This Will Not Be Easy: 1500 Challenging Trivia Questions and Answers

By Terry Towers and Dennis Baker

We are, quite frankly, just a couple of small town guys who are trivia enthusiasts and we are simply continuing an undertaking that we started in my father’s garage in the year 2007, while trying to fill a local need for a live team trivia game. We successfully brought that game to some of our favorite local establishments for these past five years, writing thousands of original questions ourselves, and now we want to see where this quest for knowledge can bring us next. We hope that this E Book will be enjoyed with the same enthusiasm as our game.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Terry Towers
• Release date: Sep 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781452489339

Book preview

Hello. My name is Terry Towers.

In 2007, Dennis Baker and I decided that we had the desire and wherewithal to develop a live team trivia game to bring to local pubs and restaurants. We sat up late nights in my fathers garage as we created the basics and even a marvelous spinning trivia wheel out of scrap wood and an old bike axle.

In the five years from those humble beginnings until now, we have created thousands of trivia questions and have had great support from our hundreds of loyal fans.

Recently, we contemplated our next move and wondered what we should do with those questions.

Publishing those questions, and their answers, so that all of our trivia loving fans can enjoy them, seemed the logical choice.

We hope you enjoy this E Book and we hope to publish more editions in the future.

And keep an eye out for us, and Dennis' dog, Buddy, as we travel America in search for more interesting trivia.

Thank you.

GEOGRAPHY

1. Maputo is the capital and largest city of what African Nation?

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2. Taking its name from a river, what is the most populous country in Africa?

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3. What is the term for a group or chain of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean?

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4. A surveyed location that surveyors or cartographers use to confirm elevation, what are the metal disks set into concrete or rock in the ground?

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5. What is the term for a low, watery land formed at the mouth of a river, formed from the silt, sand and small rocks that flow downstream and are deposited?

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6. What is the term for a narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses and has water on two sides?

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7. What is the name for a bowl-shaped circular depression caused by the destruction of the peak of a volcano?

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8. What is the longest river entirely within the state of California?

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9. The Zugspitze [jzoog-shpit-suh;] is the highest mountain in what nation?

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10. The largest fresh water lake west of the Mississippi is Flathead Lake in what state?

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11. West Valley City, West Jordon, and Sandy are cities in what US State?

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12. Paterson is the third most populous city in what US State?

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GEO Answers: 1. Mozambique; 2. Nigeria; 3. Archipelago; 4. Benchmarks; 5. Delta; 6. Isthmus; 7. Caldera; 8. The Sacramento River; 9. Germany; 10. Montana; 11. Utah; 12. New Jersey

13. What state’s nickname is The Old Dominion State?

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14. What is the capital of Oregon?

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15. Estonia shares land borders with Latvia and what other nation?

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16. What is the capital of West Virginia?

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17. Just 18 miles off the S. East coast of India, what island nation is sometimes referred to as the Pearl of the Indian Ocean?

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18. Ulan Bator is the capital and largest city of what country?

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19. Of the top 50 highest peaks in the US, all lie within what four states?

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20. What is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina?

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21. What is the capital of India?

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22. Three of the top ten longest rivers in the US are shared with another nation? Name the three rivers.

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23. US Rte 1 runs from Maine to what state?

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24. What is the capital of Pakistan?

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25. The Oder River forms the border for what two European countries?

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GEO ANSWERS: 13. Virginia; 14. Salem; 15. Russia ; 16. Charleston; 17. Sri Lanka; 18. Mongolia; 19. Alaska, CO, CA, WA; 20. Sarajevo; 21. New Delhi; 22. The Yukon, The Rio Grande, and The St. Lawrence; 23. Florida; 24. Islamabad; 25. Germany and Poland

26. Sofia is the capital of what nation?

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27. What is the capital of Kenya?

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28. Upon the shore of what body of water does Gary, Indiana sit?

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29. Which Texas city is farther north; Amarillo, Lubbock, or Abilene?

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30. Spokane, Washington is closest to what other US State?

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31. Louisiana shares a border with which three US States?

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32. The Isle of Man is located in what Sea?

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33. Tonto National Forest and Apache National Forest are within what US State?

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34. Sydney is located in what Australian State?

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35. What US state is home to the most national parks?

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36. What state is home to Governors’ Island National Monument?

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37. On which river does the capital of Italy lie?

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38. What is Japan’s largest and most populated island?

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39. Saint Basil's Cathedral sits near the geographic center of what world capital?

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GEO ANSWERS: 26. Bulgaria; 27. Nairobi; 28. Lake Michigan; 29. Amarillo; 30. Idaho; 31. Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi; 32. The Irish Sea; 33. Arizona; 34. New South Wales; 35. California; 36. NY; 37. Tiber; 38. Honshu; 39. Moscow

40. The Spanish Steps are in what world capital?

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41. Fort Lauderdale lies on which coast of Florida?

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42. Omaha, Nebraska is nearest to what other US state?

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43. The majority of the Kalahari desert lies in what nation?

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44. Great Bear Lake is the largest lake entirely within what nation?

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45. Duluth, Minnesota lies on the shores of what lake?

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46. Moorhead, Minnesota is bordered on the west by the Red River and what North Dakota city?

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47. Which is farthest south, Springfield, Illinois; Indianapolis, Indiana; or Cincinnati, Ohio?

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48. Houlton (sounds like Colt-un) International Airport is near the Canadian Border in what US State?

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49. You might know that Oklahoma shares a border with Texas, Kansas, and even Arkansas, but do you know the THREE other states that share its border? Please, name all three.

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50. Which is farthest south, Portland, Oregon; Buffalo, NY; or Portland, Maine?

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51. Travel west out of Pittsburgh on the Penn Lincoln Highway, hop on US route 22 going west and about 30 miles later you’ll be in what state?

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52. What city lies east off the Ben Franklin Bridge from Philadelphia?

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GEO ANSWERS: 40. Rome; 41. East; 42. Iowa; 43. Botswana; 44. Canada; 45. Lake Superior; 46. Fargo; 47. Cincinnati; 48. Maine; 49. Missouri, New Mexico, and Colorado; 50. Buffalo, NY; 51. West Virginia; 52. Camden, NJ

53. What river flows past Boathouse Row and through the city of Philadelphia as it meets the Delaware River?

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54. Dhaka is the capital and largest city in what Asian nation?

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55. St. Petersburg, Florida lies on what Florida bay?

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56. Which Pennsylvanian city lies farthest south, Allentown, Harrisburg, or Lancaster?

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57. Joshua Tree National Park is in what US State?

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58. What is the capital of Brazil?

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59. In what New York State city is Hartwick College?

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60. Narragansett Bay is a bay and estuary is in what US state?

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61. Channel Islands National Park lies of the coast of what US State?

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62. Wilmington, NC is settled on what scary river?

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63. Aurora, Lakewood, and Westminster are a few of the most populous cities in what US state?

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64. Mark Twain National Forest is in what US State?

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65. Interstate 55, a north-south highway and Interstate 40 an east-west highway have a junction near what US city?

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GEO ANSWERS: 53. The Schuylkill; 54. Bangladesh; 55. Tampa Bay; 56. Lancaster; 57. California; 58. Brasilia; 59. Oneonta; 60. Rhode Island; 61. California; 62. Cape Fear River; 63. Colorado; 64. Missouri; 65. Memphis, Tennessee

66. What is the most populous city in Switzerland?

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67. What island nation’s local ethnic group is known as Malagasy?

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68. Vanua Levu and Viti Levu are the two largest islands of what nation?

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69. Cologne, Germany is on what river?

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70. What is the capital of Morocco?

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71. Which Alabama city is farthest north, Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, or Montgomery?

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72. The city of Boston is on Massachusetts Bay and the basin of what river?

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73. Which is farther north, Eugene, OR; Boise, ID; or Casper, WY?

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74. Eureka, CA is in what county which is widely associated with the cultivation and proliferation of marijuana?

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75. What state forms the northern border of Mississippi?

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76. What Canadian Province forms the eastern land border for the state of Maine?

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77. What is the capital of Belarus?

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78. What is the capital of Chile?

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79. North and South Dakota share borders with what two states?

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GEO ANSWERS: 66. Zurich; 67. Madagascar; 68. Fiji; 69. The Rhine; 70. Rabat; 71. Birmingham;72. The Charles; 73. Eugene; 74. Humboldt County; 75. Tennessee; 76. New Brunswick; 77. Minsk; 78. Santiago; 79. Minnesota and Montana

80. What 3 Canadian Provinces share a border with Montana?

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81. Tobacco Road refers to the tobacco-producing area of, and is often used when referring to sports in, which state?

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82. What nation, 3rd smallest in Europe, is completely surrounded by the nation of Italy?

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83. If you cross east on the Oresund Bridge from Copenhagen, where will you end up?

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84. Calexico, CA lies across the border from what Mexican city?

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85. What country is home to the northernmost point on the African continent?

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86. What is the northernmost city of more than 500,000 residents in the United States?

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87. The highest town with permanent residents above 10,000 ft. in all of U.S. territory is in what state?

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88. Sierra Madre Oriental and Sierra Madre Occidental are mountain ranges in what country?

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89. How many S. American countries don’t touch Brazil? Name them:

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90. Even though Mt. Everest’s summit is the highest point above sea level, the point farthest from the Earth's centre, by one mile more is the summit of Chimborazo, Ecuador. Why?

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91. At 9,436 ft, Maromokotro is the highest peak on what South Western Indian Ocean Island?

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92. Located in the Watkins Range, and at 12,100 ft, where is Gunnbjørn: the highest peak north