Hard Trivia Questions With Answers
When Robert De Niro was 10 years old he was in an
elementary school production of The Wizard of Oz. What character did he play?
A: The Cowardly Lion.
The My Lai massacre was first revealed by what journalist?
A: Seymour Hersh.
What actor, while still a student, tried for but did not
get the role of Tarzan in the 1984 movie Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord
of the Apes?
A: Hugh Grant.
What recipe has been requested most often through the last
50 years by the readers of "Better Homes and Garden"?
A: The recipe for hamburger pie.
John Major and Sir David Frost shared what astrological
sign?
A: Aries.
Who began manufacturing cars at Northfield, Birmingham in
1905?
A: Herbert Austin.
Long-playing records used to go round at what speed?
A: at thirty three and a third r.p.m.
Benjamin Franklin invented what after flying a kite in a
storm?
A: lightning rods.
Who was the first to extract morphine from opium and use as
a pain reliever?
A: Friedrich Serturner.
Katharine Hepburn's first film was called what?
A: A Bill of Divorcement.
When margarine was first marketed in England what was it
called?
A: Butterine
In 1903 an Italian merchant, Italio Marcione, patented
what?
A: Ice Cream cone.
President Warren Harding's middle name was what?
A: Gamaliel.
What was the first of H.J. Heinz' "57 varieties"?
A: Horseradish, marketed in 1869
Who was King of England form 1016, of Denmark from 1018,
and of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035?
A: Canute.
What was the name of the first miniature golf course in the
U. S.?
A: The Tom Thumb Golf Course. Built in 1929 in Chattanooga.
Sgt. Snorkel in Beetle Bailey came from what town?
A: Pork Corners, Kansas.
What was the horsepower of the engine in the plane piloted
by Orville Wright in his historic flight of December 17, 1903?
A: 12 horsepower.
In 1986, when strongman Ferdinand Marcos was ousted, what
was the name of the cardinal in office in the Philippines?
A: Cardinal Sin.
William Shatner and Marlon Brando shared what astrological
birth sign?
A: Aries.
