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116 Multiple Choice Trivia Questions and Answers

Reviewed by Stefanie Zaldarriaga, Author·Updated Oct 2026·15 min read

116 multiple choice trivia questions and answers on U.S. history, geography, science, space, movies, sports and everyday knowledge — four options per question, easy to hard.

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These 116 multiple choice trivia questions cover the whole map: U.S. history and civics, world geography, science and space, movies and TV, music, sports, books and a few everyday stumpers. Every question comes with four options — one right answer and three plausible wrong ones — so they drop straight into a classroom quiz, a game night or a Kahoot-style round.

Most are easy to medium, which makes them good for mixed groups and kids; a handful of hard ones (the longest river in the U.S., Tiger Woods' real first name, the first Best Animated Feature winner) are there to settle ties. Answers are in the key at the bottom of the page.

  1. 1Who painted the Mona Lisa?

  2. 2Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

  3. 3Which movie features the line 'I see dead people'?

  4. 4Who was the first President of the United States?

  5. 5Which element has the chemical symbol O?

  6. 6What is the capital of Japan?

  7. 7Who wrote the Harry Potter series?

  8. 8What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

  9. 9In what year did the Titanic sink?

  10. 10Which organ pumps blood through the body?

  11. 11Which TV series follows a high school chemistry teacher who becomes a drug kingpin?

  12. 12Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

  13. 13Which country hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics?

  14. 14Who received the first U.S. patent for the telephone in 1876?

  15. 15Bruce Wayne is the secret identity of which superhero?

  16. 16Which gas do plants absorb from the air for photosynthesis?

  17. 17Which wall came down in 1989, ending the division of a European city?

  18. 18Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

  19. 19What is the tallest mountain in the world, measured from sea level?

  20. 20Which planet is closest to the Sun?

  21. 21What is the name of Kate Winslet's character in Titanic?

  22. 22Which scientist's theory of gravity is tied to the famous story of a falling apple?

  23. 23What is the largest animal known to have ever lived?

  24. 24Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?

  25. 25How many original colonies formed the United States?

  26. 26In what year was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

  27. 27Who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?

  28. 28Which president issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

  29. 29Which purchase in 1803 roughly doubled the size of the United States?

  30. 30From which country did the U.S. buy Alaska in 1867?

  31. 31How many amendments are in the U.S. Bill of Rights?

  32. 32Which amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920?

  33. 33Who was the only U.S. president to serve more than two terms?

  34. 34Who gave the 'I Have a Dream' speech in 1963?

  35. 35Which battle in 1863 is considered the turning point of the Civil War?

  36. 36What was the name of the ship that carried the Pilgrims to America in 1620?

  37. 37Which state was the last to join the United States, in 1959?

  38. 38How many justices sit on the U.S. Supreme Court?

  39. 39Who was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?

  40. 40Which president appears on the $20 bill?

  41. 41Whose face is on the U.S. $100 bill?

  42. 42What is the longest river in the United States?

  43. 43What is the largest U.S. state by area?

  44. 44What is the smallest U.S. state by area?

  45. 45What is the capital of Australia?

  46. 46What is the capital of Canada?

  47. 47Which is the largest ocean on Earth?

  48. 48Which desert is the largest hot desert in the world?

  49. 49Which country has the largest population in the world, as of 2023?

  50. 50Mount Rushmore is located in which state?

  51. 51Which of the Great Lakes is the largest by surface area?

  52. 52Which U.S. city is known as 'The Windy City'?

  53. 53Which country is home to Machu Picchu?

  54. 54How many continents are there?

  55. 55Which river flows through Egypt's capital, Cairo?

  56. 56What is the chemical formula for water?

  57. 57How many bones are in the adult human body?

  58. 58What is the largest organ of the human body?

  59. 59At what temperature does water boil at sea level, in degrees Fahrenheit?

  60. 60Which blood type is known as the universal donor for red blood cells?

  61. 61What do bees collect from flowers to make honey?

  62. 62What is the fastest land animal?

  63. 63How many legs does a spider have?

  64. 64Which is the only mammal capable of true flight?

  65. 65What part of the cell is often called its 'powerhouse'?

  66. 66Which scientist developed the theory of relativity?

  67. 67Which vitamin does the body make when skin is exposed to sunlight?

  68. 68What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere?

  69. 69Which unit measures electrical resistance?

  70. 70What is the center of an atom called?

  71. 71Which is the largest planet in our solar system?

  72. 72Which planet is famous for its prominent rings?

  73. 73What is the name of the galaxy that contains our solar system?

  74. 74In 2006, which former planet was reclassified as a dwarf planet?

  75. 75Which U.S. space agency was founded in 1958?

  76. 76Which Apollo mission suffered an oxygen tank explosion on the way to the Moon in 1970?

  77. 77Which film won the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, in 2002?

  78. 78In The Wizard of Oz, what color are Dorothy's slippers in the film?

  79. 79Which film features the line 'May the Force be with you'?

  80. 80What is the name of the coffee shop in Friends?

  81. 81In The Office, which company does Michael Scott work for?

  82. 82Which actor played Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean?

  83. 83Which Pixar film features a rat who dreams of being a chef in Paris?

  84. 84What kind of animal is Simba in The Lion King?

  85. 85Which TV show is set in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana?

  86. 86Which 1993 film brought dinosaurs back to life on Isla Nublar?

  87. 87Which band was made up of John, Paul, George and Ringo?

  88. 88Which singer is known as 'The King of Rock and Roll'?

  89. 89Which artist released the album Thriller in 1982?

  90. 90Which instrument has 88 keys?

  91. 91Taylor Swift's 2014 album is named after which year?

  92. 92How many strikes make an out in baseball?

  93. 93Which sport uses the terms 'love', 'deuce' and 'ace'?

  94. 94How many points is a touchdown worth in American football?

  95. 95Which NBA star is known as 'King James'?

  96. 96Which country hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup?

  97. 97How often are the Summer Olympic Games normally held?

  98. 98What is golfer Tiger Woods' real first name?

  99. 99What is the championship game of the NFL called?

  100. 100Which hockey trophy is awarded to the NHL champion?

  101. 101How long is a marathon, to the nearest mile?

  102. 102Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?

  103. 103Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird?

  104. 104Which author created Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn?

  105. 105Who painted 'The Starry Night'?

  106. 106Which language has the most native speakers in the world?

  107. 107What is a word that reads the same backward and forward called?

  108. 108The croissant descends from the kipferl, a crescent-shaped pastry from which country?

  109. 109Which U.S. holiday is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November?

  110. 110On which holiday do Americans traditionally watch a groundhog for a weather forecast?

  111. 111What is the main ingredient in guacamole?

  112. 112Which nut is used to make marzipan?

  113. 113How many minutes are in a full day?

  114. 114How many sides does a pentagon have?

  115. 115What is the square root of 144?

  116. 116Which company makes the iPhone?

Answer Key

  1. 1. Leonardo da Vinci
  2. 2. Mars
  3. 3. The Sixth Sense
  4. 4. George Washington
  5. 5. Oxygen
  6. 6. Tokyo
  7. 7. J.K. Rowling
  8. 8. Diamond
  9. 9. 1912
  10. 10. The heart
  11. 11. Breaking Bad
  12. 12. Marie Curie
  13. 13. Brazil
  14. 14. Alexander Graham Bell
  15. 15. Batman
  16. 16. Carbon dioxide
  17. 17. The Berlin Wall
  18. 18. Michelangelo
  19. 19. Mount Everest
  20. 20. Mercury
  21. 21. Rose DeWitt Bukater
  22. 22. Isaac Newton
  23. 23. The blue whale
  24. 24. Neil Armstrong
  25. 25. 13
  26. 26. 1776
  27. 27. Thomas Jefferson
  28. 28. Abraham Lincoln
  29. 29. The Louisiana Purchase
  30. 30. Russia
  31. 31. 10
  32. 32. The 19th Amendment
  33. 33. Franklin D. Roosevelt
  34. 34. Martin Luther King Jr.
  35. 35. Gettysburg
  36. 36. The Mayflower
  37. 37. Hawaii
  38. 38. Nine
  39. 39. Sandra Day O'Connor
  40. 40. Andrew Jackson
  41. 41. Benjamin Franklin
  42. 42. The Missouri River
  43. 43. Alaska
  44. 44. Rhode Island
  45. 45. Canberra
  46. 46. Ottawa
  47. 47. The Pacific Ocean
  48. 48. The Sahara
  49. 49. India
  50. 50. South Dakota
  51. 51. Lake Superior
  52. 52. Chicago
  53. 53. Peru
  54. 54. Seven
  55. 55. The Nile
  56. 56. H2O
  57. 57. 206
  58. 58. The skin
  59. 59. 212°F
  60. 60. O negative
  61. 61. Nectar
  62. 62. The cheetah
  63. 63. Eight
  64. 64. The bat
  65. 65. The mitochondria
  66. 66. Albert Einstein
  67. 67. Vitamin D
  68. 68. Nitrogen
  69. 69. The ohm
  70. 70. The nucleus
  71. 71. Jupiter
  72. 72. Saturn
  73. 73. The Milky Way
  74. 74. Pluto
  75. 75. NASA
  76. 76. Apollo 13
  77. 77. Shrek
  78. 78. Ruby red
  79. 79. Star Wars
  80. 80. Central Perk
  81. 81. Dunder Mifflin
  82. 82. Johnny Depp
  83. 83. Ratatouille
  84. 84. A lion
  85. 85. Stranger Things
  86. 86. Jurassic Park
  87. 87. The Beatles
  88. 88. Elvis Presley
  89. 89. Michael Jackson
  90. 90. The piano
  91. 91. 1989
  92. 92. Three
  93. 93. Tennis
  94. 94. Six
  95. 95. LeBron James
  96. 96. The United States
  97. 97. Every four years
  98. 98. Eldrick
  99. 99. The Super Bowl
  100. 100. The Stanley Cup
  101. 101. 26 miles
  102. 102. William Shakespeare
  103. 103. Harper Lee
  104. 104. Mark Twain
  105. 105. Vincent van Gogh
  106. 106. Mandarin Chinese
  107. 107. A palindrome
  108. 108. Austria
  109. 109. Thanksgiving
  110. 110. Groundhog Day
  111. 111. Avocado
  112. 112. Almond
  113. 113. 1,440
  114. 114. Five
  115. 115. 12
  116. 116. Apple

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