Are you hungry for more trivia? Is one night of bar trivia per week not enough to satiate your senses? Buzztime has tens of thousands of questions in its database. Pub trivia hosts and players could spend a lifetime with them! However, as the years pass, some of the questions become outdated and obscure. Events that are important one year become irrelevant many years later. Some questions are just plain difficult, outdated or not.
Here’s a challenge for you. Let’s go into the Musty Dusty Trivia Bin and break out some moldy oldies to test the trivia prowess of even the greatest bar trivia and pub trivia players. Quench your thirst for a new trivia challenge by trying to answer these ten tough questions. The answers are at the bottom of this blog. Resist the temptation to peek!
Let’s start with five challenging multiple-choice questions:
1 – Which term was coined in 1824 by inventor John Isaac Hawkins?
A. Telegraph B. Ballpoint C. Bifocals D. Aeroplane E. Rolodex
2 – Uther Pendragon was King Arthur’s:
A. Father B. Page C. Nephew D. Wizard E. Enemy
3 – Which of these is a member of the Fringillidae family?
A. Fox B. Fennel C. Fir D. Feldspar E. Finch
4 – In Greco-Roman mythology, what was Gaia the equivalent of?
A. Wine god B. Love goddess C. Mother Earth D. Sun god E. Messiah
5 – Novelist Tony Hillerman’s Jim Chee is a Navajo:
A. Historian B. Grocer C. Police Sergeant D. Coroner E. Newspaper reporter
How did you do? Things will now get a bit tougher. Most bar trivia and pub trivia games don’t give you multiple choices. Trivia players need to figure out the answer on their own. Here are five questions guaranteed to activate your brain cells:
6 – What does a philatelist like to collect?
7 – In 2002, Shawn Green broke a record that had stood for 48 years in this sport:
8 – “The ____ Jungle” is a famous novel by Evan Hunter.
9 – What’s the occupation of that little weasel Jerry Lundegaard in the 1996 movie “Fargo”?
10 – What is the Roman numeral for the number 500?
Answers: 1-C 2-A 3-E 4-C 5-C 6 – Stamps 7 – Baseball 8 – Blackboard 9 – Car salesman
10 – D
How did you do?
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