These Are 25 Of The Hardest $1,000,000 Questions In “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” History. Can You Get ONE Right?

These Are 25 Of The Hardest $1,000,000 Questions In “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” History. Can You Get ONE Right?

1. What letter must appear at the beginning of the registration number of all non-military aircraft in the U.S.?

A. N

B. A

C. U

D. L

Answer: A. N

2. The U.S. icon “Uncle Sam” was based on Samuel Wilson, who worked during the War of 1812 as a what?

A. Meat inspector

B. Mail deliverer

C. Historian

D. Weapons mechanic

Answer: A. Meat inspector

3. Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in his classic painting “American Gothic”?

A. Traveling salesman

B. Local sheriff

C. His dentist

D. His butcher

Answer: C. His dentist

4. Which of the following landlocked countries is entirely contained within another country?

A. Lesotho

B. Burkina Faso

C. Mongolia

D. Luxembourg

Answer: A. Lesotho

5. In 1718, which pirate died in battle off the coast of what is now North Carolina?

A. Blackbeard

B. Calico Jack

C. Captain Kidd

D. Black Bart

Answer: A. Blackbeard

6. Which insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired the term “computer bug”?

A. Moth

B. Roach

C. Fly

D. Japanese beetle

Answer: A. Moth

7. In 1938, this action cost a man about $10,000 because he removed what from his car?

A. Radio

B. Bumper

C. Hood ornament

D. License plate

Answer: D. License plate

8. In 2002, President George W. Bush awarded the National Medal of Arts to what famous singer?

A. Johnny Cash

B. James Brown

C. Ella Fitzgerald

D. Ray Charles

Answer: A. Johnny Cash

9. What is the only team in the NFL to neither host nor play in the Super Bowl?

A. Cleveland Browns

B. Detroit Lions

C. Jacksonville Jaguars

D. Houston Texans

Answer: A. Cleveland Browns

10. Which of these religious observances lasts for the shortest period of time during the calendar year?

A. Ramadan

B. Diwali

C. Hanukkah

D. Lent

Answer: B. Diwali

11. Which of the following men does not have a chemical element named for him?

A. Albert Einstein

B. Niels Bohr

C. Isaac Newton

D. Enrico Fermi

Answer: C. Isaac Newton

12. What is the minimum number of six-packs one would need to buy in order to put 99 bottles of beer on the wall?

A. 15

B. 17

C. 19

D. 21

Answer: C. 17

13. Which of the following ships was not one of the three taken over by colonists during the Boston Tea Party?

A. Eleanor

B. Dartmouth

C. Beaver

D. William

Answer: D. William

14. Who is credited with inventing the first mass-produced helicopter?

A. Igor Sikorsky

B. Elmer Sperry

C. Ferdinand von Zeppelin

D. Gottlieb Daimler

Answer: A. Igor Sikorsky

15. The U.S. architect who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is?

A. Michael Graves

B. Maya Lin

C. Philip Johnson

D. I.M. Pei

Answer: B. Maya Lin

16. Which of the following is not a monotheistic religion?

A. Christianity

B. Islam

C. Hinduism

D. Judaism

Answer: C. Hinduism

17. Which of these U.S. Presidents appeared on the television series “Laugh-In”?

A. Lyndon Johnson

B. Richard Nixon

C. Jimmy Carter

D. Gerald Ford

Answer: B. Richard Nixon

18. Which of these literary works was published first?

A. The Scarlet Letter

B. Moby-Dick

C. A Tale of Two Cities

D. War and Peace

Answer: A. The Scarlet Letter

19. Who is depicted on the U.S. $100,000 bill?

A. Woodrow Wilson

B. Grover Cleveland

C. Benjamin Franklin

D. James Madison

Answer: A. Woodrow Wilson

20. In the children’s book series, where is Paddington Bear originally from?

A. India

B. Peru

C. Canada

D. Iceland

Answer: B. Peru

21. What was the first nation in the world to grant women the right to vote?

A. Canada

B. Germany