Welcome, trivia enthusiasts! Whether you’re a trivia veteran or a curious newcomer, this list of good trivia questions and answers is sure to challenge and engage you. It covers a vast range of topics, from science and history to arts and geography. So, get ready to test your knowledge across a broad spectrum of subjects.
There are 100 questions in total, each with the answer provided so you can check your responses or, if you prefer, host a trivia session of your own. Don’t worry if you don’t know all the answers—trivia is a fantastic way to learn new facts. Now, without further ado, let’s delve into these 100 difficult trivia questions and answers!
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1. Which physicist is credited with inventing the World Wide Web? Reveal Answer Tim Berners-Lee
2. What is the capital of Bhutan? Reveal Answer Thimphu
3. What type of rock is the hardest? Reveal Answer Diamond
4. What was the name of the first man-made satellite to orbit the Earth? Reveal Answer Sputnik 1
5. Which element has the symbol ‘Au’ on the periodic table? Reveal Answer Gold
6. Who wrote “War and Peace”? Reveal Answer Leo Tolstoy
7. Who is known as the “Father of Geometry”? Reveal Answer Euclid
8. In which organ of the body is insulin produced? Reveal Answer Pancreas
9. Which artist painted “The Starry Night”? Reveal Answer Vincent van Gogh
10. What is the world’s largest coral reef system? Reveal Answer The Great Barrier Reef
11. In what year was the United Nations established? Reveal Answer 1945
12. What is the chemical formula for Table Salt? Reveal Answer NaCl (Sodium Chloride)
13. What is the largest moon of Saturn? Reveal Answer Titan
14. Who directed the movie “Schindler’s List”? Reveal Answer Steven Spielberg
15. What is the capital of Kyrgyzstan? Reveal Answer Bishkek
16. What is the primary component of natural gas? Reveal Answer Methane
17. What is the name of the highest mountain in Africa? Reveal Answer Mount Kilimanjaro
18. Who was the Greek god of the underworld? Reveal Answer Hades
19. What is the square root of 256? Reveal Answer 16
20. Who is the author of “Moby-Dick”? Reveal Answer Herman Melville
21. Which planet in our solar system has the most moons? Reveal Answer Jupiter
22. What is the official language of Brazil? Reveal Answer Portuguese
23. What is the hottest planet in our solar system? Reveal Answer Venus
24. Who composed the “Moonlight Sonata”? Reveal Answer Ludwig van Beethoven
25. Who is considered the founder of modern nursing? Reveal Answer Florence Nightingale
26. In which country is the city of Timbuktu? Reveal Answer Mali
27. Who discovered penicillin? Reveal Answer Alexander Fleming
28. What is the study of fungi called? Reveal Answer Mycology
29. Which novel starts with the line “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”? Reveal Answer A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
30. Who is known as the “Father of the Computer”? Reveal Answer Charles Babbage
31. Who invented the telephone? Reveal Answer Alexander Graham Bell
32. What is the highest waterfall in the world? Reveal Answer Angel Falls
33. Who discovered the laws of motion? Reveal Answer Isaac Newton
34. Which country has the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites? Reveal Answer Italy
35. Who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling? Reveal Answer Michelangelo
36. What is the largest planet in our solar system? Reveal Answer Jupiter
37. Who wrote “The Odyssey”? Reveal Answer Homer
38. What is the national animal of Scotland? Reveal Answer Unicorn
39. Which chemical element has the lowest atomic number? Reveal Answer Hydrogen
40. What is the longest river in Europe? Reveal Answer Volga River
41. Who is the author of “The Catcher in the Rye”? Reveal Answer J.D. Salinger
42. What is the scientific term for the fear of spiders? Reveal Answer Arachnophobia
43. Who discovered X-rays? Reveal Answer Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
44. Which language is the most spoken in the world? Reveal Answer Mandarin Chinese
45. Who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1905? Reveal Answer Albert Einstein
46. Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic? Reveal Answer Amelia Earhart
47. What is the boiling point of water at sea level in Fahrenheit? Reveal Answer 212 degrees
48. Who invented the periodic table? Reveal Answer Dmitri Mendeleev
49. What is the third law of thermodynamics? Reveal Answer The entropy of a perfect crystal is zero at the absolute zero of temperature.
50. What is the capital of Australia? Reveal Answer Canberra
51. What is the highest grossing film of all time? Reveal Answer “Avengers: Endgame”
52. What is the tallest building in the world? Reveal Answer Burj Khalifa
53. What is the chemical symbol for the element with atomic number 79? Reveal Answer Au (Gold)
54. What is the name of the largest ocean on earth? Reveal Answer Pacific Ocean
55. Who was the first person to climb Mount Everest? Reveal Answer Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
56. Who is known as the “father of modern physics”? Reveal Answer Galileo Galilei
57. Who wrote “Pride and Prejudice”? Reveal Answer Jane Austen
58. What is the speed of light in a vacuum? Reveal Answer Approximately 299,792 kilometers per second
59. Who discovered the electron? Reveal Answer J.J. Thomson
60. Who is the current Dalai Lama? Reveal Answer Tenzin Gyatso
61. What is the capital of Estonia? Reveal Answer Tallinn
62. Who wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird”? Reveal Answer Harper Lee
63. What is the primary ingredient in hummus? Reveal Answer Chickpeas
64. Which planet is known as the “Red Planet”? Reveal Answer Mars
65. What is the largest country in the world by land area? Reveal Answer Russia
66. Who invented dynamite? Reveal Answer Alfred Nobel
67. Who wrote “Don Quixote”? Reveal Answer Miguel de Cervantes
68. What is the capital of Yemen? Reveal Answer Sana’a
69. Who is the author of “Les Misérables”? Reveal Answer Victor Hugo
70. What is the most populous country in the world? Reveal Answer India
71. What is the chemical symbol for Mercury? Reveal Answer Hg
72. What is the main ingredient in a traditional Greek moussaka? Reveal Answer Eggplant
73. Who painted the Mona Lisa? Reveal Answer Leonardo da Vinci
74. Who discovered gravity? Reveal Answer Isaac Newton
75. What is the capital of Kazakhstan? Reveal Answer Nur-Sultan
76. What is the chemical formula for sugar? Reveal Answer C12H22O11
77. Who wrote “The Divine Comedy”? Reveal Answer Dante Alighieri
78. What is the capital of New Zealand? Reveal Answer Wellington
79. Who is the author of “1984”? Reveal Answer George Orwell
80. What is the name of the process by which plants convert sunlight into food? Reveal Answer Photosynthesis
81. Who invented the polio vaccine? Reveal Answer Jonas Salk
82. What is the official language of Austria? Reveal Answer German
83. What is the diameter of Earth? Reveal Answer Approximately 12,742 kilometers
84. Who composed the Four Seasons? Reveal Answer Antonio Vivaldi
85. What is the capital of Mongolia? Reveal Answer Ulaanbaatar
86. Who is known as the “father of microbiology”? Reveal Answer Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
87. Who wrote “The Old Man and the Sea”? Reveal Answer Ernest Hemingway
88. What is the longest bone in the human body? Reveal Answer Femur
89. What is the capital of Slovakia? Reveal Answer Bratislava
90. Who is the author of “Brave New World”? Reveal Answer Aldous Huxley
91. What is the chemical formula for ozone? Reveal Answer O3
92. Who wrote “The Canterbury Tales”? Reveal Answer Geoffrey Chaucer
93. What is the name of the galaxy that contains our solar system? Reveal Answer The Milky Way
94. What is the largest desert in the world? Reveal Answer The Antarctic Desert
95. Who invented the telescope? Reveal Answer Hans Lippershey
96. Who is the author of “A Brief History of Time”? Reveal Answer Stephen Hawking
97. What is the main ingredient in guacamole? Reveal Answer Avocado
98. Who discovered the laws of planetary motion? Reveal Answer Johannes Kepler
99. What is the capital of Latvia? Reveal Answer Riga
100. Who wrote “Paradise Lost”? Reveal Answer John Milton
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