A FunTrivia Endurance Race Trivia Quiz

Answer: Tortoise

Adwaita passed away at the Alipore Zoological Gardens in Kolkata, India, where he had lived since the 1870s. Before that, he was believed to have been captured in the 18th century while living in the Seychelles. Adwaita was taken to India and given to Robert Clive, the British founder of the East India Company. Best estimates to determine Adwaita's age when he died were roughly 255 years.

He weighed in at 250 kg (600 lb).

Answer: Dakar Rally

The first Dakar Rally was run in 1978, with the start being in Paris. After political tensions cancelled the 2008 version, the race moved to South America. Unlike other car races, both amateur and professional teams race, in a variety of vehicles such as cars, motorcycles, trucks and quads. The race is almost all held off-road, and has caused many deaths and injuries.

Answer: Betty White

White's first large role came as Sue Ann Nivens on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" from 1973-77. Later she played Rose Nylund on "The Golden Girls" from 1985-92. White took on the character of Elka Ostrovsky in "Hot in Cleveland", which she won two Screen Actors Guild awards for at the age of 89 and 90. Along with TV work, White was a frequent guest on game shows such as "Match Game" and "Password", which was hosted by White's husband of 18 years, Allen Ludden. White also won a Grammy in 2012 for Best Spoken Word Recording, the oldest winner in Grammy history.

Answer: Japan

The coaster can be found at the Nagashima Spa Land amusement park in the city of Kuwana. The steel ride opened in 2000, "The Year of the Dragon" leading to the name of the coaster. After a 2003 accident that injured two people, the ride was closed for three years before reopening. Speeds on the ride can reach 95 mph (153 kmh) and takes about four minutes to complete.

Answer: Tour de France

The Tour de France was first held in 1903, and was won by Frenchman Maurice Garin. The race was created by the French newspaper L'Auto as a way to increase the sales of their own magazine. The Tour was not held through the two World Wars. Jerseys are awarded to the best overall time (yellow), the most points accumulated through the race (green), the "King of the Mountains" (red and white polkadot) and best overall time for riders under 25 (white).

Answer: A book

The story centers around a group of women who create a literary club in the fictional village of Waynesboro, Ohio. The plotline evolves as the group grows into a significant club in the town. The novel was written by Helen Hooven Santmyer, who began to formulate the ideas for the story in the 1920s. Working full-time however, she had little opportunity to commit to writing until her retirement in 1959. The book was released to little fanfare before catching on with a publisher and eventually front-page spotlight on the New York Times. In 1985, an 89-year old Santmyer saw her book sell 2 million copies within three months after being released by Berkley publishers.

The book is quite the endurance to read as well, coming at over 1300 pages in paperback form, and with over 600,000 words.

Answer: Matterhorn

Bass was a Yale-edicated ski resort operator climbed Mount McKinley (North America), Aconcagua (South America), Elbrus (Europe), Mount Kilimanjaro (Africa), Vinson Massif (Antarctica), Mount Kosciuszko (Australasia/Oceania) and Mount Everest in order to become the first climber to summit the largest peaks in each continent.

At the time, Bass also became the oldest person to ever climb Mount Everest. The ascent is somewhat controversial, as Puncak Jaya in Indonesia could be determined as the highest point of Oceania.

Answer: China

The 6,000 mile retreat by the Red Army, representing the Communist Party of China was to evade the Kuomintang Army, representing the Chinese National Party. The Long March helped lift the political profile of Mao Zedong who gained respect amongst the communists during the retreat. Only around a tenth of those that began to retreat in Jinagxi Province to Shaanxi Province.

Answer: The Campaign for North Africa

An incredibly in-depth military game, the rule book for The Campaign for North Africa comes in three volumes! The game was designed by Richard Berg, and released in 1978. The game is best for two teams of five people, to control various aspects of the rival army.

The longest recorded game of CNA was estimated at 1500 hours, and it's believed that no one has ever actually finished the game.

Answer: gladiolus

Frank Neuhauser from Louisville, Kentucky won the first bee by correctly spelling gladiolus. Neuhauser prepared for the competition by rewriting the dictionary in a notebook, and won $500 and the opportunity to meet US president Calvin Coolidge. His hometown of Louisville also produced the second winner of the Bee, Pauline Bell won in 1926 after correctly spelling the color "cerise".

Answer: 17th

While the title page attributes the writing to Georges de Scudéry, some scholars consider Georges' sister Madeliene to have actually wrote it. The single storyline is broken down into 10 volumes and combine to form 13,095 pages. The novel was released between 1649 and 1653 in French.

Answer: Liam Neeson

The documentary was named "The Endurance" after the name of Shackleton's ship for the voyage. During his trip, Shackleton tried to cross the Antarctic continent via the South Pole. They became stranded and Shackleton, alongside his 28 man crew, had to survive the harsh winter before being rescued. Miraculously, all survived.

The documentary was directed by George Butler, who produced a second Shackleton biopic "Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure" the following year.

Answer: Jethro Tull

The album's cover is designed as a newspaper claiming the song was written based off of an 8-year old's poem, although the song was written by lead man Ian Anderson. The band has said the song was hard to perform live in concert with the complex nature of the music and lyrics.

The album was mocked on "The Simpsons" in one episode as character Martin Prince begins to play the song only to be hit with a chair by Lisa Simpson and told to shut up.

Answer: French

Calment was born in 1875 and lived in the city of Arles, France for her entire life. She outlived both her daughter (who died in 1934) and grandson (who died in 1963) by many years, despite smoking for nearly a century! Calment took up the sport of fencing at 85 lived on her own until she was 110.

When she was 13, Calment claimed to have met Vincent van Gogh, who came in to her father's shop to buy paint. Van Gogh made little impression on Calment, who claimed he was "Dirty, badly dressed and disagreeable.".

Answer: Saint Paul

In the two epistles to Timothy, Paul encourages Timothy to persevere and endure hardships for the sake of the gospel. Paul also foreshadows his own death, telling Timothy that he has "finished my course, I have kept the faith". There is some discussion and arguments that Paul did not write the letter, but rather an unknown follower of Paul wrote the letter after he died.

Answer: Venus

A day in Venus is longer than a year on Venus as the closeness of the planet to the Sun and the very slow speed of axis rotation means that Venus can rotate 360° around the Sun before a full 360° rotation on its axis is complete. Even closer to the Sun, Mercury's days last around 58 days. The shortest day award goes to Jupiter, with an Earth equivalent of just under 10 hours.

Answer: Lou Gehrig

Gehrig's streak of 2130 games lasted from June 1, 1925 to April 30, 1938 and earned him the nickname "The Iron Horse". Towards the end of the streak, the first baseman complained of getting tired early and pains in his back. After he ended his ironman streak, he was diagnosed with ALS, now known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease" and promptly retired. The disease took his life just two years later at the age of 37.

Gehrig's streak lasted until 1998 when Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. played his 2131st career game. Ripken would go on to play 2632 games in his Ironman streak.

Answer: 57

"Guiding Light" debuted on CBS Television on June 30, 1952, 15 years after it premiered on the radio. Episodes lasted only 15 minutes when it first launched, eventually expanding to 30 minutes and then a full hour in 1977. The show was cancelled in 2009 after its 72nd season (combined with the radio stint) and 57th on CBS TV.

Answer: Blue

Sonic was created by Sega as a central character to rival Nintendo's Mario series. The hedgehog first appeared in the 1991 game "Sonic the Hedgehog", and has since appeared in both movies and television since then along with dozens of video games. Despite his speed, Sonic can not swim and sinks when he tries in the game. Along with his blue skin, Sonic has red eyes and a yellow stomach.

In 2005, Sonic joined Mario and Link as the first three characters inducted into the "Walk of Game".

Answer: Fidel Castro

Castro was sworn in as Prime Minister in 1959 after the Cuban Revolution, a position he held through 1976 before becoming the president, where he governed until 2008. Castro held a Marxist-Leninist ideology, which included agreements with the communist Soviet Union that led to the Cuban Missile Crisis and very poor American relations. Due to his failing health, he began to transfer powers over to his brother Raul, who eventually took over completely in 2008.