General trivia questions are great when you wish to turn a boring day into an interesting battle of wits. General trivia questions regarding facts are a fantastic way to get friends, family, and crew giggling and mind-searching even if they have no clue about the Answers they should give. They are not just interesting, they are also a great way to test knowledge regarding a variety of topics, keep people engaged, and learn more about the world.
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They are as simple as asking people general questions, which is often done in normal conversations. Here are some of the questions you can ask anyone;
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Fun General Trivia Questions
- Oprah Winfrey has how many children?
Answer. None
- What is the diameter of the earth?
Answer. 12,756 km
- What is milk punch?
Answer. Milk punch is a drink made with brandy or bourbon, milk, sugar, and vanilla extract.
- Which ornament is found on the tip each elf’s shoes?
Answer. Golden bells
- A year has how many weeks?
Answer. 52 weeks
- A month has how many full weeks?
Answer. 4
- Who played Neo in The Matrix?
Answer. Keanu Reeves
- Which Christmas patron saint is commemorated on the 26th of December?
Answer. Saint Stephen
- The first episode of South Park was aired in which year?
Answer. In 1997
- The human body is made up of many bones, which one is the largest?
Answer. Femur
- Christmas Dinner for the ancient Turkish involved a pig’s head stifled mustard. True or False:
Answer. True
- In “Twas the Night before Christmas” by Clement Clarke Moore, children envisioned what delicious food while a sleep?
Answer. Sugar-plums
- The United States has how many national parks?
Answer. 63 National parks
- What is the symbol of calcium?
Answer. Ca
- What is the role of the hypothalamus?
Answer. To link the nervous system to the endocrine (hormonal) system through the pituitary gland.
- How many turkeys were bought at Christmas in United Kingdom 2013?
Answer. 10 million turkeys
- ‘Bûche de Noël’ is a common food in France eaten at Christmas. Which food is this?
Answer. A sponge cake and buttercream roulade
- In a healthy state, the heart beats how many times in a minute?
Answer. 60 – 100 beats per minute
- Which desert is the largest in the world?
Answer. The Antarctic desert
- William Shakespeare was born in which year?
Answer. In April 1564
- What is the only US state that begins with the letter P?
Answer. Pennsylvania
- Which letter comes first on a type writer?
Answer. Q
- Who was the Spanish sculptor, artist, and draughtsman and the founder of the Cubist movement?
Answer. Georges Braque
- In a website browser, initials “WWW” stands for?
Answer. World Wide Web
- In the Mexican city of Oaxaca, Noche de rábanos is observed on 23rd December. Name the food by which this festival got its name?
Answer. Radishes
- What drink relieves you if you had ‘Glühwein’?
Answer. A Pinot Noir, Merlot or Spätburgunder
- Atoms are tightly packed in what type of matter?
Answer. Solid
- What is the color of your blood?
Answer. Dark red
- Is Pluto a planet or not?
Answer. Not
- Which one of the US Stata passed legislations that prohibits its people from eating what kind of food using a fork?
Answer. Fried chicken
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- Roads in Iceland were redirected to avoid interfering with communities of what?
Answer. Elves
- The term “vomit” was developed by who?
Answer. William Shakespeare
- Traditionally, which spirit had to be combined with butter before being consumed at Christmas?
Answer. Brandy
- Which bread originating from Milan is traditionally eaten in many European countries including Italy at Christmas?
Answer. Panettone
- Why does an object come down when it is thrown up?
Answer. It comes down because of the force of gravity.
- Mickeys is used to measure what?
Answer. The speed of computer mouse.
- What is a computer?
Answer. A computer is an electronic device for storing and processing data especially in binary form, basing on instructions given to it in a variable program.
- What is the length of an Olympic swimming Pool?
Answer. 50 Metres
- The cities of Adelaide, Brisbane, and Perth are found in which country?
Answer. Australia
- Most stop signs are generally placed in which geometric shape?
Answer. Octagonal shape
- Cynophobia refers to what?
Answer. An irrational fear of dogs
- An imperative sentence ends on which punctuation mark?
Answer. Full stop
- The Pacific Ocean was named by which explorer?
Answer. Ferdinand Magellan
- The total number of languages known to be written from Right to Left is?
Answer. Twelve
- Which countries use the shilling as a currency?
Answer. Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Somalia and Somaliland
- Who is the founder of eBay?
Answer. Pierre Omidyar
- The world has witnessed an increased number women winning the Nobel Prize. Which woman won it first in 1903?
Answer. Marie Curie
- Which person wrote the first dictionary?
Answer. Robert Cawdrey
- Which religious group worships Krishna?
Answer. Hinduism
- In which year was the Berlin Wall separating the East Germany from West Germany demolished?
Answer. 1989
- The word “moon” is called what in Arabic language?
Answer. Qamar
- I am proud to be the first female pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean alone?
Answer. Amelia Earhart
- What’s the rarest M&M food appearance?
Answer. Brown
- What’s the ordinary name for dried plums?
Answer. Prune
- This nation uses more Chocolate than any other in the world.
Answer. Switzerland
- How do we call the Indian food that is cooked in clay oven over charcoal?
Answer. Tandoori cookery
- What is the name for the first mild beverage ever to be introduced in space?
Answer. Coca cola
- Which edible food cannot get bad?
Answer. Honey
- Ice cream was invented on which country?
Answer. China
- Gouda cheese originated from which country?
Answer. Netherlands
- Which toy was first apprised on TV?
Answer. Mr. Potato Head
- Which TV series on American television network first showed interracial kiss?
Answer. Star Trek
- Remember the TV series “Golden Girls” aired from 1985 to 1992? Who were the four missing characters?
Answer. Betty White, Estelle Getty, Rue McClanhan, Beatrice Arthur and Rue McClanahan
- Who developed Sherlock Holmes?
Answer. Scottish writer Arthur Conan Doyle.
- What comes on your mind the time you hear the name John Legend?
Answer. The All of Me hit song
- Which US festival brought together over 350,000 fans in the year 1969?
Answer. Woodstock
- Which music single is the biggest selling of all time?
Answer. White Christmas by Irvying Berlin
- Which nations have participated in all the modern-day Olympics?
Answer. Australia, France, Greece, Switzerland, Great Britain. Canada, United States of America
- Between Venus Williams and Serena Williams, who has managed to win more tennis grand slam titles than the other?
Answer. Serena Williams
- The first World Cup was won by which country?
Answer. Uruguay
- Which gymnast was the first one to earn a perfect 10 score?
Answer. Romanian Nadia
- Terms such as wipe, floater and dump are used in which kind of sport?
Answer. Volleyball
- Which female driver became the first woman to earn points in a Grand Prix?
Answer. Lella Lombardi
- Which continent has the largest geographical size than the rest?
Answer. Asia
- Area 51 is a place found in which U’S State?
Answer. Nevada
