If you’ve ever played trivia games, you know how entertaining and engaging they can be. Even if you can’t answer all of the questions, the group camaraderie and good-natured competition make this activity fun.
Playing trivia games isn’t just a great way to have a good time with the gang, though. In addition to providing social interaction, trivia games can improve memory, strengthen problem-solving and critical thinking skills, reduce stress and anxiety, increase knowledge, and promote brain health.
In this article, we’ll briefly
- Share a list of trivia questions from several different categories that you can use to build your own quiz
- Show how to create your own trivia quiz with Jotform
Game on!
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Let’s take a look at a few trivia questions in ten categories to get you started.
Create a trivia quiz preloaded with these 200 questions.
Easy trivia questions
- How many bones are in the human body?
Answer: 206 - Name the five senses.
Answer: Smell, touch, taste, hearing, and sight - What food never spoils?
Answer: Honey - What is the largest planet in the solar system?
Answer: Jupiter - What is the name of the world’s longest river?
Answer: The Nile - Which artist painted the Mona Lisa?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci - What is the name of the toy cowboy in the movie Toy Story?
Answer:. Woody - What is the name of Mickey Mouse’s girlfriend?
Answer: Minnie Mouse - What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Answer: Diamond - What is the smallest country in the world by area?
Answer: Vatican City - What is the name of the desert that covers much of northern Africa?
Answer: Sahara Desert - What is the largest mammal in the world?
Answer: Blue whale - How many continents are there in the world?
Answer: Seven - What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere for photosynthesis?
Answer: Carbon dioxide - How many legs does a spider have?
Answer: Eight - What is the name of the fairy in Peter Pan?
Answer: Tinker Bell - Which fast food chain is famous for its Big Mac?
Answer: McDonald’s - Which vegetable is known for making people cry when chopped?
Answer: Onion - What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Jupiter - Which bird is known for being able to mimic human speech?
Answer: Parrot
General knowledge trivia questions
When you do the research, you’ll find a lot of overlap between “easy” and “general knowledge” trivia questions, so the questions here could easily fit into both categories.
- Who wrote the novel Pride and Prejudice?
Answer: Jane Austen - What is the largest bone in the human body?
Answer: The femur - What is the longest above-water mountain range in the world?
Answer: The Andes - In which year did the Titanic sink?
Answer: 1912 - Which is the busiest airport in the U.S. based on the number of passengers?
Answer: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport - How many dots are on a pair of dice?
Answer: 42 - What is the name of the process plants use to convert sunlight into energy?
Answer: Photosynthesis - What is the name of the largest island in the world?
Answer: Greenland - What does the acronym NASA stand for?
Answer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration - What is the capital city of Australia?
Answer: Canberra - Which country hosted the FIFA World Cup in 2022?
Answer: Qatar - What is the name of the global climate conference held annually?
Answer: COP (Conference of the Parties) - What is the name of the social media platform launched by Meta to rival Twitter?
Answer: Threads - Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022?
Answer: Ales Bialiatski, Memorial, and Center for Civil Liberties - Which country launched the Artemis I mission to return humans to the Moon?
Answer: United States - Which country has the fastest-growing economy in 2024 according to the IMF?
Answer: India - What is the name of the spacecraft NASA launched to study Jupiter’s moon Europa?
Answer: Europa Clipper - Which movie became the highest-grossing film of all time in 2023?
Answer: Avatar: The Way of Water - Which city will host the Summer Olympics in 2028?
Answer: Los Angeles - Which tech company introduced the Vision Pro mixed reality headset in 2023?
Answer: Apple
Sports trivia questions
- What is the only sport to have been played on the moon?
Answer: Golf - Which country has won the most FIFA World Cups?
Answer: Brazil (5 titles) - What is the diameter of a basketball hoop in inches?
Answer: 18 inches - Which sport is known as “the fastest game on ice”?
Answer: Ice Hockey - In which year were the first modern Olympic Games held?
Answer: 1896 - Which team won the first-ever NBA championship in 1947?
Answer: Philadelphia Warriors - Who is the all-time leading scorer in NBA history?
Answer: LeBron James - Which NBA team has won the most championships?
Answer: Boston Celtics & Los Angeles Lakers (tied at 17 titles each) - Who is known as “The Black Mamba” in basketball?
Answer: Kobe Bryant - Which player is famous for the “Flu Game” in the 1997 NBA Finals?
Answer: Michael Jordan - Who holds the record for the most passing yards in NFL history?
Answer: Tom Brady - Which country invented the sport of cricket?
Answer: England - Which team won the first-ever Super Bowl?
Answer: Green Bay Packers (1967) - Which city hosted the first Olympic Games outside Europe?
Answer: St. Louis, USA (1904) - What is the maximum number of sets played in a men’s Grand Slam match?
Answer: Five sets - Who was named Super Bowl MVP in 2024?
Answer: Patrick Mahomes - What is the longest Formula 1 track in the 2024 season?
Answer: Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium) - Which country hosted the first-ever FIFA Women’s World Cup?
Answer: China (1991) - Which country will host the 2026 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: USA, Canada, and Mexico (joint hosts) - Which country won the most recent FIFA World Cup (2022)?
Answer: Argentina
Kid trivia questions
- What are the names of the chipmunks in “Alvin and the Chipmunks”?
Answer: Alvin, Simon, and Theodore - Which animated movie features a cowboy named Woody and a space ranger named Buzz Lightyear?
Answer: Toy Story - What do bees collect from flowers to make honey?
Answer: Nectar - How many colors are there in a rainbow?
Answer: Seven - What do you call a baby cat?
Answer: Kitten - What is 100 divided by 10?
Answer: 10 - Who is the snowman in the movie “Frozen”?
Answer: Olaf - What is the name of the boy who never grows up in a Disney movie?
Answer: Peter Pan - What is the name of the fairy tale character who leaves a glass slipper at the ball?
Answer: Cinderella - What do you call a baby dog?
Answer: A puppy - What is the only bird that can fly backward?
Answer: Hummingbird - Which popular blue speedster had a sequel movie in 2022?
Answer: Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog 2) - What is the name of the teenage mutant turtles in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)?
Answer: Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo - Which animated Disney movie takes place in the ocean and features a water-based world, releasing in 2024?
Answer: Wish - Which live-action Disney remake starring Halle Bailey was released in 2023?
Answer: The Little Mermaid - What do we call stars that explode at the end of their life cycle?
Answer: Supernova - Which planet is the hottest in our solar system?
Answer: Venus - What is the color of a school bus?
Answer: Yellow - Which place is called “the happiest place in the world”?
Answer: Disney World - What is the name of the seven dwarves in Snow White?
Answer: Sleepy, Sneezy, Happy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc, and Bashful
History trivia questions
- Which ancient civilization built the pyramids in Giza?
Answer: Ancient Egyptians - Who was the first emperor of China?
Answer: Qin Shi Huang - Which ancient city was buried under volcanic ash after Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79?
Answer: Pompeii - What was the name of the Greek city-state known for its warriors and military training?
Answer: Sparta - Which empire was ruled by Julius Caesar before he was assassinated?
Answer: Roman Empire - Which civilization developed the first known system of writing, called cuneiform?
Answer: Sumerians - Who was the Egyptian queen known for her relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony?
Answer: Cleopatra - What was the name of the war between England and France that lasted over 100 years?
Answer: The Hundred Years’ War - What was the name of the road system built by the Romans to connect their empire?
Answer: The Roman Roads (Via Appia being one of the most famous) - Who fought in the Trojan War according to Greek mythology?
Answer: The Greeks and the Trojans - Who was the first President of the United States?
Answer: George Washington - What year did the American Civil War begin?
Answer: 1861 - Which document freed enslaved people in the United States in 1863?
Answer: The Emancipation Proclamation - Which event started World War I in 1914?
Answer: The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria - Which treaty ended World War I?
Answer: Treaty of Versailles - Who was the British Prime Minister during most of World War II?
Answer: Winston Churchill - What was the name of the project that developed the first atomic bomb?
Answer: The Manhattan Project - Which countries were the main Allied Powers in World War II?
Answer: USA, UK, Soviet Union, France, and China - Which royal figure passed away in 2022 after ruling for over 70 years?
Answer: Queen Elizabeth II - What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space in 1957?
Answer: Sputnik 1
Music trivia questions
- What is the highest musical note in the standard vocal range?
Answer: Soprano - Which family of instruments does the violin belong to?
Answer: String - What is the name of the five lines used in musical notation?
Answer: Staff - Which symbol in sheet music represents a silence or pause?
Answer: Rest - What are the names of the four main voice types in singing?
Answer: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass - Which artist is known as the “Queen of Pop”?
Answer: Madonna - Which singer released the album 1989?
Answer: Taylor Swift - Who is known for the hit song Blinding Lights?
Answer: The Weeknd - Which singer holds the record for the most Grammy Awards won by a female artist?
Answer: Beyoncé - Which K-pop group became the first to perform at the Grammy Awards?
Answer: BTS - Which artist is known as the “King of Pop”?
Answer: Michael Jackson - Who was the first rapper to win the Pulitzer Prize?
Answer: Kendrick Lamar - Which female rapper released the album Pink Friday?
Answer: Nicki Minaj - Which 1990s R&B group sang I Want It That Way?
Answer: Backstreet Boys - Which hip-hop duo released the hit song Empire State of Mind?
Answer: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Which artist won Album of the Year at the Grammys in 2023 for Harry’s House?
Answer: Harry Styles - Which pop star performed at the Super Bowl halftime show in 2023?
Answer: Rihanna - What is the title of Billie Eilish’s James Bond theme song?
Answer: No Time to Die - Which girl group became the first K-pop act to headline Coachella in 2023?
Answer: BLACKPINK - Which song became the most-streamed song of all time on Spotify in 2023?
Answer: Blinding Lights by The Weeknd
Entertainment trivia questions
- On which TV series do the characters Mulder and Scully appear?
Answer: The X-Files - What song did Tom Cruise lip sync to in the movie Risky Business?
Answer: “Old Time Rock and Roll” by Bob Seger - What day is Star Wars Day?
Answer: May 4 - Which food does the character Eleven in Stranger Things love to eat?
Answer: Eggo waffles - Who was the first rapper to win an Academy Award?
Answer: Eminem (in 2003 for the song “Lose Yourself” from the 8 Mile soundtrack) - Who wrote the screenplay for the movie Rocky?
Answer: Sylvester Stallone - What is the name of the Marvel superhero who is a god of thunder?
Answer: Thor - Who plays Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Answer: Robert Downey Jr. - Which animated movie features a snowman named Olaf?
Answer: Frozen - Who directed the Jurassic Park movie in 1993?
Answer: Steven Spielberg - Who won an Oscar for playing the Joker in The Dark Knight?
Answer: Heath Ledger - Which movie features the song “Let It Go”?
Answer: Frozen - Who is the voice of Dory in Finding Nemo and Finding Dory?
Answer: Ellen DeGeneres - What is the name of the first Disney princess?
Answer: Snow White - What is the name of the wizarding bank in the Harry Potter series?
Answer: Gringotts - Who played Forrest Gump in the movie Forrest Gump?
Answer: Tom Hanks - Which movie features the song “Hakuna Matata”?
Answer: The Lion King - What is the name of the cowboy in Toy Story?
Answer: Woody - What is the name of the evil queen in Disney’s Sleeping Beauty?
Answer: Maleficent - Which two characters sing “Breaking Free” in the first High School Musical movie?
Answer: Troy and Gabriella
Food and drink trivia questions
- What is the name of a pie made from beaten egg whites that’s also the name of a fabric?
Answer: Chiffon - The biggest food consumption days in the U.S. are Christmas, Thanksgiving, and what other day?
Answer: Super Bowl Sunday - Which food has more vitamin C than a navel orange?
Answer: Bell peppers - Who is the god of wine in Greek mythology?
Answer: Dionysus - What plant is tequila made from?
Answer: The blue agave - What year was Coca-Cola invented, and who invented it?
Answer: 1886 by Dr. John Pemberton - Which fruit is known as the “king of fruits”?
Answer: Durian - What is the name of the French dish made with snails?
Answer: Escargot - What is the name of the Mexican dish that is a folded tortilla filled with cheese and other ingredients?
Answer: Quesadilla - What is the name of the Italian dessert made with layers of coffee-soaked ladyfingers and mascarpone cheese?
Answer: Tiramisu - What is the primary ingredient in gazpacho?
Answer: Tomatoes - What is the main ingredient in tofu?
Answer: Soybeans - Which fruit has seeds on the outside?
Answer: Strawberry - What type of pastry is used to make croissants?
Answer: Puff pastry - What type of bread is used in a traditional Reuben sandwich?
Answer: Rye bread - What is the main ingredient in a mojito cocktail?
Answer: Rum - What is the most consumed beverage in the world after water?
Answer: Tea - Which fruit is used to make cider?
Answer: Apples - What type of coffee is made with equal parts espresso and steamed milk?
Answer: Latte - What is the name of the traditional Japanese rice wine?
Answer: Sake
Science trivia questions
- How many elements are there in the periodic table?
Answer: 118 - What is the most abundant element in the universe?
Answer: Hydrogen - What is the largest internal organ in the human body?
Answer: The liver - What is the nearest planet to the sun?
Answer: Mercury - What law states that “for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction”?
Answer: Newton’s third law of motion - What is the name of the tallest grass on earth?
Answer: Bamboo - What is the main ingredient in the production of nuclear energy?
Answer: Uranium - What is the name of the largest known galaxy?
Answer: IC 1101 - What is the human body’s largest artery?
Answer: Aorta - Which vitamin is produced when the skin is exposed to sunlight?
Answer: Vitamin D - Which planet has the most moons?
Answer: Saturn - What is the main gas found in the Earth’s atmosphere?
Answer: Nitrogen - Which particle carries a positive charge?
Answer: Proton - What is the study of the stars, planets, and space called?
Answer: Astronomy - Which organ is responsible for filtering blood in the human body?
Answer: Kidneys - What type of celestial body is the Sun?
Answer: Star - What does a light-year measure?
Answer: Distance - What is the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space?
Answer: Sputnik 1 - What type of blood cells help fight infections in the body?
Answer: White blood cells - Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
Answer: Mars
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Hard trivia questions
- Which U.S. state has the most volcanoes?
Answer: Alaska - Which is the only country that borders both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans?
Answer: South Africa - What is the capital of Bhutan?
Answer: Thimphu - Which country has the most time zones?
Answer: France (due to overseas territories) - Who wrote the epic novel War and Peace?
Answer: Leo Tolstoy - Which Shakespeare play features the character Iago?
Answer: Othello - What is the first book of the Bible?
Answer: Genesis - Which famous painting was stolen from the Louvre in 1911 and recovered in 1913?
Answer: Mona Lisa - What year was the first email sent?
Answer: 1971 - Which company developed the first successful personal computer?
Answer: IBM - What does the acronym “USB” stand for?
Answer: Universal Serial Bus - Who is the founder of Tesla, Inc.?
Answer: Elon Musk (co-founder, though not original founder) - Who wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray?
Answer: Oscar Wilde - What was the first music video ever played on MTV?
Answer: Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles - Which Beatles album features the song Here Comes the Sun?
Answer: Abbey Road - Which actor has won the most Academy Awards for acting?
Answer: Katharine Hepburn (4 wins) - Which artist holds the record for the most Grammy Awards won?
Answer: Beyoncé (32 wins as of 2023) - Who played Jack Dawson in Titanic?
Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio - Which is the only U.S. state with a one-word capital ending in “City”?
Answer: Oklahoma City - What is the deepest ocean trench in the world?
Answer: Mariana Trench
Use cases for trivia questions
Trivia questions can be useful in many settings, such as in classrooms, on social media, and for pub quizzes, to name just three. Let’s take a look at a few quick examples.
In the classroom
When students are engaged, they learn and retain more. Using trivia in the classroom has proven to be effective in promoting engagement. One way this happens is through what’s known as retrieval practice.
Retrieval practice is a strategy that requires students to deliberately get information out of their heads, rather than packing more information into it. Trivia games allow students to recall what they’ve learned and practice their knowledge, which has proven to be more effective than reading or listening to lectures.
Here are some ways to implement trivia in the classroom:
- Host a trivia day where students compete in a team contest to learn about a specific subject.
- Celebrate holidays with a trivia game based on important milestones in history.
- Include trivia games in regular lessons to make them more fun and engaging.
- Use classroom trivia games as a reward for completing lessons or doing well on tests.
On social media
When businesses use them strategically, trivia questions and quizzes can help increase brand awareness and recognition. If you spend any time on social media, you’ve likely seen this in action.
Simply post trivia quizzes about your brand’s history or products (or even topics unrelated to your business) on your social channels and reward participants who answer correctly with brand merch or gift certificates.
Quizzes are known to boost social media engagement and can generate traffic to your website too. As an added bonus, if you make the trivia quiz engaging enough, some of your social followers will share their results with others, drawing more eyes to your quiz — and ultimately to your business.
Pub quizzes
Ah, this is everybody’s favorite — bar trivia nights or pub quizzes. If you’re an adult over a certain age, there’s a good chance you’ve participated in a fun night out that included a pub quiz.
For pubs, bars, and restaurants open on slow nights, like Mondays and Tuesdays, pub quizzes are a great way to get people in the door. And because trivia games require teams — and even friends cheering on those teams — you can find yourself with a packed house full of hungry and thirsty customers.
Share details about your trivia nights with your current customers as they come in throughout the week and via your website and social channels. Include times, dates, the structure of the evening, rules and regulations, the number of participants required for each team, and prize info.
Prepare questions following the instructions in the section on creating a trivia quiz above, and, at the appointed night and time, let the fun begin.
Tips for setting up a trivia quiz in Jotform
Ready to create your own trivia quiz? Jotform makes it easy, and you can go about it in a few ways.
Trivia quiz form template
- Start by selecting the trivia quiz form template, then customize it by adding your own questions, answer choices, and multimedia elements. You can easily add, edit, or delete questions and answer choices until you’ve built the ideal quiz for your specific situation or use case.
- Customize the design and layout of the form to match your branding or event theme by using the drag-and-drop interface.
- Determine the number of questions, which will vary depending on how long your event is and the level of engagement desired. As a general rule, an engaging trivia quiz will have between 10 and 50 questions.
- In terms of the kinds of questions to ask, review the section on creating a trivia quiz above. Ideally, the target audience and the desired difficulty level will determine your questions. Use a mix of easy, intermediate, and expert-level questions so everyone has a chance to engage.
Free trivia maker
You can also use our free trivia maker tool. Simply choose a ready-made trivia maker template and customize it with our no-code Form Builder. Then use the drag-and-drop functionality to choose fonts and colors, add or change form elements, and add multimedia elements like images and videos.
The intuitive Form Builder allows you to add fill-in-the-blank, open-ended, and multiple-choice questions as well as radio buttons — all with just a few clicks.
Trivia quiz app
Finally, you can use our ready-made trivia quiz app, which you can customize by adding or removing questions, uploading images, adding form widgets, and making other changes. Add your quiz to the app so you and others can share it and download it onto any iOS or Android device.
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