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This trivia quiz gets harder with every level. You start at Base Camp with easy questions and climb toward the Summit. Camp 1 (Level 4) and Camp 2 (Level 7) secure your progress: if you miss a question, you fall back to the last camp you reached instead of starting over.
Use the 50:50 joker to remove two wrong answers, or swap a question you do not like. Each joker works once per game.
Sample Questions with Answers and Background
A selection from this quiz, with the correct answer and a short explanation. To play, use the quiz above, where the questions change every time.
On the Gregorian calendar, on what date does the new year begin?
A) January 1 B) December 25 C) January 6 D) March 1
Answer: A) January 1 · New Year's Day falls on January 1 in the Gregorian calendar used by most of the world.
What do you use to see in the dark in a cave?
A) A pillow B) A spoon C) A comb D) A flashlight
Answer: D) A flashlight · A flashlight gives light.
Which 1975 film about a great white shark is often called the first summer blockbuster?
A) Jaws B) Orca C) The Deep D) Piranha
Answer: A) Jaws · Steven Spielberg directed it.
Some months have 30 days and some have 31. How many months have 28 days?
A) All twelve B) Just one C) Two D) Six
Answer: A) All twelve · Every month has at least 28 days; February is simply the only one that stops there.
Where is FIFA headquartered?
A) Zürich B) Geneva C) London D) Paris
Answer: A) Zürich · FIFA is the recognised international governing body of association football, based in Zürich.
I'm full of holes, but I can still hold lots of water. What am I?
A) Net B) Sponge C) Bucket D) Cup
Answer: B) Sponge · A sponge soaks up water in its tiny holes; a net would just let it all fall through.
A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 run away. How many are left?
A) 8 B) 17 C) 9 D) 0
Answer: C) 9 · 'All but 9' means 9 stayed, so 9 are left.
Which Pokémon is #132?
A) Eevee B) Ditto C) Mew D) Porygon
Answer: B) Ditto · Ditto.
What starts with E, ends with E, and holds just one letter?
A) An eagle B) An eclipse C) An escape D) An envelope
Answer: D) An envelope · An envelope usually contains a single letter, and the word starts and ends with E.
Nicosia is the capital of which country?
A) Cyprus B) Poland C) Albania D) Ukraine
Answer: A) Cyprus · Nicosia is the capital of Cyprus.
In which year did King John of England seal the Magna Carta?
A) 1066 B) 1215 C) 1415 D) 1315
Answer: B) 1215 · Rebellious barons forced him to agree to it at Runnymede.
How many spires does Gaudí's original design for the Sagrada Família call for?
A) Twenty-four B) Eighteen C) Eight D) Twelve
Answer: B) Eighteen · Parts of the church were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005.
I start the word 'end,' finish 'time,' finish 'space,' and start 'everything.' What am I?
A) The letter T B) The letter D C) The letter S D) The letter E
Answer: D) The letter E · E begins 'end' and 'everything' and ends 'time' and 'space'.
Fibonacci numbers are linked to which famous ratio via Binet's formula?
A) The square root of two B) Euler's number C) The golden ratio D) Pi
Answer: C) The golden ratio · Indian mathematics described them as early as 200 BC.
Before coaching the Packers, Vince Lombardi was an assistant for which NFL team?
A) Chicago Bears B) New York Giants C) Cleveland Browns D) Baltimore Colts
Answer: B) New York Giants · Lombardi was the Giants' offensive coordinator from 1954 to 1958.
From which Ohio city did the Lions move to Detroit in 1934?
A) Portsmouth B) Canton C) Dayton D) Akron
Answer: A) Portsmouth · G. A. Richards bought the Portsmouth Spartans and moved them to Detroit.
Which Stephen Sondheim musical features the song "Send in the Clowns"?
A) Sweeney Todd B) A Little Night Music C) Into the Woods D) Company
Answer: B) A Little Night Music · Sondheim wrote Send in the Clowns for A Little Night Music (1973).
I repeat your last words without a mouth or ears. What am I?
A) A parrot B) A mirror C) A diary D) An echo
Answer: D) An echo · An echo is sound bouncing back from a surface.
Which defending NFL champion did the Browns beat 35-10 in their first NFL game in 1950?
A) Chicago Bears B) Philadelphia Eagles C) Detroit Lions D) New York Giants
Answer: B) Philadelphia Eagles · The Browns beat the Eagles in their 1950 NFL debut.
If a red house is built from red bricks and a blue house from blue bricks, what is a greenhouse built from?
A) Glass B) Plants C) Green bricks D) Wood
Answer: A) Glass · Greenhouses have glass walls to let sunlight in for the plants.
Frequently asked questions
How does the quiz work?
You answer questions across ten levels. Every correct answer takes you one level higher, and the questions get harder as you climb.
What are the camps for?
Camp 1 (Level 4) and Camp 2 (Level 7) are your safety nets. If you answer wrong after reaching a camp, you fall back to that camp instead of losing everything.
What do the jokers do?
50:50 removes two wrong answers. Swap question gives you a new question at the same level. Each joker can be used once per game.
Does it cost anything?
No. You do not need an account or a sign-up.