The Hardest Quiz Ever

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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bizzwireIt’s an anagram; rearrange the letters of MISCUE to CESIUM, then give the atomic number.

42

#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

43

:smack:

44

I bow to all of your greatness.
I got nothing :smack:

45

#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.

46

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]

47

These two I was pretty sure from seeing these factoids somehere, but verified with some googling

  1. Bill “Bojangles” Robinson

  2. Sonic Hedgehog

48

#21

Ghana?

-or-

#21

Romania?

-or-

no, two is enough

49

#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

50

Bah, a small correction for #21.

Russia should be bolded, not Kaliningrad

51

That is correct.

52

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.

53

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)

54

are there any questions that still need answers? because I won’t bother going to the site if there aren’t

55

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
56

#25

NE FLANDERS ST. This is changed to NED FLANDERS ST as a homage to the legendary Matt Groening.

57

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

58

Question 14:
Okay another partial answer but this time I’ve worked my way up to 20% instead of a measly one seventh.

Bush and Rush are 2 rock bands. OR
Bush and Tush are 2 slang terms for parts of the body.

59

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.

60

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