Question bank
General knowledge trivia questions and answers
Thirty questions to pick from when you are building your own rounds, grouped by topic and difficulty. None of these appear in our ready-made template packs, so you can mix both.
30 questions
1. Geography — easy
1. Which country's flag is a red circle on a white background?
Answer: Japan
2. Which desert covers most of northern Africa?
Answer: Sahara
3. Which city is known as the Eternal City?
Answer: Rome
4. Lake Balaton is in which country?
Answer: Hungary
5. Which strait separates Europe and Africa at their closest point?
Answer: Strait of Gibraltar
2. Science — medium
1. What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere?
Answer: Nitrogen
Nitrogen makes up about 78% of dry air.
2. Which blood cells carry oxygen around the body?
Answer: Red blood cells
3. What does DNA stand for?
Answer: Deoxyribonucleic acid
4. Which force keeps planets in orbit around the Sun?
Answer: Gravity
5. At what temperature does water boil at sea-level pressure?
Answer: 100 °C
3. History — medium
1. The Berlin Wall came down in which year?
Answer: 1989
2. Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
Answer: Neil Armstrong
3. Which empire built Machu Picchu?
Answer: Inca
4. Which ancient city was destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79?
Answer: Pompeii
5. The printing press in Europe is credited to which inventor?
Answer: Johannes Gutenberg
4. Arts and language — medium
1. How many lines does a sonnet traditionally have?
Answer: Fourteen
2. Which artist cut off part of his own ear in 1888?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh
3. In which language was the novel 'Don Quixote' originally written?
Answer: Spanish
4. Which of these is a woodwind instrument?
Answer: Oboe
5. What is the plural of the word 'crisis'?
Answer: Crises
5. Sport and games — mixed
1. How many rings are on the Olympic flag?
Answer: Five
2. In tennis, what is the score called when both players have 40?
Answer: Deuce
3. How many squares are on a standard chessboard?
Answer: 64
4. In basketball, how many points is a free throw worth?
Answer: One
5. Which sport features the terms 'birdie' and 'bogey'?
Answer: Golf
6. Harder questions
1. Which planet has the shortest day in our solar system?
Answer: Jupiter
Jupiter rotates in just under 10 hours.
2. What is the capital of New Zealand?
Answer: Wellington
3. Which metal is liquid at room temperature?
Answer: Mercury
4. What does the 'C' stand for in the equation E = mc²?
Answer: Speed of light
5. Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
Answer: Canada