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 However, as the years pass, some of the questions become outdated and obscure.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. Some questions are just plain difficult, outdated or not.

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 – Both the white whale and a large species of sturgeon share this name:

A. Beluga B. Muskellunge C. Hammerhead D. Shovelnose E. Narwhal

2 – In this John Steinbeck novel, a woman leaves her husband and twin sons to work in a brothel:

A. The Grapes of Wrath B. Travels with Charley C. East of Eden D. Of Mice and Men E. On the Beach

3 – “Yankee Doodle” was originally sung by:

A. Immigrants B. Pirates C. Slaves D. British soldiers E. Civil War veterans

4 – Who played a computer security specialist in the 2006 movie “Firewall”?

A. Richard Gere B. Jackie Chan C. Harrison Ford D. Bernie Mac E. Bruce Willis

5 – The southern dish of pork scrapple is usually made with pork and:

A. Eggs B. Cornmeal C. Rice D. Potatoes E. Noodles

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 questions guaranteed to activate your brain cells:

6 – What element is called “natrium” in Latin?

7 – What Chinese American designed the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama?

8 – The Gulf of ____ is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea.

9 – Who played Thelma in the movie “Thelma and Louise”?

10 – Przhevalski’s horse is a wild horse native to what continent?

Answers: 1-A 2-C 3-D 4-C 5-B 6 – Sodium 7 – Maya Lin 8 – Bothnia 9 – Geena Davis 10 – Asia

How did you do?

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