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150 Random Trivia Questions and Answers

Reviewed by Sabrina Liu, Author·Updated Oct 2026·19 min read

150 random trivia questions and answers: wombat droppings, the shortest war in history, a Supreme Court ruling on tomatoes and more, mixed across science, history, geography, food and sports.

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Here are 150 random trivia questions and answers, and we mean random: one minute you are naming a capital, the next you are explaining why wombat droppings are cube-shaped. They are grouped loosely into rounds (science and nature, history, geography, arts and entertainment, food, sports and games, words and numbers, and surprising origins) so you can keep things tidy or shuffle the lot.

Every question is tagged easy, medium or hard, and every surprising fact has been checked, so no goldfish-memory myths here. The easy ones keep everyone in the game; the hard ones, like the first thing ever sold on eBay, are where trivia night gets won.

  1. 1What is the largest planet in our solar system?

  2. 2Which planet has a day (one full spin) that lasts longer than its year?

  3. 3Which planet is so low in density that it is less dense than water?

  4. 4Which gas do plants absorb from the air to make food?

  5. 5Which gas do plants release during photosynthesis?

  6. 6Which gas makes up the majority of Earth's atmosphere?

  7. 7What is the chemical symbol for gold?

  8. 8Which liquid metal has the chemical symbol Hg?

  9. 9Which gas is commonly known as 'laughing gas'?

  10. 10What is the largest organ in the human body?

  11. 11What scientific effect makes the daytime sky look blue?

  12. 12Botanically speaking, which of these is a berry?

  13. 13Peanuts are not true nuts. What kind of plant are they?

  14. 14Which animal produces cube-shaped droppings?

  15. 15What color is a polar bear's skin under its fur?

  16. 16Flamingos get their pink color from what?

  17. 17What is a group of crows called?

  18. 18What is a group of flamingos called?

  19. 19Which of these sea creatures has no brain?

  20. 20Which Australian animal has fingerprints so similar to human ones that they are hard to tell apart under a microscope?

  21. 21What is a baby kangaroo called?

  22. 22What is the largest bird in the world?

  23. 23What is the largest fish in the ocean?

  24. 24What is the fastest land animal?

  25. 25What is the smallest prime number?

  26. 26In what year did Christopher Columbus first reach the Americas?

  27. 27In which year was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

  28. 28Who was the first President of the United States?

  29. 29In what year did the American Civil War end?

  30. 30In which year did the Titanic sink?

  31. 31In what year did Apollo 11 land the first astronauts on the Moon?

  32. 32In what year did World War II end?

  33. 33In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?

  34. 34In what year did the Russian Revolution take place?

  35. 35In what year did the Wright brothers make the first successful powered airplane flight?

  36. 36In what year did surgeon Christiaan Barnard perform the first human heart transplant?

  37. 37The shortest war in recorded history, lasting under an hour in 1896, was fought between Britain and which sultanate?

  38. 38Which US Secretary of State arranged the 1867 purchase of Alaska, mocked at the time as his 'folly'?

  39. 39Roughly how much did the United States pay France for the Louisiana Purchase in 1803?

  40. 40Which US president is the only one to hold a patent, for a device to lift boats over shoals?

  41. 41The teddy bear is named after which US president?

  42. 42Who was the first US president to serve two nonconsecutive terms?

  43. 43Which British monarch reigned for 70 years, the longest in British history?

  44. 44Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, in 1932?

  45. 45Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

  46. 46The famous Los Angeles sign originally read 'Hollywood' plus which extra word?

  47. 47Which ancient physician is known as the 'Father of Medicine'?

  48. 48Which French chemist is often called the 'Father of Modern Chemistry'?

  49. 49Albert Einstein called which scientist 'the father of modern physics'?

  50. 50Which famous scientist developed the theory of relativity?

  51. 51Who discovered penicillin in 1928?

  52. 52What is the capital of France?

  53. 53What is the capital of Canada?

  54. 54What is the capital of Australia?

  55. 55What is the capital of Brazil?

  56. 56South Africa has three capital cities. Which one is the seat of the executive branch?

  57. 57Which country is known as the 'Land of the Rising Sun'?

  58. 58What is the highest mountain above sea level?

  59. 59What is the largest ocean in the world?

  60. 60Counting cold deserts, what is the largest desert in the world?

  61. 61What is the largest hot desert in the world?

  62. 62What is the largest country in the world by area?

  63. 63What is the smallest country in the world?

  64. 64Which major city sits on two continents, Europe and Asia?

  65. 65What is the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall, located in Venezuela?

  66. 66The shore of which body of water is the lowest point on dry land on Earth?

  67. 67Counting its overseas territories, which country spans the most time zones?

  68. 68What is the largest US state by area?

  69. 69What is the smallest US state by area?

  70. 70What is the only US state whose name has just one syllable?

  71. 71Which letter of the alphabet does not appear in any US state name?

  72. 72Which is the only US state made up entirely of islands?

  73. 73Which four states meet at the Four Corners?

  74. 74What is the national animal of Scotland?

  75. 75Which Paris landmark can grow about 6 inches taller in summer as its iron expands in the heat?

  76. 76Which of these presidents is carved into Mount Rushmore?

  77. 77Who painted the Mona Lisa?

  78. 78Who painted 'The Starry Night'?

  79. 79Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

  80. 80Who wrote the play 'Romeo and Juliet'?

  81. 81Who is the author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?

  82. 82Who wrote the 'Harry Potter' book series?

  83. 83Who is the author of 'The Great Gatsby'?

  84. 84Who wrote 'The Lord of the Rings'?

  85. 85Who is the author of the novel '1984'?

  86. 86Who is the author of 'Pride and Prejudice'?

  87. 87Who is the author of 'The Catcher in the Rye'?

  88. 88Which ancient Greek poet is traditionally credited with 'The Odyssey'?

  89. 89Who wrote 'The Canterbury Tales'?

  90. 90In Mary Shelley's novel, what is the name of the scientist who creates the monster?

  91. 91In L. Frank Baum's original book 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,' what color are Dorothy's magic shoes?

  92. 92Who created the detective Sherlock Holmes?

  93. 93In which 1928 cartoon did Mickey Mouse make his first released appearance?

  94. 94What was Disney's first full-length animated feature film, released in 1937?

  95. 95Released in 1995, what was the first fully computer-animated feature film?

  96. 96Which long-running animated sitcom, set in the town of Springfield, premiered as a half-hour series in December 1989?

  97. 97Which English city were the Beatles from?

  98. 98How many keys are on a standard piano?

  99. 99Which composer wrote his Ninth Symphony while almost completely deaf?

  100. 100By weight, which spice is the most expensive in the world?

  101. 101In 1893, the US Supreme Court ruled that which fruit should be taxed as a vegetable?

  102. 102Hawaiian pizza, topped with ham and pineapple, was invented in which country?

  103. 103The chocolate chip cookie was invented in the 1930s at which Massachusetts inn?

  104. 104The Caesar salad is credited to restaurateur Caesar Cardini in which city?

  105. 105The designer of the Pringles can had some of his ashes buried in what?

  106. 106What is the main ingredient in guacamole?

  107. 107What type of pasta is shaped like little ears?

  108. 108Sushi rice is seasoned with which type of vinegar?

  109. 109How many squares are on a chessboard?

  110. 110Which chess piece can only move diagonally?

  111. 111On a standard six-sided die, the numbers on opposite faces always add up to what?

  112. 112Who invented basketball in 1891, using peach baskets as hoops?

  113. 113How many rings are on the Olympic flag?

  114. 114How many miles long is a marathon?

  115. 115What is the highest possible score in a game of ten-pin bowling?

  116. 116Which NFL team finished the 1972 season undefeated, including the Super Bowl?

  117. 117How many Olympic gold medals did swimmer Michael Phelps win in his career?

  118. 118In 1971, astronaut Alan Shepard played which sport on the Moon?

  119. 119What color jersey does the overall leader of the Tour de France wear?

  120. 120Which horse race is nicknamed 'The Run for the Roses'?

  121. 121Which Grand Slam tennis tournament is played on grass?

  122. 122Which Hungarian inventor created a famous colorful puzzle cube in 1974?

  123. 123LEGO bricks come from which country?

  124. 124Before it made video games, Nintendo was founded in 1889 to make what?

  125. 125What was Mario's name when he first appeared in 1981's Donkey Kong?

  126. 126What is Barbie's full name?

  127. 127What is the name of the dot over a lowercase 'i' or 'j'?

  128. 128What is another name for the # symbol?

  129. 129What do you call a sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet?

  130. 130What do you call a word that reads the same backward and forward, like 'racecar'?

  131. 131Which letter is the most commonly used in English?

  132. 132Which language has the most native speakers in the world?

  133. 133How many sides does a hexagon have?

  134. 134What is the Roman numeral for 50?

  135. 135Whose portrait appears on the US $100 bill?

  136. 136Whose portrait appears on the US $50 bill?

  137. 137Bubble Wrap was originally invented in 1957 to be used as what?

  138. 138Which engineer invented the microwave oven after a candy bar melted in his pocket near radar equipment?

  139. 139Which company makes Post-it notes?

  140. 140Velcro was inspired by what clinging to an inventor's dog?

  141. 141Which toy was invented by naval engineer Richard James after he saw a spring fall off a shelf?

  142. 142Who invented the World Wide Web in 1989?

  143. 143What was the first item ever sold on eBay, in 1995?

  144. 144What was the title of the first video ever uploaded to YouTube, in 2005?

  145. 145Sent in 1992, what did the first-ever SMS text message say?

  146. 146What was Google's original name when it began as a research project?

  147. 147Which online retailer started out selling only books in 1995?

  148. 148Who founded Apple in 1976 together with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne?

  149. 149What does the 'www' in a web address stand for?

  150. 150What do the letters QWERTY describe?

Answer Key

  1. 1. Jupiter
  2. 2. Venus
  3. 3. Saturn
  4. 4. Carbon dioxide
  5. 5. Oxygen
  6. 6. Nitrogen
  7. 7. Au
  8. 8. Mercury
  9. 9. Nitrous oxide
  10. 10. Skin
  11. 11. Rayleigh scattering
  12. 12. Banana
  13. 13. Legumes
  14. 14. Wombat
  15. 15. Black
  16. 16. Pigments in the food they eat
  17. 17. A murder
  18. 18. A flamboyance
  19. 19. Starfish
  20. 20. Koala
  21. 21. Joey
  22. 22. Ostrich
  23. 23. Whale shark
  24. 24. Cheetah
  25. 25. 2
  26. 26. 1492
  27. 27. 1776
  28. 28. George Washington
  29. 29. 1865
  30. 30. 1912
  31. 31. 1969
  32. 32. 1945
  33. 33. 1989
  34. 34. 1917
  35. 35. 1903
  36. 36. 1967
  37. 37. Zanzibar
  38. 38. William Seward
  39. 39. $15 million
  40. 40. Abraham Lincoln
  41. 41. Theodore Roosevelt
  42. 42. Grover Cleveland
  43. 43. Queen Elizabeth II
  44. 44. Amelia Earhart
  45. 45. Marie Curie
  46. 46. Land
  47. 47. Hippocrates
  48. 48. Antoine Lavoisier
  49. 49. Galileo Galilei
  50. 50. Albert Einstein
  51. 51. Alexander Fleming
  52. 52. Paris
  53. 53. Ottawa
  54. 54. Canberra
  55. 55. Brasília
  56. 56. Pretoria
  57. 57. Japan
  58. 58. Mount Everest
  59. 59. Pacific Ocean
  60. 60. Antarctica
  61. 61. Sahara
  62. 62. Russia
  63. 63. Vatican City
  64. 64. Istanbul
  65. 65. Angel Falls
  66. 66. Dead Sea
  67. 67. France
  68. 68. Alaska
  69. 69. Rhode Island
  70. 70. Maine
  71. 71. Q
  72. 72. Hawaii
  73. 73. Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico
  74. 74. Unicorn
  75. 75. Eiffel Tower
  76. 76. Thomas Jefferson
  77. 77. Leonardo da Vinci
  78. 78. Vincent van Gogh
  79. 79. Michelangelo
  80. 80. William Shakespeare
  81. 81. Harper Lee
  82. 82. J.K. Rowling
  83. 83. F. Scott Fitzgerald
  84. 84. J.R.R. Tolkien
  85. 85. George Orwell
  86. 86. Jane Austen
  87. 87. J.D. Salinger
  88. 88. Homer
  89. 89. Geoffrey Chaucer
  90. 90. Victor Frankenstein
  91. 91. Silver
  92. 92. Arthur Conan Doyle
  93. 93. Steamboat Willie
  94. 94. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  95. 95. Toy Story
  96. 96. The Simpsons
  97. 97. Liverpool
  98. 98. 88
  99. 99. Ludwig van Beethoven
  100. 100. Saffron
  101. 101. Tomato
  102. 102. Canada
  103. 103. Toll House Inn
  104. 104. Tijuana, Mexico
  105. 105. A Pringles can
  106. 106. Avocado
  107. 107. Orecchiette
  108. 108. Rice vinegar
  109. 109. 64
  110. 110. Bishop
  111. 111. 7
  112. 112. James Naismith
  113. 113. 5
  114. 114. 26.2
  115. 115. 300
  116. 116. Miami Dolphins
  117. 117. 23
  118. 118. Golf
  119. 119. Yellow
  120. 120. Kentucky Derby
  121. 121. Wimbledon
  122. 122. Ernő Rubik
  123. 123. Denmark
  124. 124. Playing cards
  125. 125. Jumpman
  126. 126. Barbara Millicent Roberts
  127. 127. Tittle
  128. 128. Octothorpe
  129. 129. Pangram
  130. 130. Palindrome
  131. 131. E
  132. 132. Mandarin Chinese
  133. 133. Six
  134. 134. L
  135. 135. Benjamin Franklin
  136. 136. Ulysses S. Grant
  137. 137. Textured wallpaper
  138. 138. Percy Spencer
  139. 139. 3M
  140. 140. Burrs
  141. 141. Slinky
  142. 142. Tim Berners-Lee
  143. 143. A broken laser pointer
  144. 144. Me at the zoo
  145. 145. Merry Christmas
  146. 146. BackRub
  147. 147. Amazon
  148. 148. Steve Jobs
  149. 149. World Wide Web
  150. 150. The first six letters on a standard keyboard's top letter row

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