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190 trivia questions with answers, by subject

Trivia rounds are the easiest way to end a lesson, run a house quiz or keep a family game night moving. Below are 190 trivia questions with answers, grouped by subject so you can build a balanced round in a minute. Copy the ones you like, or paste them into a Mock Tests Creator test and share one link with everyone.

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General knowledge trivia questions

Warm-up questions that work with any age group or classroom quiz night.

  1. 1.How many continents are there on Earth?Seven
  2. 2.What is the largest ocean on Earth?The Pacific Ocean
  3. 3.How many minutes are there in a full day?1,440
  4. 4.What is the currency of Japan?The yen
  5. 5.Which instrument has 88 keys?The piano
  6. 6.How many sides does a hexagon have?Six
  7. 7.What colour are the five Olympic rings?Blue, yellow, black, green and red
  8. 8.What is the tallest mountain above sea level?Mount Everest
  9. 9.How many players are on a football (soccer) team on the pitch?Eleven
  10. 10.What is the largest desert in the world?By area; the Sahara is the largest hot desert.The Antarctic Desert
  11. 11.How many colours are in a rainbow?Seven
  12. 12.What is the standard number of squares on a chessboard?64
  13. 13.Which planet do we live on?Earth
  14. 14.How many letters are in the English alphabet?26
  15. 15.What is the freezing point of water in Fahrenheit?32 °F
  16. 16.Which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch in?The right hand
  17. 17.How many degrees are in a circle?360
  18. 18.What do you call a baby kangaroo?A joey
  19. 19.How many wonders were there in the ancient world?Seven
  20. 20.What is the most spoken language in the world by native speakers?Mandarin Chinese

Science trivia questions

Physics, chemistry and biology recall questions for middle and high school.

  1. 1.What gas do plants absorb from the air?Carbon dioxide
  2. 2.What is the chemical symbol for iron?Fe
  3. 3.How many bones are in the adult human body?206
  4. 4.What force keeps planets in orbit around the Sun?Gravity
  5. 5.What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?Diamond
  6. 6.What part of the cell contains DNA?The nucleus
  7. 7.At what temperature does water freeze in Celsius?0 °C
  8. 8.What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere?Nitrogen
  9. 9.What blood cells carry oxygen?Red blood cells
  10. 10.What unit measures electrical resistance?The ohm
  11. 11.What is the chemical formula for table salt?NaCl
  12. 12.What is the powerhouse of the cell?The mitochondrion
  13. 13.How many chambers does the human heart have?Four
  14. 14.What is the lightest element on the periodic table?Hydrogen
  15. 15.What process do plants use to make food?Photosynthesis
  16. 16.What scale measures the strength of earthquakes?The Richter scale
  17. 17.What is the speed of light in a vacuum, approximately?300,000 km per second
  18. 18.Which vitamin does the body make from sunlight?Vitamin D
  19. 19.What organ filters waste from the blood?The kidney
  20. 20.What is H2O better known as?Water

Geography trivia questions

Countries, capitals and landmarks — ideal for a quick map revision quiz.

  1. 1.What is the capital of Australia?Canberra
  2. 2.Which river runs through Egypt?The Nile
  3. 3.Which country has the most people?India
  4. 4.What is the smallest country in the world?Vatican City
  5. 5.Which continent is the Sahara Desert on?Africa
  6. 6.What is the longest river in South America?The Amazon
  7. 7.Which two countries share the longest land border?Canada and the United States
  8. 8.What is the capital of Canada?Ottawa
  9. 9.Mount Kilimanjaro is in which country?Tanzania
  10. 10.Which sea is the saltiest large body of water?The Dead Sea
  11. 11.What is the capital of India?New Delhi
  12. 12.Which country is home to the fjords?Norway
  13. 13.What is the largest country by land area?Russia
  14. 14.Which US state is the largest by area?Alaska
  15. 15.Which ocean lies east of Africa?The Indian Ocean
  16. 16.What is the capital of Brazil?Brasília
  17. 17.Which mountain range separates Europe and Asia?The Ural Mountains
  18. 18.Which country has the most time zones?Counting overseas territories.France
  19. 19.What is the world's largest island?Greenland
  20. 20.Which African country was never colonised?Ethiopia

History trivia questions

Dates, leaders and turning points that come up again and again in exams.

  1. 1.In which year did World War II end?1945
  2. 2.Who was the first President of the United States?George Washington
  3. 3.Which ancient civilisation built the pyramids at Giza?The Egyptians
  4. 4.In which year did India gain independence?1947
  5. 5.Who chaired the drafting committee of the Indian Constitution?Dr B. R. Ambedkar
  6. 6.Which wall divided a German city until 1989?The Berlin Wall
  7. 7.Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?Neil Armstrong
  8. 8.Which empire was ruled from Rome?The Roman Empire
  9. 9.What ship sank on its maiden voyage in 1912?The Titanic
  10. 10.Who led the Salt March in 1930?Mahatma Gandhi
  11. 11.In which year did World War I begin?1914
  12. 12.Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?Marie Curie
  13. 13.Which queen ruled Britain for 63 years in the 19th century?Queen Victoria
  14. 14.Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?Michelangelo
  15. 15.Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the USA?France
  16. 16.Who invented the printing press in Europe?Johannes Gutenberg
  17. 17.In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?1989
  18. 18.Which explorer first circumnavigated the globe's expedition in 1519?His crew completed the voyage after his death.Ferdinand Magellan
  19. 19.Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?Joseph Stalin
  20. 20.Which ancient city was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD?Pompeii

Literature and language trivia questions

Authors, characters and grammar checks for English lessons.

  1. 1.Who wrote 'Romeo and Juliet'?William Shakespeare
  2. 2.What is a group of words with a subject and a verb called?A clause
  3. 3.Who wrote 'The Jungle Book'?Rudyard Kipling
  4. 4.What is the plural of 'crisis'?Crises
  5. 5.In which book would you meet Bilbo Baggins?The Hobbit
  6. 6.What do you call a word that sounds like the noise it describes?Onomatopoeia
  7. 7.Who wrote 'Pride and Prejudice'?Jane Austen
  8. 8.What is the opposite of a synonym?An antonym
  9. 9.Which Greek poet is credited with the Iliad?Homer
  10. 10.What punctuation mark joins two independent clauses without a conjunction?A semicolon
  11. 11.Who wrote the Harry Potter series?J. K. Rowling
  12. 12.What is the study of word origins called?Etymology
  13. 13.Who wrote 'Gitanjali'?Rabindranath Tagore
  14. 14.What figure of speech compares using 'like' or 'as'?A simile
  15. 15.Who wrote '1984'?George Orwell
  16. 16.What is a 14-line poem called?A sonnet
  17. 17.Who created Sherlock Holmes?Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  18. 18.What tense is 'she had eaten'?Past perfect
  19. 19.Who wrote 'The Old Man and the Sea'?Ernest Hemingway
  20. 20.What do you call the main character of a story?The protagonist

Maths trivia questions

Quick mental-maths and number-fact questions for a fast-paced round.

  1. 1.What is 12 × 12?144
  2. 2.What is the value of pi to two decimal places?3.14
  3. 3.How many degrees are in a right angle?90
  4. 4.What is the square root of 169?13
  5. 5.What is 15% of 200?30
  6. 6.What do you call a triangle with all sides equal?Equilateral
  7. 7.What is the next prime number after 7?11
  8. 8.How many faces does a cube have?Six
  9. 9.What is 7 factorial (7!)?5,040
  10. 10.What is the only even prime number?2
  11. 11.What is the perimeter of a square with 5 cm sides?20 cm
  12. 12.What is 3 cubed?27
  13. 13.How many zeros are in one million?Six
  14. 14.What is the sum of the angles in a triangle?180 degrees
  15. 15.What is the Roman numeral for 50?L

Animals and nature trivia questions

Popular with primary classes and family quiz nights.

  1. 1.What is the largest animal on Earth?The blue whale
  2. 2.How many legs does a spider have?Eight
  3. 3.What is the fastest land animal?The cheetah
  4. 4.What do you call a group of lions?A pride
  5. 5.Which bird is the symbol of peace?The dove
  6. 6.What is the tallest animal in the world?The giraffe
  7. 7.Which animal is known as the ship of the desert?The camel
  8. 8.How many hearts does an octopus have?Three
  9. 9.What is a young frog called before it grows legs?A tadpole
  10. 10.Which mammal can truly fly?The bat
  11. 11.What is the largest species of big cat?The tiger
  12. 12.What do bees collect to make honey?Nectar
  13. 13.Which animal has the longest lifespan on land?The tortoise
  14. 14.What is the national animal of India?The Bengal tiger
  15. 15.How many humps does a dromedary camel have?One

Technology and computing trivia questions

Everyday tech facts for ICT lessons and workplace quizzes.

  1. 1.What does 'www' stand for?World Wide Web
  2. 2.Who co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen?Bill Gates
  3. 3.What does CPU stand for?Central Processing Unit
  4. 4.How many bits are in a byte?Eight
  5. 5.What company makes the iPhone?Apple
  6. 6.What does HTML stand for?HyperText Markup Language
  7. 7.What was the first widely used web browser called?Mosaic
  8. 8.What does 'AI' stand for?Artificial Intelligence
  9. 9.Which company developed the Android operating system?Originally built by Android Inc., acquired by Google.Google
  10. 10.What does USB stand for?Universal Serial Bus
  11. 11.What is the binary number for decimal 5?101
  12. 12.What does 'PDF' stand for?Portable Document Format
  13. 13.Who is credited as the first computer programmer?Ada Lovelace
  14. 14.What does 'GPS' stand for?Global Positioning System
  15. 15.What symbol starts every email address's domain part?The @ sign

Movies and music trivia questions

Pop-culture rounds that keep an end-of-term quiz lively.

  1. 1.Which film features the song 'Let It Go'?Frozen
  2. 2.How many strings does a standard guitar have?Six
  3. 3.Who directed 'Jurassic Park'?Steven Spielberg
  4. 4.Which band released 'Hey Jude'?The Beatles
  5. 5.What is the highest-grossing film of all time?Avatar
  6. 6.Which instrument does a percussionist play?Drums or other percussion instruments
  7. 7.In which city is the Bollywood film industry based?Mumbai
  8. 8.How many notes are in a musical octave?Eight
  9. 9.Which superhero is known as the Caped Crusader?Batman
  10. 10.Who composed 'Für Elise'?Ludwig van Beethoven
  11. 11.Which animated studio created 'Toy Story'?Pixar
  12. 12.What award is film's highest honour in the USA?The Academy Award (Oscar)
  13. 13.Which singer is known as the King of Pop?Michael Jackson
  14. 14.What colour is the pill Neo takes in 'The Matrix' to learn the truth?Red
  15. 15.Which musical instrument has black and white keys?The piano

Sports trivia questions

Fast rounds for PE lessons, house quizzes and family game nights.

  1. 1.How many players are in a basketball team on court?Five
  2. 2.How often are the Summer Olympic Games held?Every four years
  3. 3.In cricket, how many runs is a boundary hit along the ground worth?Four
  4. 4.What sport is played at Wimbledon?Tennis
  5. 5.How many points is a touchdown worth in American football?Six
  6. 6.Which country has won the most FIFA World Cups?Brazil
  7. 7.What is the maximum break in snooker?147
  8. 8.How many rings are on the Olympic flag?Five
  9. 9.In chess, which piece moves in an L-shape?The knight
  10. 10.What board game uses a doubling cube?Backgammon
  11. 11.How many players are in a cricket team?Eleven
  12. 12.What is the length of an Olympic swimming pool?50 metres
  13. 13.In which sport would you perform a slam dunk?Basketball
  14. 14.How many holes are on a standard golf course?18
  15. 15.Which country hosted the first modern Olympic Games?Greece

Food and drink trivia questions

Light, universally accessible questions to close out a quiz.

  1. 1.What fruit is used to make guacamole?Avocado
  2. 2.Which country is famous for inventing pizza?Italy
  3. 3.What spice is the most expensive by weight?Saffron
  4. 4.What bean is chocolate made from?The cocoa bean
  5. 5.Which vitamin is abundant in oranges?Vitamin C
  6. 6.What is the main ingredient in hummus?Chickpeas
  7. 7.Which grain is used to make sushi rice?Rice
  8. 8.What drink is made from fermented grapes?Wine
  9. 9.What is the hottest part of a chilli pepper?The pith or membrane
  10. 10.Which country drinks the most tea per person?Turkey
  11. 11.What kind of nut is used to make marzipan?Almond
  12. 12.What is dried plum called?A prune
  13. 13.Which Indian bread is cooked in a tandoor?Naan
  14. 14.What gives paprika its red colour?Dried peppers
  15. 15.How many teaspoons are in a tablespoon?Three

Trivia questions FAQ

How many trivia questions are on this page?
There are 190 trivia questions with answers, split across 11 subjects so you can build a balanced round quickly.
Are these trivia questions free to use?
Yes. Every question and answer here is free to copy for classroom quizzes, house quizzes, pub rounds or family game nights.
How many questions should a trivia round have?
Ten to fifteen questions per round works best — enough to separate scores without losing attention. Pick two or three subjects and take five questions from each.
How do I turn this list into an online quiz?
Paste the questions into the Mock Tests Creator editor, or drop them into the Excel or Word import template and upload them in one go. Publishing gives you a share link and code, and every answer is marked automatically.

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