Hard Miscellaneous Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers For Seniors
How many U.S. states border the Gulf of
Mexico?
A: Five.
What's the ballet term for a 360-degree turn on one foot?
A: Pirouette.
What did blind bank robber David Worrell use as a weapon when
trying to rob a London bank?
A: His cane.
What Great Lake state has more shoreline than the entire U.S.
Atlantic seaboard?
A: Michigan.
What model appeared topless on the self-penned 1993 novel Pirate?
A: Fabio.
Which country has more tractors per capita,
Canada, Iceland or
Japan?
A: Iceland.
Who averaged one
patent for every three weeks of his life?
A: Thomas Edison.
What Elton John album became the first album to enter the charts at
Number One, in 1975?
A: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy.
What laundry detergent got lots of mileage out of the ad line,
"ring around the collar"?
A: Wisk.
Who, after anchoring off Hawaii in 1779, was mistaken for the god Lono?
A: Captain James Cook.
What continent is cut into two fairly equal halves by the Tropic of
Capricorn?
A: Australia.
What explorer introduced pigs to
North America?
A: Christopher Columbus.
What magazine boasts the slogan: "Test, Inform, Protect"?
A: Consumer Reports.
Who was billed as the "Killer of Custer" in Buffalo
Bill's Wild West Show?
A: Sitting Bull.
What railway linked Moscow and Irkutsk in 1900?
A: The Trans-Siberian Railway.
What is the minimum number of musicians a
band must have to
be considered a "big band"?
A: Ten.
What's a water moccasin often called, due to the white inside its
mouth?
A: A cottonmouth.
What nation was bounced from the Organization of American States in
1962?
A: Cuba.
What continent has the fewest flowering plants?
A: Antarctica.
What element begins with the letter "K"?
A: Krypton.
What country saw a world record 315 million voters turn out for
elections on May 20, 1991?
A: India.
What Lewis Carroll book was banned in
China after censors decided:
"Animals should not use human language"?
A: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
What is the least popular month for U.S. weddings?
A: January.
What spot once registered 134 degrees, the highest temperature ever
in the U.S.?
A: Death Valley.
What was the first organ successfully transplanted from a cadaver
to a live person?
A: A kidney.
What surname means "son of Nick"?
A: Nixon.
What duo survived a 1909 shootout with
Bolivia's cavalry, according
to historians?
A: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
What F-word is defined in
physics as a "nuclear reaction in
which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei"?
A: Fusion.
What's the largest and densest of the four rocky planets?
A: Earth.
What ingredient in fresh
milk is eventually devoured by
bacteria,
causing the sour taste?
A: Lactose.
Who offered insurance against an accidental death caused by a
falling Sputnik?
A: Lloyds of London.
How many months per year do residents of Tromoso, Norway go without
seeing a sunset?
A: Three.
What Beatrix Potter tale is the top-selling children's book of all
time?
A: The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
What national
holiday in Mexico has picnickers munching chocolate
coffins and sugar skulls?
A: The Day of the Dead.
What nation's military attached
dynamite packs to Dobermans before
sending them into Palestinian guerilla hideouts?
A: Israel.
What was the first planet to be discovered using the telescope, in
1781?
A: Uranus.
How many days does a cat usually stay in heat?
A: Five.
