At trivia, the question, "Which planet in our solar system has the most moons?" arose. As a young boy, I had memorized all of the known moons in the solar system (totalling less than 15, if I recall correctly). In the meantime, about 7000 new ones have been discovered. When I was young, the answer was Saturn. We guessed Jupiter. Saturn was "correct."
The truth is however, I think it depends on how you classify moons. I believe that Saturn has more substantial moons and Jupiter has more tiny crap moons.
"Jupiter has more moons than any other planet."
http://www.spacetoday.org/SolSys/Moons/MoonsSolSys.html
"Jupiter has at least 63 natural satellites."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter#Moons
"Saturn has a large number of moons...As of 2006, a total of 56 individual moons have been identified, along with 3 unconfirmed moons that could be small dust clumps in the rings."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn
http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question30900.html
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