Hey there, trivia buffs!
If you’re on the hunt for some awesome teen trivia, you’ve hit the jackpot.
Get ready to amp up your next game night or just jazz up a lazy afternoon with a super fun set of trivia questions.
We’re talking everything from the latest in pop culture to quirky facts about the world that’ll make you go “Wow!” So, call up your crew, huddle around, and let’s dive into some seriously fun trivia questions. Let’s see who’s the trivia king or queen among you!
And if you want to brush up on your basics first, check out our 100 Best Middle School Trivia Questions for a fun warm-up!
Historical Facts
1. Which treaty ended the First World War?
Answer: The Treaty of Versailles.
2. Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Answer: Amelia Earhart
3. Who was the first president of the United States?
Answer: George Washington
4. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first two humans on the moon, but who was the third?
Answer: Charles Conrad
5. What was Leonardo da Vinci’s famous portrait, known for its mysterious smile, called?
Answer: Mona Lisa
6. Which war was famously declared over by the Christmas Truce in 1914?
Answer: World War I
7. What country first granted women the right to vote?
Answer: New Zealand
8. Which movie won the first Academy Award for Best Picture?
Answer: Wings (1927)
9. Who was the first president to be photographed at his inauguration?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
10. What U.S. state was the last to be admitted to the Union?
Answer: Hawaii
11. Which ancient civilization built the Machu Picchu complex?
Answer: The Inca Empire
12. What year did the Olympic Games introduce the Olympic rings symbol?
Answer: 1913
13. What was the first feature-length animated movie ever released?
Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
15. Who was the first living person to be featured on a U.S. postage stamp?
Answer: George Washington
15. Which U.S. state was the first to allow women to vote?
Answer: Wyoming
16. What was the main catalyst for the start of World War II?
Answer: Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939.
17. Which Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb was discovered almost intact by Howard Carter in 1922?
Answer: Tutankhamun.
18. What historic wall was built across northern England to hold back the northern tribes?
Answer: Hadrian’s Wall.
19. During which historical event did the storming of the Bastille occur, symbolizing a turning point?
Answer: The French Revolution (1789).
20. Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher.
21. Which famous speech did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver during the March on Washington?
Answer: “I Have a Dream”
22. What ancient empire was ruled by Cyrus the Great?
Answer: The Persian Empire
23. Who was the longest-reigning British monarch before Queen Elizabeth II?
Answer: Queen Victoria
24. Which event marked the beginning of the Great Depression in 1929?
Answer: The stock market crash, often referred to as Black Tuesday
25. What historic document was signed at Runnymede in 1215?
Answer: The Magna Carta
Science and Nature
26. What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Jupiter
27. What kind of animal is the largest mammal in the world?
Answer: Blue whale
28. What is the chemical formula for water?
Answer: H2O
29. Which human body organ is the largest?
Answer: Skin
30. In what country would you find the natural landmark, Machu Picchu?
Answer: Peru
31. What is the fastest land animal in the world?
Answer: Cheetah
32. What is considered the rarest blood type in humans?
Answer: AB negative
32. Which animal is known to have the largest organ in the animal kingdom?
Answer: The blue whale (its heart)
33. What type of animal was the first to orbit the Earth in space?
Answer: A dog (Laika)
34. What is the main gas found in the Earth’s atmosphere?
Answer: Nitrogen
35. Which vitamin is primarily obtained from sunlight exposure?
Answer: Vitamin D
36. What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Answer: Diamond
37. What galaxy is Earth located in?
Answer: The Milky Way
38. How many hearts does an octopus have?
Answer: Three
39. What is the boiling point of water at sea level in Celsius?
Answer: 100 degrees Celsius
40. Which metal is liquid at room temperature?
Answer: Mercury
41. What element does the chemical symbol ‘O’ represent?
Answer: Oxygen
42. Which planet is known as the ‘Red Planet’?
Answer: Mars
43. What is the most abundant element in the universe?
Answer: Hydrogen
44. What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Mercury
45. Name the galaxy that contains our Solar System.
Answer: The Milky Way
Geography and Travel
46. What is the capital city of Japan?
Answer: Tokyo
47. Which is the largest country in South America by area?
Answer: Brazil
48. What are the only two U.S. states that do not observe Daylight Saving Time?
Answer: Arizona and Hawaii
49. Which city is known for the landmark, the Eiffel Tower?
Answer: Paris, France
50. Which lake is the largest of the Great Lakes in North America?
Answer: Lake Superior
51. What is the largest island in the world?
Answer: Greenland
52. What’s the name of the longest river in the world?
Answer: The Nile River
53. What is the first country to see the sunrise each day?
Answer: New Zealand (specifically the Chatham Islands)
54. Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?
Answer: Japan
55. What is the highest mountain in the world?
Answer: Mount Everest
56. Which U.S. state is known as the ‘Sunshine State’?
Answer: Florida
57. What country has the most natural lakes?
Answer: Canada
58. In which city would you find the ancient pyramids of Giza?
Answer: Cairo, Egypt
59. Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?
Answer: The Colorado River
60. Which country is the largest by population?
Answer: China
61. What is the smallest country in the world by area and population?
Answer: Vatican City
62. Which continent is known as the ‘Dark Continent’?
Answer: Africa
63. What is the name of the deepest known location in the world’s oceans?
Answer: The Mariana Trench
64. What is the coldest recorded place on Earth?
Answer: Antarctica (specifically at the Soviet Union’s Vostok Station)
65. Which body of water separates Africa and Europe?
Answer: The Mediterranean Sea
Art and Literature
66. Who wrote “Oliver Twist” and “The Pickwick Papers”?
Answer: Charles Dickens
67. Which famous painting was stolen from the Louvre in 1911, creating international headlines?
Answer: The Mona Lisa
68. . In which novel would you find the character “Long John Silver”?
Answer: Treasure Island
69. What type of animal is Aslan in the “Chronicles of Narnia”?
Answer: Lion
70. Who is the author of the “Harry Potter” series?
Answer: J.K. Rowling
71. Who said, “Truth is stranger than fiction,” a quote that trivia games often prove true?
Answer: Mark Twain
72. Which famous artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Answer: Michelangelo
73. What is the title of the Shakespeare play that features the characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Answer: Hamlet
74. In what country was the famous artist Frida Kahlo born?
Answer: Mexico
75. Which novel features a dystopian society divided into factions based on human virtues?
Answer: Divergent
76. Who painted “Starry Night”?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh
77. Which poet wrote “The Road Not Taken”?
Answer: Robert Frost
78. What is the best-selling book series of the 21st century?
Answer: Harry Potter
79. Which opera is based on a character who is a legendary seducer and libertine?
Answer: Don Giovanni
80. What is the name of the artist known for his blue period?
Answer: Pablo Picasso
81. Which novel by George Orwell tells the story of farm animals staging a revolution?
Answer: Animal Farm
82. Who is the artist behind the sculpture ‘David’ before his battle with Goliath?
Answer: Michelangelo
83. Which musical features the song “The Phantom of the Opera”?
Answer: The Phantom of the Opera
84. What famous poem begins with the line, “Once upon a midnight dreary”?
Answer: The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
85. Which Renaissance artist is known for his masterpieces of “The School of Athens” and “The Transfiguration”?
Answer: Raphael
86. Which book features a scary clown named Pennywise?
Answer: It by Stephen King
Pop Culture and Entertainment
87. What year was the first “Jurassic Park” movie released?
Answer: 1993
88. Who is the singer behind the hit “Bad Romance”?
Answer: Lady Gaga
89. In “The Hunger Games,” who is the main character played by Jennifer Lawrence?
Answer: Katniss Everdeen
90. Which animated movie features a character named Lightning McQueen?
Answer: Cars
91. Who wrote the fantasy novel “Matilda”?
Answer: Roald Dahl
92. Which video game holds the record for the highest-grossing digital download in its first 24 hours?
Answer: Grand Theft Auto V
93. What is the name of Harry Potter’s pet owl?
Answer: Hedwig
94. What video game was credited with popularizing the battle royale genre?
Answer: Fortnite
95. Which best-selling book holds the record for being the fastest-selling paperback of all time?
Answer: “Fifty Shades of Grey”
96. In what year did Justin Bieber release his first album?
Answer: 2010
97. What movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2020?
Answer: Parasite
98. Which artist released the album titled “Folklore” in 2020?
Answer: Taylor Swift
99. Who stars as Eleven in the Netflix series “Stranger Things”?
Answer: Millie Bobby Brown
100. Which song by Billie Eilish won Record of the Year at the 2021 Grammy Awards?
Answer: “Everything I Wanted”
101. What is the real name of the superhero character Spider-Man?
Answer: Peter Parker
102. Which 2019 movie features a villain named Mysterio?
Answer: Spider-Man: Far From Home
103. Who performed at the halftime show of Super Bowl LV in 2021?
Answer: The Weeknd
104. Which TV show is based on the Archie Comics characters?
Answer: Riverdale
105. Name the 2021 Disney movie that features songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and tells the story of a Colombian family with magical powers.
Answer: Encanto
106. Who is the creator of the popular video game “Minecraft”?
Answer: Markus Persson, also known as Notch
Bonus Questions
107. Who was the youngest person to win a Nobel Prize?
Answer: Malala Yousafzai
108. What year is a leap year?
Answer: Any year divisible by 4 (except century years not divisible by 400)
109. Which video game holds the record for the highest-grossing digital download in its first 24 hours?
Answer: Grand Theft Auto V
110. What is the name of Harry Potter’s pet owl?
Answer: Hedwig
111. In which city would you find the oldest baseball field still in use?
Answer: Boston (Fenway Park)
112. How many hotdogs did the world record holder eat in the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest?
Answer: 76 hotdogs
113. What is the first letter of the Greek alphabet?
Answer: Alpha
114. What is the optimal number of hours for teen brain function, according to sleep studies?
Answer: 8 to 10 hours
115. In which fictional city does the TV show “Gotham” take place?
Answer: Gotham City
116. During which global conflict was the movie “Saving Private Ryan” set?
Answer: World War II
117. What U.S. state has the most time zones?
Answer: Alaska
118. What was the first animal to be domesticated by humans?
Answer: The dog
119. Name the first animal that appears in the English dictionary.
Answer: Aardvark
120. What does ‘GMT’ stand for, a term frequently used in discussions about time zones?
Answer: Greenwich Mean Time
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And that’s a wrap, trivia champs!
I hope you had a blast tackling these questions and maybe even stumped your friends a couple of times.
Trivia night is a great way to spend time together as a whole family. So, keep these questions handy for your next hangout or family gathering, and keep the trivia fun rolling.
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