100 Trivia Questions with Answers
Sorted from easy to hard in ten groups of ten. Cover the answer line, read the question out loud and see how many you get.
Questions 1 to 10 · Level 1: Base Camp
How many hours of sleep do most adults need each night?
A) 4 to 5 B) 7 to 9 C) 10 to 12 D) 3 to 4
Answer: B) 7 to 9 · Needs vary a bit by person.
Which Greek city-state was known for training boys as soldiers from childhood?
A) Athens B) Sparta C) Thebes D) Corinth
Answer: B) Sparta · Boys began their training at age seven.
How many hearts does an octopus have?
A) Eight B) Two C) One D) Three
Answer: D) Three · Two hearts pump blood through the gills and a third sends it to the rest of the body.
What is the name of the big yellow star in our sky during the day?
A) Sun B) Moon C) Polaris D) Mars
Answer: A) Sun · The Sun is the star at the center of our solar system.
What do you call a baby human?
A) Baby B) Cub C) Chick D) Puppy
Answer: A) Baby · Babies drink milk and sleep a lot.
Which spirit is made from agave?
A) Brandy B) Whiskey C) Gin D) Tequila
Answer: D) Tequila · The best comes from Jalisco, Mexico.
Which natural phenomenon makes a rainbow?
A) Lightning B) Sunlight bending through raindrops C) Wind D) Fog
Answer: B) Sunlight bending through raindrops · Light is refracted and reflected inside the drops.
Which of these presidents is NOT carved into Mount Rushmore?
A) Thomas Jefferson B) Franklin D. Roosevelt C) George Washington D) Theodore Roosevelt
Answer: B) Franklin D. Roosevelt · The memorial in South Dakota also shows Abraham Lincoln.
Which tool do you use to tighten or loosen a nut and bolt?
A) Wrench B) Pliers C) Hammer D) Chisel
Answer: A) Wrench · A spanner is the British name.
What is the plural of 'goose'?
A) Geese B) Goose C) Gooses D) Goosen
Answer: A) Geese · Goose and geese is an irregular plural, like mouse and mice.
Questions 11 to 20 · Level 2: Icefall
In which US state is the city of Las Vegas?
A) California B) Nevada C) Arizona D) Utah
Answer: B) Nevada · It was founded in 1905.
What kind of animal is a tarantula?
A) Scorpion B) Spider C) Beetle D) Ant
Answer: B) Spider · Tarantulas are large hairy spiders.
Which US city is the home of the Hollywood film industry?
A) Los Angeles B) Las Vegas C) San Francisco D) San Diego
Answer: A) Los Angeles · The Hollywood sign was built in 1923.
Which holiday is celebrated on December 25?
A) Christmas B) Thanksgiving C) Easter D) Halloween
Answer: A) Christmas · Christmas Day is a public holiday in the US.
What is the name of the red gift-giver's helpers who live at the North Pole in stories?
A) Elves B) Gnomes C) Fairies D) Pixies
Answer: A) Elves · Santa's helpers are called elves in modern stories.
Which Mark Twain novel follows a boy and the escaped slave Jim on a river?
A) Roughing It B) Tom Sawyer C) Pudd'nhead Wilson D) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Answer: D) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · It was published in 1884-85.
Which US president was in office during the Great Depression's start in 1929?
A) Franklin Roosevelt B) Herbert Hoover C) Calvin Coolidge D) Woodrow Wilson
Answer: B) Herbert Hoover · The stock market crashed in October 1929.
Which two signal types make up Morse code?
A) Dots and dashes B) Lights and sounds C) Short and long words D) Beeps and silences
Answer: A) Dots and dashes · A dash lasts three times as long as a dot.
Which bird is able to fly backward?
A) Hummingbird B) Swift C) Kingfisher D) Swallow
Answer: A) Hummingbird · Hummingbirds rotate their wings in a figure-eight pattern to hover and reverse.
Which footballer won the Ballon d'Or eight times?
A) Cristiano Ronaldo B) Johan Cruyff C) Michel Platini D) Lionel Messi
Answer: D) Lionel Messi · He won his eighth in 2023.
Questions 21 to 30 · Level 3: Glacier
What is the name of the main character in the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
A) Willy Wonka B) Augustus Gloop C) Charlie Bucket D) Mike Teavee
Answer: C) Charlie Bucket · Roald Dahl wrote the book in 1964.
Which Greek island is known for the Palace of Knossos?
A) Rhodes B) Corfu C) Santorini D) Crete
Answer: D) Crete · Knossos was a Minoan center.
Which animal is the biggest on Earth?
A) Blue whale B) Great white shark C) Giraffe D) African elephant
Answer: A) Blue whale · Blue whales can grow up to about 100 feet long.
Which famous waterfall lies on the border between the United States and Canada?
A) Victoria Falls B) Niagara Falls C) Angel Falls D) Iguazu Falls
Answer: B) Niagara Falls · Niagara Falls sits between New York and Ontario.
Which spirit is traditionally used in a Moscow Mule?
A) Gin B) Whiskey C) Rum D) Vodka
Answer: D) Vodka · Ginger beer and lime complete it.
What was the name of the German air force in World War II?
A) The Gestapo B) The Luftwaffe C) The Wehrmacht D) The Kriegsmarine
Answer: B) The Luftwaffe · It was led by Hermann Goering.
What is the name of the baby that Mowgli lives with in the jungle book, a panther named?
A) Baloo B) Bagheera C) Kaa D) Shere Khan
Answer: B) Bagheera · Bagheera is a black panther.
How many cents is a nickel worth?
A) 5 B) 25 C) 1 D) 10
Answer: A) 5 · A nickel is the five-cent US coin.
Which duo had a 2013 hit with Get Lucky?
A) Justice B) Chromeo C) Disclosure D) Daft Punk
Answer: D) Daft Punk · Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers appeared on it.
Which country hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup?
A) Brazil B) Mexico C) Italy D) United States
Answer: D) United States · Brazil beat Italy on penalties in the final at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
Questions 31 to 40 · Level 4: Camp 1
Which team won the 2006 World Series?
A) San Diego Padres B) St. Louis Cardinals C) San Francisco Giants D) Cincinnati Reds
Answer: B) St. Louis Cardinals · St. Louis Cardinals beat Detroit Tigers, 4-1.
Which Indian city is home to the Gateway of India monument?
A) Mumbai B) Kolkata C) Chennai D) Delhi
Answer: A) Mumbai · The Gateway of India overlooks the Arabian Sea in Mumbai.
Which planet spins on its side, with an axial tilt of about 98 degrees?
A) Neptune B) Uranus C) Jupiter D) Saturn
Answer: B) Uranus · Its seasons are extreme because of the tilt.
Churchill Downs in Louisville is a famous venue for which sport?
A) Golf B) Tennis C) Horse racing D) Auto racing
Answer: C) Horse racing · It has hosted the Kentucky Derby since 1875.
Which hormone prepares the body for fight or flight?
A) Insulin B) Melatonin C) Adrenaline D) Estrogen
Answer: C) Adrenaline · It raises heart rate and alertness.
Which body system includes the brain, spinal cord and nerves?
A) Circulatory system B) Nervous system C) Digestive system D) Endocrine system
Answer: B) Nervous system · It carries signals between the brain and the rest of the body.
Which Greek general and pupil of Socrates wrote the Anabasis?
A) Xenophon B) Thucydides C) Plutarch D) Herodotus
Answer: A) Xenophon · It tells of the march of the Ten Thousand.
Which sense does the cochlea in the inner ear serve?
A) Hearing B) Sight C) Taste D) Smell
Answer: A) Hearing · The cochlea is shaped like a snail shell.
Which team won the 2000 World Series?
A) Washington Senators B) Milwaukee Brewers C) New York Yankees D) Anaheim Angels
Answer: C) New York Yankees · New York Yankees beat New York Mets, 4-1.
Which is the largest string instrument in a standard orchestra?
A) Harp B) Cello C) Viola D) Double bass
Answer: D) Double bass · The double bass is usually about 1.8 meters tall.
Questions 41 to 50 · Level 5: Steep Wall
Which British monarch was forced to sign the Bill of Rights in 1689?
A) William III B) Charles II C) George I D) James II
Answer: A) William III · William and Mary accepted the Bill after the Glorious Revolution.
Which Italian city is home to the Uffizi Gallery?
A) Florence B) Rome C) Milan D) Venice
Answer: A) Florence · The Uffizi holds Renaissance masterpieces by Botticelli and others.
What does the pseudonym Doktoro Esperanto, used by Esperanto's creator, mean?
A) Language of peace B) One who hopes C) The universal doctor D) One who speaks
Answer: B) One who hopes · The language was named after it.
Which group released Straight Outta Compton in 1988?
A) A Tribe Called Quest B) Wu-Tang Clan C) Public Enemy D) N.W.A
Answer: D) N.W.A · Dr. Dre and Ice Cube were members.
Which skyscraper is the world's tallest building?
A) Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower B) Shanghai Tower C) Merdeka 118 D) Burj Khalifa
Answer: D) Burj Khalifa · It stands 828 meters high in Dubai and opened in 2010.
Which team won the 1998 NBA Finals?
A) Orlando Magic B) Phoenix Suns C) Detroit Pistons D) Chicago Bulls
Answer: D) Chicago Bulls · Chicago Bulls beat Utah Jazz, 4–2.
Which fashion designer founded the House of Chanel?
A) Elsa Schiaparelli B) Yves Saint Laurent C) Christian Dior D) Coco Chanel
Answer: D) Coco Chanel · She founded the label in 1910.
What is the most electronegative element?
A) Chlorine B) Fluorine C) Oxygen D) Nitrogen
Answer: B) Fluorine · It scores 3.98 on the Pauling scale.
In which city was Mozart born?
A) Salzburg B) Munich C) Prague D) Vienna
Answer: A) Salzburg · Mozart was born in Salzburg in 1756.
What is mulch used for in a garden?
A) To retain moisture and suppress weeds B) To attract insects C) To add heat D) To increase acidity
Answer: A) To retain moisture and suppress weeds · Bark and straw are typical choices.
Questions 51 to 60 · Level 6: Snow Ridge
Which company created the first successful graphical user interface computer, the Alto, in 1973?
A) IBM B) Apple C) Xerox PARC D) Microsoft
Answer: C) Xerox PARC · Steve Jobs saw it and it inspired the Macintosh.
Which Greek temple dedicated to Athena stands on a hill above Athens?
A) Temple of Zeus B) Temple of Poseidon C) Erechtheion D) Parthenon
Answer: D) Parthenon · It was completed around 432 BC.
What is the national drink of Japan made from fermented rice?
A) Sake B) Soju C) Baijiu D) Shochu
Answer: A) Sake · Sake is Japanese rice wine.
Who won the Masters in 2007?
A) Zach Johnson B) Arnold Palmer C) Ángel Cabrera D) Craig Stadler
Answer: A) Zach Johnson · He represented USA.
Which Finnish programmer created the Linux kernel in 1991?
A) Ken Thompson B) Richard Stallman C) Dennis Ritchie D) Linus Torvalds
Answer: D) Linus Torvalds · He announced it as a hobby project.
Which NASA program ended in 1972 after the last crewed Moon landing?
A) Skylab B) Gemini C) Apollo D) Mercury
Answer: C) Apollo · Apollo 17 was the final mission.
Who won the Masters in 2008?
A) Charles Coody B) Trevor Immelman C) Sam Snead D) Zach Johnson
Answer: B) Trevor Immelman · He represented South Africa.
Which actor played Jack Dawson in Titanic?
A) Matt Damon B) Leonardo DiCaprio C) Brad Pitt D) Johnny Depp
Answer: B) Leonardo DiCaprio · Titanic was released in 1997.
Which city has the Brandenburg Gate?
A) Munich B) Berlin C) Vienna D) Prague
Answer: B) Berlin · It stood in East Berlin near the wall.
Who wrote 'The Hobbit'?
A) C. S. Lewis B) Terry Pratchett C) George R. R. Martin D) J. R. R. Tolkien
Answer: D) J. R. R. Tolkien · It was published in 1937.
Questions 61 to 70 · Level 7: Camp 2
Which team won the 1975 NBA Finals?
A) Rochester Royals B) San Antonio Spurs C) Cleveland Cavaliers D) Golden State Warriors
Answer: D) Golden State Warriors · Golden State Warriors beat Washington Bullets, 4–0.
Which team lost the 2003 NBA Finals to the San Antonio Spurs?
A) San Francisco Warriors B) Milwaukee Bucks C) New Jersey Nets D) New York Knicks
Answer: C) New Jersey Nets · San Antonio Spurs won the series 4–2.
The English fleet defeated which country's Armada in 1588?
A) Portugal B) Spain C) France D) The Netherlands
Answer: B) Spain · Storms off Britain and Ireland also wrecked many Spanish ships.
Which 19th-century British nurse is known as the founder of modern nursing?
A) Clara Barton B) Edith Cavell C) Florence Nightingale D) Mary Seacole
Answer: C) Florence Nightingale · Nightingale reformed nursing during the Crimean War.
Who led the Haitian Revolution that began in the 1790s?
A) Jean-Jacques Dessalines B) Toussaint Louverture C) Francois Duvalier D) Simon Bolivar
Answer: B) Toussaint Louverture · Haiti became independent in 1804.
Where and when was the Open Championship, golf's oldest tournament, first played?
A) St Andrews, 1873 B) Prestwick, 1860 C) Muirfield, 1892 D) Troon, 1900
Answer: B) Prestwick, 1860 · It is the oldest golf tournament and its first major.
What are the three primary colors of light?
A) Cyan, yellow and black B) Orange, green and purple C) Red, green and blue D) Red, yellow and blue
Answer: C) Red, green and blue · Screens mix red, green and blue light.
Which Japanese carmaker launched the Prius, the first mass-produced hybrid, in 1997?
A) Honda B) Mazda C) Nissan D) Toyota
Answer: D) Toyota · It first went on sale in Japan in December 1997.
Who won the Golden Boot at the 2018 World Cup?
A) Ademir B) Salvatore Schillaci C) Gerd Müller D) Harry Kane
Answer: D) Harry Kane · He was top scorer at the tournament in Russia.
Who won the Masters in 1995?
A) Danny Willett B) Ben Crenshaw C) Rory McIlroy D) Adam Scott
Answer: B) Ben Crenshaw · He represented USA.
Questions 71 to 80 · Level 8: Thin Air
Which empire's capital was Tenochtitlan?
A) Toltec Empire B) Maya civilization C) Inca Empire D) Aztec Empire
Answer: D) Aztec Empire · Tenochtitlan stood where Mexico City is today.
What do you call someone who collects matchbox labels?
A) Philatelist B) Numismatist C) Deltiologist D) Phillumenist
Answer: D) Phillumenist · Philatelists collect stamps, numismatists coins and deltiologists postcards.
Which Spanish treaty of 1795 ended war with France and ceded part of Hispaniola?
A) Peace of Basel B) Treaty of Amiens C) Treaty of Fontainebleau D) Treaty of Paris
Answer: A) Peace of Basel · Spain ceded Santo Domingo to France.
The name 'Yugoslavia' means land of which group of people?
A) Serbs B) Balkans C) South Slavs D) West Slavs
Answer: C) South Slavs · The country broke apart in the 1990s.
Which Tanzanian national park hosts the Great Migration of wildebeest?
A) Ngorongoro B) Mikumi C) Serengeti D) Tarangire
Answer: C) Serengeti · Millions of animals cross each year.
What is the name of the process by which a cell engulfs particles into vesicles?
A) Endocytosis B) Diffusion C) Exocytosis D) Osmosis
Answer: A) Endocytosis · Phagocytosis is one type.
Which college did Matt Leinart, the 2004 Heisman winner, play for?
A) USC B) Texas A&M C) Oklahoma State D) TCU
Answer: A) USC · He won college football's top individual award.
Which college did Desmond Howard, the 1991 Heisman winner, play for?
A) Michigan B) Florida C) Florida State D) Iowa
Answer: A) Michigan · He won college football's top individual award.
What is the SI base unit of luminous intensity?
A) Lumen B) Candela C) Lux D) Mole
Answer: B) Candela · One candela is roughly the light of a single candle, hence its name.
Which team won the 1931 World Series?
A) Detroit Tigers B) Cincinnati Reds C) New York Mets D) St. Louis Cardinals
Answer: D) St. Louis Cardinals · St. Louis Cardinals beat Philadelphia Athletics, 4-3.
Questions 81 to 90 · Level 9: Summit Ridge
Who won the men's singles at Wimbledon in 1969?
A) Rod Laver B) Tony Roche C) Boris Becker D) John McEnroe
Answer: A) Rod Laver · He beat John Newcombe in the final.
Which medieval Jewish philosopher wrote the Guide for the Perplexed?
A) Maimonides B) Philo of Alexandria C) Saadia Gaon D) Baruch Spinoza
Answer: A) Maimonides · He lived in Córdoba, Fez and Cairo.
Which Chinese novel, attributed to Cao Xueqin, is also called The Story of the Stone?
A) Dream of the Red Chamber B) Romance of the Three Kingdoms C) Water Margin D) Journey to the West
Answer: A) Dream of the Red Chamber · It is one of China's four great classical novels.
Which Hindu epic tells the story of Rama and Sita?
A) Ramayana B) Mahabharata C) Puranas D) Vedas
Answer: A) Ramayana · It is attributed to the sage Valmiki.
Which Persian scientist wrote 'The Book of Healing' and was known in Latin as Avicenna?
A) Ibn Rushd B) Al-Farabi C) Al-Biruni D) Ibn Sina
Answer: D) Ibn Sina · Ibn Sina lived from 980 to 1037.
Which phenomenon causes the apparent shift in pitch of a passing ambulance siren?
A) Hall effect B) Compton effect C) Coriolis effect D) Doppler effect
Answer: D) Doppler effect · Christian Doppler described the effect in 1842.
Which French scientist's swan-neck flask experiments disproved spontaneous generation?
A) Claude Bernard B) Louis Pasteur C) Jean-Baptiste Dumas D) Antoine Béchamp
Answer: B) Louis Pasteur · He ran the experiments in the 1860s.
Which composer wrote 'A Musical Joke' (K. 522), full of deliberately terrible music?
A) Bach B) Beethoven C) Mozart D) Haydn
Answer: C) Mozart · It parodies clumsy composers and players with wrong notes and clashing keys.
What is the next prime number after 13?
A) 17 B) 19 C) 14 D) 15
Answer: A) 17 · Fifteen is divisible by 3 and 5.
Which Pacific island nation consists of 33 atolls and islands and is highly threatened by sea-level rise?
A) Kiribati B) Fiji C) Tonga D) Samoa
Answer: A) Kiribati · Its highest point is only a few meters above sea level.
Questions 91 to 100 · Level 10: Summit
What is the capital of Namibia?
A) Walvis Bay B) Windhoek C) Lusaka D) Gaborone
Answer: B) Windhoek · Windhoek is Namibia's capital.
Which year did the Sony Walkman first go on sale?
A) 1983 B) 1975 C) 1969 D) 1979
Answer: D) 1979 · It popularized portable cassette players.
Montpelier is the only US state capital without a McDonald's. In which state is it?
A) Maine B) Delaware C) Vermont D) New Hampshire
Answer: C) Vermont · It is also the least populous US state capital.
Which team lost Super Bowl I to the Green Bay Packers?
A) Chicago Bears B) Oakland Raiders C) Carolina Panthers D) Kansas City Chiefs
Answer: D) Kansas City Chiefs · The Green Bay Packers won 35–10 in 1967.
Which king of Macedon was defeated by Rome at the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC?
A) Philip V B) Pyrrhus C) Perseus D) Antiochus III
Answer: C) Perseus · The defeat ended the Antigonid monarchy.
Which physicist's 1928 equation predicted the existence of antimatter?
A) Erwin Schrödinger B) Max Born C) Werner Heisenberg D) Paul Dirac
Answer: D) Paul Dirac · The positron was discovered in 1932.
Which team lost the 1959 NBA Finals to the Boston Celtics?
A) Philadelphia 76ers B) San Francisco Warriors C) Rochester Royals D) Minneapolis Lakers
Answer: D) Minneapolis Lakers · Boston Celtics won the series 4–0.
Which team lost the 2000 Stanley Cup Final to the New Jersey Devils?
A) Pittsburgh Penguins B) Philadelphia Flyers C) Dallas Stars D) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Answer: C) Dallas Stars · New Jersey Devils won the series 4–2.
What is the capital of Panama?
A) Panama City B) David C) Balboa D) Colón
Answer: A) Panama City · The city sits near the Pacific entrance to the canal.
Which gymnast scored the first perfect 10 at the Olympics, in 1976?
A) Olga Korbut B) Nadia Comăneci C) Mary Lou Retton D) Nellie Kim
Answer: B) Nadia Comăneci · The scoreboard showed 1.00 because it could not display a 10.00.
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