Codice PHP:
function lista(){
 
$query2="SELECT * FROM question ORDER BY Id_question";
 
$result2=mysql_query($query2);
 
$x=mysql_num_rows($result2);
 for(
$y=0$y<$x$y++){
 
$resto=$y%2;
 if(
$resto==0){
 
$resultL=mysql_fetch_array($result2);
 echo 
"<tr><td><input name=\"elimina[]\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"$resultL[Id_question]\" /> </td><td>$resultL[Id_question]<td>$resultL[1]</td><td>$resultL[2]</td></tr>";
 }else{
 
$resultL=mysql_fetch_array($result2);
 echo 
"<tr style=background:#EDE9FF><td><input name=\"elimina[]\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"$resultL[Id_question]\" /></td><td>$resultL[Id_question]</td><td>$resultL[1]</td><td>$resultL[2]</td></tr>";
 }

 }
 } 
questa funzione è un po' contorta, va semplificata io farei così
Codice PHP:
function lista(){
 
$query2="SELECT * FROM question ORDER BY Id_question";
 
$result2=mysql_query($query2);
 
$i=0;
while(
$resultL=mysql_fetch_array($result2))
{
     
$style="";
     if(
$i==0)
     {
         
$i=1;
     }
     else
    {
           
$style="style=\"background:#EDE9FF\"";
           
$i=0;
    }
    echo 
"<tr $style><td><input name=\"elimina[]\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"$resultL[Id_question]\" /></td><td>$resultL[Id_question]</td><td>$resultL[1]</td><td>$resultL[2]</td></tr>";