18 and Over Only Trivia Quiz

Answer: 60

The 60th anniversary of something is traditionally called the diamond anniversary or the diamond jubilee. Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her diamond anniversary on the throne in 2012.

"Gone in 60 Seconds" is a 2000 action film starring Nicholas Cage, Giovanni Ribisi and Angelina Jolie as car thieves who must steal 50 cars for a British gangster played by Christopher Eccleston.

In darts, it is possible to score a 60 points with only one dart. This is called a treble-twenty. The sixty point spot is located in the triple ring right above the bullseye.

Answer: 44

Wyoming was the 44th state to join the United States when it ratified the Constitution on July 10, 1890.

Hank Aaron wore the number 44 when he played for the Atlanta Braves and Milwaukee Brewers. Both teams have retired his number.

The Belgian Grand Prix is a Formula One automobile race that is 44 laps around the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps race course in Stavelot, Belgium.

Answer: 99

Barbara Feldon played Agent 99 on the secret agent comedy TV series "Get Smart". She was generally seen as an intelligent secret agent but usually needed to be rescued by Agent 86, Maxwell Smart, played by Don Adams.

In the Koran, Allah is said to have 99 names. Depending on the version and the translation, these 99 names are sometimes different. Some of these names in English are the King, the Knowing and the All-Seeing.

"99 Problems" is a 2004 song by Jay-Z where he details some of the issues in his life including racial profiling. The song appeared on the album "The Black Album".

Answer: 18

Eighteen is a lucky number in China because it is pronounced "shi ba" which sounds like "shi fa" which translates to "to get rich".

There are eighteen players per team on the field in a match of Aussie Rules Football. When the league debuted (then called Victorian Football League) originally it was twenty players per team. There are also typically four players on the bench which can be swapped in at anytime.

The number 18 is used as a code word for Hitler in Neo-Nazi and white supremacy gangs because his initials were A.H. with A being the letter #1 and H letter #8.

Answer: 65

A magic square is a mathematical grid where all the numbers horizontally, vertically and diagonally all add to the same sum. In a five by five magic square (that is a grid with five numbers in each column and row), the sum of the five numbers in each column and row must equal 65. The sum, in this case 65, is called a magic constant.

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865 by actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth, while he was watching a production of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater. Booth is said to have uttered the Latin phrase "Sic semper tyrannis", which means "thus always to tyrants" after killing Lincoln.

Chicken 65 is a spicy Indian dish that originated in Chennai, India in 1965. It is said that the dish gets its name from the year it was invented, however an alternate theory is that the dish used 65 different kinds of peppers when it was first made.

Answer: 77

Seventy-seven was the password at certain checkpoints along the Norwegian-Swedish border during World War II because it was notoriously difficult to pronounce by non Scandinavian language speakers. The Swedish word for 77 is "sjuttiosju". It was said that Germans in particular could be identified by the way they would try to pronounce the word.

Red Grange wore the number 77 on his uniform when he played football for the Chicago Bears. The Bears have since retired his number as has the University of Illinois where Red Grange played collegiate football. Red Grange's real named was Harold Edward Grange. He was nicknamed the Galloping Ghost.

"77 Sunset Strip" was a detective series starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Roger Smith who played Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer, respectively. Bailey and Spencer were former government agents turned private detectives.

Answer: 20

There are twenty total mysteries of the rosary divided into four sets of five mysteries. The four sets are the Joyful Mysteries, the Sorrowful Mysteries, the Glorious Mysteries (which are the traditional three sets) and the Luminous Mysteries which are sometimes omitted. The Luminous Mysteries were added to the Rosary by Pope John Paul II in 2002.

A score is a period of twenty years. In the United States, the word was most famously used by Abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address in the phrase "four score and seven years ago".

T is the 20th letter of the English alphabet and is the most commonly used consonant. In the NATO phonetic alphabet, T is represented by the word Tango.

Answer: 57

In the 1934 Heinz Cookbook, the company listed 57 varieties of products and the number has become the company's slogan ever since, even as the actual number of products has changed. Many of the original 57 products have been discontinued including Heinz Mock Turtle Soup and Heinz Breakfast Wheat.

"Passenger 57" is a 1992 action film starring Wesley Snipes as John Cutter, a former police officer turned airplane security specialist who finds himself on a hijacked airplane. This is the movie where Wesley Snipes says the line "always bet on black".

"Exit 57" was a mid-1990s comedy sketch show that was the launching pad for many famous comedians including Stephen Colbert and Amy Sedaris. The show lasted for only 12 episodes. Many of the series' cast member went on to star in the comedy series "Strangers with Candy".

Answer: 32

The freezing point of water at sea level is 32 degrees on the Fahrenheit scale. That equates to 0 degrees Celsius.

Franklin Roosevelt became the 32nd U.S. President in 1933. He was elected four times in total and is the longest serving president in American history. He led the nation during most of the Great Depression and World War II.

Ganesha can take 32 forms according to the Hindu text Mudgala Purana. Some of these forms include Devotee Ganesha, Powerful Ganesha and the Two-faced Ganesha. Ganesha's physical appearance only differs slightly between some of the forms.

Answer: 34

The 1959 song "Love Potion No. 9" was originally sung by the Clovers. In the song, the singer buys a love potion from a gypsy who operates a shop "down Thirty-fourth and Vine".

The atomic number of selenium is 34. Its symbol is Se and it is used for a variety of purposes including glass production and in solar panels.

In the novel "The Count of Monte Cristo", the main character Edmond Dantes is sometimes called Number 34 or just 34, his cell number, by the prison governor.