the forest for the trees - mean?

26123. What is the origin of 'mayday' as a distress signal in radio communications involving shipping and aviation?

26126. In the Five Nations of Native Americans what are the five major tribes?

26131. Which later US First Lady didn't have to change her name when she marrried?

26132. Cows and what mostly inanimate objects calve?

26134. Is there anywhere a clear definition of what 'war crimes' are?

26139. What Western did Evis Presley star in?

26142. H is to one as C is to six as N is to?

26145. What was the codename (in English)given to the abortive german plan to cut the Murmansk railway in 1942?

26154. With what part of their anatomy do houseflies detect sugar?

26155. What are two people that are monozygotic called?

26156. What is the smallest mammal?

26157. What are the cieila?

26158. What vitamin is called ascorbic acid, meaning 'no seurvoy'?

26159. What is the only true flying mammal?

26162. The clue is 'Main Quintet' and the answer is the name of a fish - what is it?

26164. Does Vat 69 whiskey get its name from first being made in a vat of that number?

26165. According to the song, in what 'industry' did seven and a half cents satisfy a strike?

26166. What Company made 'Fizzies' the tablet soft drink ?

26170. A daily newspaper and a Sousa march carry the same title, what is it?

26171. Who replaced Accrington Stanley in the Football League?

26172. In Vaughan Williams 'A London Symphony' which instrument represents Big Ben?

26177. I have a 78rpm record of Mr A Silstone playing the Liberty Horn. I know that you blow it and pluck strings on it at the same time (really!) but I can find no information about it. Record is about 80 years old. Can anyone help?

26179. Where did iron get its name?

26187. How old was Winston Churchill when he died?

26191. Using only the top row of letters on a typewriter, what is the only 10-letter word that can be created?

26194. What is the lowest IQ score any non-mentally challenged person has ever gotten?

26202. In an obscure foreign language, 'rota mena lapy' means large apple tree, 'rota firg' means small apple, and 'mena mola' means large pineapple. Which word means tree?

26208. What is the correct name, see-saw or teeter-totter?

26215. What famous authors were roommates at harvard?

26218. What author dated chopin?

26221. What author was hit by a van white walking down a highway?

26222. What author was once a pirate?

26223. What author's father had a town in NY named after him?

26224. What author died on stage while performing?

26226. How can you tell the difference between an original and reprinted 1966 World Cup Final Programme?

26228. In Canada they have a name for a meal that is created from the left overs etc in the fridge. What is this called?

26229. What was the name of the peaceful Scottish King who became a law enforcer?

26237. What animal from Zaire, once only thought to be a legend, is related to the giraffe, is the size of a horse, the shape of a donkey, and has zebra stripes on its backside?

26240. Middle Earth Q: who used the Black Arrow?

26241. Middle Earth Q: who do the elves refer to as Illuvatar?

26242. Middle Earth Q: which monarch had 13 cats?

26245. On what date was the first penalty flag used in an NFL game?

26250. Who is pictured painting flowers in a painting by Gauguin?

26251. Which word can be a Swan, a Horse and a Basket?

26252. My sister-in-law has a recipe which calls for a 'jigger' of rum. How much is this in standard either metric or imperial units?

26253. What is the highest navigable lake in the world?

26254. Which city opened the first aquarium in 1893?

26257. Who is the fastest typist?

26258. What was the real name of the Trail Boss, Gil Favor on the TV western Rawhide?

26260. St Stephen is the patron saint of which animal?

26261. In 1991 Gerald Ratner said his jewellery was crap and that 'something' would last longer than it. What was that something?

26262. How many feet of fabric are there in a bolt of cloth?

26264. According to today's Daily Mail, the front page story tells of a British multi-millionaire rock star who is being investigated by Scotland Yard for alleged 'internet indecency'. However, this person is not named in that article. Does anyone know more?

26265. It is really true that hair grows back thicker when you shave it?

26268. What was Columbo's first name in the show 'Columbo'?

26269. Why are robin eggs blue?

26270. What was Spock's first name?

26271. A squash tournament hassix rounds of single elimination for its singles competiton. This includes the championship match, and there are no byes. How many players are entered when play begins?

26274. If blondes are so dumb why do men prefer them?

26275. Which authors wrote under more than one name and what are those names?

26276. What percentage of Eskimos have actually seen an igloo ?

26294. In the TV series and books what was Lovejoy's first name?

26297. Did the Nazi's create the arm inclined and extended salute that they used, or did a previous culture?

26299. With what items do you usually preform a double lift?

26300. With what object do you usually make a silk dissapear?

26301. What is another common name for the 'Ghost Count'?

26302. Quickie - Anyone know what the initials OTE stands for after salary - on job's page?

26303. Who won the 2002 Rose Bowl?

26305. Which authors have won a Pulitzer prize?

26308. Which authors wrote in the 'Commedia dell' arte' style?

26310. Which authors were members of the Beat movement?

26316. Which authors are blind?

26317. Which authors have had his/her life made into a movie?

26320. Which authors wrote an academy award winning screenplay?

26326. Where did the term Mullet (flate top or spikey on top, and long at the back) originate (and I don't mean 'stunned mullet')?

26327. The first atomic bomb was exploded at a place called the 'Trinity Test Site'...were the bomb's designers trying to make some sort of religious metaphore when they named the place...if not, then what was the origion of 'Trinity' in the name of the location?

26328. What was Ahmad Rashad's (ex football player and now sports show host) birth name?

26329. What is the name of only mammal that lays eggs?

26335. The ringgit is the currency of which country?

26337. William Hague first contested which parliamentary constituency?

26338. Astronaught John Young ate which item of fast food in space in 1968?

26339. 'The racquet can be of any size, shape or weight....' in which sport?

26342. Where and when did the first women traffic wardens go on duty in Britain?

26343. Does anyone know anything about the 'WOW' signal that SETI once detected?

26344. What did Taiwan and the Vatican City have in common with Switzerland, until last year?

26346. What is a Palindrome, and could you please give some examples of it?

26352. Where did the reference to a mean nurse 'Nurse Ratchet' come from?

26356. Who wrote the opening words of the US Constitution?

26357. What is a Kumquat?

26358. Where was US president William McKinley assassinated in 1901?

26359. How, in the 1920s, did Cardiff City trump Queen's Park's achievement?

26360. The word aphelion refers to the point in a planet's orbit when it is?

26361. What is the chief mandate of OPEC?

26362. Whose likeness is pictured on the {$50} US Savings Bond?

26363. What is a palette?

26366. Where is the International Boxing Hall of Fame?

26367. Does anybody know the name of a group of small islands south of Jersey, which form part of the UK and were formerly inhabited and had a custom house?

26368. Are there any established baseball teams in the US which have NEVER moved cities?

26370. On the sidelines in a NFL football game the ballboy where's a vest with the large letter 'K' on it. What does the 'K' stand for?

26371. What fruit is grown the most in Britain...what vegetable?

26378. What were the first words spoken by telephone?

26379. Was there any difference between Mussolini's version of the fascist salute and Hitler's ?

26380. In First World War, were there any other cases than Captain Fryatt's, of merchant ship's captains being shot by the Germans for 'counter-attacking' a submarine?

26385. How did early explorers economize with the provisions for a polar expedition?

26391. Who won the NFL Coach of the Year award for 2002?

26392. Middle Earth: What was the name of the servant who returned the shards of Narsil to Imladris?

26393. Middle Earth: Which Palantir were still 'active' during the War years?

26394. Middle Earth: What is the name of the Castle situated in the very North of the Ephel Duath where it meets the Ered Lithui?

26396. Middle Earth: What was the name of the Dwarven tome found in Moria by Gandalf?

26397. Middle Earth: Where did Sam 'lose' his pans?

26399. What is the first line in the movie 'Flatliners'?

26401. When did Cadbury's make their first chocolate Easter Egg?

26402. What do movie directors Barry Sonnenfeld and Jan de Bont specifically have in common?

26403. What honorific title is commonly bestowed on one who is descended from the prophet Muhammed?

26404. What title is given to a person who has learned the Koran by heart?

26405. What title is given to a person who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca?

26410. What play was performed by Nick, Francis, Tom, Robin, Peter, and another?

26411. What is Barbaque Sauce made out of (besides sugar)?

26412. How many US presidents were Roman Catholics?

26413. Smart Guru Test Time (SGTT) - When you see geese flying in a formation, why is it that one leg of the V is always longer than the other?

26421. What major scientific blunder did Shakespeare include in his play 'Twelfth Night'?

26424. The ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus was killed by a tortoise. How?

26426. What is the difference between Civil Law and Common Law?

26427. What caused Andy Gibb's death?

26428. Local government authorities in Sussex, England, installed many more lights than were needed. This resulted in considerable damage, but the authorities were please with the results. Why?

26430. The authorities in Athens were very concerned that tourists sometimes hacked pieces of marble away from the columns of the ancient Parthenon buildings. The practice was illegal, but some people seemed determined to take away souvenirs. How did the authorities stop this vandalism?

26434. For mathematical reasons, in codes and ciphers it is desirable to have 25 (which is a perfect square) letters rather than the usual 26. Which letter of the English alphabet is left out and why?

26435. Who or what is 'nelson' as in the wrestling terms full or half nelson?

26437. Who is the only woman to pose for playboy and penthouse?

26438. How did joseph meister, the little boy whom louis pastuer saved by anti rabies vaccination, eventually die later...has it any connection with saving pastuers graveyard or nazi attack or something like that?

26452. How did the term rocky mountain oysters get its name?

26453. What role was played by Captain Fryatt in the submarine warfare of WW1 ?

26454. What kind of creature was frankenstein?

26455. What state has only one branch within the legislator?

26471. What are considered the best beaches in Britain?

26472. What was the name of Noah's sons?

26482. I remember a story about three goat-brothers (or some similar animal) who walked over an old bridge with a monster living under it or something like that. I know this is a famous children's story but I can't seem to emember its name. Can anyone tell me?

26483. Who was the first cricket player to score 100 runs and take 10 wickets in a single test?

26486. Where did 'The X-Files' production company get the name Ten Thirteen Productions?

26487. How many people are in Jump5?

26488. What is the largest web footed bird?

26494. What is CNNs advetising tag line?

26495. Queen Elizabeth Tudor only began to be called Elizabeth I (the First) in what year?

26496. What have Vicky and Nicola in common?

26497. Who was the first man to walk in space?

26498. What are the names of all Leicester City FC managers (in order)?

26499. Where does the name Ashby-de-la-Zouch come from?