Fiendishly Difficult General Knowledge Trivia

1. Which American president is associated with the "Corrupt Bargain"?

From Quiz Strange Facts You Don't Need to Know

Answer: John Quincy Adams

The presidential election of 1824 was very unusual. The old Federalist Party had pretty much disappeared, leaving only the Democratic-Republican Party to contest the election. But this didn't mean there was only one candidate for president; in fact, there four major candidates, all of whom won electoral votes: John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, and William H. Crawford. Andrew Jackson won a plurality of both the popular vote and the electoral vote, but not a majority. This meant that the election would be decided by the House of Representatives, where each state delegation received one vote. Only the top three vote-getters in the general election were eligible to be considered, and Henry Clay, who finished fourth, threw his support to Adams. John Quincy Adams was elected on the first ballot, carrying 13 states, as opposed to seven for Jackson, and four for Crawford. When Adams subsequently named Clay to be Secretary of State in his new administration, Jackson and his supporters were outraged, and claimed that Adams and Clay had struck a "corrupt bargain" whereby Clay became Adams' heir apparent. The scandal resulted in a splintering of the Democratic-Republican Party into the Democrats and Whigs. Jackson defeated Adams in their rematch in 1828.

From Quiz Useless Information

Answer: 120 days

In your red blood cell's 120 day life, it will make 75,000 trips to the lungs. That comes down to about 2.3 minutes per trip.

From Quiz A Little Bit of Everything 4

Answer: King

King Camp Gillette was born in 1855 in Wisconsin. At the age of 17 he became a travelling salesman for the man that had invented cork-lined bottle caps. That's where he learned that disposable items made for recurrent sales. In 1895 he had his breakthrough idea of disposable razorblades, but it took another six years to iron out the technical difficulties. The breakthrough came when Gillette razors were issued to the American troops in WWI. Many found them convenient and continued to use them when they came back home.

From Quiz Tricky General Knowledge

Answer: 10

Bowled, Caught, Leg Before Wicket (LBW), Run Out, Stumped, Hit Wicket, Handling the Ball, Obstructing the Field, Intentionally Hitting the Ball Twice and Timed Out (where the incoming batsman takes longer than two minutes to come onto the ground). The last three are hardly ever used.

From Quiz 10 Very Random and Insignificant Questions

Answer: nine

A.J. Guyton didn't play much for the Bulls in the 2000-2001 season (only 33 games). He was drafted from the University of Indiana, in the second round of the NBA draft. He only had 9 steals in the 33 games he played that year.

From Quiz The Estrogen Quiz

Answer: a cosmetic line

"Hard Candy" is a cosmetic company that sells fun things like pink sparkle eye liner. Their trademark is a plastic ring that you receive when you purchase a bottle of nail polish. Hard candy is also, of course, a sweet treat that can break your teeth, and is also the third CD of The Counting Crows.

From Quiz The Most Useless Knowledge Ever!

Answer: Chicxulub

The closest living relative to one of the most ferocious dinosaurs, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, is the chicken.

From Quiz This and That 15

Answer: Lou Gehrig hits his first of 23 Grand slammers

Gehrig didn't hit his first Grand slam until July 23rd, 1925. London's first birth control clinic opened 3/17/1921. Iowa imposed first cigarette tax on April 11, 1921. Dempsey KO'd Carpentier on July 2, 1921 which by the way, was the first fight to have a purse of 1 million dollars. (1.7)

From Quiz World's Most Dangerous Quiz VI

Answer: Mt. Hira

The angel Gabriel came to Muhammed in a cave on Mt. Hira and revealed to him the first of the many Suras included in the Quran. What are 'suras' you say? They are the chapters of the Quran!

From Quiz Generation Gap

Answer: 640 acres

Six hundred and forty acres is equal to one square mile.

From Quiz Potpourri Trivia

Answer: Gerald Ford & Ford

He served as Richard Nixon's vice president and then he served as president when Nixon resigned.

From Quiz Tough General Knowledge

Answer: Florestan and Eusebius

Forestan was the extrovert, and Eusebius the introvert. All 8 of these names, incidentally, are titles of pieces in his op. 9 work, 'Carnaval.'

From Quiz This and That 13

Answer: 0

0 is correct. Admiral Peary did not plant the flag of the United States. He used the flag that represented the fraternity he belonged to when he attended Bowdoin College in Maine.

From Quiz This and That 10

Answer: A king whose kingdom included Babel

Genesis chapter 10 verses 9 and 10 state, He was a mighty hunter before the {LORD;} therefore it is said, 'Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.' The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, and Accad, all of them in the land of Shinar.

From Quiz A World of Useless Trivia

Answer: Peekskill, NY

Gibson was born in the United States and moved to Australia at the age of twelve.

From Quiz Interesting Factoids

Answer: Imhotep

Imhotep is the world's first known architect.

From Quiz This And That

Answer: USA

Over 160 million in the year 2000. Japan is a distant second.

From Quiz Remarkably Miscellaneous 2

Answer: China (1899-1901)

In response to the growth of Western and Japanese power in China in the late 1890s, a secret and violent opposition group arose. It was called the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists. Members practised traditional Chinese martial arts, and some believed that these ancient practices made them immune to bullets. They were called "boxers" because of their fighting style. From 1899 through 1901, they rose against foreign diplomats, foreign businessmen, and Christian missionaries. They occupied Peking. A joint military force of the UK, the US, Germany, France, Russia, Japan, Austria-Hungary, and Italy invaded and broke the siege. In 1854, Australian goldminers at Ballarat revolted, built the Eureka Stockade, and blood was shed. In 1837 and 1838, Louis‑Joseph Papineau and the Patriotes rebelled against the government in Quebec. More blood was shed. In 1794, American distillers in Pennsylvania were opposed to the federal tax imposed on whiskey. When their opposition grew violent, federal troops were dispatched. A small amount of blood was spilt, and the farmers went back to their stills.

From Quiz Top Of My Head 2

Answer: Televisions

From Quiz Top Of My Head Trivia

Answer: 5

From Quiz Random Trivia

Answer: William Claude Dukinfield

From Quiz General Mix46

Answer: Corning

From Quiz More Useless Knowledge1

Answer: 7 percent

From Quiz Difficult and Useless Trivia

Answer: 0.00000001

From Quiz Trivial Trivia II

Answer: 52

From Quiz Some More General Knowledge

Answer: Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola was created in 1886 by pharmacist John Pemberton as a medicinal tonic meant to cure headaches and hangovers. He sold the syrup at his Atlanta pharmacy, mixing it with carbonated water for customers who came looking for relief. The drink caught on for its taste rather than its medicinal claims. Within a few years, it was being bottled and distributed beyond Georgia, transforming from a local pharmacy remedy into a global soft drink brand that abandoned its health claims entirely.

From Quiz Random Trivia

Answer: Margaret Kerry

'Peter Pan' was released in 1953 concurrently with the rise to fame of a young starlet, Marilyn Monroe. There are many rumours that attribute the role to Monroe, but it was '50s pin-up girl Margaret Kerry who won the role after her audition with Disney animator Marc Davis. Kerry has also published an autobiographical scrapbook entitled "Tinker Bell Talks: Tales of a Pixie Dusted Life".

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