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This trivia set covers contemporary films all the way to historical battles. It ranges from easy questions to extremely specific. Do you know what year the marathon’s distance was formalized? Or how about the location of certain Seven Natural Wonders of the World? Test yours and your friends’ knowledge with these questions on a game night, and claim the title of reigning trivia champ!
The Best Trivia Questions That Will Baffle Even The Smartest One At The Quiz Table
What was the name of Thomas Hardy’s fictional literary landscape?
Which two movies do Richard Gere and Julia Roberts appear together as leads?
Runaway Bride and Pretty Woman
What was the first movie to win Best Animated Feature Film at the Oscars?
2001 was the first year animated films were separated from all films
What USA Network law show was Meghan Markle on?
Which river is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, Mosi-oa-Tunya (also know as Victoria Falls), located?
**Two national parks protect it, located in Zimbabwe and Zambia.
What is the tallest mountain from its base to its peak?
**most of the mountain is actually underwater!
How many brains does an octopus have?
Nine.
That means there is one for each arm!
Which of the following is NOT a type of cloud: Stratus, Cumin, Cirrus, Nimbus?
Cumin
Cumin is a flower and a common spice.
Which plant is NOT a part of the parsley (umbellifers) family: Carrot, Celery, Beet, Anise
Beet – it is a part of the amaranth family
What is the name of Prince Harry and Prince William’s mother?
What periodic element is NOT a noble gas: Argon, Nitrogen, Neon, Helium?
*nitrogen is a reactive nonmetal
Who bought Twitter in 2022?
What body of water does the Volga River empty into?
Who wrote Winnie The Pooh?
A.A. Milne
What type of writing did Emily Dickinson write?
Which of these countries is NOT a part of the Schengen Zone: Austria, Malta, Slovakia, Ireland?
Ireland
Ireland is a part of the European Union, not the Schengen.
Which Dolly Parton song was released first: 9 to 5, I Will Always Love You, Better Get To Livin’, Coat of Many Colors?
Coat of Many Colors was released in 1971, I Will Always Love You was released in 1974, 9 to 5 was released in 1980, and Better Get To Livin’ was released 2007.
What missing artists makes up the band xboygeniusx? Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker, and…
How many levels of hell are there according to Dante?
Who is the main protagonist of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice?
What is the name of the literary device that imitates the sound associated with it?
An onomatopoeia
How many Grammys has singer-songwriter John Prine won?
What country is attributed to creating the French Fry?
Even thought it’s colloquially called “French fry,” fries originate from Belgium
According to Greek mythology, who ferries souls across the River Styx?
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen is a parody of what type of novel?
A Gothic Novel
What is the name of a tentative assumption to test logical consequences in science?
Who created the U.S. Postal Service?
Who created the statue of David?
What U.S. State has the only non-rectangular flag?
It was designed by John Eisenmann and may have been inspired by the cavalry’s flag.
What is the hypotenuse of a triangle?
The side opposite of the right angle
It is solvable through Pythagorean theorem!
What goddess was the Parthenon in Greece built for?
Which fruit is not considered a citrus: Kumquat, Grapefruit, Starfruit, Clementine?
Starfruit – it is a part of the Oxalidaceae family!
What flower represents the remembrance of armed forces who fought in World War I in Europe?
Who has country singer Faith Hill been married to since 1998?
What song is about The Chicks getting blacklisted from the music industry after criticizing George W. Bush?
**this song was released in 2006 after the 2003 controversy!
Who was the Poet Laureate of the United States in 2007?
What year did the iPod Nano come out?
What is the capital of the Puglia region in Italy?
Which is NOT currently a company under the Meta Platforms umbrella: Whatsapp, Instagram, Signal, Facebook?
Signal
What was Taylor Swift’s first number one hit in the United States?
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
Who wrote the poem “The Wasteland,” published in 1922?
What instrument was featured on the Belgian note before the Euro was adopted?
The saxophone was invented in Belgian by Adolphe Sax!
Who was the last heir to the Habsburg lineage?
What is the name of a parasite that causes necrotic material build up in a raptor bird’s esophagus?
In Dungeons and Dragons, which of the following one is NOT a character class: Mage, Wizard, Sorcerer, or Bard?
Who wrote and directed the 2018 Pixar short Bao?
**Domee Shi also helmed Turning Red, a full length Disney feature that released in 2022!
What prince is responsible for Franz Sacher’s creation of Sachertorte?
What is the name of a learning technique that assists with memory and the remembering or retention of information?
What does NOT have the colloquial name kiwi: a fruit, a bird, a sandal, a dollar
A sandal
The kiwi is a type of fruit, a flightless bird in New Zealand, and a name for the dollar coin in NZ
Who is credited to coining the term space as we understand it to mean “beyond Earth’s sky?”
John Milton in Paradise Lost
How many animated television series were produced from Akira Toriyama’s series Dragon Ball?
The first aired in 1986.
What was the only European influence allowed to enter Japan during their isolationist “Sakoku” period from 1603 to 1868: the Dutch, the Italians, the French, the Germans?
What Latin word does the phrase “horn of plenty” come from?
What flower is St. Germain liquer made of?
The book Good Omens is written by Neil Gaiman and which other author?
Who, along with Ryan Tedder, wrote the song Bleeding Love, made famous by Leona Lewis?
Who wrote Sense And Sensibility?
Jane Austen
What is Alfred Nobel famous for inventing?
Who has NOT won Best Actor at the Oscars: Will Smith, Sean Penn, Adrian Brody, Benedict Cumberbatch?
Benedict Cumberbatch
He has been nominated twice for The Imitation Game and The Power of the Dog
What South American country is home to the Galapagos Islands archipelago?
Who did André Leon Talley work in the 1970s before working at W Magazine, The New York Times, and Vogue?
What does the acronym BYOD mean in the context of the European Union?
Which is NOT a red wine: Porto, Cabernet Sauvignon, Bordeaux, Riesling?
How many times did Ash Ketchum win a pokeman league championship?
One
Over 26 years, Ash only won one championship!
What is the name of the biome that is a forest in a cold, subartic region?
Who played Hannibal Lecter alongside Jodie Foster in The Silence of The Lambs?
Who is attributed to creating the original interpretation of schnitzel in Vienna?
What’s the name for a compound that has the same molecular formula but differs in structure?
In order, what colors make up the flag of Belgium?
What Crimean War battle is Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem “The Charge Of The Light Brigade” about?
How many books has Stieg Larsson’s character Lisbeth Salander appeared in?
Six
Her first appearance was in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
What drug is made from the Cinchona tree and meant to treat abnormal heart rhythms?
As of 2023, outside of Paris, which is the next most populated city in Paris: Montpellier, Bordeaux, Lille, Marseille?
Who played Eduardo Saverin in the film The Social Network?
Who took the first X-Ray photographs, and has a unit of x-radiation named after him?
What does CTE, the abbreviation for brain injuries linked to repeated head injuries, stand for?
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Which of these is NOT an official Pokemon: Conkeldurr, Fortoise, Wishiwashi, Talonflame?
Fortoise
It is a Nexomon, not a Pokemon.
What was the last dynasty of Portugal to rule in Brazil until the formation of the Brazilian republic in 1889?
What was the name of Sabrina’s cat in Sabrina and the Teenage Witch?
Which of these is NOT a brand of guitar: Yamaha, Gibson, Jacobs, Seagull?
Jacobs
Who voices Hacker in the PBS children’s show Cyberchase: Gilbert Gottfried, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Gambon, Al Pacino?
Gilbert Gottfried did play Digit!
What is the capital city of Iceland?
Which of the following is a synonym for “loquacious:” garrulous, deficient, overwhelmed, laudable?
What is the tallest monument in the United States?
The St. Louis Arch, at 630 feet!
How many wives did King Henry VIII have?
Which of these birds is the national bird of Morocco: Moussier’s redstart, Barbary partridge, Red-necked grebe, Arabian buzzard?
All the other birds are found in Morocco!
Which actor played Malcom in Malcom In The Middle: Chad Michael Murray, Taylor Lautner, Frankie Muniz, Ashton Kutcher?
Frankie Muniz – the show ran for six year, 151 episodes!
What is the name of the villain in Disney’s 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty?
What city in Ireland was the last one the Titantic stopped at before sinking?
What was the first Pixar Short directed by a woman?
Who is the youngest winner of the Best Actress Oscar?
She won for Children of a Lesser God at age 21!
How many Olympic Medals has Simone Biles won?
What is the name of the movie where Will Smith plays Dr. Bennet Omalu in his discovery of CTE in American football players?
What is the name given to someone who knows and can use several languages?
A polyglot
Which city in the world holds the record for the most bridges within its city limits?
Hamburg, Germany
It is estimated that 2300-2500 are in the city!
Who is attributed for the name “whammy bar” for the device used to bend pitches on an electric guitar?
The pitch-bending in his 1963 song “Wham!” is what gave the device its name!
According to the Guinness World Records, in which of the 50 United States does the oldest dog live as of 2022?
He turned 23 years old in December 2022!
The official languages of Barcelona, Spain are Spanish and what other language?
How many hydraulic elevators were in operation at the Eiffel Tower in 1889?
In the context of music, what does the abbreviation ASCAP stand for?
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
What character does actor Mike O’Malley play in the 2009-2015 US television show Glee?
He plays Burt Hummel, Kurt’s dad.
As of 2023, which of these Thailand cities has over 200,000 residents: Chon Buri, Surat Thani, Si Racha, or Khon Kaen?
What is the word that means “a layer of permanently frozen soil,” generally associated with the taiga and other cold biomes?
Who has NOT won Best Actress at the Oscars: Sissy Spacek, Saiorse Ronan, Reneé Zellweger, Meryl Streep?
But she has been nominated three times!
What how many square meters are inside of one hectare?
What year was actress Olivia Coleman born: 1974, 1980, 1965, 1979?
What is the main flour used in pumpernickel bread?
What is a synonym for “prosopopoeia:” personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, allusion?
Which of these is NOT a part of an electric guitar’s anatomy: Body, Neck, Nut, Hip?
What is the name of the dog Pongo’s mate in the Disney movie One Hundred And One Dalmations?
What year was the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, establish as the first indigenous and independent university of Nigeria?
How many islands make up the Malta?
They are Malta, Gozo, Comino, and the uninhabited Kemmunett and Filfla.
What stroke does swimmer Michael Phelps specialize in?
What year did the Soviet Union launch Sputnik 1 into space?
Which of these words means “the study of the origin of words:” endocrinology, etymology, entomology, or ethology?
Endocrinology is the study of the endocrine system, entomology is the study of bugs, and ethology is the study of animal behavior.
What is a synonym of the word “zilch:” glitch, zero, lurch, ditch?
Zero
Which city in Poland is considered the first capital of Poland: Warsaw, Kraków, Gniezno, or Poznań?
Gniezno, until 1039.
What year was the marathon distance of 26 miles and 365 yards solidified?
1908, during the London Olympics.
What word is defined as “an apparatus for measuring the work performed (as by a person exercising)”?
What year did the “Great Schism” take place in Christianity?
Who wrote the short story “Rip Van Winkle?”
Which of the following is largest landlocked country in the world: Kazakhstan, Botswana, Mongolia, or Mali?
Which of these is NOT a type of Italian pasta: Bigoli, Gigli, Bucatini, or Astragali?
Astragali – it is a dried root a part of the pea family!
Who wrote the novel Les Misérables?
What year was the Erie Canal completed in the United States?
What United States city does country music band Rascal Flatts originate from?
In terms of word origin, what item do gladiator and gladiolus have in common?
Sword – Latin’s gladius means sword, and gladioli have sword-shaped leaves!
What mountain range do Monarch butterflies from the Eastern United States migrate to in the winter?
The Sierra Madre Mountains in Mexico
What is a most common religion in Nepal according to the 2011 Census?
At over 80%!
What -ology word means “the study of the hair and scalp?”
What island was Napoleon exiled to the second time, and where he consequently died?
Which of the following is NOT a synonym of “sprauchle:” clamber, stump, scramble, or sprawl?
What name was Led Zeppelin initially formed under in 1968?
What river splits the city Budapest into its respective Buda and Pest?
What was the first mass produced hybrid automobile?
Who invented the fantastical character the Jabberwocky?
Which of these actors is NOT in the Mamma Mia movie franchise: Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgåd, Hugh Grant, or Pierce Brosnan?
What scientist is the movie The Theory of Everything about?
Which of these is NOT a county in the Republic of Ireland: Donegal, Dublin, Cork, or Dingle?
Dingle is a town in County Kerry
What town was closest to the No. 4 Nuclear reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and still remains abandoned today?
Pripyat
What does the acronym GPU stand for in the context of computer and intel?
What year did the New Orlean’s Saints win their first American Football Superbowl?
As of 2022, who is the last remaining original member still playing in Uriah Heep?
Mick Box, the original guitarist
How many Earth years is the length of a year for Uranus?
What type of planet is Pluto considered as of 2022?
What is the name of the most common vent allowing air to escape from a hot air balloon?
When was the city of New Orleans considered part of the United States?
1803, after The Louisiana Purchase
What is Weird Al Yankovic’s middle name: Matthew, John, Gabriel, or William?
What century did the herb dill start getting added to the cucumber pickling process?
Who is the coxswain relative to rowing?
The steersman who directs rowers
Minerva was the Greek goddess of which of these traits: wisdom, beauty, machinery, or autumn?
Which is NOT a movie Daniel Radcliffe has acted in: Guns Akimbo, Imperium, Trainwreck, or Baby Driver?
What gas leaked and caused the Hindenburg to explode in 1937?
In Greek mythology, the necklace of Harmonia was a gift from which god: Hermes, Helios, Hephaestus, or Hymenaios?
Hephaestus, the blacksmith god – and it brought misfortune to its owners!
Which Native Peoples tribe in the United States originally settled in the city now know as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
When does the pantomime, a style of British theatre, typically take place during the year?
Whose lobbying and influence on the United States market led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration in the early 1900s?
What year did the first zeppelin make its initial flight?
Who painted the famous painting Saturn Devouring His Son?
What American poet created ‘the duplex’ form in poetry?
What day is Guy Fawkes Day in Great Britain?
What plant that makes up the beverage yerba mate related to: holly, maple, sunflower, or daffodil?
Holly
Which of the following is an antonym for the word “recalcitrant:” agreeable, obstinate, malicious, or radical?
John Witherspoon, an original signor of the United State Declaration of Independence, was president of which university in 1776: Princeton, Yale, Harvard, or Brown?
When the temperature reached 109 degrees Fahrenheit during their football game, the Philadelphia Eagles drank what to maintain their endurance: pickle juice, orange juice, apple juice, or broccoli juice?
What brand car was Ken Miles driving when he crashed and died in 1966?
What note is NOT a part of the standard open ukulele tuning: G, A, B, or E?
Mars has two moons, one named Deimos and the other named:
In what country is the Soberania National Park located: El Salvador, Panama, Paraguay, or Venezuela?
What year was Nicaragua’s national anthem chosen: 1904, 1912, 1916, or 1918?
What type of flower is the narcissus?
How old was Venetia Burney when she named Pluto in 1930?
Which province of Canada touches the Great Lakes of North America: Nunavet, Ontario, Alberta, or New Brunswick?
Which of the following is NOT considered one of the six major types of corn: flint, dent, pod, or meal?
Meal – meal is a ground corn as opposed to a major type.
What book is the 1995 movie Clueless modeled after?
What the name for the top portion of a turtle’s shell?
Carapace
What country is the Hagia Sophia located in?
What is the name for the person who makes wooden barrels?
What animal was used to represent the Department of Motor Vehicles in the animated movie Zootopia?
What was Istanbul, Turkey, previously called until officially changed in 1930?
Constantinople – after Constantine the Great!
Who is NOT one of the four main characters in the show Sex And The City: Samantha, Charlotte, Carrie, or Elizabeth?
Elizabeth – the fourth member is Miranda
What word means to “to cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters:” exfoliate, extrapolate, expunge, or expound?
What type of flower is the lotus flower: perennial, annual, autumnal, or solstician?
How many liters does a typical Madeira Drum hold: 450, 500, 650, 800?
What is the main medical use for liquid helium?
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines
What is Dale Chihuly’s primary art medium?
What is the name of the Swedish government run liquor stores: Systembolaget, Julmust, Fläderblomsaft, or Ölsupa?
Systembolaget – the rest are non-alcoholic beverages popular in Sweden!
Which actress is mother to Jamie Lee Curtis and starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 movie Psycho?
What was the most popular boys name in Portugal in 2016: Santiago, Miguel, Gabriel, or Martim?
Santiago – the other names rank 8th, 11th, and 5th, respectively
In Greek mythology, Helen was the daughter of Zeus and which woman?
When she landed her backflip at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Surya Bonaly had injured this part of her body: wrist, Achilles’ tendon, knee, or ankle?
Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting For Godot revolves around two characters named Estragon and…?
From the show Jersey Shore, Snooki’s real first name is: Debra, Emily, Nadine, or Nicole?
Who is the only actor to play Dr. Who twice?
David Tennant – he will be in the 2023 series release, and previously played the 10th Doctor.
What is the minimum alcohol content required in gin, according to EU law: 25.5, 30, 37.5, or 39%?
37.5
What 2002 show, starring Nathan Fillion and Gina Torres and others, only consisted of one fourteen-episode season?
Although it is credited to Jacob Grimm, Grimm’s Law in English was first remarked by which scientist: Max Müller, Rasmus Rask, Franz Bopp, or August Schleicher?
The Prose Edda, a piece of ancient Icelandic literature, was written by Snorri Sturluson in which century?
The 13th (1200s) – its considered the fullest detailed source of Germanic mythology!
Who organized the first major chain of newspapers in the United States in the 1890s?
Which country can claim they invented the first instant soluble coffee in 1890?
New Zealand – by David Strang of Invercargill!
I hope you learned something new and got to show off your trivia skills!
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