Mixed 25 Q. Tough Trivia

1. Game Shows Hosted by Alex Trebek for $200 On this show airing from 1974 to 1976, contestants attempted to eliminate the numbers 1-9 from a board.

From Quiz Ah, Trebek, That's Not What Your Mother Said

Answer: What was "High Rollers"?

Trebek hosted "High Rollers" from 1974-1976 and 1978 -1980 on NBC daytime television and 1975-1976 in evening syndication. Similar to the game "Shut the Box", players removed the numbers from the board by rolling the dice. Players got a turn at the dice by answering trivia questions. Prizes could be won by removing certain combinations of numbers.

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge 41

Answer: Elton John

'Rocket Man' (I Think Its Going To Be A Long Long Time) was a British Hit single in April 1972 and reached Number 2 in the singles chart. Ronnie O'Sullivan is the 2004 World Snooker Champion and is known as 'The Rocket'. Other snooker characters include Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins and Jimmy 'Whirlwind' White. With my snooker ability I would be called 'Sea breeze' Inquizition.

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge 40

Answer: Brian Epstein

Brian Epstein was born into an orthodox Jewish family and was the person who discovered the Beatles and made them famous internationally. Alas he became easily bored and was depressed over his turmoil of his homosexuality. On 27th August 1967, he died of a drug overdose, aged 32 years old.

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge 37

Answer: Dolphin

The Amazon dolphin lives in the Amazon and Orinoco rivers of South America. The bottle-nosed dolphin is the most familiar species of dolphin having a dark grey colour on the back with a paler underside. The young of all dolphins are born tail-first.

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge 36

Answer: Gastropod

These are molluscs which have a flattened muscular foot and a head bearing stalked eyes. The class includes snails, slugs, whelks and limpets.

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge 35

Answer: The idea of tipping waiters and waitresses

(T)o (I)nsure (P)romptness (tip). The origins of tipping are vague and may have originated from Roman times or when money was first invented.

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge 33

Answer: Harley Street

Do you fancy cosmetic surgery, weight loss with a qualified dietician or hypnosis and psychotherapy? Well it's all available at Harley Street, London.

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge 32

Answer: Sergeant Wilson

Other members of the cast had well known catchphrases such as Corporal Jones' "Don't panic!", Captain Mainwaring's " Right then. Pay attention, men." and Private Godfrey's "Do you think I might be excused, Sir?" Even ARP warden Hodges continuously dismissed Mainwaring as 'Napoleon'.

From Quiz The Wide World of Trivia

Answer: Clyde

He appeared in a couple of episodes. Clyde looks like Bugs Bunny, only smaller.

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge29

Answer: Argonauts

According to Greek mythology he led the Argonauts in his ship 'Argo' in search of the Golden Fleece. I'm sure I won't have pulled the wool over someone's eyes with this easy question.

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge28

Answer: Howard Hughes

The forenames and surnames begin with the same letter. They start with the letter 'a' and follow through to the letter 'g'. The next name is 'H.. H..' and could have been Henry Higgins or Harry Houdini.

From Quiz Pandora's Box

Answer: Bird

It is a wood grouse found in Scotland. It was re-introduced, from Scandinavia in the mid '60's, after becoming extinct.

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge25

Answer: Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes was Conan Doyle's classic fictional detective. In 1978 comedy kings Peter Cook and Dudley Moore did a comedy version where Cook played Sherlock Holmes and Moore played both Watson's and Holmes' mother.

From Quiz The Genuine Trivia Quiz

Answer: Tuesday

The hamburger eating sidekick of Popeye.

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge24

Answer: Doctor Zhivago

He began work on Dr Zhivago after the death of Stalin but its themes offended officials. After this epic novel's publication in Italy in 1957 it became an international best seller. He was compelled to retract his acceptance of the 1958 Nobel Prize for literature by official pressure.

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge23

Answer: Hippopotamus

The word 'hippopotamus' comes from the Greek words 'hippos' (horse) and 'potamus' (river) and means 'river-horse'. They are the world's third largest land mammals after the elephant and rhinoceros. Young hippos, although usually protected by the adults, are sometimes eaten by lions on land and by crocodiles in the water. Adult hippos have no enemies apart from man.

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge21

Answer: Help!

The movie features many songs including 'Ticket to Ride', 'You've Got to Hide Your Love Away' and 'Another Girl'. Of course you would have been far too young at the time to remember them. Richard Lester directed the movie. A Hard Day's Night (1964), 'Yellow Submarine' (1968) 'Magical Mystery Tour' (1969), 'Let It Be' (1970)

From Quiz General Bag of Tricks

Answer: James I

Guy Fawkes was head of a Catholic plot to blow up James I. George III was a Hanoverian and ruled during the American Revolution. Richard I the Lionheart lived in England only 6 months of his reign, the rest of the time he was on crusade. Henry III was Richard I's nephew, the son of John.

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge 18

Answer: Jaguar

The clouded leopard is the smallest of all the 'big cats' and lives in thick forests of Southeast Asia. The seven types of big cats are the tiger, lion, cheetah, jaguar, leopard, snow leopard and clouded leopard. The snow leopard is found in the Himalayas of Central Asia.

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge17

Answer: Tiger shark

The tiger shark is a dangerous shark to tropical waters as the great white shark is to temperate waters. Its strong, sharp teeth are capable of sawing through turtle shells. Its dark stripes on its grey back are pronounced in juveniles but can disappear in large adults.

From Quiz Anything and Everything

Answer: Bon Scott

Bon Scott died in 1980 in the back of a car after a heavy night of drinking.

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge16

Answer: Russia

'From Russia With Love' (1963)

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge 14

Answer: Calf

The offspring of a cow, buffalo and giraffe are also called a calf.

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge13

Answer: Tyrannosaurus

The Tyrannosaurus Rex was the most terrifying carnivorous dinosaur as it was up to 12 metres long, had enormous jaws lined with sharp teeth and weighed about 6 tonnes.

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge9

Answer: Graham

The telephone was invented as a spin-off from his main researches on deafness. His new-born son, Edward died from respiratory problems so he devised a 'metal vacuum jacket' which was a forerunner to the iron lung.

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge 8

Answer: Celeste

The brigantine 'Mary Celeste' was commanded by Captain Briggs sailing from New York to Genoa in Italy. It carried 1,700 barrels of grain alcohol while enduring strong winds and for the last 100 miles enduring a storm. On 4th Dec 1872 between the Azores and Portugal the crew of the 'Dei Gratia' boarded the 'Mary Celeste' but nobody was spotted on deck although the ship was fully provisioned and seaworthy. It is assumed a seaquake caused the crew to abandon ship in a small yawl for the safety of Santa Maria island in the Azores 10 miles away.

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge7

Answer: Spike

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge 6

Answer: Ottawa

Founded in 1826 as 'Bytown', it acquired its present name in 1854.

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge 5

Answer: Luke

Mark Hamill played Luke Skywalker in 'Star Wars' (1977)

From Quiz Easy General Knowledge3

Answer: Water

Aqua fortis is an obsolete name for nitric acid which means 'strong water'. Aqua vitae is an archaic name for brandy meaning 'water of life'.

This is category 5108
Last Updated Nov 16 2024 5:45 AM

= Top 5% Rated Quiz, Top 10% Rated Quiz, Top 20% Rated Quiz, A Well Rated Quiz
= added recently, = Editor's Pick = FunTrivia Editor = Gold Member
Teachers / educators: FunTrivia welcomes the use of our website and quizzes in the classroom as a teaching aid or for preparing and testing students. See our education section. Our quizzes are printable and may be used as question sheets by k-12 teachers, parents, and home schoolers.

 ·  All questions, answers, and quiz content on this website is copyright FunTrivia, Inc and may not be reproduced without permission. Any images from TV shows and movies are copyright their studios, and are being used under "fair use" for commentary and education.