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 However, as the years pass, some of the questions become outdated and obscure.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 Some questions are just plain difficult, outdated or not.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 – During the last ice age, the ____ steppe was the earth’s most extensive biome.

A. Wolf B. Mammoth C. Eagle D. Dinosaur E. Saber-toothed tiger

2 – In early 19th century London, police officers were often referred to as:

A. Gumshoes B. Sleuths C. Sweeps D. Snatchers E. Bobbies

3 – Cornish yarg is a type of:

A. Cheese B. Bread C. Wine D. Tea E. Beef

4 – Paul de Kruif wrote this 1926 classic study of scientists at work:

A. Micrographia B. Of Molecules and Men C. The Double Helix D. Statistical Essays E. Microbe Hunters

5 – About the size of a small car, the glyptodont was a land mammal most closely related to the:

A. Badger B. Armadillo C. Elephant D. Kangaroo E. Coyote

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 chemical element is represented by the letter “V”?

7 – Author John Steinbeck set many of his works in or near his hometown of ____, California.

8 – Englishman Jack Broughton established the earliest code of rules for this sport in 1743:

9 – The plot of what 1973 movie centers on a demon named Pazuzu?

10 – Hygeia is the goddess of ____ in Greek mythology.

Answers: 1-B 2-E 3-A 4-E 5-B 6 – Vanadium 7 – Salinas 8 – Boxing 9 – The Exorcist 10 – Health

How did you do?

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