Obscure quiz question answers to remember

Ever since the modern idea of a quiz became a thing they have been incredibly popular with people all around the world, giving everybody a chance to flex their brain muscles against each other. Buzzfeed quizzes, Harry Potter quizzes, general knowledge quizzes, logo quizzes – you name it, there’s a quiz for it!

Indeed, nothing really shows how popular quizzes are these days as much as the typically British world of pub quizzes, things that we have all entered at least once. You may have seen our article on how to win a pub quiz [how to win a pub quiz], and as we’re nice people over at Winzum we thought we would list some obscure quiz question answers to remember, just in case you ever need a helping hand!

What animal makes pink milk?

Imagine opening the fridge to find that the milk you had bought was pink! It doesn’t happen because we only tend to drink cows or goats milk, but this is an obscure quiz question that you might just encounter in a pub quiz or general knowledge quiz at some point.

The answer? The humble hippopotamus. That’s right, due to the presence of “Hipposudoric acid” and “Norhipposoduric acid” hippos’ milk is in fact pink!

Which countries national animal is a unicorn?

Okay, technically a unicorn isn’t a real animal, as far as we know anyway… That hasn’t stopped one country adopting it as their national animal, and this is a quiz question that is bound to come up in a particularly difficult geography quiz.

Because of the Celtic mythology of ye olden days, Scotland still holds the unicorn to be its national animal, a symbol of purity and innocence that has also been associated with dominance and chivalry. How’s that for an obscure quiz question answer?

What food commonly thought of as a vegetable is actually a berry?

There are plenty of these; for instance a banana isn’t actually a fruit, but technically a herb. Regardless, at Winzum the most surprising instance of a fruit or vegetable not being what it seems is in regard to the aubergine (or eggplant as the Americans like to call it).

Oh yes, the aubergine amazingly is actually a berry due to the fact that it has seeds on the inside protected by an outer layer. Even more amazingly this means that strawberries, raspberries and blackberries conversely aren’t even berries either! What is going on!? Remember that next time you are taking part in a obscure general knowledge quiz…

What was the least interesting day in history?

Sure, this is a rather subjective quiz question to encounter, however due to some important (not really) statistical research by a group of historians there is actually an answer.

The least interesting day in history was April 11, 1954, where only two things of note happened. A footballer called Jack Shufflebotham unfortunately died, and a Turkish academic called Abdullah Atalar was born. Perhaps one to remember for an obscure history quiz?

What is the longest place name in the world?

Geography quiz questions can come in all shapes and sizes, with people often being drawn to the quiz question: what is the longest place name in the world? This can be a bit of a trick question too, because most people will immediately go for Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

If the quiz question was what was the longest place name in the UK this would have been the correct answer, however the longest place name in the entire world is actually Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. Try saying that in a hurry…