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 However, as the years pass, some of the questions become outdated and obscure.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.

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 post did Ed Stelmach resign from in 2011?

2 – What “animal” was invented by an ad campaign in the 1960s?

A. Chupacabra B. Nauga C. Martenia D. Persian Sheep E. Jackalope

3 – What conservative thinker published “The Book of Virtues” in 1993?

A. David Mamet B. Cal Ripken Jr. C. Sarah Palin D. P.J. O’Rourke E. William Bennett

4 – What popular fragrance did Jacques Guerlain introduce in the 1920s?

A. Chanel No. 5 B. Dior Fahrenheit C. Cendorex Q7 D. Burberry Men E. Shalimar

5 – Born in 1857, Fannie Farmer is remembered for her:

A. Philanthropy B. Temperance Crusade C. Cookbooks D. Chain of Brothels E. Five and Dime Stores

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 Here are five outdated questions guaranteed to activate your brain cells:

6 – Exactly how many symphonies did Ludwig Van Beethoven compose?

7 – Typhoon Haiyan dealt a devastating blow to the ____ Islands in 2013.

8 – “The Shape of ____ to Come” is an acclaimed 1959 musical album by Ornette Coleman.

9 – Dr. Joseph Murray performed the first successful ____ transplant in 1954.

10 – Historian Jill Lepore published “The Secret History of ____” in 2014.

Answers: 1-A 2-B 3-E 4-E 5-C 6 – Nine 7 – Philippines 8 – Jazz 9 – Kidney 10 – Wonder Woman

How did you do?

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