Sunday, February 13, 2011

Almost Daily Trivia Quiz #69 - Hard and Tough Trivia Questions

Difficult, Hard, and Tough Miscellaneous trivia quiz questions and answers.
  1. Ralph Craig ran the 100m for the US in 1912; when did he next
    compete in the Olympics?
     
  2. In which year was the Tampa-based University of South Florida
    founded?
     
  3. Which writer said, "Where large sums of money are involved, it is
    advisable to trust nobody?
     
  4. Freddie Mercury died in which year?
     
  5. What was the name of the Italian cruise ship hijacked by
    Palestinian terrorists in October 1985?
     
  6. In which decade was the New River George bridge in West Virginia
    opened?
     
  7. In which Woody Allen movie did Madonna play a trapeze artist?
     
  8. What was Richard Gere's first movie?
     
  9. In which year did Frank Zappa die?
     
  10. What was the profession of Louis Henry Sullivan?
     
  11. Which space craft set off for Jupiter in 1972?
     
  12. What is Woody Harrelson's middle name?
     
  13. What was blonde bombshell Jayne Mansfield's IQ measured at?
     
  14. Who founded the Death Row label with Marion 'Suge' Knight?
     
  15. Which celebrity was born in Craighton Road, Eltham in 1903?
     
  16. What type of material did Cupples and Leon publish?
     
  17. Freeport international airport is in which country?
     
  18. What was the profession of Dorothea Lange?
     
  19. Sculptor Drederic Auguste Bartholdi based the face of the Statue
    of Liberty on whom?
     
  20. Which group made the albums Bare Trees and Penguin?
     
  21. Which lady took a driving lesson in Bob Newhart's classic sketch?
     
  22. To ten thousand square miles, what is the area of Louisiana?
     
  23. Who said wives are people who feel they don't dance enough?
     
  24. Bradley international airport is in which US state?
     
  25. In which English city was Cary Grant born?
     
  26. Who wrote the lyrics to "Je ne regrette rien?"
     
  27. What color were the covers of the crime novels published in 
    the 1930s by Victor Gollancz?
     
  28. Where in the UK was Robert Carlyle born?
     
  29. In which US state is John F Kennedy buried?
     
  30. What were UK's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip given as a
    present for baby Prince Andrew while on a visit to the Gambia?
     
  31. Who was the first artist to enter the US album chart at No 1?
     
  32. What are the international registration letters of a vehicle from
    Guyana?
     
  33. Vehicles from which county use the international registration
    letter LS?
     
  34. In which craft did Valencia Tereshkova make her historic space
    flight?
     
  35. Which Jacques became president of the European Commission in
    1995?
     
  36. The World's biggest what was made at Utica, New York in January
    1998?
     
  37. In which decade was the American Ballet set up in New York?
     
  38. Which country does the airline VASP come from?
     
  39. Who directed the blockbusting movie Alien?
     
  40. What did George Bernard Shaw describe as, "a perpendicular
    expression of a horizontal desire?" Dancing.
  41. Douala international airport is in which country?
     
  42. At the beginning of the 1990s which country had most camels? 

Funny picture of a German Shepherd riding a motorcycle down a winding road with his leash flying out behind him.

 

Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz #69 - Tough
Trivia

  1. 1948 - Yachting team.
  2. 1956.
  3. Agatha Christie.
  4. 1991.
  5. Achille Lauro.
  6. 1970s.
  7. Shadows & Fog.
  8. A; Report To The Commissioner.
  9. 1993.
  10. Architect.
  11. Pioneer 10.
  12. Tracy.
  13. 163.
  14. Dr. Dre.
  15. Bob Hope.
  16. Comic books.
  17. The Bahamas.
  18. Photographer.
  19. His Mother.
  20. Fleetwood Mac.
  21. Mrs. Webb.
  22. 43,566.
  23. Grouch Marx.
  24. Connecticut.
  25. Bristol.
  26. Michel Vaucaire.
  27. Yellow.
  28. Glasgow.
  29. Virginia.
  30. Baby crocodile.
  31. Elton John.
  32. GUY.
  33. Lesotho.
  34. Vostok 6.
  35. Santer.
  36. Jam doughnut.
  37. 1933.
  38. Brazil.
  39. Ridley Scott.
  40. Dancing.
  41. Cameroon.
  42. Somalia.