Hard Trivia Quiz Questions
Who was President when the first Peanuts cartoon was published?
A: Harry Truman.
Which American-born Sinclair won the Nobel Prize for Literature in
1930?
A: Sinclair Lewis.
Who was the man behind The Chipmunks?
A: David Seville.
Where in England was Dame Judi Dench born?
A: York.
William Christensen of Madison, New Jersey, has claimed to have the
world's biggest collection of what?
A: Beer Cans.
Where are the best hard trivia quiz questions with answers to be found?
A: Trivia Country!
In which decade did Billboard magazine first publish and American hit
chart?
A: 30s.
Where was horse racing's Breeders' Cup held in 1988?
A: Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky.
Asmara international airport is in which country?
A: Eritrea.
From which country did Angola achieve independence in 1975?
A: Portugal.
Which city does David Soul come from?
A: Chicago.
Who won Super Bowl XX?
A: Chicago Bears.
Which was the first European country to abolish capital punishment?
A: Norway.
What first appeared in Ohio in 1914 to affect transport?
A: First Traffic Lights.
What star sign is Jamie Lee Curtis?
A: Scorpio.
In what field did the brother of the author of The Turn of the Screw
find fame?
A: Psychology (William James was the brother of Henry).
In which country did he widespread use of ISDN begin in 1988?
A: Japan.
What is Bruce Willis' real first name?
A: Walter.
Which William wrote the novel Lord Of The Flies?
A: Golding.
Which innovation for the car was developed by Prince Henry of Prussia
in 1911?
A: Windshield wipers.
How is musician William Lee Conley better known?
A: Big Bill Broonzy.
To ten thousand square miles what it the area of New Mexico?
A: 121,364 square miles.
How is Joan Molinsky better known?
A: Joan Rivers.
In which branch of the arts is Patricia Neary famous?
A: Ballet.
Which country is Europe's largest silk producer?
A: Italy.
The VS-300 was a type of what?
A: Helicopter.
At which university did Joseph Goebbels become a doctor of
philosophy?
A: Heidelberg.
Which prince is Queen Elizabeth II's youngest son?
A: Edward.
When did the founder of Jehovah's Witnesses say the world would end?
A: 1914.
Who found the remains of the Titanic?
A: Robert Ballard.
What was the profession of Sir David Frost's father?
A: Clergyman.
Who was the only Spice Girl not to have a middle name?
A: Posh Spice.
What are the international registration letters of a vehicle from
Algeria?
A: DZ.
How did Jock die in Dallas?
A: Helicopter accident.
Which Lloyd Webber musical premiered in the US on 10th December 1993?
A: Sunset Boulevard.
Who said, "Anybody wishing to banish theft from the world must cut
off the thief's hands?
A: Ayatollah Khomeini.
To the nearest 10,000 square miles, what is the area of Arkansas?
A: 53,187.
What star sign is Michael Caine?
A: Pisces.
At whose concert were 11 people trampled to death in Ohio in 1979?
A: The Who.
Who wrote the novel Evening Class?
A: Maeve Binchy.
Which country does the airline Air Pacific come from?
A: Fiji.
Who was the next British Prime Minister after Arthur Balfour?
A: Campbell-Bannerman.
In which branch of the arts does Allegra Kent work?
A: Ballet.
What are the international registration letters of a vehicle from
Belize?
A: BH.
Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Billy, Don't Be A Hero?
A: Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods.
Banting and Best pioneered the use of what?
A: Insulin.
Who directed the movie La Dolce Vita?
A: Federico Fellini.
Which country does the airline LACSA come from?
A: Costa Rica.
Who directed 2001: A Space Odyssey?
A: Stanley Kubrick.
Which is the largest of the Japanese Volcano Islands?
A: Iwo Jima.
Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Kiss You All Over?
A: Exile.
