Hard Knowledge Quiz

Hard Knowledge Quiz

Question 1 of 10

Abbreviated as Hg, what element was called hydrargyrum, meaning "liquid silver"?

Question 2 of 10

Counting these up, there are nine of them in the Beatles' She Loves You, and three of them in Karen O's band, sometimes four. What?

Question 3 of 10

Which of these places in Europe would you visit if you wanted to go for a holiday at the seaside?

Question 4 of 10

Why is French the national language of Africa's Ivory Coast?

Question 5 of 10

Which country invented fireworks?

Question 6 of 10

What is the gold rush called that started in Yukon, Canada on 16 August 1896?

Question 7 of 10

Who seemed to have lifted the melody and many of the lyrics from Gordon Jenkins's 1953 song Crescent City Blues for Folsom Prison Blues?

Question 8 of 10

The essential subject of military history study are the causes of what?

Question 9 of 10

What East Asian nation is the world's second-largest landlocked country after Kazakhstan?

Question 10 of 10

A #1 smudges and is used in bowling. A #2 is demanded in tests. And a #3 is used in drafting. What is it?