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Did you ever watch “Who want to be a millionaire?” In the UK version, Chris Tarrant posed questions with four alternative answers, much as we can do with quizzes on Virily. The idea was that the questions got progressively more difficult, with the real challenge being to answer the final one that won the contestant the top prize of one million pounds.
But just how difficult were those final questions? This quiz puts you on the spot with questions for which I claim no originality because I believe them to have been used on the actual quiz. If you get any of these right, then you could have been a millionaire!
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Question of
In which country is the port of Fray Bentos?
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Argentina
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Paraguay
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Uruguay
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Chile
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Question of
What is a clerihew?
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Limestone block
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Covered walkway
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Humorous verse
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Genetic replica
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Question of
Which famous battle was fought on St Crispin’s Day?
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Agincourt
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Waterloo
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Trafalgar
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Balaclava
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Question of
Guru Nanak was the founder of which religion?
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Hinduism
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Islam
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Sikhism
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Buddhism
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Question of
Which of Henry VIII’s wives was the widow of his elder brother Arthur?
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Catherine of Aragon
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Anne of Cleves
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Catherine Howard
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Catherine Parr
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Question of
Which popular garden flower means “water vessel” in Greek?
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Aquilegia
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Hydrangea
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Antirrhinum
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Hibiscus
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Question of
Cheyenne is the capital of which American state?
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Nebraska
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Wyoming
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Kansas
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Utah
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Question of
Edward Whymper was the first man to climb which of these mountains?
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Matterhorn
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K2
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Olympus
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Eiger
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Question of
“The Boys from Syracuse” is a musical based on which Shakespeare play?
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The Comedy of Errors
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As You Like It
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Twelfth Night
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The Tempest
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Question of
Which people are specifically excluded from inheritance and succession under Salic Law?
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Children under 15
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Women
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Divorcees
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Illegitimate children
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Very nice money .!Nice post
Only got 5 correct, no money for me!
Remember that on the show you only got one million pound/dollar question, so if it had been one of the 5 you got right, you would have won!
I got 2 bad score. I couldn’t have been a millionaire?
very nice amazing quiz love money
very nice amazing quiz love money
4/10, so happy I wasn’t on the TV show live, I would have looked like an idiot! Great quiz though 🙂
The answers are always easier when you’re at home! I was once on a national radio quiz, so I know all about brain freeze!
seven out of ten probably doesn’t make me a millionare
You got 8 out of 10 right!
Great
Well done! Just think of all those millions you could have won!
I’ll never be a millionaire 🙁
LOL but fun quiz
got 3 out of 10 right! / / not a millionaire
Got 4 out of 10 right! This is a good quiz
Great quiz idea! I got 5/10 so maybe I could have been a half-millionaire 🙂 I cannot believe I got Paraguay and Uruguay mixed up in #1 – the former being landlocked!!
The questions I selected for this quiz were all – bar one – ones that I would have got right, which made me wonder if these supposedly difficult “million pound” questions were really so challenging. The one that would have tripped me up was the same one that you mention, but my choice would have been Argentina, given the connection between Fray Bentos, corned beef and the Argentine meat industry – the Uruguay answer surprised me, but I have checked it and it is perfectly OK!
Four of Ten for me. Not so good. Good quiz though.