# The Hardest Quiz Ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 6, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772 "2006-01-06T18:41:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772/41 "2006-01-07T16:13:53Z")
**bizzwire** It’s an anagram; rearrange the letters of MISCUE to CESIUM, then give the atomic number. ---
**Author:** ![johncole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@johncole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johncole)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772/42 "2006-01-07T16:30:38Z")
#3 In 1787 the Continental Congress issued the first national coin, the copper “fugio.” Stamped with 13 linked rings and the motto “We Are One,” it symbolized the united colonies. [here](http://www.grasshoppernet.com/walrafen/gmm60.html) ---
**Author:** ![bizzwire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@bizzwire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizzwire)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772/43 "2006-01-07T17:00:50Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > **bizzwire** It’s an anagram; rearrange the letters of MISCUE to CESIUM, then give the atomic number. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772/44 "2006-01-07T17:18:21Z")
I bow to all of your greatness. I got nothing :smack: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772/45 "2006-01-07T17:23:04Z")
#47 is: B. Mars Attacks! Why? Vowel patterns. E.D. has six Es; Green Berets has five; Sarah M. has 4 As, Mars A. has 3 As. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772/46 "2006-01-07T18:09:01Z")
The Scrivener 47. [SPOILER]B. Mars Attacks! Why? Vowel patterns. E.D. has six Es; Green Berets has five; Sarah M. has 4 As, Mars A. has 3 As. Note: the reason’s actually a little simpler. The first is all Es the second pair is all As.[/SPOILER] ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772/47 "2006-01-07T19:01:41Z")
These two I was pretty sure from seeing these factoids somehere, but verified with some googling 1. Bill “Bojangles” Robinson 2. Sonic Hedgehog ---
**Author:** ![johncole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@johncole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johncole)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772/48 "2006-01-07T19:26:07Z")
#21 Ghana? -or- #21 Romania? -or- no, two is enough ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772/49 "2006-01-07T20:25:59Z")
#21 How about **Kaliningrad**? It is part of Russia, but it is a small exclave more than 300km away from any other part of Russia ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772/50 "2006-01-07T20:28:21Z")
Bah, a small correction for #21. **Russia** should be bolded, not Kaliningrad ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772/51 "2006-01-07T20:31:53Z")
> [@Mbossa](#): > > Bah, a small correction for #21. > > **Russia** should be bolded, not Kaliningrad That is correct. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772/52 "2006-01-07T20:33:39Z")
> [@Gilligan](#): > > These two I was pretty sure from seeing these factoids somehere, but verified with some googling > > 1. > > Bill “Bojangles” Robinson > > 2. > > Sonic Hedgehog These are both correct. I’ll post the summary of correct answers again later today without the spoiler tags, now that we’re on to the second page. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772/53 "2006-01-07T20:37:34Z")
Well you did ask for tricky questions… How many appearances does Peter Jackson make in his Lord of the Rings trilogy (Extended Edition)? 4 And if you want details… Fellowship: Drunk staggering in the streets of Bree Towers: Throwing a spear from battlements of Helm’s Deep Return: Pirate captain shot by Legolas…but also Sam’s hand holding Sting when facing Shelob! (Sean Astin was not available) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772/54 "2006-01-07T20:38:46Z")
are there any questions that still need answers? because I won’t bother going to the site if there aren’t ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772/55 "2006-01-08T05:55:31Z")
Unless I’ve missed something, we still need correct solutions to numbers 15, 19, 24, 25, 27, 42 & 45. Very well done thus far! Answers to correctly answered questions thus far: 1. **Draelin** A: Anne Rice Anyone mind explaining that one to me? 2. **Draelin** A: The new words are sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. 3. **Light strand** A: Mind your business 4. **Bricker** A:Hop on Pop 5. **Bricker** A:60 faces. 6. **Rico** A: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. 7. **Amaranta** A: Monty Python. Judges would also accept Terry Gilliam 8. **Gigi** A:Skim Milk 9. **Bricker** A: Jackie Robinson 10. **Crandolph** A: Canada, because all the listed countries have red and white flags. 11. **Alma** A: Gilligan’s Island 12. **Draelin** A: Jerry Garcia 13. **Gilligan** A: Bill “Bojangles” Robinson 14. **Gigi** A: Taft becomes Raft - Well known Georges 15. ??? 16. **Bricker** A:Ellen DeGeneres / Vance 17. **Bricker** A: William Gladstone 18. **Bricker** A: Sharp 19. ??? 20. **Bricker** A: 25 21. **Mbossa** A: Russia, because of the enclave of Kalingrad. 22. **Bricker** A: Theremin 23. **Kellner** A: Hedy Lamarr 24. ??? 25. ??? 26. **Bricker** A: Romeo (Others are moons of Uranus) 27. ??? 28. **Bricker** A: The Hollies: Bus Stop and Stop, Stop, Stop 29. **Bricker** A: Cincinnati Reds (Became Redlegs) 30. **Robot Arm** A: The ace. The other cards are in alphabetical order; “eight”, “five”, “four”, etc. 31. **Bricker** A: W = Hee Haw A = Quantum Leap S = Alias T = That 70s Show E = American Idol L = The Man from U.N.C.L.E. A = Futurama N = Friends D = NYPD Blue 32. **MBossa** A: Harp. These all appear on the respective countries’ €1.00 coin 33. **Bricker** A: Wally Cox 34. **Bricker** A: Sissy Spacek 35. **Gilligan** A: Sonic the Hedgehog 36. **Bricker** A: Peter Weir 37. **Gigi** A: 55–atomic number of cesium (neon=10, argon=18…) 38. **Kellner** A: (with caveats) Acceptable answers were Rome or Vatican City. The idea was to recognize St Peter’s Basilica and St. Peter’s Square. 39. **Kellner** A: Nestlé 40. **Bricker** A: Pennsylvannia - Monopoly state property names in their order on the board 41. ??? 42. **Gigi** A: d.shout anagrams of directions 43. **Bricker** A: a - Pierce (Maiden names of First ladies) 44. ??? 45. **Bricker** A: c - height (Spoonerism: tall is to short as heavy is to light) 46. **The Scrivener** A: B. Mars Attacks! The first pair has only Es for vowels, the second pair has all As. 47. **Gigi** A: d.song douleur french for pain, pain french for bread; gelogen Dutch for lied, lied Dutch for song. Note: the second part, as given in the answer, is the German. I’ve no doubt it works in Dutch or is close enough. 48. **Robot Arm** A: Change each letter in the first word to the following letter in the alphabet yields the second word 49. **Robot Arm** A: ABCFGHIKLP ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772/56 "2006-01-08T06:21:23Z")
#25 **NE FLANDERS ST.** This is changed to NED FLANDERS ST as a homage to the legendary Matt Groening. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772/57 "2006-01-08T07:46:41Z")
I found one seventh of an answer. Question 15 requires matching seven celebrities to seven other celebrities. I found one match. 2) Kid Rock + ‘Y’ = G) Dick York ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772/58 "2006-01-08T08:01:40Z")
Question 14: Okay another partial answer but this time I’ve worked my way up to 20% instead of a measly one seventh. **B** ush and **R** ush are 2 rock bands. OR **B** ush and **T** ush are 2 slang terms for parts of the body. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772/59 "2006-01-09T02:53:28Z")
**Mbossa** ’s answer to number #25 is correct! **Wolf\_Meister** , look at the list of already correctly answered questions to see the answer for #14. For #15, look at **Bricker** ’s answers. All of his were correct, but he’s missing one on that list. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772/60 "2006-01-09T03:33:35Z")
19 (and this is a guess) the words have at least one letter that is either silent or pronounced other that its norm. So #4 Whisk is the one that fits [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hardest-quiz-ever/338772.md?page=4)