Hard Trivia Questions And Answers

If you think our other trivia quizzes, such as our bar trivia and even our Bible trivia, are too easy then check out these extra hard trivia questions!

You’ll need to be a real trivia expert to answer these, so if you think you’re up for the challenge, then give them a go. The answers are included, of course; just click “View Answer” to show them.

A selection of really hard trivia questions and answers for the true trivia expert

20 Hard Trivia Questions

These hard trivia questions will really test the depth of your knowledge. Good luck!

1. What musical term is indicates a chord where the notes are played one after another rather than all together?

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Arpeggio.

2. Where in the human body would you find the medulla oblongata?

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In the brain.

3. Good King Wenceslas is a popular Christmas carol. But of which state was Wenceslas king?

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Bohemia.

4. “Les Fauves” was a name given to a group of artists that included Matisse. What is its literal meaning?

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The Wild Beasts.

5. What is the legislature of the Netherlands called?

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The States General.

6. What is the name for a line of poetry with twelve syllables consisting regularly of six iambic feet, with a pause after the third?

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Alexandrine.

7. In which sport are barani, rudolph and randolph all techniques?

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Trampolining.

8. Which gas is formed when a hydrogen bomb is detonated?

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Helium.

9. Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Andes. But in which country does it lie?

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Argentina.

10. What color does gold leaf appear if you hold it up to the light?

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Green.

11. Who collaborated with Karl Marx to produce “The Communist Manifesto”?

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Friedrich Engels.

12. Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 is a musical tribute to which battle of World War 2?

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Leningrad.

13. In which sea battle was Mark Antony defeated by Octavian in 31 BC?

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Actium.

14. Which Jacobean dramatist wrote “The Alchemist”?

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Ben Jonson.

15. Where would you find an oxbow lake?

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On a meandering river.

16. What is the capital city of Paraguay?

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Asuncion.

17. How many legs does a lobster have?

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Ten.

18. The Cassegranian, Schmidt and Gregorian are all types of what scientific instrument?

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Telescopes.

19. What is the family name of the ruling dynasty of Monaco?

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Grimaldi.

20. Which composer wrote the violin and orchestra composition “Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso” in 1863?

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Camille Saint-Saëns.

30 Most Difficult Trivia Questions

If you’re brain is now warmed up after our hard trivia questions, you’re ready for these extra tricky trivia questions!

1. The rod on a sundial indicates the time via the shadow it casts. What name is given to this rod?

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Gnomon.

2. What does the word “fugacious” mean?

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Fleeting or transient.

3. Who composed the orchestral poem “A Night on the Bare Mountain”?

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Modest Mussorgsky.

4. What term, from the French for “balance scale”, is used to describe a bridge that is operated via a counterweight and winch?

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A bascule bridge.

5. Naxos is the largest of which Greek island group?

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The Cyclades.

6. On which island of Japan is the capital Tokyo located?

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Honshu.

7. How many playing cards are there in a piquet deck?

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32 cards.

8. What was the name of the first woman to travel in space?

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Valentina Tereshkova.

9. What kind of animal is a kudu?

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An antelope.

10. Into how many departments is France divided?

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101 departments – 96 mainland and 5 overseas departments.

11. “I’ll pheeze you in faith” is the opening line of which Shakespeare play?

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The Taming of the Shrew.

12. From which ballet does “The Waltz of the Flowers” come?

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The Nutcracker.

13. In which year did the first ever 24 Hours of Le Mans race take place?

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1923.

14. Libreville is the capital city of which country?

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Gabon.

15. Who was the Greek goddess of sea monsters?

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Ceto.

16. Bosc and concorde are varieties of which fruit?

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Pears.

17. In which French abbey was Eleanor of Aquitaine buried next to her husband Henry the II and son Richard the Lionheart?

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Fontevraud Abbey.

18. What is an opisometer used to measure?

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The length of curved lines.

19. What is a shebeen?

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An unlicensed liquor house (especially in Ireland).

20. Which Dutch athlete, known as “the flying housewife”, won four of the nine available women’s gold medals at the 1948 London Olympics?

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Fanny Blankers-Koen.

21. What is a deodar?

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A large evergreen tree.

22. What is a quisling?

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A traitor who collaborates with an enemy occupying force.

23. Who led the Greek forces at the Battle of Thermopylae?

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King Leonidas I of Sparta.

24. Who painted “The Burial of the Count of Orgaz”?

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El Greco.

25. Who was the last Danish King of England?

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Harthacnut.

26. In heraldry, what color is Gules?

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Red.

27. What name is given to the thin leather strap used to tether a falcon or hawk in falconry?

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Jess.

28. What are the three degrees of Freemasonry?

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Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft and Master Mason.

29. Kublai Khan founded which ruling dynasty of China in the 13th century?

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The Yuan dynasty.

30. What is the currency of the Seychelles?

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The rupee.

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