2,100+ Trivia Questions and Answers
Last updated: July 2026 · Every answer fact-checked
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10 Good Trivia Questions to Start With
The crowd-pleasers. If you only need ten questions that always land, take these.
1 Question: What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Jupiter
2 Question: What is the capital of Australia?
Answer: Canberra (not Sydney — a classic trick)
3 Question: Which movie features the line "You're gonna need a bigger boat"?
Answer: Jaws
4 Question: What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Answer: Au
5 Question: Which band recorded the 1969 album 'Abbey Road'?
Answer: The Beatles
6 Question: In what year did World War II end?
Answer: 1945
7 Question: How many months of the year have 28 days?
Answer: All 12 of them
8 Question: How many players from one team are on a soccer field at kickoff?
Answer: Eleven
9 Question: What spirit is the main ingredient in a mojito?
Answer: Rum
10 Question: What does the "www" in a web address stand for?
Answer: World Wide Web
General Knowledge Trivia Questions
See allThe classic pub-quiz core: a little of everything, easy to medium.
1 Question: How many letters are in the English alphabet?
Answer: 26
2 Question: What is the capital of Italy?
Answer: Rome
3 Question: How many seconds are in a minute?
Answer: 60
4 Question: What is the currency of Japan?
Answer: Yen
5 Question: What is the tallest animal in the world?
Answer: Giraffe
6 Question: Who wrote 'Romeo and Juliet'?
Answer: William Shakespeare
7 Question: What is the capital of Germany?
Answer: Berlin
8 Question: What is the name of the only city that spans two continents?
Answer: Istanbul
9 Question: In which country is the Taj Mahal located?
Answer: India
10 Question: What is the name of the Greek god of the sea?
Answer: Poseidon
11 Question: How many hours are in a day?
Answer: 24
12 Question: What language has the most native speakers?
Answer: Mandarin Chinese
13 Question: What is the square root of 144?
Answer: 12
14 Question: Who painted 'The Starry Night'?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh
15 Question: What is the chemical symbol for iron?
Answer: Fe
16 Question: How many wives did Henry VIII have?
Answer: Six
17 Question: What is the name of the ship Charles Darwin sailed on?
Answer: HMS Beagle
18 Question: What is the name of the largest continent?
Answer: Asia
19 Question: What year did Neil Armstrong land on the moon?
Answer: 1969
20 Question: What is the name of the longest wall ever built?
Answer: Great Wall of China
21 Question: What is the capital of Canada?
Answer: Ottawa
22 Question: What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Mercury
23 Question: In what city were the 2016 Summer Olympics held?
Answer: Rio de Janeiro
24 Question: What is the most widely spoken language in the world?
Answer: English
25 Question: What is the name of the fairy tale with glass slippers?
Answer: Cinderella
26 Question: What number is represented by the Roman numeral X?
Answer: 10
27 Question: How many sides does an octagon have?
Answer: Eight
28 Question: What country is home to the Great Barrier Reef?
Answer: Australia
29 Question: What is the capital of Brazil?
Answer: Brasília
30 Question: Who is the author of the Harry Potter series?
Answer: J.K. Rowling
31 Question: What is the fastest bird in the world?
Answer: Peregrine falcon
32 Question: How many colors are in a rainbow?
Answer: Seven
33 Question: What is the capital of Russia?
Answer: Moscow
34 Question: What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
Answer: 1776
35 Question: What is the largest mammal on Earth?
Answer: Blue whale
36 Question: Who invented the telephone?
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
37 Question: What is the name of the largest rainforest in the world?
Answer: Amazon Rainforest
38 Question: What planet is closest to Earth?
Answer: Venus
39 Question: How many cents make a dollar?
Answer: 100
40 Question: What is the name of the world's largest ocean?
Answer: Pacific Ocean
41 Question: Who was the first US President?
Answer: George Washington
42 Question: What is the name of the Greek goddess of wisdom?
Answer: Athena
43 Question: What country invented the sport of basketball?
Answer: United States
44 Question: What is the world's longest river?
Answer: The Nile
45 Question: What is the name of the world's smallest ocean?
Answer: Arctic Ocean
46 Question: What is the name of the scientist who proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system?
Answer: Nicolaus Copernicus
47 Question: How many players are on a rugby union team?
Answer: 15
48 Question: What country borders the most other countries?
Answer: China (tied with Russia at 14)
49 Question: What US state is known as the 'Sunshine State'?
Answer: Florida
50 Question: What is the collective noun for a group of crows?
Answer: A murder
That's 50 quiz questions down — 2,050+ to go.
Movie Trivia Questions
See allQuotes, Oscars, and blockbusters. Want more? See all movie trivia questions →
1 Question: In 'The Wizard of Oz,' what are Dorothy's slippers made of in the original book?
Answer: Silver
2 Question: Who directed 'The Godfather'?
Answer: Francis Ford Coppola
3 Question: What year was 'The Godfather' released?
Answer: 1972
4 Question: Who plays Vito Corleone in 'The Godfather'?
Answer: Marlon Brando
5 Question: Who directed 'Goodfellas'?
Answer: Martin Scorsese
6 Question: What 1968 Kubrick film features the AI villain HAL 9000?
Answer: 2001: A Space Odyssey
7 Question: Who directed 'Casablanca'?
Answer: Michael Curtiz
8 Question: What actress played Scarlett O'Hara in 'Gone with the Wind'?
Answer: Vivien Leigh
9 Question: What 1980 film features a haunted hotel called the Overlook?
Answer: The Shining
10 Question: Who directed 'The Shining'?
Answer: Stanley Kubrick
11 Question: Who played Atticus Finch in the original 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
Answer: Gregory Peck
12 Question: What was the first feature-length film ever made?
Answer: The Story of the Kelly Gang
13 Question: Who plays Tony Montana in 'Scarface'?
Answer: Al Pacino
14 Question: Who directed 'Jurassic Park'?
Answer: Steven Spielberg
15 Question: Who played Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Answer: Robert Downey Jr.
Sports Trivia Questions
See allRecords and legends — no current-roster questions that expire next season.
1 Question: How many players are on a basketball team on the court?
Answer: Five
2 Question: How many points is a touchdown worth in American football?
Answer: 6
3 Question: In which sport would you perform a slam dunk?
Answer: Basketball
4 Question: How many points is a field goal worth in American football?
Answer: 3
5 Question: In American football, how many points is a safety worth?
Answer: 2
6 Question: What is the name of the championship game in the NFL?
Answer: Super Bowl
7 Question: What is the standard height of a basketball hoop?
Answer: 10 feet
8 Question: In what year did Michael Jordan win his sixth NBA championship?
Answer: 1998
9 Question: Who holds the record for most career receiving yards in NFL history?
Answer: Jerry Rice
10 Question: Who is the all-time leading scorer in NBA history?
Answer: LeBron James
11 Question: What two teams are tied for the most Super Bowl wins?
Answer: The Patriots and the Steelers (six each)
12 Question: What team was LeBron James on when he won his first NBA championship?
Answer: Miami Heat
13 Question: In what city was the first Super Bowl played?
Answer: Los Angeles
14 Question: What is the name of the trophy given to the winner of the NBA Finals MVP?
Answer: Bill Russell Trophy
15 Question: What NBA player was nicknamed 'The Mailman'?
Answer: Karl Malone
Music Trivia Questions
See allFrom Elvis to BTS. Full music round →
1 Question: What band was Freddie Mercury the lead singer of?
Answer: Queen
2 Question: Who is known as the 'King of Rock and Roll'?
Answer: Elvis Presley
3 Question: Who sang 'Rolling in the Deep'?
Answer: Adele
4 Question: What year were the Beatles formed?
Answer: 1960
5 Question: Who sang 'Shape of You'?
Answer: Ed Sheeran
6 Question: What band sang 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'?
Answer: Nirvana
7 Question: Who is the lead singer of U2?
Answer: Bono
8 Question: What ABBA song won Eurovision in 1974?
Answer: Waterloo
9 Question: How many members are in BTS?
Answer: Seven
10 Question: What instrument does Elton John primarily play?
Answer: Piano
11 Question: Who is known as the 'Queen of Pop'?
Answer: Madonna
12 Question: What does 'MTV' stand for?
Answer: Music Television
13 Question: Who sang 'Like a Rolling Stone'?
Answer: Bob Dylan
14 Question: What does 'LP' stand for in music?
Answer: Long Play
15 Question: Who sang 'Lose Yourself'?
Answer: Eminem
The top 100 trivia questions, complete. Keep going for 2,000+ more.
History Trivia Questions
See allDates with anchors — every question gives you an era to reason from.
1 Question: Who was the last Pharaoh of ancient Egypt?
Answer: Cleopatra VII
2 Question: Who was the first Roman Emperor?
Answer: Augustus
3 Question: What ancient civilization built the pyramids at Giza?
Answer: Ancient Egyptians
4 Question: In which year was Julius Caesar assassinated?
Answer: 44 BC
5 Question: Who was the first Emperor of China?
Answer: Qin Shi Huang
6 Question: What ancient wonder stood at the harbor entrance of Rhodes?
Answer: Colossus of Rhodes
7 Question: Who was the Roman general who crossed the Rubicon in 49 BC?
Answer: Julius Caesar
8 Question: What empire was ruled by Genghis Khan?
Answer: Mongol Empire
9 Question: What ancient city was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD?
Answer: Pompeii
10 Question: What civilization built the Colosseum in Rome?
Answer: Romans
11 Question: Who was the first President of the United States?
Answer: George Washington
12 Question: Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
13 Question: In what year did the American Civil War begin?
Answer: 1861
14 Question: Who was the first woman to serve as US Secretary of State?
Answer: Madeleine Albright
15 Question: Who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States?
Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.
Science Trivia Questions
See allSpace, the human body, and a few answers that sound wrong but aren't.
1 Question: What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Answer: Au
2 Question: How many bones are in the adult human body?
Answer: 206
3 Question: What planet is known as the Red Planet?
Answer: Mars
4 Question: What is the powerhouse of the cell?
Answer: Mitochondria
5 Question: What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere during photosynthesis?
Answer: Carbon dioxide
6 Question: What is the boiling point of water in Celsius?
Answer: 100°C
7 Question: Who developed the theory of general relativity?
Answer: Albert Einstein
8 Question: What is the most abundant element in the universe?
Answer: Hydrogen
9 Question: How many elements are on the periodic table?
Answer: 118
10 Question: What is the smallest unit of an element that retains its chemical properties?
Answer: Atom
11 Question: What organ produces insulin?
Answer: Pancreas
12 Question: What is the chemical formula for table salt?
Answer: NaCl
13 Question: What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere?
Answer: Nitrogen
14 Question: What is the study of earthquakes called?
Answer: Seismology
15 Question: What color is chlorophyll?
Answer: Green
Geography Trivia Questions
See allWarning: contains capital-city trick questions.
1 Question: What is the largest country by land area?
Answer: Russia
2 Question: What is the capital of Australia?
Answer: Canberra
3 Question: What is the tallest mountain in Africa?
Answer: Mount Kilimanjaro
4 Question: What is the largest ocean by area?
Answer: Pacific Ocean
5 Question: How many countries are in Africa?
Answer: 54
6 Question: What is the capital of Canada?
Answer: Ottawa
7 Question: What is the world's largest rainforest?
Answer: Amazon Rainforest
8 Question: What country has the longest coastline?
Answer: Canada
9 Question: What two continents are separated by the Ural Mountains?
Answer: Europe and Asia
10 Question: What country is home to the Great Barrier Reef?
Answer: Australia
11 Question: What is the name of the sea between Europe and North Africa?
Answer: Mediterranean Sea
12 Question: What is the highest point in North America?
Answer: Denali
13 Question: What is the capital of Brazil?
Answer: Brasília
14 Question: What ocean lies between Africa and Australia?
Answer: Indian Ocean
15 Question: What is the name of the narrow land strip connecting North and South America?
Answer: Isthmus of Panama
Pop Culture Trivia Questions
See allMemes, moments, and finales everyone watched.
1 Question: MTV launched in 1981 with a pointedly chosen first music video. Name it.
Answer: 'Video Killed the Radio Star' by The Buggles
2 Question: The first YouTube video, uploaded April 2005, was 19 seconds of a co-founder where?
Answer: At the zoo ('Me at the zoo')
3 Question: What artist holds the record for most Grammy wins ever (32)?
Answer: Beyoncé
4 Question: Which sitcom's 2004 finale drew over 50 million US viewers — the biggest of the 2000s?
Answer: Friends
5 Question: Which 1994 song returns to the Billboard #1 spot every December?
Answer: 'All I Want for Christmas Is You'
6 Question: Before streaming, Netflix's original 1998 business mailed what to subscribers?
Answer: DVDs (red envelopes)
7 Question: What 1969 festival's poster promised '3 Days of Peace & Music'?
Answer: Woodstock
8 Question: The 'moonwalk' was popularized by Michael Jackson performing what song at Motown 25 (1983)?
Answer: 'Billie Jean'
9 Question: Which movie's 1997 release made 'I'm the king of the world!' a catchphrase — and its theme a karaoke staple?
Answer: Titanic
10 Question: The hashtag was first proposed for grouping topics on which platform, in 2007?
Answer: Twitter
11 Question: What Korean-language Netflix series about deadly children's games became the platform's most-watched show in 2021?
Answer: Squid Game
12 Question: What 2023 film's marketing turned the world pink and spawned the portmanteau 'Barbenheimer'?
Answer: Barbie
13 Question: Adele's albums are named after what?
Answer: Her age when writing them (19, 21, 25, 30)
14 Question: What Swedish quartet's 1974 Eurovision win with 'Waterloo' launched a career that later became a jukebox musical and two movies?
Answer: ABBA ('Mamma Mia!')
15 Question: Which reality family's E! show ran 20 seasons starting in 2007, launching several billion-dollar brands?
Answer: The Kardashians ('Keeping Up with the Kardashians')
Food & Drink Trivia Questions
See allBest served during the appetizer round.
1 Question: What country does sushi originate from?
Answer: Japan
2 Question: What is the main ingredient in guacamole?
Answer: Avocado
3 Question: What is the world's most expensive spice by weight?
Answer: Saffron
4 Question: Where did pizza originate?
Answer: Naples, Italy
5 Question: What vitamin is most abundant in oranges?
Answer: Vitamin C
6 Question: What is the primary grain used to make beer?
Answer: Barley
7 Question: What profession is a sommelier?
Answer: Wine expert
8 Question: What is the main ingredient in hummus?
Answer: Chickpeas
9 Question: What country produces the most coffee in the world?
Answer: Brazil
10 Question: What is the Japanese fermented soybean paste called?
Answer: Miso
11 Question: What fruit is used to make traditional wine?
Answer: Grapes
12 Question: What is an espresso drink with steamed milk called?
Answer: Latte
13 Question: What is the spiciest part of a chili pepper?
Answer: Seeds and white pith
14 Question: What hard Italian cheese is often grated over pasta?
Answer: Parmesan
15 Question: What is sake?
Answer: Japanese rice wine
Funny Trivia Questions
See allWeird-but-true facts that get the table talking. Full list →
1 Question: How many hearts does an octopus have?
Answer: Three
2 Question: Flamingos aren't born pink. What in their diet turns them pink?
Answer: Shrimp and algae (carotenoid pigments)
3 Question: Archaeologists have found 3,000-year-old pots of what food in Egyptian tombs — still perfectly edible?
Answer: Honey
4 Question: The Eiffel Tower gets about 6 inches taller every summer. Why?
Answer: Heat expands the iron
5 Question: What Australian marsupial produces cube-shaped poop?
Answer: The wombat
6 Question: Botanically, which of these is the odd one out: banana, strawberry, watermelon?
Answer: Strawberry (not a true berry — bananas and watermelons are)
7 Question: What's the only US state you can type entirely on one row of a QWERTY keyboard?
Answer: Alaska
8 Question: What animal sleeps up to 22 hours a day and eats almost nothing but eucalyptus?
Answer: The koala
9 Question: A jiffy is a real unit of time in physics. Is it shorter or longer than a second?
Answer: Shorter (a light-based instant)
10 Question: What fruit was once so prized in Europe that people RENTED one for parties just to show off?
Answer: The pineapple
11 Question: Bubble wrap was originally invented in 1957 to be sold as what household product?
Answer: Wallpaper
12 Question: What planet rains diamonds, according to scientists — Neptune, Mars, or Mercury?
Answer: Neptune (Uranus too)
13 Question: The unicorn is the official national animal of which country?
Answer: Scotland
14 Question: How long did the shortest war in history last — between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896?
Answer: About 38–45 minutes
15 Question: What common condiment was sold in the 1830s as a medicine?
Answer: Ketchup (tomato pills)
Hard Trivia Questions
See allFor the table that's been running it up all night. Full hard round →
1 Question: What is the only country in the world with a non-rectangular flag?
Answer: Nepal
2 Question: In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
Answer: 1989
3 Question: What element has the atomic number 79?
Answer: Gold
4 Question: Who painted 'The School of Athens'?
Answer: Raphael
5 Question: What is the longest bone in the human body?
Answer: Femur
6 Question: What country has the most natural lakes?
Answer: Canada
7 Question: What is the capital of Kazakhstan?
Answer: Astana
8 Question: In what year did the first iPhone launch?
Answer: 2007
9 Question: What is the name of the deepest lake in the world?
Answer: Lake Baikal
10 Question: What is the collective noun for a group of flamingos?
Answer: A flamboyance
Adults Only Trivia Questions and Answers
Five samples from our after-dark round — the rest live on the trivia questions for adults page.
1 Question: What year was the original iPhone released?
Answer: 2007
2 Question: What band sang 'Bohemian Rhapsody'?
Answer: Queen
3 Question: How many US states border Mexico?
Answer: Four
4 Question: What is the highest-grossing film franchise of all time?
Answer: Marvel Cinematic Universe
5 Question: In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
Answer: 1989
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