Welcome to our Middle School Trivia Challenge! This collection of 100 questions covers a range of topics, from geography and history to science and literature. Whether you’re a middle schooler wanting to test your knowledge, a teacher looking for a fun classroom activity, or an adult who loves a good trivia challenge, this list has something for everyone. Each question includes the correct answer, so you can check your responses as you go. So, are you ready to put your knowledge to the test? Let’s dive into the trivia!
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1. What is the powerhouse of the cell? Reveal Answer Mitochondria 2. Who wrote the novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’? Reveal Answer Harper Lee 3. What is the capital of France? Reveal Answer Paris 4. In what state is the Grand Canyon located? Reveal Answer Arizona 5. What planet is known as the Red Planet? Reveal Answer Mars 6. What is the largest ocean on Earth? Reveal Answer Pacific Ocean 7. What is the chemical symbol for Oxygen? Reveal Answer O 8. Who was the first president of the United States? Reveal Answer George Washington 9. What is the formula for the area of a circle? Reveal Answer Pi times radius squared 10. What causes a rainbow to form? Reveal Answer Reflection, refraction, and dispersion of light in water droplets 11. What type of animal is a penguin? Reveal Answer Bird 12. What is the longest river in the world? Reveal Answer The Nile River 13. What year did World War II end? Reveal Answer 1945 14. What do you call a group of wolves? Reveal Answer A pack 15. What is the square root of 81? Reveal Answer 9 16. What is the largest planet in our solar system? Reveal Answer Jupiter 17. Who painted the ‘Mona Lisa’? Reveal Answer Leonardo da Vinci 18. What is the distance around a circle called? Reveal Answer Circumference 19. Which state is known as the Sunshine State? Reveal Answer Florida 20. Who discovered penicillin? Reveal Answer Alexander Fleming 21. What’s the third planet from the sun? Reveal Answer Earth 22. What’s the hardest mineral? Reveal Answer Diamond 23. In what year was the Declaration of Independence signed? Reveal Answer 1776 24. What type of gas do plants absorb? Reveal Answer Carbon Dioxide 25. Who is the author of the ‘Harry Potter’ series? Reveal Answer J.K. Rowling 26. What is the highest mountain in the world? Reveal Answer Mount Everest 27. Which planet has a ring? Reveal Answer Saturn 28. What language is spoken in Brazil? Reveal Answer Portuguese 29. What’s the capital of Canada? Reveal Answer Ottawa 30. What’s the freezing point of water in Fahrenheit? Reveal Answer 32 degrees 31. What is the capital of Italy? Reveal Answer Rome 32. Who invented the telephone? Reveal Answer Alexander Graham Bell 33. What are the three states of matter? Reveal Answer Solid, Liquid, Gas 34. What is the capital of Spain? Reveal Answer Madrid 35. Who composed the Four Seasons? Reveal Answer Vivaldi 36. What do you call a baby kangaroo? Reveal Answer Joey 37. What are the primary colors? Reveal Answer Red, Yellow, Blue 38. Who is known for the theory of relativity? Reveal Answer Albert Einstein 39. What do you call a group of fish? Reveal Answer A school 40. What was the name of the last Queen of France? Reveal Answer Marie Antoinette 41. What is a rhombus? Reveal Answer A parallelogram with all sides of equal length 42. What is the largest mammal? Reveal Answer The Blue Whale 43. Who is the author of ‘Pride and Prejudice’? Reveal Answer Jane Austen 44. What’s the capital of Australia? Reveal Answer Canberra 45. What is the Pythagorean theorem? Reveal Answer The square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides 46. What is the first element on the periodic table? Reveal Answer Hydrogen 47. What is the primary source of energy for Earth’s climate system? Reveal Answer The Sun 48. Who wrote the U.S. national anthem? Reveal Answer Francis Scott Key 49. What are the three branches of the U.S. government? Reveal Answer Legislative, Executive, Judicial 50. Who was the first man on the moon? Reveal Answer Neil Armstrong 51. What do you call a polygon with six sides? Reveal Answer Hexagon 52. What is photosynthesis? Reveal Answer The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods with carbon dioxide and water 53. Who wrote ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’? Reveal Answer Mark Twain 54. What is the smallest planet in our solar system? Reveal Answer Mercury 55. What’s the capital of Russia? Reveal Answer Moscow 56. Who invented the light bulb? Reveal Answer Thomas Edison 57. What are the three types of rocks? Reveal Answer Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic 58. What is the capital of China? Reveal Answer Beijing 59. What language is spoken in Argentina? Reveal Answer Spanish 60. Who discovered the law of gravity? Reveal Answer Sir Isaac Newton 61. What is the largest continent? Reveal Answer Asia 62. What’s the chemical formula for water? Reveal Answer H2O 63. What is the capital of India? Reveal Answer New Delhi 64. Who wrote the ‘Iliad’ and the ‘Odyssey’? Reveal Answer Homer 65. What do you call a polygon with five sides? Reveal Answer Pentagon 66. Who wrote ‘Romeo and Juliet’? Reveal Answer William Shakespeare 67. What is the smallest continent? Reveal Answer Australia 68. What is the capital of Egypt? Reveal Answer Cairo 69. Who discovered America? Reveal Answer Christopher Columbus 70. What isthe capital of Brazil? Reveal Answer BrasÃlia 71. What is the freezing point of water in Celsius? Reveal Answer 0 degrees 72. What’s the chemical symbol for Iron? Reveal Answer Fe 73. What is the capital of Japan? Reveal Answer Tokyo 74. Who invented the automobile? Reveal Answer Karl Benz 75. What is the tallest building in the world? Reveal Answer Burj Khalifa 76. What is the fastest land animal? Reveal Answer Cheetah 77. What is the capital of Germany? Reveal Answer Berlin 78. Who wrote ‘The Catcher in the Rye’? Reveal Answer J.D. Salinger 79. What is the largest country by land area? Reveal Answer Russia 80. What is the biggest animal in the world? Reveal Answer Blue Whale 81. What is the largest bone in the human body? Reveal Answer Femur 82. What are the four cardinal directions? Reveal Answer North, East, South, West 83. Who painted the ‘Starry Night’? Reveal Answer Vincent van Gogh 84. What is the capital of Mexico? Reveal Answer Mexico City 85. Who wrote ‘The Great Gatsby’? Reveal Answer F. Scott Fitzgerald 86. What is the most populous country in the world? Reveal Answer China 87. What is the largest desert in the world? Reveal Answer Sahara Desert 88. Who was the 16th president of the United States? Reveal Answer Abraham Lincoln 89. What is the capital of South Africa? Reveal Answer Pretoria (executive), Bloemfontein (judicial), and Cape Town (legislative) 90. Who discovered the DNA double helix? Reveal Answer James Watson and Francis Crick 91. What is the capital of the United Kingdom? Reveal Answer London 92. What is the largest organ in the human body? Reveal Answer Skin 93. What language is spoken in Egypt? Reveal Answer Arabic 94. What is the fastest bird in the world? Reveal Answer Peregrine Falcon 95. What is the capital of Turkey? Reveal Answer Ankara 96. Who invented the telescope? Reveal Answer Hans Lippershey 97. What language is spoken in Australia? Reveal Answer English 98. What is the capital of Greece? Reveal Answer Athens 99. Who wrote ‘Moby Dick’? Reveal Answer Herman Melville 100. What is the first book in the Bible? Reveal Answer Genesis 101. What is the largest island in the world? Reveal Answer Greenland Sharing is Caring:
