Hard Trivia Questions — 10 Free Questions & Answers

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Quick Answer Hard trivia questions cover expert-level questions that will challenge even trivia masters. Below you'll find 10 free hard trivia questions with answers — perfect for testing your knowledge or sampling questions before hosting a trivia night.
1. What is the only U.S. state that borders only one other state?
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**Maine.** It borders only New Hampshire; the rest of its borders are coastline and Canada.

2. What is the longest word in the English language with no repeated letters?
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**Uncopyrightable.** It has 15 unique letters.

3. What is the smallest country in Africa by land area?
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**Seychelles.** It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean with just 452 square kilometers.

4. Who was the only U.S. president to serve more than two terms?
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**Franklin D. Roosevelt.** He was elected four times and served from 1933 until his death in 1945.

5. What is the only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise?
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**Venus.** It rotates in the opposite direction of most planets, a phenomenon called retrograde rotation.

6. What was the first product to have a barcode?
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**Wrigley's chewing gum.** It was scanned in 1974 in Ohio.

7. What is the deepest point in the Earth's oceans?
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**The Challenger Deep.** Located in the Mariana Trench, it reaches approximately 36,000 feet (10,973 meters) deep.

8. What language has the most words?
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**English.** It is estimated to have over 1 million words, though this depends on how you count technical and regional terms.

9. Who was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes?
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**Marie Curie.** She won in Physics in 1903 and in Chemistry in 1911.

10. What is the only letter that does not appear on the periodic table?
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**J.** Every other letter appears in at least one element's symbol.

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