300 Of The Best Trivia Questions

Question: Who did the voice for Simba in the original Lion King?
Answer: Jonathan Taylor Thomas (Matthew Broderick for the adult Simba)
Question: What is the name of the reality tv show in which teams of two race around the world completing various competitions along the way?
Answer: The Amazing Race
Question: What is the name of the bear in The Jungle Book?
Answer: Baloo
Question: Which Italian city is famous for its leaning tower?
Answer: Pisa
Question: What food do Giant Pandas normally eat?
Answer: Bamboo
Question: What is the name of the laws that instituted segregation in the United States?
Answer: Jim Crow Laws
Question: Who was the first woman Supreme Court Justice?
Answer: Sandra Day O’Connor
Question: How many states start with the letter M?
Answer: 8. Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana
Question: Where does the tennis tournament Wimbledon take place?
Answer: London, England
Question: Name two of Benjamin Franklin’s most famous inventions.
Answer: Lightning rod, bifocals, swim fins, Franklin stove, urinary catheter, armonica, street lamps, odometer

Question: In which galaxy is the earth located?
Answer: The Milky Way
Question: Which ocean is the largest?
Answer: Pacific
Question: What is the name of the first American manufactured car?
Answer: Ford Model T
Question: What are the main two ingredients in a quiche?
Answer: Eggs and Cheese
Question: The United States is considered the largest agricultural producer of which crop?
Answer: Corn
Question: Which medicine was discovered by accidental mold growth?
Answer: Penicillin
Question: What is the most popular pet in the world?
Answer: Dog
Question: Who is known as the greatest writer in English history?
Answer: William Shakespeare
Question: Which composer was completely deaf by the age of 44?
Answer: Beethoven
Question: In what year was the first landing on the moon?
Answer: 1969

Question: What is the pH of pure water?
Answer: 7
Question: What religion celebrates Hanukkah?
Answer: Jewish
Question: When was the game Monopoly invented?
Answer: 1904
Question: Which film has received the most awards and nominations combined?
Answer: Titanic
Question: How many keys are on a standard piano?
Answer: 88
Question: In what sport are stumps and bails used?
Answer: Cricket
Question: What is a hat trick in soccer?
Answer: One player scores 3 goals in a game
Question: What does the musical term “forté” mean?
Answer: Loud
Question: What are the two most frequently used clefs in music?
Answer: Treble clef and Bass clef
Question: Name one of the five International Ballroom dances.
Answer: Waltz, Foxtrot, Quickstep, Tango, Viennese Waltz

Question: In which genre of dance do dancers perform pirouettes?
Answer: All genres
Question: What two ingredients are in a roux?
Answer: Flour and fat (butter, oil, etc.)
Question: How many items are in a baker’s dozen?
Answer: 13
Question: How many months in the year have 30 days?
Answer: 11
Question: How many justices sit on the Supreme Court?
Answer: 9
Question: Who is known for the painting titled “The Starry Night”?
Answer: Vincent Van Gogh
Question: At normal altitude, at what temperature does water boil?
Answer: 212O F or 100O C
Question: How many tablespoons are in 1 cup?
Answer: 16
Question: Which European country uses the pound as their form of currency?
Answer: United Kingdom
Question: Who sang the hit song “Shake It Off”?
Answer: Taylor Swift

Question: Who wrote the poem “The Tell-Tale Heart” in 1843?
Answer: Edgar Allen Poe
Question: When was the microwave invented?
Answer: 1946
Question: In what year was Facebook introduced to the public?
Answer: 2006
Question: Who painted the famous Mona Lisa?
Answer: Leonardo Da Vinci
Question: During a standard American football game, how many players are on the field?
Answer: 22
Question: What was Steve Jobs best known for?
Answer: Founder of Apple
Question: Name the three branches of the United States government.
Answer: Executive, Legislative, Judicial
Question: How many states are in the United States?
Answer: 50, Puerto Rico is not considered a state.
Question: What Star Wars creatures live on the forest moon of Endor?
Answer: Ewoks
Question: Name two of the four U.S. presidents who were killed while in office
Answer: Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, James Answer: Garfield, William McKinley

Question: Who was the first character to speak in Star Wars?
Answer: C-3PO
Question: In the movie “A Christmas Story” what gift does Ralphie desperately want to receive?
Answer: Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB Gun
Question: What does Hermione (In Harry Potter: The Sorcerer’s Stone) turn into after drinking a transfiguration potion?
Answer: Cat
Question: Who is called the King of Pop?
Answer: Michael Jackson
Question: Who is the author of James and the Giant Peach?
Answer: Roald Dahl
Question: How is the age of a tree identified?
Answer: By the number of rings inside the trunk
Question: How would you describe the color amaranth?
Answer: Rose-red
Question: In what year was the internet made public?
Answer: 1993
Question: On average, how many babies does a rabbit have in one litter?
Answer: 7. But they can have up to 15(!!)
Question: How is yellow fever transmitted?
Answer: When an infected mosquito bites you

Question: What causes scurvy?
Answer: Vitamin C deficiency
Question: In what year was president Barack Obama elected?
Answer: 2008
Question: In what city is the Eiffel Tower located?
Answer: Paris
Question: Worldwide, how many Disney theme parks are there?
Answer: 11
Question: What is the national summer sport of Canada?
Answer: Lacrosse
Question: What 5 colors are in the Olympic rings?
Answer: Blue, red, green, yellow, black
Question: What is the capital of Delaware?
Answer: Dover
Question: Which planet stays closest to the earth?
Answer: Mercury
Question: What is the pythagorean theorem formula?
Answer: a2+b2=c2
Question: What is an isosceles triangle?
Answer: A triangle with two equal sides and two equal angles

Question: What is the equation for Newton’s second law?
Answer: Force= Mass x Acceleration (F=M*A)
Question: What do you call a plant that lives in just water?
Answer: Hydrophyte
Question: Name the largest freshwater lake in the world.
Answer: Lake Superior
Question: Which bird has the largest wingspan?
Answer: Albatross
Question: In what two continents do elephants naturally live?
Answer: Africa and Asia
Question: What is the largest mammal?
Answer: Blue Whale
Question: On average, how deep is the ocean?
Answer: 2.3 miles deep
Question: How much of the earth’s surface is covered by water?
Answer: 71%
Question: What is the fastest time to solve a Rubik’s cube?
Answer: 4.22 seconds

Question: What is the #1 U.S fast food restaurant?
Answer: McDonalds
Question: How do you make a balloon float in the air?
Answer: Fill it with Helium
Question: What is the black circle in the center of your eye called?
Answer: Pupil
Question: Who’s the most popular TikTok influencer?
Answer: Charli D’Amelio
Question: What popular term describes a girl who wears Scrunchies, Birkenstocks, Crocs, Pura Vida bracelets, and Carmex?
Answer: VSCO girl
Question: What does YOLO mean?
Answer: You Only Live Once
Question: What does the slang term “cap” mean?
Answer: To lie
Question: What do you call the catalog system academic libraries use?
Answer: Dewey Decimal Classification System
Question: What color are zebras stripes when they are first born?
Answer: Brown
Question: From what two families do Romeo and Juliet come from?
Answer: Montague and Capulet
Question: What is a haboob?
Answer: A type of sandstorm

Question: Who were the main two actors in “The Fault in our Stars”?
Answer: Ansel Elgert and Shalene Woodley
Question: What is Spiderman’s given name?
Answer: Peter Parker
Question: Who played as Thor in eight Marvel films?
Answer: Chris Hemsworth
Question: Name a type of cloud.
Answer: Stratus, cirrus, cumulus, nimbus
Question: Who is the longest serving president of the United States?
Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
Question: Which state was thought to be an island by Europeans?
Answer: California
Question: How many noses does a slug have?
Answer: Four
Question: Name a land mammal that can’t jump.
Answer: Elephant, sloth, hippo, rhino
Question: What do you call a group of stars forming an imaginary picture?
Answer: Constellation
Question: What countries made up the original Axis powers in World War II?
Answer: Germany, Italy, and Japan

Question: Where were the first Olympic games performed?
Answer: Greece
Question: What is the main ingredient in guacamole?
Answer: Avocado
Question: Who lives in the pineapple under the sea?
Answer: SpongeBob SquarePants
Question: When was the first airplane invented?
Answer: 1903
Question: How many miles did the American pioneers average per day?
Answer: 15-20 miles with oxen or mules pulling their wagons
Question: Who was the first astronaut to step on the moon?
Answer: Neil Armstrong
Question: Who wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
Answer: Mark Twain
Question: Who is the main character in the popular series Hunger Games?
Answer: Katniss Everdeen
Question: How many children are in the Brady Bunch family?
Answer: 6
Question: Who composed the Nutcracker Suite?
Answer: Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Question: What kind of dog was Lassie?
Answer: Collie
Question: Who wrote the popular Harry Potter book series?
Answer: J.K. Rowling
Question: What is the first state in the United States?
Answer: Delaware
Question: What are the Bill of Rights?
Answer: The first 10 amendments to the constitution
Question: What is the largest planet in the solar system?
Answer: Jupiter
Question: What is the official language of Brazil?
Answer: Portuguese
Question: How many species of marsupials are there?
Answer: 330
Question: Who was the first president of the United States?
Answer: George Washington
Question: Who is the author of Gone with the Wind?
Answer: Margaret Mitchell. It sold 1 million copies in its first six months.
Question: When was the zipper invented?
Answer: 1851

Question: In which century did the Renaissance take place?
Answer: 14th-17th Century
Question: Who painted the Sistine Chapel?
Answer: Michaelangelo
Question: Who is the first African American baseball player?
Answer: Moses Fleetwood “Fleet” Walker, 6 decades before Jackie Robinson
Question: What is the fast time for a 100 meter dash?
Answer: 9.58 seconds
Question: In what state is Dunkin Donuts most prominent?
Answer: New York
Question: Name the greatest racehorse of all time.
Answer: Secretariat
Question: When was the vacuum invented?
Answer: 1901
Question: Who is the King of Rock and Roll?
Answer: Elvis Presley, nicknamed Elvis the Pelvis
Question: When did the gold rush begin?
Answer: 1848
Question: Which state is nicknamed the “Bluegrass state”?
Answer: Kentucky

Question: When was the sport of equestrian invented?
Answer: 1912
Question: What is the National Flower of the United States?
Answer: Rose
Question: How fast can a cheetah run?
Answer: 70 mph
Question: In what year was the first Nintendo released?
Answer: 1985
Question: Which president was involved in the Watergate scandal?
Answer: Richard Nixon
Question: In what city was Jesus Christ born?
Answer: Bethlehem
Question: In the Christian world, who is thought to be the first human on earth?
Answer: Adam
Question: Where does the Pope of the Catholic church live?
Answer: Vatican City
Question: Who gave the Statue of Liberty to America?
Answer: France
Question: How tall is the Seattle Space Needle?
Answer: 605 feet

Question: In what year did 9/11 attacks in America take place?
Answer: 2001
Question: What is the smallest brass instrument?
Answer: Cornet
Question: What medication is used to counteract an extreme allergic reaction?
Answer: Epinephrine (Epi-pen)
Question: Which disease was the first vaccine invented to combat?
Answer: Small pox in 1796
Question: In what state is the Alamo located?
Answer: San Antonio, Texas
Question: How many national parks are in America?
Answer: 422
Question: What is the name of the largest desert in the world?
Answer: Antarctic desert
Question: Name the largest mountain in the world.
Answer: Mt Everest in Nepal and Tibet
Question: Who is Cleopatra?
Answer: Egyptian queen, lover of Julius Caesar and wife of Mark Antony
Question: Who was U.S. president during World War I?
Answer: Woodrow Wilson

Question: Name two European dictators from the 20th century.
Answer: Wha
Question: What is the name of the first orca at SeaWorld San Diego?
Answer: Shamu
Question: How many rows of teeth are in the mouth of a great white shark?
Answer: 5
Question: What tool helps a musician keep musical time?
Answer: Metronome
Question: What is an abacus?
Answer: An old calculating tool also called a counting frame for math
Question: What is the name of an ancient tool used to crush herbs and spices that is still used today?
Answer: Mortar and pestle
Question: Which state is known as “The Last Frontier”?
Answer: Alaska
Question: Where is Area 51 located?
Answer: Nevada
Question: What is known as the healthiest vegetable?
Answer: Spinach
Question: Whose picture is on the 20 dollar bill?
Answer: Andrew Jackson

Question: In 2020, who was considered the best swimmer in the world?
Answer: Michael Phelps
Question: How many stars are on the European Union flag?
Answer: 12
Question: What is the world’s most expensive spice (by weight)?
Answer: Saffron
Question: What alcohol is made from potatoes?
Answer: Vodka
Question: What was the first social media site called?
Answer: Six Degrees
Question: Where is Wrigley Field located?
Answer: Chicago Illinois
Question: Where is the Guggenheim museum located?
Answer: A famous art museum, it’s located in New York, New York
Question: Chartreuse is a blend of what two colors?
Answer: Yellow and Green
Question: What country won the first World Cup?
Answer: Uruguay
Question: Where is the Epcot center located?
Answer: Orlando, Florida inside of Disney World

Question: Who led the successful campaign to separate India from British rule?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
Question: Whose ear did Mohammad Ali bite off in the famous 1997 boxing match?
Answer: Evander Holyfield
Question: What sport uses a broom?
Answer: Curling
Question: In golf, what is a mulligan?
Answer: A bad shot which, by mutual agreement between playing partners, is cancelled and replayed
Question: What sport is played in a four-walled room with a hollow rubber ball?
Answer: Squash
Question: What is Joe Exotic’s nickname?
Answer: The Tiger King
Question: Name the character and actor who plays the boss in The Office.
Answer: Michael Scott- Character, Steve Carell- Actor
Question: Which actor voiced Darth Vader from Star Wars and Mufasa in the Lion King?
Answer: James Earl Jones
Question: What does the acronym “smh” stand for?
Answer: shaking my head
Question: Who wrote the Twilight books?
Answer: Stephenie Meyer

Question: What day is Star Wars day?
Answer: May 4
Question: What is Kramer’s first name on the show Seinfeld?
Answer: Cosmo
Question: What is the name of the news series launched by John Krasinksi during the coronavirus pandemic?
Answer: Some Good News
Question: Who is the oldest Kardashian sister?
Answer: Kourtney
Question: What is the name of Chip and Joanna Gaines’ brand?
Answer: Magnolia
Question: What is the name of the alternate dimension in the Netflix show Stranger Things?
Answer: The Upside Down
Question: What is the longest river in the United States?
Answer: Mississippi
Question: What is the name of the first city to host the Olympic Games in the United States?
Answer: St. Louis, Missouri
Question: What was the first capital of the United States?
Answer: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Question: Who was the only single president of the United States?
Answer: James Buchanan

Question: What is the first American National Monument?
Answer: Devil’s Tower in Wyoming
Question: Name one of the other countries that uses the metric system.
Answer: Myanmar and Liberia
Question: What did Al Capone go to jail for in 1931?
Answer: Tax evasion. He served 11 years.
Question: In what year did three prisoners escape Alcatraz?
Answer: 1962
Question: What state was officially ratified 150 years after it’s request for statehood was approved?
Answer: Ohio
Question: What is the official name of Rhode Island?
Answer: State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Question: What is banana powder used for on your face?
Answer: Setting makeup/concealer
Question: Which actress owns The Honest Company?
Answer: Jessica Alba
Question: What does the CC stand for in CC creams?
Answer: Color correcting
Question: What is another name for a Davenport?
Answer: couch

Question: What is the third most expensive item a person will buy in their lifetime after a house and a car?
Answer: Furniture
Question: What is the medical term when you can’t see far away?
Answer: Myopic
Question: What is the chemical name for salt?
Answer: Sodium chloride
Question: What is the first element on the periodic table?
Answer: Hydrogen
Question: What percentage of the body is made up of water?
Answer: 60%
Question: What is the medical term for inflamed gums?
Answer: Gingivitis
Question: At the Kentucky Dirby, what is the popular beverage of choice?
Answer: Mint Julip
Question: What region of the brain controls appetite?
Answer: Hypothalamus
Question: What does halitosis mean?
Answer: bad breath
Question: What spice helps with nausea and motion sickness?
Answer: Ginger

Question: How old was Ariel in The Little Mermaid?
Answer: Sixteen
Question: What should be taken daily to reduce the risk of osteoporosis?
Answer: Calcium
Question: A large amount of which vitamin is found in citrus fruits?
Answer: Vitamin C
Question: What is the strongest muscle in the human body?
Answer: Heart
Question: What is the most common contaminant found in fish?
Answer: Mercury
Question: Who was awarded the very first Gold Record?
Answer: Perry Como
Question: What singer holds the world record for the most words sung in a hit single?
Answer: Eminem
Question: Which jazz musician was known for playing a bend trumpet?
Answer: Dizzy Gillespie
Question: What article of clothing is MC Hammer best known for?
Answer: Parachute pants (also called Hammer pants)
Question: How many notes are in a chromatic scale?
Answer: 12

Question: How many different instruments did Prince play on his debut album?
Answer: 27
Question: Which Beatle had dyslexia?
Answer: John Lennon
Question: Which country artist recorded two albums in prison?
Answer: Johnny Cash
Question: What former American Idol contestant has been touring with Queen since 2001?
Answer: Adam Lambert
Question: Which Madonna song mentions 16 celebrities?
Answer: Vogue
Question: What is the recommended drying time for wood used to make a violin?
Answer: 10 years, though the longer the better.
Question: How many planets are in the solar system?
Answer: 8
Question: How many moons are in our solar system?
Answer: 181
Question: What is the name of a tall high heel?
Answer: Stiletto
Question: What did the Roman emperor Tiberius forbid men from wearing?
Answer: Silk

Question: What is Haute Couture in English?
Answer: High Fashion
Question: Who introduced the t-shirt into a closet staple?
Answer: U.S. Navy
Question: Who produced the first mail-order catalog for clothing?
Answer: Montgomery Ward
Question: Where did Spam originate?
Answer: Minnesota
Question: What is made from boiling skin, cartilage, and bone from animals?
Answer: Gelatin
Question: What was the first food eaten in space?
Answer: Applesauce
Question: What is carrageenan?
Answer: A type of seaweed used as a thickening and emulsifying agent
Question: What was the first fast food restaurant in China?
Answer: Kentucky Fried Chicken
Question: Which restaurant is famous for its Grand Slam meal?
Answer: Denny’s
Question: Who is the founder of Chick-fil-A?
Answer: Truet Cathy

Question: What is the most used flavor enhancer in fast food?
Answer: MSG
Question: What is the most common pizza topping?
Answer: Pepperoni
Question: What bean is used in miso, oil, and tofu?
Answer: Soybean
Question: What spice can prevent spider veins and inhibit hair loss?
Answer: Paprika
Question: What is the name of deer meat?
Answer: Venison
Question: What is nopal?
Answer: Cactus leaves
Question: What is the hottest part of a chili pepper?
Answer: The flesh, not the seeds
Question: What is pepita?
Answer: Pumpkin seed
Question: Where was Caesar salad invented?
Answer: Mexico
Question: What is the primary ingredient in pesto?
Answer: Basil

Question: What is the main ingredient in falafel?
Answer: Chickpeas
Question: What are the names of the Rice Krispies elves?
Answer: Snap, Crackle, Pop
Question: What is a pimento?
Answer: a pepper
Question: In music, most albums are available for purchase on a CD. What does CD stand for?
Answer: compact disc
Question: In 1905 the world’s largest diamond, nicknamed “Cullinan” was found. How big was it?
Answer: 3106 karats, or 1.3 pounds
Question: What is the largest river in the world?
Answer: Nile
Question: What is the average age for menopause for women in the U.S.?
Answer: 51
Question: How many NBA championships did Michael Jordan win while playing for the Chicago Bulls?
Answer: 6
Question: What sport is Jesse Owens known for?
Answer: Track and field
Question: When was the first iPhone released?
Answer: 2007

Question: What does HTTP stand for?
Answer: HyperText Transfer Protocol
Question: Which company owns the email service Hotmail?
Answer: Microsoft
Question: What was Twitter’s original name?
Answer: Twitter
Question: In what year was eBay launched?
Answer: 1995
Question: What part of the atom has no electric charge?
Answer: Neutron
Question: What is the symbol for Potassium?
Answer: K
Question: How are earthquakes measured?
Answer: With the Reichter’s scale
Question: How many molecules of oxygen does ozone have?
Answer: 3
Question: What is the term for the study of weather?
Answer: Meteorology
Question: What does BMW stand for?
Answer: Bavarian Motor Works

Question: How many parts does the average car have?
Answer: 30,000
Question: Which auto brand was the first to offer seat belts?
Answer: Nash Motors
Question: Which company owns Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Audi, and Ducati?
Answer: Volkswagen
Question: Which country produces the most coffee beans?
Answer: Brazil
Question: Which European nation has been credited for inventing hot dogs?
Answer: Germany
Question: What is the body’s largest organ?
Answer: Skin
Question: Which bone are babies born without?
Answer: Knee caps
Question: What does the acronym AIDS stand for?
Answer:  Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Question: Which Avenger can calm down the Hulk?
Answer: Black Widow
Question: Which original Avenger was not seen in the first few movies?
Answer: The Wasp

Question: What is the name of Batman’s butler?
Answer: Alfred
Question: What does DC stand for in comics?
Answer: Detective Comics
Question: Which two countries share the longest international border?
Answer: Canada and the United States
Question: Which country is home to the Taj Mahal?
Answer: India
Question: When is boxing day?
Answer: The day after Christmas, December 26
Question: Where did Oktoberfest originate?
Answer: Munich, Germany
Question: When is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
Answer: January 25th
Question: What group helped make Justin Timberlake famous?
Answer: N’Sync
Question: What is the real name of the rapper P. Diddy?
Answer: Sean Combs
Question: How many grammys has John Legend won?
Answer: 10

Question: What is the “fabric of our lives”?
Answer: Cotton
Question: What fashion trend came out of the movie “Flashdance”?
Answer: Legwarmers
Question: Which country are Aesops fables considered to be from?
Answer: Greece
Question: In how many films did Sean Connery act as James Bond?
Answer: 7
Question: Who was the actor who played Jack in the Titanic?
Answer: Leonardo Di’Caprio
Question: What TV show featured characters Samantha, Carrie, Cynthia, and Charlotte?
Answer: Sex and the City
Question: In what year was The Simpsons first aired?
Answer: 1989
Question: The Young Victoria was played by which British Actress?
Answer: Emily Blunt
Question: How many presidents have been impeached?
Answer: 3
Question: What country is Nelson Mandela from?
Answer: South Africa

Question: What is a female donkey called?
Answer: A Jenny
Question: How many hearts does an octopus have?
Answer: 3
Question: How many homicides did Ted Bundy admit to?
Answer: 30
Question: Which singer’s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta?
Answer: Lady Gaga