120 trivia questions with answers

Here are 120 trivia questions with answers, in twelve rounds of ten: general knowledge, science, geography, food, animals, sport, words, history, space, numbers, music and an Aussie round to finish. The answers are folded away under each round, so the quizmaster can read straight from the page without giving anything away.

We wrote and checked every one ourselves. They are pitched at a mixed crowd: a game night with friends, a team quiz at work, a family dinner with teenagers who think they know everything. Each round starts gentle and has a couple that will start an argument. Nothing needs a phone to look up, and nothing is rude.

• General knowledge
• Science and nature
• Geography
• Food and drink
• Animals
• Sports
• Words and language
• History
• Space
• Numbers
• Music
• The Aussie round

How to run a trivia night

• Teams of three to six. Mix them up, so the couple who do the crossword every morning are not on the same team.
• One answer sheet per team. A team name at the top (our team name generator will sort that out) and the numbers 1 to 10 for each round.
• Read each question twice, then give about 30 seconds before the next one.
• Mark as you go. Teams swap sheets at the end of each round while you read the answers, and the running score goes up where everyone can see it.
• Four to six rounds is plenty for an evening. Pick the rounds that suit your crowd and save the rest for next time.

Round 1: General knowledge trivia questions

1. How many sides does a hexagon have?
2. How many hours are there in a week?
3. How many minutes are there in a full day?
4. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
5. How many weeks are there in a year?
6. How many strings does a standard guitar have?
7. In which country did the ancient Olympic Games begin?
8. What is the longest bone in the human body?
9. How many players does each team have on the field in a game of soccer?
10. At what temperature in Fahrenheit does water freeze?

Answers to round 1

1. Six.
2. 168.
3. 1,440.
4. Mars.
5. 52.
6. Six.
7. Greece.
8. The femur (thigh bone).
9. Eleven.
10. 32 degrees.

Round 2: Science and nature trivia questions

1. Which gas do plants take in from the air to make their food?
2. What is the chemical symbol for silver?
3. How many bones are in the adult human body?
4. What is the largest organ of the human body?
5. Which blood cells fight infection?
6. Which element has the chemical symbol O?
7. What is the process plants use to turn sunlight into food?
8. Which organ pumps blood around the body?
9. At what temperature in Celsius does water freeze?
10. How many teeth does an adult human usually have, wisdom teeth included?

Answers to round 2

1. Carbon dioxide.
2. Ag.
3. 206.
4. The skin.
5. White blood cells.
6. Oxygen.
7. Photosynthesis.
8. The heart.
9. 0 degrees.
10. 32.

Round 3: Geography trivia questions

1. What is the capital of Spain?
2. Which is the longest river in South America?
3. What is the capital of Japan?
4. Which US state is made up entirely of islands?
5. What is the smallest country in the world by area?
6. On which continent is the Sahara Desert?
7. What is the capital of Argentina?
8. What is the capital of Italy?
9. Which ocean lies between Africa and Australia?
10. How many continents are there, by the most common count?

Answers to round 3

1. Madrid.
2. The Amazon.
3. Tokyo.
4. Hawaii.
5. Vatican City.
6. Africa.
7. Buenos Aires.
8. Rome.
9. The Indian Ocean.
10. Seven.

Round 4: Food and drink trivia questions

1. Which country is the noodle dish pad thai from?
2. What is the main ingredient in guacamole?
3. Which nut is used to make marzipan?
4. Which fruit is dried to make a prune?
5. What is tofu made from?
6. Which country does brie cheese come from?
7. Which pastry is used to make eclairs and profiteroles?
8. Which vegetable is fermented to make sauerkraut?
9. Which grain is used to make risotto?
10. What is the Japanese dish of thinly sliced raw fish called?

Answers to round 4

1. Thailand.
2. Avocado.
3. Almond.
4. Plum.
5. Soybeans.
6. France.
7. Choux pastry.
8. Cabbage.
9. Rice.
10. Sashimi.

Round 5: Animals trivia questions

1. How many legs does a crab have, counting its claws?
2. What is a baby owl called?
3. How many legs does a spider have?
4. How many humps does a dromedary camel have?
5. What is a group of geese on the ground called?
6. What is the only mammal that can truly fly?
7. What is a female sheep called?
8. What is a male duck called?
9. What is a young goat called?
10. Which insect makes honey?

Answers to round 5

1. Ten.
2. An owlet.
3. Eight.
4. One.
5. A gaggle.
6. The bat.
7. A ewe.
8. A drake.
9. A kid.
10. The honeybee.

Round 6: Sports trivia questions

1. How many players from each team are on a basketball court at once?
2. In tennis, what word is used for a score of zero?
3. How many holes are played in a standard round of golf?
4. How many rings are on the Olympic flag?
5. In which sport do players hit a shuttlecock?
6. How long is a marathon?
7. How many points is a touchdown worth in American football?
8. In ten-pin bowling, what are three strikes in a row called?
9. How many players does a rugby union team have on the field?
10. In which sport would you perform a slam dunk?

Answers to round 6

1. Five.
2. Love.
3. 18.
4. Five.
5. Badminton.
6. 42.195 kilometres (26.2 miles).
7. Six.
8. A turkey.
9. 15.
10. Basketball.

Round 7: Words and language trivia questions

1. What do you call a word that means the same as another word?
2. What do you call a word made by rearranging the letters of another word?
3. How many letters are in the English alphabet?
4. What do you call words that sound the same but mean different things, like "pair" and "pear"?
5. Which punctuation mark shows that something belongs to someone, as in "Sam's hat"?
6. What is the past tense of "swim"?
7. What do the letters "e.g." stand for in plain English?
8. What is the fear of spiders called?
9. What is the plural of "mouse"?
10. Which letter is called "zed" in Australia and Britain and "zee" in the United States?

Answers to round 7

1. A synonym.
2. An anagram.
3. 26.
4. Homophones.
5. An apostrophe.
6. Swam.
7. For example.
8. Arachnophobia.
9. Mice.
10. Z.

Round 8: History trivia questions

1. In which year did people first walk on the Moon?
2. Who was the first President of the United States?
3. In which year did the Eiffel Tower open?
4. In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?
5. Which famous ship sank on its first voyage in April 1912?
6. Which empire built the Colosseum?
7. Which Roman city was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD?
8. Which language did the ancient Romans speak?
9. In which year did the Second World War end?
10. Which war was fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865?

Answers to round 8

1. 1969.
2. George Washington.
3. 1889.
4. 1989.
5. The Titanic.
6. The Roman Empire.
7. Pompeii.
8. Latin.
9. 1945.
10. The American Civil War.

Round 9: Space trivia questions

1. What is the closest star to Earth?
2. What do we call a scientist who studies stars and planets?
3. What is the largest planet in our solar system?
4. Which country sent the first person into space, in 1961?
5. Which planet is famous for its bright rings?
6. What is a shooting star, really?
7. Roughly how long does sunlight take to reach Earth?
8. Which former planet was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006?
9. How many moons does Mars have?
10. What is the name of Earth's only natural satellite?

Answers to round 9

1. The Sun.
2. An astronomer.
3. Jupiter.
4. The Soviet Union.
5. Saturn.
6. A meteor.
7. About eight minutes.
8. Pluto.
9. Two.
10. The Moon.

Round 10: Numbers trivia questions

1. What is 15 per cent of 200?
2. How many sides does a dodecagon have?
3. How many seconds are there in an hour?
4. What is the Roman numeral for 50?
5. What is the next prime number after 7?
6. How many degrees are in a right angle?
7. How many zeros are in one million?
8. What is 12 multiplied by 12?
9. How many sides does a pentagon have?
10. What is the square root of 81?

Answers to round 10

1. 30.
2. 12.
3. 3,600.
4. L.
5. 11.
6. 90.
7. Six.
8. 144.
9. Five.
10. Nine.

Round 11: Music trivia questions

1. Which brass instrument has a slide that moves in and out?
2. How many lines are on a musical staff?
3. What do you call a group of four musicians?
4. Which family of instruments does the trumpet belong to?
5. Which composer wrote the opera The Magic Flute?
6. What do you call a song for a solo singer in an opera?
7. What does "forte" mean in a piece of music?
8. Which composer kept writing music after losing his hearing?
9. Which instrument has 47 strings and seven pedals in its concert form?
10. What is the largest instrument in the string family of an orchestra?

Answers to round 11

1. The trombone.
2. Five.
3. A quartet.
4. Brass.
5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
6. An aria.
7. Loud.
8. Ludwig van Beethoven.
9. The harp.
10. The double bass.

Round 12: the Aussie round

Keyhole Games is made in Australia, so the last round is ours. Overseas teams can treat it as a bonus round, with double points for anyone who gets the barbecue one.

1. What is the capital city of Australia?
2. Which is the largest marsupial?
3. How many states does Australia have?
4. Which Australian state is an island?
5. What is the name of the world's largest coral reef system, off Queensland?
6. How many points is a goal worth in Australian rules football?
7. Which Australian city hosted the 2000 Summer Olympics?
8. What do Australians call a barbecue, for short?
9. Which is the largest Australian state by area?
10. What do Australians call a baby kangaroo?

Answers to round 12

1. Canberra.
2. The red kangaroo.
3. Six.
4. Tasmania.
5. The Great Barrier Reef.
6. Six.
7. Sydney.
8. A barbie.
9. Western Australia.
10. A joey.

Tiebreaker

Closest answer wins. How many times does the average human heart beat in one day? Give a single number.

Tiebreaker answer

About 100,000. A resting heart beats around 60 to 100 times a minute, and there are 1,440 minutes in a day, so anything from 90,000 to 115,000 is a fair answer. Closest to 100,000 takes it.

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Updated 28 October 2026.