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General knowledge and games trivia

Explore full rounds: Easy trivia · Multiple-choice trivia · Trivia for work · Hard trivia · Chess trivia.

Q: What is the goal of a chess game?
A: Checkmate the opposing king so no legal escape remains.
Q: On a correctly oriented chessboard, what color is each player’s near right corner square?
A: White Source
Q: Which river flows through Paris?
A: Seine
Q: Which month has an extra day during a leap year?
A: February
Q: In chess, how does a rook move?
A: Any number of unobstructed squares horizontally or vertically.
Q: Which game is won by making a line of four discs in a vertical grid?
A: Connect 4 Source
Q: Mount Kilimanjaro is in which country?
A: Tanzania
Q: What color is created by mixing blue and yellow paint?
A: Green
Q: In chess, how does a bishop move?
A: Any number of unobstructed squares diagonally.
Q: In UNO, which card makes the next player draw four cards?
A: Wild Draw Four Source
Q: Which country has the city of Porto?
A: Portugal
Q: What is the name of the imaginary line at 0 degrees longitude?
A: The prime meridian
Q: In chess, how does a queen move?
A: Any number of unobstructed squares along ranks, files, or diagonals.
Q: Which board game uses letter tiles to form words?
A: Scrabble Source
Q: Which continent contains the Atacama Desert?
A: South America
Q: Which kitchen appliance commonly has settings called defrost and reheat?
A: A microwave
Q: In chess, what unusual path does a knight take?
A: An L shape: two squares one way and one perpendicular.
Q: Which game has players remove wooden blocks from a tower without toppling it?
A: Jenga Source
Q: Which U.S. state is nicknamed the Aloha State?
A: Hawaii
Q: What is the plural of “mouse” when referring to the animal?
A: Mice
Q: In chess, which piece can jump over other pieces?
A: The knight is the only standard piece that can leap.
Q: Which U.S. coin is worth 25 cents?
A: A quarter Source
Q: What is the capital of Kenya?
A: Nairobi
Q: How many sides does a hexagon have?
A: Six
Q: In chess, how far may a king normally move?
A: One square in any direction, provided it stays safe.
Q: Which U.S. coin traditionally has Abraham Lincoln on its front?
A: The one-cent coin, or penny Source
Q: Which sea separates Europe from Africa?
A: Mediterranean Sea
Q: What do the initials WWW stand for?
A: World Wide Web
Q: In chess, can a pawn move backward?
A: No, pawns move forward and capture diagonally forward.
Q: In American football, how many points does a safety score?
A: Two Source
Q: Which country is shaped like a boot?
A: Italy
Q: Which season begins around September in the Southern Hemisphere?
A: Spring
Q: In chess, when may a pawn advance two squares?
A: On its first move, if both squares ahead are clear.
Q: Which racket sport uses a shuttlecock?
A: Badminton Source
Q: Which Canadian province includes Vancouver?
A: British Columbia
Q: Which metal is liquid at ordinary room temperature?
A: Mercury
Q: In chess, must a promoted pawn become a previously captured piece?
A: No, promotion can create an additional queen or other piece.
Q: How many pins are set up at the start of a ten-pin bowling frame?
A: Ten Source
Q: Which capital city stands on the River Liffey?
A: Dublin
Q: How many minutes are in two hours?
A: 120
Q: In chess, what does “checkmate” mean?
A: The checked king has no legal move or defense.
Q: Which board game asks players to identify a suspect, a weapon, and a room?
A: Clue Source
Q: Which island nation lies southeast of India?
A: Sri Lanka
Q: What is the capital letter form of lowercase “q”?
A: Q
Q: In chess, what two pieces move during castling?
A: The king and one rook move in the same turn.
Q: Which board game uses black and white stones to surround territory?
A: Go Source
Q: Which mountain range separates France and Spain?
A: Pyrenees
Q: Which direction is opposite east?
A: West
Q: In chess, how many squares does the king move when castling?
A: Two squares toward the participating rook.
Q: In baseball, what hit lets the batter circle all four bases and score?
A: A home run Source
Q: Which country uses the yen?
A: Japan
Q: Which European capital is home to the Eiffel Tower?
A: Paris
Q: In chess, may a king castle through an attacked square?
A: No, the king's starting, crossing, and destination squares must be safe.
Q: In chess, what are the horizontal rows of squares called?
A: Ranks Source
Q: Which civilization built the city of Petra?
A: Nabataeans
Q: Which country contains the city of Marrakech?
A: Morocco
Q: In chess, what is the touch-move rule?
A: A deliberately touched movable piece must be moved when legally possible.
Q: Which navigation tool uses a magnetic needle to show direction?
A: A compass Source
Q: The Magna Carta was sealed in which century?
A: 13th century
Q: Which river flows through Cairo?
A: The Nile
Q: In chess, what is the fifty-move rule?
A: A draw may be claimed after 50 moves by each side without a pawn move or capture.
Q: In checkers, what does a piece become when it reaches the farthest row?
A: A king Source
Q: Which document begins with the words “We the People”?
A: U.S. Constitution
Q: Which U.S. state contains Denali?
A: Alaska
Q: In golf, what is a score of one stroke under par on a hole called?
A: A birdie Source
Q: Who became South Africa’s president in 1994?
A: Nelson Mandela
Q: What sea lies between Saudi Arabia and northeastern Africa?
A: The Red Sea
Q: What is the maximum number of players one soccer team may have on the field?
A: Eleven, including the goalkeeper Source
Q: Which ancient people developed democracy in Athens?
A: Greeks
Q: Which country is home to the ancient city of Angkor?
A: Cambodia
Q: Which game uses yes-or-no questions to identify an opponent’s mystery character?
A: Guess Who? Source
Q: The Rosetta Stone helped scholars decipher which script?
A: Egyptian hieroglyphs
Q: Which spacecraft became the first human-made object to enter interstellar space?
A: Voyager 1 Source
Q: Which moon of Saturn has a thick atmosphere made mostly of nitrogen?
A: Titan Source
Q: Which moon of Jupiter is the most volcanically active world in the Solar System?
A: Io Source
Q: What SI base unit measures electric current?
A: The ampere Source
Q: Which chemical element has the symbol W?
A: Tungsten Source
Q: What is the point on Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s focus?
A: The epicenter Source
Q: Which layer of Earth’s core is liquid rather than solid?
A: The outer core Source
Q: Which strait separates Alaska from Russia?
A: The Bering Strait Source
Q: Which U.S. national park contains the General Sherman Tree?
A: Sequoia National Park Source
Q: Who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.?
A: Maya Lin Source
Q: Who was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize?
A: Marie Curie Source
Q: Which physicist discovered the neutron in 1932?
A: James Chadwick Source
Q: Which spacecraft carried Yuri Gagarin on the first human spaceflight?
A: Vostok 1 Source
Q: What Inca site in Peru is a UNESCO World Heritage property high in the Andes?
A: Machu Picchu Source
Q: Which instrument measures atmospheric pressure?
A: A barometer Source
Q: Which U.S. founding document begins “When in the Course of human events”?
A: The Declaration of Independence Source
Q: What 1867 treaty transferred Alaska from Russia to the United States?
A: The Treaty of Cession, also called the Alaska Purchase Treaty Source
Q: Which country’s sovereignty over Svalbard was recognized by the 1920 Svalbard Treaty?
A: Norway Source

History trivia

Explore full rounds: Gilded age trivia · Korean war trivia · Silk road trivia · Vietnam war trivia · Civil rights movement trivia · Salem witch trials trivia · U.S. history trivia.

Q: Which war ended in 1865, shortly before the period often called the Gilded Age?
A: The American Civil War.
Q: Which country formally annexed Korea in 1910?
A: Japan.
Q: In what year did the Salem witch trials begin?
A: 1692, during a period of political uncertainty and local conflict in colonial Massachusetts.
Q: Was the Silk Road a single paved highway?
A: No, it was a network of land and sea routes.
Q: Which European country colonized Vietnam in the 19th century?
A: France.
Q: What informal 1877 political deal is associated with federal troop withdrawal from the South and the end of Reconstruction?
A: The Compromise of 1877. Source
Q: What event ended Japanese colonial rule in Korea?
A: Japan's surrender in World War II.
Q: What present-day town was known as Salem Village in 1692?
A: Danvers, Massachusetts.
Q: Which German geographer coined the term “Silk Road” in the 19th century?
A: Ferdinand von Richthofen.
Q: Which three present-day countries made up French Indochina?
A: Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
Q: Which historian presented the frontier thesis in 1893?
A: Frederick Jackson Turner.
Q: In what year was Korea divided into Soviet and American occupation zones?
A: 1945.
Q: How did Salem Village differ from Salem Town?
A: The village was a farming community inland, while Salem Town was a wealthier commercial port.
Q: Which Chinese dynasty helped open sustained routes into Central Asia?
A: The Han dynasty.
Q: Who founded the Viet Minh independence movement in 1941?
A: Ho Chi Minh.
Q: What 1893 exposition showcased American industry and culture in Chicago?
A: The World's Columbian Exposition.
Q: Which parallel divided Soviet and U.S. occupation zones in Korea after World War II?
A: The 38th parallel.
Q: How old was Abigail Williams in 1692?
A: About eleven years old.
Q: Which city was the Western Han capital and an eastern starting point for Silk Road routes?
A: Chang’an.
Q: Which country occupied Vietnam during World War II?
A: Japan.
Q: Which towering attraction debuted at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago?
A: The Ferris wheel.
Q: Which power occupied Korea north of the 38th parallel after World War II?
A: The Soviet Union.
Q: Which enslaved woman was among the first three people accused in the 1692 Salem witch trials?
A: Tituba.
Q: Which broad region linked China with western Asia along the Silk Roads?
A: Central Asia.
Q: In which city did Ho Chi Minh declare Vietnamese independence in 1945?
A: Hanoi.
Q: Who designed the original Ferris wheel?
A: George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.
Q: Which power occupied Korea south of the 38th parallel after World War II?
A: The United States.
Q: Which two women were accused alongside Tituba in February 1692?
A: Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne.
Q: Which sea served as a western hub of the Silk Roads for routes reaching Europe?
A: The Mediterranean Sea.
Q: What conflict pitted France against the Viet Minh from 1946 to 1954?
A: The First Indochina War.
Q: Which economic crisis began with a major railroad collapse in 1873?
A: The Panic of 1873.
Q: Which state was established in the southern Korean Peninsula in August 1948?
A: The Republic of Korea.
Q: What did Tituba’s confession describe?
A: A frightening world of spirits, animal familiars, a mysterious book, and other supposed witches.
Q: What term describes the sea routes linked to the overland Silk Roads?
A: The Maritime Silk Road.
Q: Which 1954 battle ended in a decisive French defeat?
A: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
Q: Which severe depression began in 1893?
A: The Panic of 1893.
Q: Which state was established in the northern Korean Peninsula in September 1948?
A: The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Q: Who was Mercy Lewis?
A: A teenage servant in the Putnam household who became a prominent accuser.
Q: Which ocean connected ports from East Africa to India and Southeast Asia?
A: The Indian Ocean.
Q: What 1954 agreements temporarily divided Vietnam?
A: The Geneva Accords.
Q: What term described the U.S. South’s post-Civil War campaign to attract industry and investment?
A: The New South.
Q: Who became North Korea's founding leader?
A: Kim Il Sung.
Q: Who was Mary Walcott?
A: A teenage accuser from a family connected to the Putnams.
Q: Did the Silk Roads operate at the same intensity throughout history?
A: No, activity rose and fell with political and economic conditions.
Q: At which parallel was Vietnam temporarily divided?
A: The 17th parallel.
Q: Which reform era followed the Gilded Age around the turn of the century?
A: The Progressive Era.
Q: Which ideology did North Korea's government follow?
A: Communism.
Q: Who was Elizabeth Hubbard?
A: A seventeen-year-old servant in physician William Griggs’s household and an active accuser.
Q: Which desert challenged travelers west of China's Gansu Corridor?
A: The Taklamakan Desert.
Q: What city served as the capital of North Vietnam?
A: Hanoi.
Q: Which railroad executive became famous for consolidating lines into a vast system?
A: Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Q: Which two powers provided major support to North Korea?
A: The Soviet Union and China.
Q: Who arrived as the new royal governor of Massachusetts in May 1692?
A: Sir William Phips.
Q: What does the word “oasis” describe?
A: A fertile, watered place in a desert.
Q: What city served as the capital of South Vietnam?
A: Saigon.
Q: Which two railroads joined at Promontory Summit?
A: The Union Pacific and Central Pacific.
Q: Which country became South Korea's principal military ally?
A: The United States.
Q: What regional war contributed fear and displacement to the Salem crisis?
A: King William’s War, including violent frontier conflict involving English settlers, French forces, and Native nations.
Q: Which basin contains the Taklamakan Desert?
A: The Tarim Basin.
Q: Who became president of South Vietnam in 1955?
A: Ngo Dinh Diem.
Q: What ceremonial object marked completion of the transcontinental railroad?
A: The Golden Spike.
Q: Had the two Korean governments peacefully agreed to a permanent division before the war?
A: No.
Q: Which elderly woman was accused in the Salem witch trials in March 1692, alongside Martha Corey?
A: Rebecca Nurse.
Q: What narrow route linked central China to the Tarim Basin?
A: The Gansu Corridor.
Q: What political ideology did the government of North Vietnam follow?
A: Communism.
Q: Which industrialist built Carnegie Steel?
A: Andrew Carnegie.
Q: On what date did the Korean War begin?
A: June 25, 1950.
Q: Which mountain range rises south of the Tarim Basin?
A: The Kunlun Mountains.
Q: Which U.S. president sent military advisers to support French forces in Indochina?
A: Harry S. Truman.
Q: What steelmaking method helped Carnegie produce steel cheaply in large quantities?
A: The Bessemer process.
Q: Which side launched the invasion that began the Korean War in June 1950?
A: North Korea.
Q: Which mountain range lies north of the Tarim Basin?
A: The Tian Shan.
Q: Which U.S. president increased the number of American military advisers in South Vietnam?
A: John F. Kennedy.
Q: Which financier formed U.S. Steel in 1901 by buying Carnegie's company?
A: J. P. Morgan.
Q: How quickly did North Korean forces capture Seoul?
A: Within three days.
Q: Which high Central Asian range was known historically as the Pamir Knot?
A: The Pamir Mountains.
Q: Which U.S. president dramatically escalated American combat involvement in the Vietnam War?
A: Lyndon B. Johnson.
Q: Which company made John D. Rockefeller the dominant figure in American oil?
A: Standard Oil.
Q: What bridge was controversially destroyed during the retreat from Seoul?
A: The Hangang Bridge.
Q: Which camel species was especially suited to cold Central Asian deserts?
A: The Bactrian camel.
Q: What was the August 1964 naval episode involving a confirmed attack on August 2 and a later-discredited report of a second attack on August 4?
A: The Gulf of Tonkin incident. Source
Q: What business arrangement placed multiple companies under one group of trustees?
A: A trust.
Q: Which United Nations resolution condemned the North Korean attack?
A: UN Security Council Resolution 82.
Q: How many humps does a Bactrian camel have?
A: Two.
Q: What congressional measure gave President Johnson broad authority to use force in Southeast Asia?
A: The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
Q: What strategy controls suppliers and production stages within one company?
A: Vertical integration.
Q: What American-led command coordinated international forces in Korea?
A: United Nations Command.
Q: What traveling group offered merchants safety and shared resources?
A: A caravan.
Q: Which U.S. destroyer reported an attack on August 2, 1964?
A: USS Maddox.
Q: What strategy expands control by absorbing competitors in the same industry?
A: Horizontal integration.
Q: Near which city did Task Force Smith fight on July 5, 1950?
A: Osan.
Q: What roadside lodging served merchants and animals along many routes?
A: A caravanserai.
Q: What sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam began in 1965?
A: Operation Rolling Thunder.
Q: Which baseball player broke Major League Baseball's modern color barrier in 1947?
A: Jackie Robinson.
Q: What 1820 law paired Missouri’s admission with Maine’s?
A: The Missouri Compromise.
Q: To whom was King's Birmingham letter addressed?
A: White clergymen who had criticized the demonstrations.
Q: At which 1876 battle did Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors defeat Custer’s 7th Cavalry detachment?
A: The Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Q: Which president ordered the desegregation of the U.S. armed forces in 1948?
A: Harry S. Truman.
Q: Texas won independence in 1836 from which country?
A: Mexico.
Q: Which SNCC organizer stayed in Lowndes County, Alabama, after the Selma-to-Montgomery march to work on voter registration?
A: Bob Mants.
Q: What 1798 laws targeted immigrants and critics of the government?
A: The Alien and Sedition Acts.
Q: What Supreme Court case ended segregation on Montgomery buses?
A: Browder v. Gayle.
Q: On which two cities were atomic bombs dropped?
A: Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Q: Which civil rights leader headed the National Urban League from 1961 to 1971?
A: Whitney Young.
Q: The War of 1812 was fought primarily against which nation?
A: Great Britain.
Q: Which organization did Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale found in Oakland?
A: The Black Panther Party.
Q: What name was given to Wilson’s peace framework?
A: The Fourteen Points.
Q: What 1955 decision addressed how quickly schools should desegregate?
A: Brown II.
Q: Which clause makes federal law supreme over conflicting state law?
A: The Supremacy Clause.
Q: On what date did Bloody Sunday occur?
A: March 7, 1965.
Q: Which six-year-old integrated William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans?
A: Ruby Bridges.
Q: What 1797 diplomatic scandal involved French agents labeled X, Y, and Z?
A: The XYZ Affair.
Q: What was the youth-led phase of the Birmingham campaign called?
A: The Children's Crusade.
Q: What 1972 scandal led to a presidential resignation?
A: Watergate.
Q: Which Alabama city became the starting point for voting-rights marches in 1965?
A: Selma.
Q: What West Coast station detained many Asian immigrants?
A: Angel Island.
Q: Which Detroit homemaker was killed after participating in the Selma campaign?
A: Viola Liuzzo.
Q: What 1899–1902 conflict followed annexation in the Pacific?
A: The Philippine–American War.
Q: Which federal judge cleared the way for the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery voting-rights march?
A: Frank M. Johnson Jr.
Q: What constitutional amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
A: The 13th Amendment.
Q: Which amendment guarantees equal protection under the law?
A: The 14th Amendment.
Q: Which president issued Executive Order 8802 banning discrimination in defense industries?
A: Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Q: In what year did the U.S. enter World War I?
A: 1917.

Science and space trivia

Explore full rounds: Anatomy trivia · Bacteria and virus trivia · Human heart trivia · Stars and constellations trivia · Space trivia · Earth science and geology trivia · Tornado trivia.

Q: What mechanism in the loop of Henle helps create the kidney medulla’s concentration gradient?
A: Countercurrent multiplication.
Q: What virus causes AIDS?
A: HIV.
Q: What creates an oxbow lake?
A: Meander cutoff.
Q: What circuit carries blood between the heart and lungs?
A: Pulmonary circulation.
Q: Which dwarf planet sports a heart-shaped region nicknamed Tombaugh Regio?
A: Pluto.
Q: What sequence orders stars from hottest to coolest?
A: O, B, A, F, G, K, M.
Q: In what year did the United States begin using the EF scale?
A: 2007.
Q: Where does gluconeogenesis primarily occur?
A: In the liver (and to a lesser extent the kidney).
Q: What bacterial growth phase features rapid division?
A: The exponential phase.
Q: Karst forms in which rock?
A: Limestone (and dolostone).
Q: What ventricular muscles tighten the chordae tendineae during contraction?
A: Papillary muscles.
Q: The Milky Way, Andromeda, and Triangulum form what small collection?
A: The Local Group.
Q: What stellar layer lies just above the photosphere?
A: The chromosphere.
Q: On the Enhanced Fujita tornado scale, which rating corresponds to estimated winds of 166–200 mph?
A: EF4.
Q: How many vessels are in a typical umbilical cord?
A: Three: two arteries and one vein.
Q: What virus causes chickenpox?
A: Varicella-zoster virus.
Q: How are tsunamis generated geologically?
A: Sudden seafloor displacement.
Q: What nervous system branch usually slows the resting heart rate?
A: The parasympathetic nervous system.
Q: JWST orbits around which specific point?
A: Sun–Earth L2.
Q: What catalog designation does the Orion Nebula have?
A: Messier 42.
Q: What instrument sends radio waves into storms to detect precipitation and motion?
A: Weather radar.
Q: Which vitamins are fat-soluble?
A: Vitamins A, D, E, and K.
Q: What soil bacterium supplies genes used in some insect-resistant crops?
A: Bacillus thuringiensis.
Q: Which crust is thicker—continental or oceanic?
A: Continental crust.
Q: What valve lies between the left atrium and left ventricle?
A: The mitral valve.
Q: What does the panspermia hypothesis propose?
A: That life may spread from one world to another through space, for example aboard meteorites or comets.
Q: What long, stable stage includes the Sun?
A: The main sequence.
Q: What cellphone system can deliver tornado warnings automatically?
A: Wireless Emergency Alerts.
Q: What key structures do thick skin areas (palms/soles) lack?
A: Hair follicles and sebaceous glands (but have abundant sweat glands).
Q: Who promoted handwashing to prevent childbed fever?
A: Ignaz Semmelweis.
Q: Two main glacier types?
A: Alpine and continental.
Q: Do chordae tendineae attach to the aortic and pulmonary valves?
A: No.
Q: The transit method looks for what in a star’s light curve?
A: A small dip in brightness.
Q: What is a forming star called before sustained hydrogen fusion begins?
A: A protostar.
Q: What line-shaped storm system can produce brief tornadoes?
A: A quasi-linear convective system.
Q: Which chamber pumps blood to the lungs?
A: The right ventricle via the pulmonary trunk/arteries.
Q: Who discovered penicillin's antibacterial effect?
A: Alexander Fleming.
Q: What is a Wadati–Benioff zone?
A: Inclined earthquake zone in subduction.
Q: What major nerve carries parasympathetic signals to the heart?
A: The vagus nerve.
Q: Proxima Centauri b orbits what star?
A: Proxima Centauri.
Q: Which generally lives longer, a red dwarf or a blue giant?
A: A red dwarf.
Q: What cool descending air can wrap around a mesocyclone?
A: The rear-flank downdraft.
Q: In which bone is the foramen magnum located?
A: The occipital bone.
Q: What immune cells can engulf bacteria?
A: Phagocytes.
Q: Gutenberg–Richter relation links what?
A: Earthquake frequency and magnitude.
Q: What vessels carry blood from the fetus toward the placenta?
A: The umbilical arteries.
Q: What is the Sun’s visible “surface” layer called?
A: The photosphere.
Q: What organization standardized the 88 modern constellations?
A: The International Astronomical Union.
Q: Which Kansas town was largely destroyed by an EF5 tornado in 2007?
A: Greensburg.
Q: What type of joint is the temporomandibular joint (TMJ)?
A: A modified hinge synovial joint with hinge and gliding movements.
Q: What protein coat encloses a viral genome?
A: A capsid.
Q: What is an earthquake?
A: Sudden energy release along a fault.
Q: Where is the heart located in the chest?
A: Behind the sternum, between the lungs, with most of it slightly left of center.
Q: Geostationary satellites orbit at roughly what altitude?
A: ~35,786 km.
Q: What kind of cluster packs old stars into a roughly spherical swarm?
A: A globular cluster.
Q: What is the path of damage left by a tornado called?
A: A damage path.
Q: Which blood type is the universal donor for red blood cells?
A: O negative (for packed RBC transfusion).
Q: What vaccine type delivers genetic instructions in messenger RNA?
A: An mRNA vaccine.
Q: Pillow basalts form in what environment?
A: Submarine eruptions.
Q: Which chamber receives oxygen-rich blood from the lungs?
A: The left atrium.
Q: The Hertzsprung–Russell diagram plots what two stellar properties?
A: Luminosity vs. temperature.
Q: Which is hotter, a blue star or a red star?
A: A blue star.
Q: What hook-shaped radar feature can appear with a tornadic supercell?
A: A hook echo.
Q: What is the functional contractile unit of striated muscle?
A: The sarcomere, Z-line to Z-line.
Q: What process destroys all microbial life, including bacterial spores?
A: Sterilization.
Q: What is terrane accretion?
A: Small crustal blocks added to continents.
Q: How many valves are in the heart?
A: Four.
Q: Who was the teacher selected for Challenger’s “Teacher in Space” program?
A: Christa McAuliffe.
Q: What bright star in Lyra is part of the Summer Triangle?
A: Vega.
Q: Which Alabama city was hit by a violent tornado on April 27, 2011?
A: Tuscaloosa.
Q: In the femoral triangle, what is the lateral-to-medial order of major structures?
A: Nerve → Artery → Vein → Lymphatics (NAVL).
Q: What virus causes rabies?
A: Rabies virus.
Q: Which volcano type is broad with gentle slopes?
A: Shield volcano.
Q: What are the two main coronary arteries?
A: The right and left coronary arteries.
Q: What powers active galactic nuclei (AGNs)?
A: Accretion onto supermassive black holes.
Q: Which constellation contains the Little Dipper?
A: Ursa Minor.
Q: What portable device broadcasts continuous official weather information?
A: NOAA Weather Radio.
Q: How many pairs of ribs do humans typically have?
A: Twelve pairs; ribs 1–7 are “true,” 8–12 “false,” 11–12 “floating.”
Q: What viral proteins often project from an envelope?
A: Spikes.
Q: What does “100-year flood” really mean?
A: 1% annual probability.
Q: What does a sphygmomanometer measure?
A: Blood pressure.
Q: Who spoke the famous “small step” line on the Moon?
A: Neil Armstrong.
Q: What is the balance between inward gravity and outward pressure called?
A: Hydrostatic equilibrium.
Q: Which winds are estimated for EF1 damage?
A: 86 to 110 mph.
Q: Chordae tendineae are attached to which valves and muscles?
A: AV valves (tricuspid/mitral) anchored by papillary muscles.
Q: What plant structures house many nitrogen-fixing bacteria?
A: Root nodules.
Q: What does hydraulic fracturing aim to increase?
A: Permeability in tight rocks.
Q: What is the pointed lower tip of the heart called?
A: The apex.
Q: What do we call icy bodies beyond Neptune in general?
A: Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs).
Q: What process powers a main-sequence star?
A: Nuclear fusion.
Q: What low-level ingredient helps sustain a rotating updraft?
A: Warm, moist inflow.
Q: Which plane splits the body into anterior and posterior parts?
A: The frontal (coronal) plane.
Q: What bacterium causes cholera?
A: Vibrio cholerae.
Q: What forms a cone of depression?
A: Heavy pumping lowering local water table.
Q: What type of echocardiography shows the direction and speed of blood flow?
A: Doppler echocardiography.
Q: A star’s color primarily signals which property?
A: Surface temperature.
Q: Which zodiac constellation is represented by an archer?
A: Sagittarius.
Q: What 1925 tornado crossed Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana?
A: The Tri-State Tornado.
Q: Where does the thoracic duct drain lymph into the venous system?
A: At the left venous angle (left subclavian–internal jugular junction).
Q: What membrane surrounds some viruses?
A: A lipid envelope.
Q: What magnetic evidence supports seafloor spreading?
A: Symmetrical magnetic stripes.
Q: What procedure uses contrast dye and X-rays to view coronary arteries?
A: Coronary angiography.
Q: Which rover delivered and operated the helicopter Ingenuity?
A: Perseverance.
Q: Which zodiac constellation is represented by a bull?
A: Taurus.
Q: Which Oklahoma City suburb was struck by major tornadoes in 1999 and 2013?
A: Moore.
Q: Which nerve innervates muscles of facial expression?
A: The facial nerve (cranial nerve VII).
Q: What test detects specific viral or bacterial proteins?
A: An antigen test.
Q: What is liquefaction?
A: Saturated sediments temporarily lose strength.
Q: Do all arteries carry oxygen-rich blood?
A: No.
Q: Roughly how fast is low-Earth orbit speed?
A: ~7.8 km/s.
Q: Do stars usually twinkle as much when viewed from space?
A: No.
Q: What is a motor unit?
A: One motor neuron and all the skeletal muscle fibers it innervates.
Q: What bacterium is linked to many stomach ulcers?
A: Helicobacter pylori.
Q: What large venous channel empties blood from the heart muscle into the right atrium?
A: The coronary sinus.
Q: What is our home galaxy called?
A: The Milky Way.
Q: What cross-shaped constellation helps observers find south in the Southern Hemisphere?
A: Crux, the Southern Cross.
Q: Which enzyme in saliva begins starch digestion?
A: Salivary amylase (ptyalin).
Q: What global agency declared smallpox eradicated?
A: The World Health Organization.
Q: What test measures the heart while a person exercises under supervision?
A: An exercise stress test.
Q: Which astronomical coordinate system uses right ascension and declination?
A: The equatorial coordinate system.

Animals and nature trivia

Explore full rounds: Bee trivia · Elephant trivia · Octopus trivia · Butterfly trivia · Dog trivia · Bird trivia · Shark trivia · Whale trivia.

Q: How many main body sections does an adult bee have?
A: Three
Q: How many wings does an adult butterfly have?
A: Four
Q: How many living elephant species are widely recognized by the IUCN?
A: Three
Q: How many arms does an octopus have?
A: Eight
Q: What are the three main body sections of a bee?
A: Head, thorax, and abdomen
Q: What covers butterfly wings?
A: Tiny overlapping scales
Q: What are the two African elephant species?
A: African savanna elephant and African forest elephant
Q: Are octopus appendages arms or tentacles in zoological terminology?
A: Arms
Q: How many legs does an adult bee have?
A: Six
Q: What gives many butterfly wings structural color?
A: Microscopic scale structures that reflect light
Q: What is the scientific name of the African savanna elephant?
A: Loxodonta africana
Q: What hard, beak-like structure does an octopus use to bite?
A: A beak
Q: Where are a bee's wings and legs attached?
A: The thorax
Q: What feeding tube does an adult butterfly uncoil?
A: The proboscis
Q: What is the scientific name of the African forest elephant?
A: Loxodonta cyclotis
Q: What rasping feeding structure works with the beak?
A: The radula
Q: How many antennae does a bee have?
A: Two
Q: What type of eyes do adult butterflies have?
A: Compound eyes
Q: What is the scientific name of the Asian elephant?
A: Elephas maximus
Q: How many hearts does an octopus have?
A: Three
Q: What mouthpart do many bees use to lap nectar?
A: The proboscis or tongue
Q: What openings along the body deliver air to the tracheal system?
A: Spiracles
Q: How does an Asian elephant's back often compare with an African savanna elephant's?
A: It is often more rounded or convex
Q: What copper-containing molecule carries oxygen in octopus blood?
A: Hemocyanin
Q: What are a bee's large paired eyes called?
A: Compound eyes
Q: Do butterflies have lungs?
A: No
Q: How many finger-like tips does an African elephant trunk have?
A: Two
Q: Does an octopus have an internal or external shell?
A: Neither in most living octopus species
Q: What structures hook a bee's forewings and hindwings together in flight?
A: Hamuli
Q: What circulatory fluid do insects have instead of vertebrate blood?
A: Hemolymph
Q: How many finger-like tips does an Asian elephant trunk have?
A: One
Q: Where are many octopus neurons located?
A: In the arms
Q: What branched body hairs help bees collect pollen?
A: Plumose hairs
Q: What stiff veins support a butterfly wing?
A: Wing veins
Q: Do female African elephants usually grow visible tusks?
A: Yes
Q: What structures line the underside of octopus arms?
A: Suckers
Q: What pollen-carrying structure occurs on many bees' legs or abdomen?
A: A scopa
Q: What are the four butterfly life stages?
A: Egg, larva, pupa, adult
Q: Do all female Asian elephants grow large visible tusks?
A: No
Q: What can octopus suckers detect?
A: Touch and chemical cues
Q: What is the pollen basket on a honeybee hind leg called?
A: A corbicula
Q: What is a butterfly larva commonly called?
A: A caterpillar
Q: What are tuskless male Asian elephants sometimes called?
A: Makhnas
Q: How does an octopus eye resemble a camera?
A: It has a lens, iris, and retina
Q: Approximately how many described bee species exist worldwide?
A: More than 20,000
Q: What is a butterfly pupa commonly called?
A: A chrysalis
Q: Where do African forest elephants mainly live?
A: Tropical forests of central and western Africa
Q: Do octopus eyes have the vertebrate blind spot caused by nerves crossing the retina?
A: No
Q: What genus includes western honeybees?
A: Apis
Q: What process transforms larva into adult?
A: Metamorphosis
Q: What is an elephant's trunk anatomically?
A: An elongated nose and upper lip
Q: What organs help an octopus sense balance and movement?
A: Statocysts
Q: What is the scientific name of the western honeybee?
A: Apis mellifera
Q: What does a caterpillar primarily do?
A: Eat and grow
Q: Does an elephant trunk contain bones?
A: No
Q: Can a severed octopus arm perform some reflexive movements?
A: Yes
Q: What genus includes many bumblebees?
A: Bombus
Q: About how many muscle fascicles did a 2023 micro-CT reconstruction estimate in an Asian elephant calf’s trunk?
A: About 90,000.
Q: How does water carry odors to an octopus?
A: Dissolved chemicals reach chemoreceptors
Q: What do weight-pull competitions test?
A: A dog’s strength to pull heavy loads.
Q: What’s the proper term for a dog’s “third eyelid”?
A: The nictitating membrane .
Q: Medical alert dogs may warn about what?
A: Seizures or dangerous blood-sugar drops.
Q: Which livestock guardian has a dramatic corded coat?
A: The Komondor.
Q: Which fruit should dogs avoid due to kidney risks?
A: Grapes and raisins.
Q: How many size varieties do Schnauzers come in?
A: Three—Miniature, Standard, and Giant.
Q: Flea control helps prevent which common tapeworm?
A: Dipylidium caninum .
Q: What ear type folds back like a small rose petal?
A: Rose ear (e.g., many sighthounds).
Q: Beagles and Dachshunds belong to which AKC group?
A: The Hound Group.
Q: Which African breed is known as the “barkless dog”?
A: The Basenji.
Q: The front position in a sled team is called?
A: Lead dog (with swing, team, and wheel behind).
Q: What is a “feathered” tail?
A: Tail with long fringed hair.
Q: Sighthounds chase a moving lure in what?
A: Lure coursing.
Q: Where do wild penguins naturally live?
A: The Southern Hemisphere, from Antarctica to temperate and even equatorial regions.
Q: What 2010 U.S. law strengthened shark conservation requirements?
A: The Shark Conservation Act.
Q: What are patterned sequences of sperm-whale clicks called?
A: Codas.
Q: What are owl pellets?
A: Regurgitated masses of indigestible prey parts such as bones, fur, and feathers.
Q: Do all shark species have identical tooth shapes?
A: No. Tooth shape varies with diet and feeding strategy.
Q: What broader mammal order includes cetaceans and even-toed hoofed mammals?
A: Artiodactyla, also called Cetartiodactyla in combined classifications.
Q: What large African wetland bird is famous for bill-clattering and a shoe-shaped beak?
A: The shoebill.
Q: Do sharks replace worn or lost teeth?
A: Yes. New teeth continually move forward from replacement rows.
Q: What term describes learned behaviors shared within whale groups?
A: Culture.
Q: Are all bird bones hollow?
A: No. Bird skeletons include solid and marrow-containing bones as well as pneumatic ones.
Q: What body system detects vibrations and water movement around a shark?
A: The lateral line system.
Q: What group of baleen whales expands throat pleats to engulf huge mouthfuls of water?
A: Rorquals.
Q: Are birds warm-blooded?
A: Yes. They maintain high internal body temperatures through metabolism.
Q: About how long have shark ancestors existed on Earth?
A: More than 400 million years.
Q: What is the scientific name for toothed whales?
A: Odontoceti.
Q: Do wild polar bears and penguins normally meet?
A: No. Polar bears live in the Arctic, while penguins are native to the Southern Hemisphere.
Q: What does shark finning mean?
A: Removing a shark's fins and discarding the rest of the animal, often at sea.
Q: What tissue in a toothed whale’s lower jaw helps transmit returning echolocation sounds toward the ear?
A: Specialized fatty tissue, or acoustic fat.
Q: What pigments help make flamingos pink?
A: Carotenoid pigments obtained through food.
Q: Do sharks normally chew food the way humans do?
A: Many species use teeth to seize, cut, or crush prey, then swallow pieces with relatively little chewing.
Q: What creatures can inhabit whale bones during late stages of a whale fall?
A: Bone-eating Osedax worms.
Q: What group of birds is famously adapted for swimming rather than flying?
A: Penguins.
Q: Which shark's snout contains the strikingly expanded structure called a cephalofoil?
A: A hammerhead shark.
Q: What pigment-rich protein stores oxygen in whale muscles?
A: Myoglobin.
Q: What penguin is an exceptional deep diver, reaching hundreds of meters below the surface?
A: The emperor penguin.
Q: Are all sharks apex predators?
A: No. Shark species occupy many ecological roles and some are prey for larger animals.
Q: What waxy substance from sperm whales was once used in candles and machinery?
A: Spermaceti.
Q: What Australian bird is famous for extraordinary sound mimicry?
A: The superb lyrebird.

Geography and languages trivia

Explore full rounds: English grammar trivia · World languages trivia · Philippines trivia · Scotland trivia · Switzerland trivia · United kingdom trivia · World festivals trivia · Mexico trivia.

Q: What part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea?
A: A noun
Q: What is the capital of the Philippines?
A: Manila
Q: What is the capital of Scotland?
A: Edinburgh
Q: Which language family includes English, Hindi, Spanish, and Russian?
A: Indo-European
Q: What type of noun names a specific person or place and is normally capitalized?
A: A proper noun
Q: On which island is Manila located?
A: Luzon
Q: Which country borders Scotland to the south?
A: England
Q: Which branch of Indo-European includes English, German, and Swedish?
A: Germanic
Q: What type of noun names something perceived as an idea or quality?
A: An abstract noun
Q: What are the three major island groups of the Philippines?
A: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao
Q: What sea lies east of Scotland?
A: The North Sea
Q: Which branch includes Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian?
A: Romance
Q: What is a collective noun?
A: A noun that names a group
Q: What name does Philippine law give its maritime zones on the western side of the archipelago?
A: West Philippine Sea.
Q: What ocean lies west and north of Scotland?
A: The Atlantic Ocean
Q: Which branch includes Russian, Polish, and Ukrainian?
A: Slavic
Q: What pronoun refers back to the subject, as in herself?
A: A reflexive pronoun
Q: What ocean lies east of the Philippines?
A: The Pacific Ocean
Q: What mountain range contains Ben Nevis?
A: The Grampian Mountains
Q: Which family includes Arabic, Hebrew, and Amharic?
A: Afro-Asiatic
Q: What type of pronoun introduces many relative clauses?
A: A relative pronoun
Q: What sea separates many islands of the central Philippines?
A: The Visayan Sea
Q: What low-lying belt contains Glasgow and Edinburgh?
A: The Central Belt
Q: Which Afro-Asiatic branch includes Arabic and Hebrew?
A: Semitic
Q: Which relative pronoun traditionally refers to people in formal usage?
A: Who
Q: What strait separates Samar and Leyte?
A: San Juanico Strait
Q: What valley follows a major geological fault across the Scottish Highlands?
A: The Great Glen.
Q: Which family includes Mandarin, Cantonese, and Burmese?
A: Sino-Tibetan
Q: What type of word is the in traditional grammar?
A: A definite article
Q: On which island is Mount Apo?
A: Mindanao
Q: Which firth separates Fife from the Edinburgh area?
A: The Firth of Forth
Q: Which family includes Finnish, Estonian, and Hungarian?
A: Uralic
Q: What are a and an called?
A: Indefinite articles
Q: Which lake surrounds Volcano Island and Taal Volcano?
A: Taal Lake
Q: What national park includes much of the central Highlands?
A: Cairngorms National Park
Q: Which family includes Turkish, Azerbaijani, and Kazakh?
A: Turkic
Q: Which article normally appears before a consonant sound?
A: A
Q: Which city is known as the Summer Capital of the Philippines?
A: Baguio
Q: What national park surrounds Loch Lomond?
A: Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
Q: Which family includes Swahili, Zulu, and Xhosa?
A: Niger-Congo
Q: Which article normally appears before a vowel sound?
A: An
Q: Which Visayan city is known as the Queen City of the South?
A: Cebu City
Q: What mountain range on Skye is popular with climbers?
A: The Cuillin
Q: Which Niger-Congo branch includes Swahili and Zulu?
A: Bantu
Q: What is a demonstrative determiner?
A: A word such as this, that, these, or those used before a noun
Q: What walled district preserves part of colonial Manila?
A: Intramuros
Q: Which archipelago lies off Scotland's far north coast?
A: Orkney
Q: Which family includes Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam?
A: Dravidian
Q: What part of speech expresses an action, occurrence, or state?
A: A verb
Q: Which UNESCO-listed church stands inside Intramuros?
A: San Agustin Church
Q: Which archipelago lies northeast of mainland Scotland?
A: Shetland
Q: Which family includes Indonesian, Tagalog, Māori, and Hawaiian?
A: Austronesian
Q: What is the base form of a verb?
A: Its uninflected dictionary form
Q: Which island is home to the prehistoric village of Skara Brae?
A: Mainland, Orkney
Q: Which family includes Japanese and the Ryukyuan languages?
A: Japonic
Q: What is the past tense of go?
A: Went
Q: Which Palawan site features a navigable underground river?
A: Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park
Q: What term describes a language with no demonstrated genetic relatives?
A: A language isolate
Q: What masked combat-sport tradition is famous in Mexico?
A: Lucha libre.
Q: What are Switzerland's four national languages?
A: German, French, Italian, and Romansh.
Q: Which Scottish king won a major victory at Bannockburn in 1314?
A: Robert the Bruce.
Q: Which Italian town hosts a historic orange-throwing battle?
A: Ivrea (Battle of the Oranges).
Q: What family of Mexican sauces can combine chiles, spices, and other ingredients?
A: Mole.
Q: In what year was modern Switzerland established as a federal state?
A: 1848.
Q: What sea separates Great Britain from the island of Ireland?
A: The Irish Sea.
Q: Which Nepalese Tihar day honors dogs with garlands?
A: Kukur Tihar.
Q: What bird appears on Mexico's flag?
A: Golden eagle.
Q: Which city hosts the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee?
A: Lausanne.
Q: What color are London's traditional double-decker buses?
A: Red.
Q: Which Canadian city’s stampede is a rodeo-meets-festival spectacle each July?
A: Calgary (Calgary Stampede).
Q: What decorated sugar objects represent skulls?
A: Calaveras de azúcar.
Q: Which Swiss resort is closely associated with the Cresta Run?
A: St. Moritz.
Q: What currency is used throughout the United Kingdom?
A: Pound sterling.
Q: Which Indian city hosts a noted festival focusing on documentaries and short films, called MIFF?
A: Mumbai (Mumbai International Film Festival).
Q: What peninsula contains Cancún and much of the Maya heartland?
A: Yucatán Peninsula.
Q: What dried meat specialty comes from the canton of Graubünden?
A: Bündnerfleisch.
Q: What black birds are famously kept at the Tower of London?
A: Ravens.
Q: What colorful powder used in Holi is called?
A: Gulal.
Q: Which city hosts the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross?
A: Geneva.
Q: What Northern Irish griddle bread is made with potatoes?
A: Potato farl.
Q: Which U.S. city’s “Feast of San Gennaro” is famed for cannoli and street vendors?
A: New York City (Little Italy).
Q: What sea borders the Yucatán Peninsula's east coast?
A: Caribbean Sea.
Q: What female figure appears on Swiss coins and stamps as a national personification?
A: Helvetia.
Q: Which Scottish author created Sherlock Holmes?
A: Arthur Conan Doyle.
Q: Which Persian New Year festival celebrates the spring equinox?
A: Nowruz.
Q: What ocean lies west and south of much of Mexico?
A: Pacific Ocean.
Q: Which cycling race is considered Switzerland's national tour?
A: Tour de Suisse.
Q: What form of government does the United Kingdom have?
A: A constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy.
Q: Which mid-autumn festival features mooncakes and lanterns?
A: The Mid-Autumn Festival.
Q: What Gulf Coast culture created colossal stone heads?
A: Olmec.
Q: Which five countries border Switzerland?
A: France, Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, and Italy.
Q: What prehistoric stone circle stands on Salisbury Plain?
A: Stonehenge.
Q: What Australian city’s Moomba Festival centers on the Yarra River each March?
A: Melbourne.
Q: What central avenue runs through Teotihuacan?
A: Avenue of the Dead.
Q: What wooden bridge is a symbol of Lucerne?
A: Chapel Bridge.
Q: Which secret agent is known by the code number 007?
A: James Bond.
Q: Which Italian town hosts a white-truffle fair drawing chefs worldwide?
A: Alba (Fiera Internazionale del Tartufo Bianco d’Alba).
Q: What is the past participle of go?
A: Gone
Q: Which auxiliary verb forms the English present perfect?
A: Forms of “have.”
Q: In English grammar, which auxiliary verb forms the progressive aspect?
A: Forms of “be.”

Food and drink trivia

Explore full rounds: Baking trivia · Beer trivia · Halloween candy trivia · Pumpkin trivia · Wine trivia · Dessert trivia · Pizza trivia.

Q: Which two wheat proteins combine to form gluten when hydrated and mixed?
A: Gliadin and glutenin
Q: What four ingredients are traditionally central to beer?
A: Water, malted grain, hops, and yeast
Q: Which company makes Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups in the United States?
A: The Hershey Company, which acquired the H.B. Reese Candy Company in 1963.
Q: What plant family includes pumpkins?
A: The Cucurbitaceae family, which also includes squash, cucumbers, melons, and gourds.
Q: What is the grape-growing branch of agriculture called?
A: Viticulture
Q: Which flour generally has more protein, bread flour or cake flour?
A: Bread flour
Q: What does malting encourage a grain to produce?
A: Enzymes that can convert starch into sugar
Q: Who created Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups?
A: Harry Burnett Reese, a former Hershey employee, developed the candy business bearing his name.
Q: What genus contains the domesticated plants commonly called pumpkins?
A: Cucurbita.
Q: What French word describes the combined influence of place on wine?
A: Terroir
Q: Which flour is milled to have a very fine texture and low protein?
A: Cake flour
Q: Which plant provides beer's familiar bitterness and many aromas?
A: Hops
Q: Which two flavors form a classic Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup?
A: Peanut butter and milk chocolate.
Q: Which species includes many carving pumpkins and small pie pumpkins?
A: Cucurbita pepo.
Q: What is the yearly grape-gathering season called?
A: Harvest or vintage
Q: What does sugar attract and hold in baked goods?
A: Moisture
Q: What part of the hop plant is used in brewing?
A: The cone-shaped female flowers
Q: What does the name M&M’s represent?
A: The surnames Mars and Murrie, belonging to the candy’s original business partners.
Q: Which species includes many giant pumpkins and Hubbard-type squashes?
A: Cucurbita maxima.
Q: What is the period when grapes begin changing color called?
A: Veraison
Q: Which common fat is roughly 80 percent milk fat?
A: Butter
Q: Which microorganism converts fermentable sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide?
A: Yeast
Q: Which company produces M&M’s?
A: Mars Wrigley, part of the privately held Mars company.
Q: Which species includes butternut squash and Dickinson-type processing pumpkins?
A: Cucurbita moschata.
Q: Which grape components contribute tannin to wine?
A: Skins, seeds, and stems
Q: What does shortening contribute especially well to pie crust?
A: Tenderness and flakiness
Q: What is the liquid extracted from mashed grain called?
A: Wort
Q: What animal reportedly inspired the name Snickers?
A: A favorite horse owned by the Mars family.
Q: What botanical type of fruit is a pumpkin?
A: A pepo, which is a berry with a hard rind produced by members of the gourd family.
Q: What natural sugar in grapes is converted into alcohol?
A: Glucose and fructose
Q: Which ingredient strengthens structure through coagulating proteins?
A: Eggs
Q: Which grain is especially important in hefeweizen?
A: Wheat
Q: Which Hershey bar combines chocolate with crisped rice?
A: Krackel, best known as part of Hershey’s Miniatures assortment.
Q: What is the tough outer skin of a pumpkin called?
A: The rind.
Q: What measurement estimates grape sugar and potential alcohol in many countries?
A: Brix
Q: What part of an egg is rich in emulsifying lecithin?
A: The yolk
Q: Which roasted grain gives many stouts coffee-like flavors?
A: Roasted barley
Q: What filling appears inside a standard 3 Musketeers bar?
A: Whipped chocolate-flavored nougat covered in milk chocolate.
Q: What name is given to the ridged divisions running down many pumpkins?
A: Ribs.
Q: What vine-training structure supports shoots and fruit?
A: A trellis
Q: What does salt do besides add flavor?
A: Strengthens gluten and moderates yeast activity
Q: What ingredient can add body and haze to an oat stout?
A: Oats
Q: What debate does Twix advertising jokingly create?
A: A rivalry between Left Twix and Right Twix, even though the bars are essentially the same.
Q: What is the pumpkin’s stem technically called?
A: A peduncle, the stalk connecting the fruit to the vine.
Q: What is a cutting attached to another vine's root system called?
A: A graft
Q: Which cocoa has been treated with alkali to reduce acidity?
A: Dutch-process cocoa
Q: Which grain is traditional in rye beer?
A: Rye
Q: Which candy bar is known for coconut covered with dark chocolate?
A: Mounds.
Q: What hollow internal space holds pumpkin seeds and stringy tissue?
A: The seed cavity.
Q: Which root-feeding insect devastated European vineyards in the 1800s?
A: Phylloxera
Q: What grain is rolled or steel-cut to make oatmeal bakes?
A: Oats
Q: What sugar from malt is especially important in wort?
A: Maltose
Q: Which similar coconut bar includes almonds and milk chocolate?
A: Almond Joy.
Q: What soft strands surround the seeds inside a pumpkin?
A: Fibrous pulp, often informally called strings or guts.
Q: What American vine material helped many European vineyards recover?
A: Phylloxera-resistant rootstocks
Q: Which sugar contains molasses naturally or by addition?
A: Brown sugar
Q: What term describes ingredients such as corn or rice used alongside malted barley?
A: Adjuncts
Q: What is the main difference between Milky Way and Snickers in the United States?
A: Snickers includes peanuts, while the U.S. Milky Way does not.
Q: Which part of a pumpkin flower receives pollen?
A: The stigma inside the female flower.
Q: What vineyard term means removing leaves to improve airflow and sun exposure?
A: Leaf thinning
Q: What liquid dairy ingredient adds acidity and tenderness?
A: Buttermilk
Q: What brewing step mixes crushed malt with hot water?
A: Mashing
Q: Which U.S. candy bar contains caramel and nougat beneath milk chocolate?
A: Milky Way.
Q: How can a grower distinguish a female pumpkin flower from a male flower?
A: A female flower has a small swollen ovary resembling a tiny pumpkin beneath it.
Q: What fungal condition produces noble rot in suitable grapes?
A: Botrytis cinerea
Q: Which nut flour is central to many macarons?
A: Almond flour
Q: What vessel commonly holds the mash?
A: A mash tun
Q: Which Hershey candy consists of a cone-shaped chocolate piece with a paper plume?
A: Hershey’s Kisses.
Q: What insects perform much of a pumpkin patch’s pollination?
A: Bees, including specialist squash bees and managed honey bees.
Q: What does alcoholic fermentation convert grape sugar into?
A: Alcohol and carbon dioxide
Q: What starch is often added to flour to make a homemade cake-flour substitute?
A: Cornstarch
Q: What process separates sweet wort from spent grain?
A: Lautering
Q: What is the paper strip extending from a Hershey’s Kiss called?
A: A plume, printed with the brand or a seasonal message.
Q: How long is an individual pumpkin flower usually open for pollination?
A: Often only one morning, making timely bee activity important.
Q: Which microorganism carries out wine fermentation?
A: Yeast
Q: What fruit-based frozen dessert is usually made without dairy?
A: Sorbet.
Q: What Greek doughnut-like bites are drizzled with honey?
A: Loukoumades.
Q: What protein network gives wheat-based cakes and cookies structure?
A: Gluten.
Q: What Italian dessert layers coffee-soaked ladyfingers with mascarpone?
A: Tiramisu.
Q: What nut fills the classic Southern pie made with a syrupy custard?
A: Pecans.
Q: What smooth candy is made by controlling sugar crystals in a cooked syrup?
A: Fudge.
Q: What airy candy forms when baking soda reacts in hot sugar syrup?
A: Honeycomb candy.
Q: What French cake resembles a log and is associated with Christmas?
A: Bûche de Noël.
Q: What classic cake alternates chocolate and vanilla batter in a swirled pattern?
A: Marble cake.
Q: What Italian frozen dessert generally contains less air than American ice cream?
A: Gelato.
Q: What two ingredients form a basic chocolate ganache?
A: Chocolate and cream.
Q: What cookie is traditionally made with peanut butter and a crisscross fork pattern?
A: A peanut butter cookie.
Q: Which meringue style is made by streaming hot sugar syrup into whipped egg whites?
A: Italian meringue.
Q: What cake is soaked in three kinds of milk?
A: Tres leches cake.
Q: What egg-white foam is made by whipping whites with sugar?
A: Meringue.
Q: What kind of pan is used for Chicago deep dish?
A: A deep, round pan.
Q: What cheese is traditionally used on Margherita?
A: Mozzarella.
Q: How was pizzaiuolo knowledge traditionally passed on?
A: Apprentices learned by observing and practicing with experienced makers.
Q: What year did UNESCO recognize Neapolitan pizzaiuolo art?
A: 2017.
Q: What herb is classic on marinara?
A: Oregano.
Q: What city is famous for rectangular pan pizza with crispy cheese edges?
A: Detroit.
Q: What does hydration mean in dough?
A: The ratio of water to flour, usually expressed as a percentage.
Q: What city is famous for large, thin, foldable slices?
A: New York City.
Q: What does pizza bianca literally mean?
A: White pizza.
Q: What region of Italy contains Naples?
A: Campania.

Movies and television trivia

Explore full rounds: Christmas movie trivia · Romantic comedy movie trivia · Movie quotes trivia · Horror movie trivia · Oscars trivia · Tim burton trivia · TV show trivia · Dexter trivia.

Q: What is the formal name of the Oscars?
A: The Academy Awards
Q: Which 1934 comedy follows runaway heiress Ellie Andrews and reporter Peter Warne?
A: It Happened One Night
Q: Which organization presents the Academy Awards?
A: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Q: Which 1938 screwball comedy features a pet leopard named Baby?
A: Bringing Up Baby
Q: What nickname is commonly used for the Academy Award statuette?
A: Oscar
Q: Who stars opposite Katharine Hepburn in Bringing Up Baby?
A: Cary Grant
Q: Which accounting firm signed with the Academy in 1934 to tabulate Oscar ballots?
A: Price Waterhouse, now PricewaterhouseCoopers. Source
Q: Who played Tracy Lord in the 1940 film The Philadelphia Story?
A: Katharine Hepburn
Q: Which 1927 film received the unique award for artistic quality of production?
A: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Q: Which 1953 romance follows a princess who slips away to explore Rome?
A: Roman Holiday
Q: For which film did Hattie McDaniel win an Academy Award for supporting actress?
A: Gone with the Wind
Q: Who plays reporter Joe Bradley in Roman Holiday?
A: Gregory Peck
Q: Who directed Casablanca?
A: Michael Curtiz
Q: Which 1954 film pairs chauffeur's daughter Sabrina with the wealthy Larrabee brothers?
A: Sabrina
Q: For which film did Sidney Poitier win the Academy Award for Best Actor?
A: Lilies of the Field
Q: Who plays Sabrina in the 1954 film?
A: Audrey Hepburn
Q: Which 1997 film won 11 Oscars at the 1998 ceremony?
A: Titanic
Q: Which 1959 comedy has musicians Joe and Jerry disguising themselves as women?
A: Some Like It Hot
Q: Who directed The Apartment?
A: Billy Wilder
Q: Which 1977 film stars Woody Allen and Diane Keaton as a mismatched New York couple?
A: Annie Hall
Q: Which 1984 film follows a mermaid named Madison who falls for Allen Bauer?
A: Splash
Q: Who plays Madison in Splash?
A: Daryl Hannah
Q: In which 1987 film does Westley tell Buttercup, 'As you wish'?
A: The Princess Bride
Q: Who plays Buttercup in The Princess Bride?
A: Robin Wright
Q: “Insidious” connects through which astral realm?
A: The Further.
Q: What is the real address (house façade) used for The Brady Bunch exterior shots?
A: 11222 Dilling Street, Studio City, CA.
Q: Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve debuted in what year?
A: 1972.
Q: In the Hellraiser films, what is the puzzle box called?
A: The Lament Configuration.
Q: “The Haunting” (1963) adapts which haunted-house classic?
A: Shirley Jackson’s “The Haunting of Hill House.”
Q: The “Ginger Snaps” series centers on which classic monster?
A: Werewolves.
Q: The Purge legally recurs how often?
A: Once per year.
Q: The demon associated with “The Exorcist” is often named what?
A: Pazuzu.
Q: “The Silence of the Lambs” adapts which author?
A: Thomas Harris.
Q: In A Nightmare on Elm Street, what colors are on Freddy Krueger’s striped sweater?
A: Red and green.
Q: Who scored “A Quiet Place” (2018)?
A: Marco Beltrami.
Q: Which 1983 film’s director, Bob Clark, also made the horror movie Black Christmas (1974)?
A: A Christmas Story (same director, different tone).
Q: In Dexter: New Blood, what name does Dexter Morgan use in Iron Lake?
A: Jim Lindsay
Q: Who cries “Yo, Adrian!” in Rocky?
A: Rocky Balboa
Q: Which actor portrays filmmaker Ed Wood in Tim Burton’s 1994 film Ed Wood?
A: Johnny Depp
Q: Which 1994 film features the “Santa Clause” legal twist?
A: The Santa Clause .
Q: Who pumps himself up with “I am speed” in Cars?
A: Lightning McQueen
Q: Which 2019 film pairs a reclusive toymaker with a reluctant postman?
A: Klaus .
Q: Which film warns “We don’t talk about Bruno”?
A: Encanto
Q: Which 1984 Burton short follows a resurrected dog?
A: Frankenweenie, originally filmed in live action.
Q: What toy is Arnold Schwarzenegger desperate to find in Jingle All the Way (1996)?
A: Turbo Man.
Q: Which film has Jack shout “I’m the king of the world”?
A: Titanic
Q: What physical feature lets Dumbo fly?
A: His enormous ears, initially hidden because others ridicule them.
Q: In Klaus , what everyday act sparks the legend of gift-giving?
A: Delivering toys to cheer up children in a feuding town.
Q: Which shark movie includes “You’re gonna need a bigger boat”?
A: Jaws
Q: Who is Halloween Town's Pumpkin King?
A: Jack Skellington, a skeleton bored with his annual routine.
Q: Who plays Kate in The Christmas Chronicles ?
A: Darby Camp.
Q: Which musical calls the rain “a glorious feeling”?
A: Singin’ in the Rain
Q: In what year was Tim Burton born?
A: 1958, on August 25.
Q: Which Finnish film presents a darkly comic Santa origin?
A: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010).
Q: Who frequently exclaims “Great Scott!” in Back to the Future?
A: Doc Brown
Q: In which 1989 comedy does Clark Griswold cover his house with Christmas lights?
A: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Q: Which puzzle-box thriller observes “We all lie to ourselves to be happy”?
A: Memento
Q: Danny Kaye co-stars with Bing Crosby in which holiday musical?
A: White Christmas .
Q: Which action movie made “Yippee-ki-yay” John McClane’s signature phrase?
A: Die Hard
Q: Which 2018 animated film features a version of “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” by Tyler, the Creator?
A: The Grinch (2018).
Q: Which sequel teaches “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer”?
A: The Godfather Part II
Q: In Home Alone 2 , which hotel does Kevin stay at?
A: The Plaza Hotel.
Q: Which movie features “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn”?
A: Gone with the Wind
Q: “Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to.” — Which film?
A: Miracle on 34th Street (1947).
Q: Who explains “A queen is never late” in The Princess Diaries?
A: Queen Clarisse Renaldi
Q: In Love Actually , who plays the Prime Minister?
A: Hugh Grant.
Q: Who replies “Don’t call me Shirley” in Airplane!?
A: Dr. Rumack
Q: Who plays Kevin McCallister in Home Alone (1990)?
A: Macaulay Culkin.
Q: Which romantic comedy closes a card game with “Shut up and deal”?
A: The Apartment
Q: Which British film famously uses “All I Want for Christmas Is You” in a school concert?
A: Love Actually .
Q: Which space saga made “May the Force be with you” famous?
A: Star Wars
Q: Which actor plays Jovie in Elf ?
A: Zooey Deschanel.
Q: Which film turned “Wakanda forever!” into a salute?
A: Black Panther
Q: Which 2022 movie riffs on Die Hard while making Santa the action hero?
A: Violent Night .
Q: In Home Alone , what nickname do the burglars give themselves?
A: The Wet Bandits.
Q: Sally Hardesty survives which 1974 classic?
A: “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.”
Q: Who says “Say hello to my little friend!” in Scarface?
A: Tony Montana
Q: Which 2001 film follows wedding planner Mary Fiore?
A: The Wedding Planner
Q: What 2024 sequel returned Burton to the Deetz family?
A: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, released thirty-six years after the original.
Q: Who narrates A Christmas Story as the adult Ralphie?
A: Jean Shepherd.
Q: Which comedy campaign uses the slogan “Vote for Pedro”?
A: Napoleon Dynamite
Q: Who wrote When Harry Met Sally...?
A: Nora Ephron
Q: What did Walter Keane falsely claim?
A: He claimed credit for Margaret's paintings of children with enormous eyes.
Q: Who wrote the lyrics and composed the music for “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch”?
A: Dr. Seuss wrote the lyrics; Albert Hague composed the music.
Q: Which animated movie celebrates “Hakuna Matata”?
A: The Lion King
Q: Which film features Alex Fletcher writing a song with plant caretaker Sophie Fisher?
A: Music and Lyrics
Q: Which Japanese animated film follows three homeless companions who find a baby on Christmas Eve?
A: Tokyo Godfathers (2003).
Q: Who insists “The ocean chose me” in Moana?
A: Moana
Q: Which 2011 film stars Emma Stone as Hannah, whose father seeks dating advice?
A: Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Q: Which 2019 animated Netflix film reframes Santa’s origin with hand-drawn style?
A: Klaus .
Q: Which comedy includes the warning “You can’t sit with us”?
A: Mean Girls
Q: Which 2023 film stars Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell as Bea and Ben?
A: Anyone but You
Q: Who played Kris Kringle in the 1947 Miracle on 34th Street ?
A: Edmund Gwenn.
Q: In which film does Anna pretend to be engaged while traveling across Ireland?
A: Leap Year
Q: Which 2018 Netflix film pairs assistants Harper and Charlie as matchmakers?
A: Set It Up
Q: Which Rankin/Bass special popularized “Silver and Gold” sung by Burl Ives?
A: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer .
Q: In Arthur Christmas, which brother is expected to inherit Santa’s job?
A: Steve, Arthur’s older brother.
Q: Which 1994 Christmas film features a department-store Santa who must prove his identity in court?
A: Miracle on 34th Street.
Q: Which Jane Austen novel inspired Clueless?
A: Emma

Music and decades trivia

Explore full rounds: 1970s music trivia · 1950s trivia · One hit wonders trivia · R&B trivia · K-pop trivia · Rock music trivia.

Q: Who was U.S. president when the 1950s began?
A: Harry S. Truman
Q: Which 1970 album includes Simon & Garfunkel's title song Bridge Over Troubled Water?
A: Bridge Over Troubled Water
Q: What does K-pop stand for?
A: Korean popular music
Q: Who recorded the 1959 hit Sea Cruise?
A: Frankie Ford
Q: What does R&B stand for?
A: Rhythm and blues
Q: Who became U.S. president in January 1953?
A: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Q: Who released the 1970 album After the Gold Rush?
A: Neil Young
Q: Which trio's 1992 performance of I Know is often treated as a turning point for modern K-pop?
A: Seo Taiji and Boys
Q: Whose backing track was used beneath Frankie Ford's vocal on Sea Cruise?
A: Huey 'Piano' Smith and the Clowns
Q: Which trade magazine popularized the term rhythm and blues in 1949?
A: Billboard
Q: Which war began when North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel in 1950?
A: The Korean War
Q: Which Black Sabbath album opens with War Pigs?
A: Paranoid
Q: What Korean title is commonly used for Seo Taiji and Boys' I Know?
A: Nan Arayo
Q: Which act took Alley Oop to number one in 1960?
A: The Hollywood Argyles
Q: Who is widely credited with coining the term for Billboard?
A: Jerry Wexler
Q: What 1953 agreement stopped the fighting in Korea?
A: The Korean Armistice Agreement
Q: Who recorded the 1970 hit American Woman?
A: The Guess Who
Q: What does a K-pop trainee do?
A: Trains in skills such as singing, dance, performance, and languages before debut
Q: What kind of character is Alley Oop?
A: A comic-strip caveman
Q: What earlier chart label did Billboard replace with rhythm and blues?
A: Race records
Q: Which British monarch came to the throne in 1952?
A: Queen Elizabeth II
Q: Which singer-songwriter released Tapestry in 1971?
A: Carole King
Q: What is a comeback in K-pop?
A: A new promotional release, not necessarily a return from retirement
Q: Who recorded the 1962 chart-topper Hey! Baby?
A: Bruce Channel
Q: Which musical traditions helped shape early R&B?
A: Blues, jazz, gospel, and jump blues
Q: What canal did Egypt nationalize before the Suez Crisis?
A: The Suez Canal
Q: Which Led Zeppelin album contains Stairway to Heaven?
A: Led Zeppelin IV
Q: What is a light stick?
A: An official illuminated item fans use at concerts
Q: Which harmonica player appears on Hey! Baby?
A: Delbert McClinton
Q: In which country did R&B develop?
A: The United States
Q: Which Soviet leader died in 1953?
A: Joseph Stalin
Q: Who released the 1971 album Blue?
A: Joni Mitchell
Q: What is a fandom name?
A: An official name for a group's fan community
Q: Which performer took Dominique to number one in 1963?
A: The Singing Nun
Q: Which decade saw rhythm and blues become a common industry term?
A: The 1940s
Q: What uprising did Soviet forces suppress in 1956?
A: The Hungarian Revolution
Q: Which former Beatle organized the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971?
A: George Harrison
Q: What does bias mean in K-pop fandom?
A: A fan's favorite member
Q: What was the Singing Nun's birth name?
A: Jeanne-Paule Marie Deckers
Q: Which instrument drove many early R&B horn sections?
A: Saxophone
Q: Which European economic organization was created by the 1957 Treaty of Rome?
A: The European Economic Community
Q: Which 1971 Who album includes Baba O'Riley?
A: Who's Next
Q: What is an idol group?
A: A performance group developed and promoted within the idol system
Q: Who recorded the 1963 U.S. number-one hit Sukiyaki?
A: Kyu Sakamoto
Q: What vocal tradition strongly influenced soul and R&B singing?
A: Gospel
Q: Which U.S. state became the 49th state in 1959?
A: Alaska
Q: What 1971 Don McLean song refers to the day the music died?
A: American Pie
Q: What does a real-time all-kill mean on South Korea’s iChart?
A: A song is No. 1 across the major tracked real-time charts.
Q: Which surf-rock band recorded Wipe Out?
A: The Surfaris
Q: Which related genre grew from R&B and gospel in the 1950s and 1960s?
A: Soul music
Q: Which state joined the Union as the 50th state in 1959?
A: Hawaii
Q: Who recorded the 1971 hit Maggie May?
A: Rod Stewart
Q: Which girl group was formed by SM Entertainment in 1997 with three members?
A: S.E.S.
Q: Is Wipe Out primarily vocal or instrumental?
A: Instrumental
Q: Which singer recorded What'd I Say in 1959?
A: Ray Charles
Q: Which senator became synonymous with anti-Communist accusations early in the decade?
A: Joseph McCarthy
Q: Which 1971 Sly and the Family Stone album includes Family Affair?
A: There's a Riot Goin' On
Q: Which group included Lee Hyori and debuted in 1998?
A: Fin.K.L
Q: What sound opens the famous recording of Wipe Out?
A: A breaking-board sound followed by laughter and the words 'wipe out'
Q: Who sang the soul classic A Change Is Gonna Come?
A: Sam Cooke
Q: What Cold War alliance admitted West Germany in 1955?
A: NATO
Q: Which David Bowie alter ego arrived on a 1972 concept album?
A: Ziggy Stardust
Q: Which K-pop group debuted in 2003 with “Hug”?
A: TVXQ.
Q: Who was the Honeycombs' notable female drummer?
A: Honey Lantree
Q: Which Motown star recorded What's Going On?
A: Marvin Gaye
Q: What rival military alliance was formed in 1955?
A: The Warsaw Pact
Q: What 1972 Rolling Stones double album includes Tumbling Dice?
A: Exile on Main St.
Q: Which BIGBANG member released the solo album Heartbreaker in 2009?
A: G-Dragon
Q: Which vocal group sang Popsicles and Icicles?
A: The Murmaids
Q: Who sang (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay?
A: Otis Redding
Q: What 1954 Supreme Court case rejected racial segregation in public schools?
A: Brown v. Board of Education
Q: Who released Superfly as a film soundtrack in 1972?
A: Curtis Mayfield
Q: Which Girls' Generation debut single later became an enduring anthem?
A: Into the New World
Q: Who wrote Popsicles and Icicles before later fame with Bread?
A: David Gates
Q: Which label was founded by Berry Gordy in Detroit?
A: Motown Records
Q: What protest followed Rosa Parks's arrest?
A: The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Q: Which 1972 Stevie Wonder album includes Superstition?
A: Talking Book
Q: Which Wonder Girls song entered the Billboard Hot 100 in 2009?
A: Nobody
Q: Which British group recorded Concrete and Clay?
A: Unit 4 + 2
Q: Which group featured lead singer Diana Ross?
A: The Supremes
Q: Which nine students integrated Central High School in 1957?
A: The Little Rock Nine
Q: What was the title of Lou Reed's 1972 album produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson?
A: Transformer
Q: Which Minnesota garage band recorded Liar, Liar?
A: The Castaways
Q: Who fronted the Famous Flames?
A: James Brown
Q: Who sent federal troops to protect the Little Rock Nine?
A: President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Q: Who released Goodbye Yellow Brick Road in 1973?
A: Elton John
Q: What high vocal hook repeats in Liar, Liar?
A: The title phrase
Q: Which baseball player received the Spingarn Medal in 1956 for civil rights contributions?
A: Jackie Robinson
Q: Which 1973 Stevie Wonder album includes Higher Ground?
A: Innervisions
Q: What 1973 album introduced Bruce Springsteen with Blinded by the Light?
A: Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.
Q: Which band recorded Smoke on the Water?
A: Deep Purple
Q: Which group was led by Billy Corgan?
A: The Smashing Pumpkins
Q: Which college-rock band from Athens, Georgia, featured Michael Stipe?
A: R.E.M.
Q: Which London band released Never Mind the Bollocks?
A: Sex Pistols
Q: Which guitarist sang Peggy Sue?
A: Buddy Holly
Q: Which drum is typically played with a foot pedal?
A: The bass drum
Q: Which singer was known as the Godmother of Punk?
A: Patti Smith
Q: Which Canadian trio recorded Tom Sawyer?
A: Rush
Q: Who became known as the King of Rock and Roll?
A: Elvis Presley
Q: Which hard-rock band featured the guitar-playing brothers Eddie and Alex?
A: Van Halen

Sports trivia

Explore full rounds: Soccer trivia · Tennis trivia · Olympics trivia · Basketball trivia · Cricket trivia · Football trivia.

Q: What are the three wooden posts in a wicket called?
A: Stumps, topped by two removable bails.
Q: How long is a regulation cricket pitch?
A: 22 yards, or 20.12 meters.
Q: How many legal balls make an over?
A: Six legal deliveries in modern international cricket.
Q: Who delivers the ball to the batter?
A: The bowler delivers from one end of the pitch.
Q: Who stands behind the striker's wicket?
A: The wicketkeeper, wearing specialized gloves and pads.
Q: What does the striker try to protect?
A: The wicket behind the batting crease.
Q: How many batters are normally on the field together?
A: Two, one at each end of the pitch.
Q: How many runs does a boundary along the ground score?
A: Four runs, provided the ball reaches the boundary.
Q: How many runs does a ball clearing the boundary on the full score?
A: Six runs.
Q: What dismissal occurs when the ball hits the wicket from a legal delivery?
A: Bowled.
Q: What does LBW stand for?
A: Leg before wicket.
Q: When can a batter be run out?
A: When the wicket is put down while the batter is outside the ground attempting a run.
Q: What is a pick or screen?
A: A legal stationary position used to block a defender's path.
Q: Who ran—and won—the Olympic marathon barefoot?
A: Abebe Bikila (1960).
Q: What trophy name do Bundesliga champions receive?
A: The Meisterschale.
Q: How many original rules did Naismith write?
A: Thirteen.
Q: Which Ethiopian legend repeated as marathon champion?
A: Abebe Bikila (1960, 1964).
Q: Which Japan legend won the 2011 Women’s World Cup Golden Ball and Golden Boot?
A: Homare Sawa.
Q: What center was nicknamed Shaq?
A: Shaquille O'Neal.
Q: The baton must be passed where in a relay?
A: Within the exchange zone.
Q: Which Mexico City stadium hosted two men’s World Cup finals (1970, 1986)?
A: Estadio Azteca.
Q: What is a bank shot?
A: A shot intentionally bounced off the backboard.
Q: Which scoring system replaced the old “6.0” in figure skating?
A: The ISU Judging System (IJS).
Q: What is DOGSO an acronym for?
A: Denying an Obvious Goal-Scoring Opportunity.
Q: When did men's basketball debut at the Olympics?
A: 1936.
Q: Women’s ski jumping entered the program in which Winter Games?
A: 2014 (Sochi).
Q: In what year did the English Premier League begin?
A: 1992.
Q: What round has 16 NCAA teams remaining?
A: Sweet 16.
Q: How long is an Olympic pool used for swimming races?
A: 50 meters.
Q: Which South American country won consecutive titles in 1958 and 1962?
A: Brazil.
Q: What is a fast break?
A: A quick transition attack before the defense gets set.
Q: What is the Refugee Olympic Team designed to represent?
A: Athletes displaced from their home countries.
Q: What is Spain’s top division commonly called?
A: La Liga.
Q: What is a quadruple-double?
A: Double-digit totals in four categories.
Q: Nordic combined merges which disciplines?
A: Ski jumping and cross-country skiing.
Q: What is a “double pivot”?
A: Two holding midfielders sharing build-up/defensive duties.
Q: What German star became an NBA champion with Dallas?
A: Dirk Nowitzki.
Q: In basketball, how long are FIBA quarters?
A: 10 minutes per quarter.
Q: What is the common name for Milan’s shared stadium (Inter & AC)?
A: San Siro (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza).
Q: What player was nicknamed the Black Mamba?
A: Kobe Bryant.
Q: How many hurdles in the 110/100 m hurdles?
A: Ten.
Q: At the FIFA World Cup, what do the Golden Boot and Golden Ball awards recognize?
A: The top goalscorer and best player, respectively. Source
Q: What is an alley-oop?
A: A pass near the rim finished in the air by a teammate.
Q: Which snowboard events emphasize aerial tricks?
A: Halfpipe, slopestyle, big air.
Q: Which U.S. midfielder scored a hat-trick in the 2015 Women’s World Cup final?
A: Carli Lloyd.
Q: What NBA team did Michael Jordan lead to six championships?
A: Chicago Bulls.
Q: In canoe slalom, touching a gate adds what penalty?
A: Two seconds.
Q: What does xG stand for in analytics?
A: Expected Goals.
Q: What Chinese center became an international NBA icon with Houston?
A: Yao Ming.
Q: In road cycling, what is a “peloton”?
A: The main rider pack.
Q: Which club is nicknamed “The Gunners”?
A: Arsenal.
Q: What does WNBA stand for?
A: Women's National Basketball Association.
Q: What colors are used in the Agitos?
A: Red, blue, and green.
Q: What’s the “Maracanazo” shorthand for?
A: Uruguay’s shock 2–1 win over Brazil in 1950’s decisive match at the Maracanã.
Q: What is the painted lane near the basket often called?
A: The paint or key.
Q: In cross-country team sprint, how many skiers alternate per team?
A: Two.
Q: What do fans call the city derby between Inter and AC Milan?
A: Derby della Madonnina.
Q: Which U.S. forward’s tea-sipping celebration became a 2019 World Cup talking point?
A: Alex Morgan.
Q: Who scored the “Hand of God” and “Goal of the Century” in 1986?
A: Diego Maradona.
Q: What term describes defending deep with compact lines near your own box?
A: A low block.
Q: Which quarterback nicknamed “The Gunslinger” finished his NFL career with 508 passing touchdowns and 336 interceptions?
A: Brett Favre. Source
Q: Which Grand Slam is played on clay?
A: Roland-Garros.
Q: A forward fumble out of bounds in the end zone results in what?
A: Touchback for defense.
Q: What is a baseline player?
A: A player who conducts much of the rally from around the back of the court.
Q: Which video-game franchise introduced “Hit Stick” mechanic in 2004?
A: Madden NFL .
Q: What is an overhead smash?
A: A powerful shot hit above the head, often against a weak lob.
Q: Nickname “Beast Mode” belongs to?
A: Marshawn Lynch.
Q: What was the final-set score in Isner versus Mahut?
A: 70-68 in games.
Q: What team was the opponent when Joe Namath guaranteed victory?
A: Baltimore Colts (Super Bowl III).
Q: What is a double fault?
A: Missing both serve attempts and losing the point.
Q: The 2005 “Bush Push” involved USC and which opponent?
A: Notre Dame.
Q: What is a passing shot?
A: A groundstroke hit past an opponent positioned at the net.
Q: Which New York Giants coach became closely associated with postgame Gatorade showers during the 1986 championship season?
A: Bill Parcells. Source
Q: What 1973 exhibition match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs became a landmark cultural event?
A: The Battle of the Sexes.
Q: Which coach ran the “Air Coryell” offense?
A: Don Coryell.
Q: What three players are commonly grouped as the Big Three of modern men's tennis?
A: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic.
Q: Can a player lose a match despite winning more total points?
A: Yes. Tennis is decided by games and sets, not total points accumulated across the entire match.
Q: What does hold serve mean?
A: Winning your own service game.
Q: Which American became famous for fiery arguments and the phrase "You cannot be serious"?
A: John McEnroe.
Q: What distinctive clothing rule is Wimbledon famous for?
A: Players must wear almost entirely white clothing.
Q: Which Yugoslav-born American star won nine Grand Slam singles titles and was stabbed during a match in 1993?
A: Monica Seles.
Q: Which Spanish player became synonymous with dominance at Roland-Garros?
A: Rafael Nadal.
Q: Which Australian champion won 24 Grand Slam singles titles across the amateur and Open eras?
A: Margaret Court.
Q: What historic American tournament became the US Open?
A: The U.S. National Championships.
Q: What did the Open Era change?
A: Major tournaments opened to both professional and amateur players.
Q: What is a break of serve?
A: Winning a game in which the opponent is serving.
Q: Who earned the moniker “Megatron”?
A: Calvin Johnson.
Q: What is the women’s outdoor combined track-and-field event with seven disciplines called?
A: The heptathlon. Source
Q: Which team’s defense was nicknamed “Orange Crush” and reached SB XII?
A: Denver Broncos.
Q: What is “universality” in Olympic qualification?
A: Ensuring broad global participation via special quota places.

Books, art, and culture trivia

Explore full rounds: Literature trivia · Agatha christie trivia · Jane austen trivia · Sherlock holmes trivia.

Q: Was Jane Austen ever married?
A: No
Q: Which actor played Holmes in fourteen films released from 1939 to 1946?
A: Basil Rathbone
Q: Who is the heroine of Northanger Abbey?
A: Catherine Morland
Q: Who is the villain in The Speckled Band?
A: Dr. Grimesby Roylott
Q: Who falls in love with Jane Bennet?
A: Charles Bingley
Q: At what waterfall do Holmes and Moriarty struggle?
A: Reichenbach Falls
Q: Which 2007 film dramatizes Jane Austen's early life and romance?
A: Becoming Jane
Q: What word is written on the wall at the Lauriston Gardens crime scene?
A: RACHE
Q: Who is the second-eldest Bennet daughter?
A: Elizabeth Bennet
Q: What is the third Holmes novel?
A: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Q: Which 1999 film adaptation of Mansfield Park stars Frances O'Connor?
A: Mansfield Park
Q: Which story introduces Professor Moriarty?
A: The Final Problem
Q: Who plays Austen in Becoming Jane?
A: Anne Hathaway
Q: Who is Moriarty's sharpshooting lieutenant?
A: Colonel Sebastian Moran
Q: What profession did Austen's father have?
A: Anglican clergyman
Q: Which actor starred in Granada Television's Holmes series beginning in 1984?
A: Jeremy Brett
Q: What is the fourth Holmes novel?
A: The Valley of Fear
Q: Which case features the villain Culverton Smith?
A: The Dying Detective
Q: Which real Edinburgh professor helped inspire Holmes's methods?
A: Dr. Joseph Bell
Q: What is the name of Watson's wife introduced through The Sign of Four?
A: Mary Morstan
Q: Who plays John Watson in BBC's Sherlock?
A: Martin Freeman
Q: In which country are Reichenbach Falls?
A: Switzerland
Q: Who played Poirot in the 1974 film Murder on the Orient Express?
A: Albert Finney
Q: Which novel begins by calling a wealthy single man’s need for a wife a universal truth?
A: Pride and Prejudice
Q: Which riverboat carries Poirot in Death on the Nile?
A: The Karnak
Q: Which novelist used the pen name George Eliot?
A: Mary Ann Evans
Q: Which novel sends Miss Marple to a Caribbean resort?
A: A Caribbean Mystery
Q: Who wrote Wuthering Heights?
A: Emily Brontë
Q: What object is found beside the victim in The ABC Murders?
A: An ABC railway guide
Q: Which Nobel laureate wrote The Remains of the Day?
A: Kazuo Ishiguro
Q: What event precedes the murder in Cards on the Table?
A: A bridge party
Q: Which author of Mrs Dalloway was part of the Bloomsbury Group?
A: Virginia Woolf
Q: Which novel begins with an advertisement announcing a murder?
A: A Murder Is Announced
Q: Which city provides the setting for James Joyce’s Ulysses?
A: Dublin
Q: Which collection sends Tommy and Tuppence parodying famous fictional detectives?
A: Partners in Crime
Q: Which Charles Dickens novel follows an orphan who asks for more food?
A: Oliver Twist
Q: In what year was Agatha Christie born?
A: 1890
Q: What was George Orwell’s birth name?
A: Eric Arthur Blair
Q: What was the name of Agatha Christie’s Devon holiday home?
A: Greenway
Q: Which Tolstoy novel opens by contrasting happy and unhappy families?
A: Anna Karenina
Q: Which Agatha Christie superintendent appears in five novels, ending with Towards Zero?
A: Superintendent Battle
Q: Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?
A: Jane Austen, who published the novel in 1813
Q: In Agatha Christie’s Three Act Tragedy, at what kind of gathering does the first victim die?
A: A dinner party.
Q: Which Toni Morrison novel opens with the terse statement “124 was spiteful”?
A: Beloved
Q: Who narrates The Murder at the Vicarage?
A: The Reverend Leonard Clement
Q: What desert planet is also called Dune?
A: Arrakis
Q: What does Elspeth McGillicuddy witness from one train to another?
A: A woman being strangled
Q: Which playwright wrote A Raisin in the Sun?
A: Lorraine Hansberry
Q: Which Turkish novelist wrote Snow and My Name Is Red?
A: Orhan Pamuk
Q: What is an unreliable narrator?
A: A narrator whose account cannot be fully trusted
Q: Which novel title quotes a line from Tennyson's Lady of Shalott?
A: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Q: Which Austen heroine initially clashes with Mr. Darcy?
A: Elizabeth Bennet
Q: Which novel features amateur sleuth Luke Fitzwilliam?
A: Murder Is Easy
Q: What nation holds the Hunger Games?
A: Panem
Q: Which country was Gabriel García Márquez from?
A: Colombia
Q: Which novel pairs Tommy and Tuppence with memories of World War II espionage?
A: Postern of Fate
Q: In what English county was Jane Austen born?
A: Hampshire
Q: In what fictional Alabama town is To Kill a Mockingbird set?
A: Maycomb
Q: In what fictional village does Miss Marple live?
A: St. Mary Mead
Q: Who plays Emma in the 2020 film Emma.?
A: Anya Taylor-Joy
Q: What is advertised in the local paper in A Murder Is Announced?
A: The time and place of a murder
Q: Who is the Bennet family's pompous clerical cousin?
A: Mr. Collins
Q: Who must wear the scarlet letter in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel?
A: Hester Prynne
Q: What wartime job gave Agatha Christie knowledge of poisons?
A: Dispensary work
Q: In Pride and Prejudice, who is Fitzwilliam Darcy’s younger sister?
A: Georgiana Darcy.
Q: Who wrote Half of a Yellow Sun?
A: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Q: At what country house is The Mysterious Affair at Styles set?
A: Styles Court
Q: In Mansfield Park, which Bertram daughter marries Mr. Rushworth?
A: Maria Bertram.
Q: What is a frame narrative?
A: A story that contains or introduces one or more stories within it
Q: What pattern links the early crimes in The ABC Murders?
A: Victims and places follow alphabetical order
Q: Which brother provided the Chawton cottage where Jane lived?
A: Edward Austen Knight
Q: Who defends Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird?
A: Atticus Finch
Q: Under what pen name did Agatha Christie publish novels outside the detective genre?
A: Mary Westmacott
Q: Which South Korean author wrote The Vegetarian?
A: Han Kang
Q: What is the full first name of Agatha Christie’s sleuth Tuppence Cowley?
A: Prudence
Q: What alternate U.S. title was used for Five Little Pigs?
A: Murder in Retrospect
Q: Which Ernest Hemingway novel follows Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley?
A: The Sun Also Rises
Q: What is the name of the theocratic state in The Handmaid’s Tale?
A: The Republic of Gilead

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