Are you hungry for more trivia? Is one night of bar trivia per week not enough to satiate your senses? Buzztime has tens of thousands of questions in its database. Pub trivia hosts and players could spend a lifetime with them! However, as the years pass, some of the questions become outdated and obscure. Events that are important one year become irrelevant many years later.

Here’s a challenge: let’s go into the Musty Dusty Trivia Bin and break out some moldy oldies to test the trivia prowess of even the greatest bar trivia and pub trivia players. Quench your thirst for a new trivia challenge by trying to answer these ten tough questions. The answers are at the bottom of this blog. Resist the temptation to peek!

Let’s start with five challenging multiple-choice questions:

1 – What 2013 hit song is by a Norwegian group called Ylvis?

A. Wrecking Ball B. The Fox C. Redneck Crazy D. Roar E. Crooked Smile

2 – In 1988, she became the first official female member of the Friars Club:

A. Liza Minnelli B. Barbara Bush C. Jane Fonda D. Joan Rivers E. Barbra Streisand

3 – The advertising icon known as the Marlboro Man was a:

A. Debonair Gentleman B. Brave G.I. C. Handsome Sailor D. Rugged Cowboy E. Superhero

4 – What was invented in the 1930s by a team led by Wallace Carothers?

A. Nylon B. Digital Camera C. TV Remote D. Player Piano E. Radar

5 – Who acquired the company Mail Boxes Etc. In 2001?

A. General Electric B. Levi Strauss C. FedEx D. UPS E. Kinko’s

How did you do? Things will now get a bit tougher. Most bar trivia and pub trivia games don’t give you multiple choices. Trivia players need to figure out the answer on their own. Here are five outdated questions guaranteed to activate your brain cells:

6 – Premiered in 1803, the “Kreutzer Sonata” is a famous musical work by:

7 – Who did Craig Kilborn replace as host of “The Late, Late Show” in 1999?

8 – What element of the carbon family was first isolated and described in 1824?

9 – This American writer was only 28 when he died of tuberculosis in Germany in 1900:

10 – Introduced in 1955, this VW model was a sportier version of the Beetle:

Answers: 1-B 2-A 3-D 4-A 5-D 6-Beethoven 7-Tom Snyder 8-Silicon 9-Stephen Crane

10-Karmann-Ghia

How did you do?

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