Ask a Trivia Question that Can't Be Answered with a Quick Google

[bertha katzenengel]

Is that possible? Google is God....

Here's mine:

What do Phil Collins, Bob Dylan, Melissa Etheridge, Elton John, Randy Newman, Bruce Springsteen, and Stevie Wonder have in common?

[taterguy]

1. They're all musicians

Now ask a difficult question

[bertha katzenengel]

2. BAH! Besides the obvious, what do they have in common?

Sheesh! :hi:

[Richardo]

13. What is: people who've never been in my living room?

[bertha katzenengel]

15. Who are . . .

oh, heck... three birth names of three big acting stars... can't remember their names! Tony Curtis, Cary Grant, and i think Joan Crawford are the stage names... ???

[Richardo]

16. Bernie Schwartz, Archibald Leach, and I don't know Joan Crawford...

But Judy Garland was born Frances Gumm.

[begin_within]

17. Joan Crawford was born Lucille Fay LeSueur

[Zuiderelle]

3. They all participated in "Live Aid" concerts.

:D Yes, Google does seem to answer almost anything.

[bertha katzenengel]

5. That's pretty good! But not what I have in mind!

Does that make it a trick question? Inquiring minds want to know.

[Zuiderelle]

6. They've all won an Academy Award for Best Original Song

Huh, huh, huh, is that it?

[bertha katzenengel]

7. Ding ding ding! It seems that Google has finally become fully human. And you are Google.

Right? ;)

[Zuiderelle]

8. You found me out.

Incidentally, Google came through on the first page for me. :D

[bertha katzenengel]

10. Okay. But dude.

You were supposed to answer it without Googling. I know, I didn't make that explicit. Sigh.

What if Google went down for a week? Would we all be walking around going "duh... uh..."

[Zuiderelle]

12. Hey, but you said "that can't be answered with a quick Google"

How do I prove that it can't be, or can be, without Googling it? :D

You're right though, if Google went down, my life would be altered significantly. :D

[taterguy]

4. Who's the second most famous person from Hibbing, Minnesota?

[petronius]

22. Could it be Kevin McHale?

My wife hates him for some reason - some sort of forgotten antic from his player days has left her with a lingering dislike.

(And yes, I googled; I've got some other famous residents if this isn't the one you thought of. :))

[taterguy]

24. That's who I was thinking of

Although when I googled it to make sure I found out that Roger Maris is from Hibbing and it could be argued that he's more famous than McHale.

[petronius]

30. Tough call - depending on who you asked, Vincent Bugliosi

could also be a contender...

[taterguy]

9. So was my question boring or unanswerable?

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. Coventry city last won the FA cup in what year?

[Richardo]

14. Yes, it's a trick question, Coventry have never won the FA Cup

:D

[AllegroRondo]

18. Could I have "workers control of factories" for 100?

said Karl Marx

[NoPasaran]

20. 'Ere, is that rat tart?

[AllegroRondo]

23. It doesnt have much rat in it.

[krispos42]

117. How many does it have, then? n/t

[krispos42]

67. "The struggle of class agains class is a WHAT struggle? A WHAT struggle?" n/t

[Rabrrrrrr]

71. A political struggle

:rofl:

[krispos42]

74. That's right! You're one step closer to your lounge suite!

:rofl:

[Rabrrrrrr]

83. I know you had your eye on the coffee machine.. but you've won tonight's star prize

The entire Norwich City Council!!

[Blue-Jay]

19. Whud do I habb in mah mouf?

[Zuiderelle]

25. !

:rofl:

[otherlander]

95. Squirrel?

[taterguy]

21. What cities have hosted the Rose Bowl?

[bertha katzenengel]

26. LOL

Good one.

[taterguy]

27. Well, what's the answer?

[bertha katzenengel]

28. Pasadena

Now - if it's ever been hosted anywhere else, I'll be surprised.

Maybe the Coliseum, if the Rose Bowl was unavailable... ha.

[taterguy]

29. Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzt: you left out Durham, North Carolina

[NMDemDist2]

31. what state has 6 of the 7 eco-climes?

the answer may surprise you

[AllegroRondo]

32. Im going to take a wild guess with Arizona

??

[NMDemDist2]

38. that is correct

AZ only misses glacial ecoclime

but i'm guessing my username gave it away :rofl:

[ceile]

35. TX

[NMDemDist2]

40. nope, TX doesn't have a mountain clime n/t

[ceile]

65. Big Bend isn't considered mountain? n/t

[Xipe Totec]

80. Better yet, The Franklin Mountains

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Mountains_%28Texas%29

[liontamer]

101. hawaii

I think they have everything but the arctic-permafrost one.

[hiaasenrocks]

33. Who was the offensive coordinator for the University of Georgia football team

in 1976?

[underpants]

49. Fred Schneider?

[rug]

34. Name all Three Stooges.

[taterguy]

36. Easy enough

Iggy Pop
Ron Asheton
Scott Asheton

[rug]

37. Wrong Stooges.

:wtf:

[BrotherBuzz]

39. Curly, Moe, Larry, Shemp,

Joe, and Curly-Joe

[rug]

42. You win.

Named all six Three Stooges.

[BrotherBuzz]

46. On a technicality, there were actually seven stooges

Ted Healy got it all rolling with his act 'Ted Healy and his Stooges' - Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, and Fred Sanborn.

[rug]

64. Fred Sanborn? I didn't know that.

[mitchum]

75. Why must you people insist on erasing Dave Alexander from the history books?

Is this part of a plot? :)

Actually, one could say:
James Williamson (The far superior guitar player...sorry, Ron)
Ron Asheton
Scott Asheton
and technically be listing "The Three Stooges" since that line up was billed as "Iggy and The Stooges"

[mitchum]

76. delete: posted in wrong place

[chknltl]

119. G. Beck. R. Limbaugh and B. O' liely

ok so I forgot N. Grace

[MonkeyFunk]

41. What's that smell? n/t

[Ptah]

45. .

Whiskey bottles, and brand new cars
Oak tree you're in my way
There's too much coke and too much smoke
Look what's going on inside you
Ooooh that smell
Can't you smell that smell
Ooooh that smell
The smell of death surrounds you

[Joe Fields]

43. How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop?

The world may never know...:hi:

[bertha katzenengel]

48. Three.

The Owl proved it.

[Joe Fields]

51. Wise old owl...wiser than google.

:hi:

[bertha katzenengel]

57. Indeed.

Boy, you've gotta be of a certain age to remember that one. We need a smiley with a long white beard and a cane. :7

[krispos42]

68. Hell, I saw it last week on Cartoon Network!

Talk about milage...

[hippywife]

99. ...

[bertha katzenengel]

122. that's perfect!

:7

[BrotherBuzz]

55. It only takes me one good lick with a claw hammer

;)

[AllegroRondo]

44. Which state has the shortest state motto?

Which state has the longest?

[bertha katzenengel]

47. Shortest: CA? "Eureka"

Longest - no idea.

[AllegroRondo]

54. correct!

the second shortest is Wisonsin: "Forward!"

[Manifestor_of_Light]

110. Also Texas: "Friendship".

[qnr]

113. How is that shorter than Maine's? Either "Dirigo" or "I Lead" are the same or shorter

Though the alternate of "I Direct" is slightly longer.

Edit: Shorter if you don't include the space in I Lead, that is

[northzax]

125. bingo

Dirigo is the correct answer. tied with Eureka, although when translated, shorter ("I Lead" is certainly shorter than "I have found it!"

and they make some damn fine rowing shells, too.

[Book Lover]

50. What was George Orwell's given name?

on edit: Bonus if you know his middle name as well.

[trackfan]

52. Eric Blair

[Book Lover]

53. You win!

[taterguy]

56. According to Woody Guthrie, what's against the law in Winston-Salem?

[mikeytherat]

59. Everything

mikey_the_rat

[taterguy]

60. Ding ding ding

The guy who does the vocals on that song on the Mermaid Avenue CD is playing downtown Winston in a couple weeks

[mikeytherat]

63. Off-topic, but I have a cat named Tate and he gets called "Tater-guy" a lot.

mikey_the_rat

[Inchworm]

58. What do manufacturers use as glue for birdseed bells?

:shrug:

:hi:

[jmowreader]

72. Honey.

[mikeytherat]

61. What is postage stamp glue REALLY made from?

mikey_the_rat

[fizzgig]

79. toad mucous

:P

[datasuspect]

62. that weird website i found in 1997

that had scanned pics of this secret organization (purportedly from some banned book) and their rituals.

i had found it when i was looking for resources about MKULTRA, government microwave harassment, and mind control experiment survivors.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

66. These performers all changed their last names.

Their real last names are the names of other famous people:

Albert Brooks.

Michael Keaton.

David Bowie.



What are their real names?

[BrotherBuzz]

73. Albert Brooks' real name was Albert Einstein - don't know the others

What famous line was shouted at Albert Brooks' father's death? Who said it, and where?

Bonus points - What is Albert's brother's stage name, and what is their half-brother's claim to fame? ;)

[dysfunctional press]

85. super dave osbourne is albert einstein's brother...

their half-brother was sportswriter charles einstein

[BrotherBuzz]

94. Ding! Ding! Buzz! I awarded partial credit on the bonus question

Calling the late Charles Einstein a mere sportswriter might be considered an insult to fans of his many accomplishments, and doesn't address his claim to fame. Hell, Bat Masterson ultimately became a sportswriter and he certainly had other claims to fame.;)

[mitchum]

78. Bowie was David Jones

[dysfunctional press]

86. just like the lead singer from 'the monkees'...

hence, the name change.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

108. Ding, Ding, Ding!!!

[dysfunctional press]

84. michael keaton was born micheal douglas.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

109. Third Ding Ding Ding!!!

[krispos42]

69. How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick? n/t

[liontamer]

98. a peck

:P
good question though. while a peck is two gallons, i have no idea how many pickled peppers would fit in a peck. It would probably depend on the size of your pepper, how pickled they were, and how tightly you wanted to pack them.

[krispos42]

116. Gotcha!

Trick question!

A peck of pickled peppers is already picked! And pickled!

You can pick pre-pickled peppers by the peck, but not post-pickled peppers!

Bwaa-haa-haa-haa-ha!

[liontamer]

121. not true at all

my grocery store allows you to pick pickled peppers out of big barrels. I've never needed a peck though. I usually get about a pint ( approx. 15 peppers), so there are around 240 pickled peppers in a peck, but i can't be sure.

[krispos42]

Keep your reality out of my fantasy! :-) n/t

[sarge43]

70. Starting at 1066, which English kings

were unmarried during their entire reign?

[muriel_volestrangler]

91. I'll have a go

William II; Richard I; Richard II; Edward V; George IV*; Edward VIII.

* George IV is a tricky one - I think he was divorced before he was king (being Prince Regent doesn't count) from his 'official' wife; but he is said to have been married 'unofficially' to Maria Fitzherbert, I think (before the 'official' marriage) and I don't think that was ever broken up - because some said it never counted (there is know a law that the heir to the throne can only marry with the monarch's permission, which wasn't given then - I don't know if that law existed then). But without the Great Gazoogle, I don't know if Maria survived until George IV took the throne.

How did I do?

[sarge43]

96. Excellent

Correct on Wm II, Ed V and VIII.

Rich I was married to Berengaria of Navarre and Rich II married Anne of Bohemia, then Isabella of France

Geo IV (sigh): His marriage to Fitzherbert was invalid under both the Act of Settlement (1701)(she was Catholic) and the Royal Marriage Act (1772). He certainly didn't get Dad's permission to marry the lady. She did survive George by several years.

He officially married Caroline of Brunswick. He tried to divorce her for adultery, pot/kettle, but Parliament wouldn't allow it. She died about year after he became king.

There's one more king who wasn't married all during his reign. Hint: He's closely related to another monarch who wasn't married.

[muriel_volestrangler]

120. Edward VI, of course

I should have got him. I think you can see I was mainly going by the 'no children' kings. I see that Rich II died when Isabella was 11, so I'm not entirely surprised I hadn't heard of her; but Anne of Bohemia was certainly a 'true' marriage.

Now you mention it, I had heard that Parliament took Caroline's side, and that she tried to get into his coronation but was refused; so I ought to have known he was still married at that point.

[sarge43]

123. You got them all.

Yes it was a true marriage and apparently a love match. Isabella by the way was the older sister of Hank's V wife, Katherine.

Parliament did take her side, not through any admiration for her, but because it wanted to slap George upside the head. He and his brothers were constantly maxing out the credit cards, then whining to have their limit upgraded - tiresome lot.

[muriel_volestrangler]

133. Here's one for you: Which schools have educated a ruler of England or Britain? (n/t)

[sarge43]

137. Uh. Good one.

I believe Ed VII did a semester at Cambridge and loathed every moment of it.

OK, back atcha: If England went by Salic Law, who would be its monarch today? We'll started the clock with George I; no point in getting crazy about it.

[northzax]

144. Chilperic, or non-Chilperic?

since Chilperic made his changes in the late 500s, (I think) it wouldn't really make a difference would it?

[muriel_volestrangler]

146. I'm not going to pretend for a moment I know that without Wikipedia

I see that it's Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover, current husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco - but do we exclude him, because he has now married a Catholic? If so, it's his son Ernst August (VI).

Looking up King Ted, he spent some time at both Oxford and Cambridge (and a summer at the University of Edinburgh), but I'd call them 'universities' rather than 'schools'. A couple of clues for 'schools': 'navy'; and look at the exact wording I used in the question. There are, I think, a total of 4 schools, for 5 rulers (Edward VII isn't one of the ones I'm counting).

[sarge43]

150. Yes, Ernst Jr. n/t

[northzax]

142. define 'school'

George VI did spend a term at Trinity, Cambridge, but he alse went to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. George V, I think, spent some time at Endinbugh, Edward VII spent time at both Trinity and Christ Church, I believe, without graduating. none went to prep schools. Of course, if Charles, PoW ever ascends the throne (and then Wills) you can add The University of Wales Geelong, Gourdiston, (charlie) Eton, St. Andrews, Sandhurst (Wills) as well.

Charles would, of course, be the first King of England with a college degree.

[muriel_volestrangler]

147. Pretty good

I'm not counting Cambridge, or Oxford, or Edinburgh, Universities - and the (presumed) future ones don't count. The Royal Naval College, Dartmouth is one of them; there's another very similar one. For the other two that I say there are, you may need a bit of lateral thinking about the rulers. A bit of trivia: a 2004 Democratic primary presidential candidate went to one of them.

[northzax]

151. so you are claiming a total of four?

hmm. well, I don't believe any went to Sandhurst, but I could be wrong, the Windsors, before this generation, have always had a bit more of a seafaring bent.

Let's see. Elizabeth had no formal education at all (if you don't count the Archbishop of Canterbury as your tutor, so she's out.

George VI was Dartmouth (although I suppose there could have been an earlier, preparatory college) and you aren't counting his stint on the Cam...

I simply don't know enough about Edward VIII, but I think formal education unlikely. I know he was in the army, but he didn't do Sandhurst,, but I suppose he could have gone somewhere. Edward VII and Queen Victoria seem unlikely candidates as well.

and your presidential candidates clue doesn't help!

Dean: Yale, med school
Clark: West Point, Oxford
Edwards: North Carolina,
that's all I know off the top of my head.

[muriel_volestrangler]

153. George VI also went to

the Royal Naval School, Osborne - as did Edward VIII - as you say, a preparatory college. And George V also went to Dartmouth.

The candidate was Dean - he went to a British school for a year before university on an exchange program. No, it's not well known - but it was noted here on DU, because I went to the same school (several years later) - I said we might get to be the only place to educate heads of state of both Britain and the USA. While I wouldn't expect anyone to get the other 2 schools without a Google search or similar, you might well guess who the (two) rulers who went to them were. Again, think laterally, and pay attention to the wording I've used in the question.

[northzax]

155. I forgot Dean was an ESU brat

(my father was two years ahead of him in the program, my uncle was the same year) but I have no idea what school he attended.

besides that, I am out of memory. obviously, we can't be talking about PMs, since that opens way too many numbers. i also assume we are only speaking of the titular monarch, not, say, Prince Philip (cause I have no idea where he went, if anywhere) you win. :)

[muriel_volestrangler]

157. Britain has had 2 non-royal rulers

Oliver and Richard Cromwell. Oliver Cromwell went to Huntington Grammar School (now Hinchingbrooke School, while he sent Richard to Felsted School - where Howard Dean spent his exchange year:

Dr. Dean won a divinity prize for an article on atheism and Nietzsche, with the title, God is Dead. He played rugby for Felsted’s Cromwell Club—the team for boys who were enthusiastic but short on talent.

http://www.english-speakingunion.org/PDFs/Dean%20feature.pdf

To be fair to Dean, never having played rugby before would be a bit of a disadvantage.

[northzax]

162. I do believe, sir

you have won the prize for the least googleable questions. who the hell thinks of Cromwell anymore? nice work.

[muriel_volestrangler]

164. More Cromwell trivia

Richard Cromwell is the longest lived ruler of Britain - he lived to the age of 85, dying in 1712, and thus outlived the 4 monarchs after him (the present queen will catch him in another 5 years). After about 20 years of exile, he was allowed back to England, and lived quietly in the monarchy.

Between 1683 and 1685, there were 8 once or future rulers of Britain alive simultaneously - Richard Cromwell, Charles II, James II, William III, Mary II, Anne, George I, and George II.

[mitchum]

77. Lindsay Lohan's cokebu-...uh....friend Samantha Ronson is the daughter of who?

[northzax]

128. Ann Dexter-Jones, of course :)

[mitchum]

136. Yes, but I'm looking for the other parent with musical talent...

which apparently Sammigirl didn't inherit :)

[northzax]

140. musical talent is a loose term

I can only believe you mean Papa Mick, however!

[mitchum]

143. Yes...wait a minute...

you do mean "Papa Mick" Ronson, don't you?
"Musical talent is a loose term" is quite apt in reference to "Papa Mick" Jones :)

[dysfunctional press]

81. nevermind...

[mitchum]

82. I assume Streisand

[dysfunctional press]

87. actually, i always learned it as rita moreno...

but apparently there are like 9 people who have run the table now.

[mitchum]

88. Wow, that's incredible that there are nine

[mitchum]

89. What actor has the most Academy Awards for their acting?

[northzax]

127. pshaw

come on now. Kate Hepurn has four, Walter Brennan, Ingrid Bergman and Jack Nicholson have three each.

better question: what actor/actress has the most nominations without winning an acting award?

[mitchum]

135. I thought it was still only Brennan...

I didn't know that Nicholson now had three
I guess this is the end of my winning bar bets with this question. I mean who the hell ever thinks of Walter Brennan? :)

Your question? I have no idea. Grrrr...

[sarge43]

138. Peter O'Toole? n/t

[northzax]

139. very good, 0-8 is Mr. O'Toole. (nt)

[mitchum]

145. I was gonna guess him, but I always start giggling whenever I say...

or even write that name
Dirty...dirty...dirty

[mitchum]

90. Legendary badass guitarplayer Link Wray played on which incredibly sucky 70s...

hit song?

[muriel_volestrangler]

92. What part of speech is "of"?

An easy question, but not one that Google is particularly helpful about.

[Sanity Claws]

141. preposition

What do I win?

[muriel_volestrangler]

148. Did you get Google to tell you?

Or did you just know it?

[Sanity Claws]

154. No google

I actually knew. Is it really that odd? I'm of the age where we had to diagram sentences and know all of the parts of speech. (No, I'm not in an old folks home.)

[muriel_volestrangler]

156. No, it's not odd at all

In the spirit of the OP, I tried to construct a question for which Google wouldn't be any use. The idea was that as soon as you've put "part of speech" as a search term, putting "of" in as well won't pick out any pages that are specifically about "of", because it's already in "parts of speech". I wanted it to be an easily answerable question, so that it's not just something really obscure.

However, I later thought of a way round it - Google has the "define:" facility, so you can put in 'define:of', and Google found a Wikipedia definition of 'of', which pointed out it is a preposition.

[Sanity Claws]

160. I just noticed your name!

One of my cats likes to eat voles. I saw him do it once and it grossed me out. The other cat kept staring at him, wondering why he was eating the thing when it was so much fun to play with it.

[muriel_volestrangler]

163. Unfortunately, I have no experience of voles at all

It's a name I stole from John Cleese, who in turn more or less stole it from a 60s British radio comedy show - "Dame Celia Molestrangler".

[Lethe]

93. What plant product was once used as flash powder in photography?

[Left Is Write]

97. What map shape does the birthmark on top of my foot look like?

[BrotherBuzz]

100. Left or write foot?

:hide:

[Left Is Write]

102. Ha ha ha!

:rofl:

Seriously, though, it's on my right foot.

[BrotherBuzz]

104. Outline of the state of Michigan?

[Left Is Write]

105. No, but that's a good guess.

It's considerably south of there. Considerably.

[BrotherBuzz]

106. On the top of the foot, landlocked, so to speak?

Bolivia! What do I win? :rofl:

[Left Is Write]

107. Actually, I'll give that to you.

The birthmark looks like South America!

[KitchenWitch]

103. What is the ratio of women to men whom are diagnosed with breast cancer?

[Lautremont]

111. On which pages of the November, 1970 issue of National Lampoon

did the Arnold Roth cartoon series "Nostalgia is Goodstalgia" appear?

[mitchum]

112. What rock star appeared in a Florida higher education PSA in the early 60s?

Of course, this was years before he became a legendary rock star

[sarge43]

124. Van Morrison? n/t

[mitchum]

129. Half of your answer is correct

[Esra Star]

130. Jimbo??

[mitchum]

131. Jimbo indeed!

[sarge43]

132. It is a fact that grey hair destroys brain cells.

Val Kilmer played Jim Morrison in the film The Doors. Duh.

[mitchum]

134. LOL!!!

that's all right :)

[UrbScotty]

114. Who was the first mayor of Kentwood, Michigan? (nt)

[Awsi Dooger]

115. What popular golf ball of the '70s had hexagonal dimples?

You might find it via Google but I just checked and it's not a quickie. I had to search for the brand name and type of ball before I found it.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

118. Who was the man who invented modern P.R.

and advertising, and who was his famous father-in-law?

[northzax]

126. ahh, time for my favourite trivie question

what four universities have produced both a President of the United States and a superbowl winning Quarterback?

[taterguy]

159. I can think of two off the top of my head

University of Michigan: Tom Brady / Gerald Ford
The Naval Academy: Roger Staubach / Jimmy Carter

[northzax]

161. indeed, those are the easy ones!

although many people miss Navy.

[YDogg]

149. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

:shrug:

PS - I'm not sure the Google results are all that helpful, even though they do exist.

[northzax]

152. duh, everyone knows this!

he could chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could, if a woodchuck could chuck wood. :)

[krispos42]

158. Popular Science, January 1944

What is the title of the article on page 109?