It's all so trivial!

[Aglaya]

So I'm hosting trivia at my usual bar now, and Dennis suggested I start a trivia thread, which was a spectacular idea.  Anyway, I've got to come up with like 30 questions a week, and I know everyone walks around with at least one or two questions that they think would make totally awesome trivia questions, so please do share!

[hannah]

"Who invented the flush toilet?" was my favorite trivia question when I was eight or nine. Maybe drunk people will feel the same way!

Are there specific categories? That's not my trivia question. Like, it's, like, directed at you.

[Aglaya]

Sports & Games, TV & Movies, Music, and Random.
Also, anything that involves a number that would pretty much have to be estimated for tie breakers.
Also, I do like the toilet question.

[das kranke Tier]

Wasn't it John Crapper?

[ellaguru]

"The average age of a soldier in World War II was twenty-six. What was the average age of a soldier in Viet Nam?"

[Aglaya]

Actually, I just looked it up on Wikipedia, and it says that though Thomas Crapper is widely credited with inventing it, he did not. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flush_toilet
I'm not really sure what the correct answer to that question would be.  I guess it could be "Who is widely, but wrongly, known as the inventor of the flush toilet?"

[Aglaya]

"The average age of a soldier in World War II was twenty-six. What was the average age of a soldier in Viet Nam?"

I am planning on stealing a couple questions from The West Wing, so why not The Office as well?

[das kranke Tier]

And all I listen to is one talk radio station in town and they have a couple of wicked good trivia games.  I'll try to jot some of the better questions down for you when I get a chance.

HM's the only one that'll know who I'm talking about, but Jim Philips, HOLLA!

And oh, I guess you could listen on-line too (trivia games generally take place around 5pm and I know there's one this afternoon).  Here ya go!

[das kranke Tier]

Who was the top-selling album artist of the 1970s, according to Billboard?

A=Elton John

[hannah]

Actually, I just looked it up on Wikipedia, and it says that though Thomas Crapper is widely credited with inventing it, he did not. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flush_toilet
I'm not really sure what the correct answer to that question would be.  I guess it could be "Who is widely, but wrongly, known as the inventor of the flush toilet?"

"Whose name is funny?"

Okay, some real trivia, right here. I put the answers in WHITE should anyone want to play RIGHT NOW. These are all corny, except the last one, which is AWESOME.

Q: What actor did Julia Roberts leave Kiefer Sutherland for?
A: Jason Patric.

Q: What did Jeff Goldblum forget in Annie Hall?
A: His mantra.

Q: Name one of the two most frequently used timestamps -- i.e., hour and minute -- on The X-Files.
Hint: One of these was also the name of the production company responsible for all Chris Carter creations. The other, if you think about it, could be considered Bloody Sunday.
A: 10:13 and 11:21.

Q: Hoboken, New Jersey, is the birthplace of at least two famous photographers. Name one.
Hint: One was married to a lady known for painting quasi-vaginas, the other is responsible for the iconic Depression-era image "Migrant Mother."
A: Alfred Stieglitz and Dorothea Lange.[/white]

[Nick Ink]

Who was the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated?
(Spencer Perceval)

What's the longest word typed with only the left hand?
(stewardesses)

What's the national sport of Korea?
(archery)

Which early 80s band took their name from a sci-fi board game?
(The Human League)

What's the most common surname in France, also the country's patron saint?
(Martin)

What does the 'L' stand for in Samuel L. Jackson?
(Leroy)

[hannah]

I move that "sexstewardesses" become a word. No hyphen. Just one hot compound word.

[Aglaya]

You guys, this is the best ever.

[auto-da-fey]

Who was the only U.S. President to remain a lifelong bachelor?
James "Closet Case" Buchanan

[Greg Nog]

Q:  What was the name of the first commercial biplane?
A:  The Rutger.

Q:  Who invented rubberized soles for sneakers?
A:  Thomas Bantam.

Q:  How many stages are there in the life cycle of the katydid?
A:  Five: Egg, Pre-Larvae, Larvae, Pupae, Adult.

Q:  Which drug, given to expectant mothers in the 1960s, had the side effect of inducing hallucinations?
A:  Peridone.

[ellaguru]

Q: What did Jeff Goldblum forget in Annie Hall?
A: His mantra.

This is Jeff Goldblum's finest moment.

[auto-da-fey]

Which porn star was convicted* on federal charges of conspiracy to distribute obscene materials in Memphis in 1976?
Harry Reems

*later overturned

[auto-da-fey]

Which politician began his 1980 presidential campaign just outside Philadelphia, Mississippi, site of the 1964 murder of three civil rights workers, with a speech in favor of states' rights?
Ronald Reagan

[auto-da-fey]

Name Barbra Streisand's two husbands.
Elliott Gould and James Brolin

[RoyBiggins]

How do I get the answers to be spoiler-d out?  I'm probably just missin' something.

Name all four U.S. Presidents to be assassinated
(lincoln, garfield, mckinley, kennedy)

How long was the shortest presidential term?
(31 days)

What's Moe from The Simpson's Last Name?
(Syzlack)

What did record producer Frank Farian often claim the name "Milli Vanilli" stood for?
(Turkish for "positive energy")

Name all four members of Ace of Bass
Jenny, Linn Joker, and Bhudda.  If bitches are real picky, Bhudda's name is Ulf Ekberg, and the other three are all Bergrenn)

What late 80's/early 90's video game featured an evil meteor and two talking, hopping tentacles?
(Maniac Mansion)

[nonotyet]

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except without all the spaces

[auto-da-fey]

Name all four U.S. Presidents to be assassinated
(lincoln, garfield, mckinley, kennedy)

More fun: name all the U.S. presidents who should have been (present tense included) assassinated!

Or, less controversially, who survived assassination attempts (I'm too lazy to fact-check an answer here, but I've got what, TR, FDR, Ford, Reagan . . .).

[auto-da-fey]

Oh, what do you know, that was easy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Presidential_assassination_attempts

[RoyBiggins]

I thought of that, too!  I would've guessed there were like 4 additional unsuccessful attempts, but 18?  Sheesh.  Nixon twice, even.

[El_Josharino]

You could have a bunch of "name that band" sort of questions where you list the band members and they have to tell you the band. That's thousands of questions right there.