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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Mixed 20 Q. Tough : Best General
"Difficult general quiz encompassing all things trivial and some not so trivial."


1. What is the capital of Mongolia?
    Darhan
    Bulgan
    Ulaangom
    Ulan Bator


2. What is the only song to hit the top of the U.S charts twice (hint: two years between the first and second occasion)?
    That'll Be the Day
    The Twist
    La Bamba
    American Pie


3. What is the oldest national park in the world?
    Yosemite
    Yellowstone
    Galapagos Islands
    Kakadu


4. Whose assassination was the trigger for the commencement of World War I?
    Leopold von Berchtold
    Czar Nicholas 1
    Archduke Franz Ferdinand
    Gavrilo Princip


5. What animals does a hippophobe fear?
    horses
    crocodile
    hippopotamus
    cows


6. Who took the first space walk?
    John Glenn
    Yuri Gagarin
    Alexei Leonov
    Alan Shepard


7. Who played the murderous neighbor 'across the way' in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rear Window'?
    Orson Welles
    Edward.G.Robinson
    Howard Keel
    Raymond Burr


8. Who was the first person to reach the South Pole?
    Jorg Utzon
    Robert Falcon Scott
    Roald Amundsen
    Robert.E.Perry


9. What animal has the longest lifespan in captivity?
    Hippopotamus
    Elephant
    The Giant Tortoise
    Crocodile


10. What game is played with a flat stick called a kip?
    Two-up
    Baccarat
    Tiddly winks
    Rounders


11. What country produces Rioja wines?
    Germany
    Italy
    Spain
    Hungary


12. Who was Time's 'Man of the Year' for 1939 and 1942?
    Gandhi
    Adolf Hitler
    Joseph Stalin
    Winston Churchill


13. Who financed Howard Carter's expeditions into the valley of the kings which eventually turned up the tomb of 'the boy king'?
    Lord Haw Haw
    Earl of Spencer
    Lord Chamberlain
    Lord Carnarvon


14. Whose gang was the target of the St Valentines Day Massacre in 1929?
    'Greasy Thumb' Jack Guzik
    'Machine Gun' Jack McGurn
    George 'Bugs' Moran
    Dion O'Bannion


15. What is the largest country in Africa by area?
    Sudan
    South Africa
    Algeria
    Zaire


16. What is the most populous city in North America?
    Mexico City
    Los Angeles
    New York
    Chicago


17. How much does Mayfair cost in a Monopoly game?
    $600
    $500
    $400
    $300


18. Who proclaimed 'Peace is at hand' ?
    Winston Churchill
    Henry Kissinger
    Emporer Hirohito
    Joseph Stalin


19. In the movie 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory', who played Charlie?
    Roy Kinnear
    Peter Ostrum
    Leonard Stone
    Jack Albertson


20. Which of the following countries is the largest in area?
    Italy
    Great Britain
    Poland
    Norway


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