A Tough Trivia Quiz

Answer: Pachyderm

The skin of pachyderms is extremely tough with an elephant's skin being more than an inch thick on its head and back. While many mammals have tough skin and fur, other animals may have a shell or exoskeleton for protection.

Answer: Tough break

A tough break is often thought of as bad luck and the term goes all the way back to the 1600s. Other popular phrases with the word 'tough' include 'tough as nails', 'when the going gets tough, the tough get going', 'tough call', and 'a tough act to follow'.

Answer: Brett Favre

Including the playoffs, Brett Favre started an incredible 321 straight games toughing out many injuries to stay on the field. He had an illustrious career becoming the first NFL quarterback to throw for more than 70,000 yards, 500 touchdowns, 6,000 completions, and 10,000 pass attempts.

Answer: Mauritania

In addition to its unfavorable geography, Mauritania has been stifled by human rights violations and government corruption. With about four million human inhabitants in 2015 over an area of nearly 400,000 sq mi, the country of Mauritania had an extremely low population density of 8.8/sq mi.

Many other countries in northern Africa and the Middle East as well as Mongolia and Australia contain deserts over a large portion of their land area.

Answer: Semi-Tough

Released in 1977, the film "Semi-Tough" was based on a novel by Dan Jenkins with the same name. In the film Reynolds plays for a Miami-based football team and he is roommates with both Marvin Tiller played by Kris Kristofferson and Barbara Jane Bookman played by Jill Clayburgh.

Initially Barbara has feelings for Marvin but his self-indulgent interest in a program called B.E.A.T. (which might stand for Bismark Earthwalk Action Training) prompt her to move on to Billy.

Answer: Taffy

Many different candy brands could be considered taffy including Starbursts, Chewits, and Laffy Taffy. Salt water taffy was created in Atlantic City, New Jersey during the 1880s and it typically also includes cornstarch, corn syrup, glycerine, salt, and flavorings.

Answer: Gastrocnemius

Together with the soleus, the gastrocnemius forms the part of the back of the leg known as the calf that is utilized and apparent when standing on one's tiptoes. Popular exercises to tone the soleus and gastrocnemius include the seated calf raise, stair stretch, and seated calf extension.

Answer: WWE Tough Enough

In total "WWE Tough Enough" ran for six seasons originally airing in the United States on MTV from 2001-03, UPN in 2004, and USA in 2011 and 2015. Other well-known winners of the series include Daniel Puder, John Morrison, and Linda Miles.

Answer: Dark Souls

As if it wasn't obvious enough any time you perished in "Dark Souls" a message reading "YOU DIED" would seemingly taunt you on the screen. Featuring a third-person, open-world environment, the game's protagonist was an undead character seeking information about the fate of his people.

The first four games released in the difficult series included "Demon Souls" in 2009, the aforementioned "Dark Souls" in 2011, "Dark Souls II" in 2014, and "Dark Souls III" in 2016.

Answer: Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen's "Tougher Than The Rest" was not released as a single in the United States but it did gain popularity as a single in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Austria, and the Netherlands. Several times in the song Springsteen comments about a woman's former boyfriends not being able to "pass the test" and that "if you're looking for love honey I'm tougher than the rest". Several covers of the song have been released including versions by Emmylou Harris, Chris LeDoux, and the duo Everything But the Girl.