Past Trivia Q&A

For those who are interested in using past trivia questions for your own purposes, we have put together a list for you here!

1. Which of the oceans is the largest?

   1. Pacific

2. What is the largest island in the Caribbean?

   1. Cuba

3. What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?

   1. Sicily

4. How many starter pokemon are released with each game?

   1. 3

5. How many pokemon types are there?

   1. 18

6. When did pokemon cards first come out in English in America?

   1. 1999

7. How many seasons of The Simpsons are there currently?

   1. 36

8. What season of Archer did the voice actress for Malory Sterling die?

   1. 12

9. What is the name of Akane’s family dojo in Ranma?

   1. The Tendo Dojo

10. When is Earth Day?

    1. April 22

11. What year was the WWF established?

    1. 1961

12. Which two materials can be recycled indefinitely?

    1. Glass and aluminum

13. What is a group of flamingos called?

    1. A Flamboyance

14. What creature holds the record for the world’s largest eyes?

    1. The Colossal Squid

15. How many months of pregnancy do elephants go through?

    1. 22

16. What grain is whiskey made from?

    1. Barley

17. What shapes are watermelons cultivated in Japan for easier transport?

    1. Square

18. Which county is home to the world’s oldest known cave paintings?

    1. Indonesia

19. What was the first city to reach a population of 1 million people?

    1. Rome

20. What disease does Kodlak White Mane have?

    1. The Rot

21. Who built Sky Haven Temple?

    1. Akaviri

22. In Skyrim, where does the dark brotherhood have to move after losing the Falkreath sanctuary?

    1. Dawnstar

23. What race is native to the province of High Rock?

    1. Breatons

24. What is the name of the planet Tamriel is on?

    1. Nirn

25. What is the name of the first product to have a barcode?

    1. Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Gum

26. What is the only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise?

    1. Venus

27. What year was the first Super Bowl played?

    1. 1967

28. What year did Walt Disney World open?

    1. 1971

29. What is the name for the plastic or metal tube found on the ends of shoelaces?

    1. Aglet

30. What is the capital of Canada?

    1. Ottawa

31. What substance is Han Solo frozen in during "The Empire Strikes Back"?

    1. Carbonite

32. What is the name of the serial killer in the Halloween movie series?

    1. Michael Myers

33. The character 'Lady Catherine de Bourgh' appears in which book?

    1. Pride & Prejudice

34. Coraline was written by which English fantasy writer?

    1. Neil Gaiman

35. Who wrote Gulliver’s Travels?

    1. Jonathan Swift

36. Which mammal is known to have the most powerful bite in the world?

    1. Hippo!

37. How many inches long is a newborn kangaroo?

    1. one

38. What color is a giraffe’s tongue?

    1. Purple

39. Which turtle can’t retract into it’s shell?

    1. Sea Turtle

40. What is the name of the master of the Thieves’ Guild in Oblivion?

    1. The Gray Fox

41. Which Daedric Prince created vampires?

    1. Molag Bal

42. Which Skyrim city was founded by Ysgramor?

    1. Windhelm

43. Which race has a special connection to the Hist Trees?

    1. Argonian

44. What is the main ingredient in skooma?

    1. Moon Sugar

45. What is the keyboard command for pasting without formatting?

    1. ctr+shift+v

46. What is the keyboard command for tabbing between two open windows?

    1. Alt+tab

47. What was the last territory to become a US state?

    1. Hawaii

48. A popular misconception is that the blood is what color and turns red when exposed to air through the process of oxidation?

    1. Blue

49. Harrison Ford got his start in the filming by filming the on stage performances for what American 60s band?

    1. The Doors

50. Will Ferrell won his audition for SNL by performing as what type of common house pet?Cat

51. What is the name of Adam Sandler’s production company?

    1. Happy Gilmore Studios

52. Who directed the 1993 movie “Coneheads”?

    1. Steve Barron

53. What US state has the highest population of Tai Dam people in the world?

    1. Iowa

54. How many Celtic languages are still spoken today?

    1. 6

55. What is the name of the engineer who designed the skeletal framework for the Statute of Liberty?Gustav Eiffel

56. Who designed the most current Progress Pride Flag?

    1. Daniel Quastar

57. What is the first US law, put in effect in 1918, that protects thousands of American bird species from being killed, pursued, sold, or collected without permit?

    1. Migratory Bird Treaty Act

58. What river in Cleveland Ohio was so polluted that it caught fire multiple times in 1969?

    1. Cuyahoga

59. What shape did Christopher Columbus think the Earth was?

    1. Pear shaped

60. Which country was the first to legalize sale, cultivation, and distribution of recreational cannabis?

    1. Uruguay

61. What is Tanlorin's favorite city to visit (it gives her reputation points)?

    1. Alinor, Summerset

62. How many guild traders are in Skingrad City, West Weald? \

    1. 6

63. The follower companion Azandar's starting quest is located outside of what city in Apocypha?

    1. Cipher’s Midden

64. What is the name of the person who developed Tamriel Trade Centre?

    1. Steven Chen

65. An 8.8 magnitude earthquake in what country triggered tsunamis across the globe this week?

    1. Russia

66. What volcano erupted on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula overnight for the first time in hundreds of years?

    1. Krasheninnikov

67. What is the highest box office film so far of 2025?

    1. Ne Zha 2

68. How many Marvel movies are scheduled to release for 2025?

    1. Four!

69. The three largest solar thermal power stations in the US are located in which state?

    1. California

70. What continent has the largest desert in the world?

    1. Antarctica’s Polar Desert

71. What are the two main cash crops rotated on Midwest US farms?

    1. Corn and Soybeans

72. The world’s largest and deepest freshwater lake, Lake Baikal, is located in what country?

    1. Russia

73. Which US president established the Environmental Protection Agency which officially opened on December 2, 1970?

    1. Richard Nixon

74. How many years does it take to build one inch of topsoil?

    1. 1000

75. What are the names of the two main characters and brothers in the TV show Supernatural?

    1. Sam & Dean

76. What year was the book Jurassic Park released?

    1. 1990, November 20

77. What Shakespeare play is the Lion King based on?

    1. Hamlet

78. What is the name of the person who is the voice behind Siri?

    1. Susan Bennett

79. Which potency rune is used to make legendary enchantments?

    1. Kuta

80. What city does the companion Isobel’s parents live in?

    1. High Isle

81. Which companion boosts your fishing?

    1. Sharp-as-Night

82. What is the max level you can build your companion to?

    1. 20

83. Which two items are used as Lake Fishing Bait?

    1. Guts and Minno

84. What item can you use to point in the direction of a scrying dig site?

    1. Antiquarian’s Eye

85. Which actor has won the most Oscars?

    1. Katherine Hepburn

86. Who has the title for the most gold medals obtained in the Olympics?

    1. Michael Phelps

87. Who has been awarded the most Nobel prizes?

    1. The American Red Cross

88. What is the most viewed award show?

    1. The Academy Awards or the Oscars

89. Who is the youngest person to receive a Pulitzer Award?

    1. Nick Ut for a photo called the Terror of War

90. Scientists have developed and deployed a robotic fish that helps restore coral reefs – what does it consume for fuel to run?

    1. Algae

91. How tall is an average windmill?

    1. 260-400ft / 80-22m

92. Where is the largest water powered electrical plant in the world?

    1. Three Gorges Dam, on Yangtze River, China

93. What year was duct tape invented?1943

94. What was the chainsaw originally invented for?

    1. Childbirth, for cutting the pelvic bone.

95. What king does the Bluetooth technology get its name from?

    1. Harald “Bluetooth” Gormson of Denmark

96. What was the original use for a spork?

    1. It was a Victorian era ice cream spoon

97. What is the primary reason there are so few mummies left despite having been well preserved and protected?

    1. People ate them…

98. Princess Alexandra Amelia of Bavaria suffered from a delusion that she had swallowed what glass instrument?

    1. Piano

99. What two animals are on the Australian Coat of Arms?

    1. Kangaroo and Emu

100. Who was the first female self-made millionaire in America?

     1. Madam C.J. Walker

101. What was the capital city of the Inca Empire?

     1. Cusco

102. Who was the first emperor of Rome?

     1. Agustus

103. How did Ophelia die in Hamlet?

     1. Drowning in a river

104. Which Shakespeare play is considered cursed, having a superstition history of unfortunate incidents during their productions?\

     1. Macbeth

105. What Indonesian volcano erupted this week?

     1. Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki

106. What was the first named tropical storm of 2025?

     1. Alvin – it’s a masculine start year

107. What is the name of the first recorded hurricane of 2025?

     1. Erick

108. What 1996 anime did the meme “it’s over 9000” originate from?

     1. Dragonball Z

109. The unit of measurement “banana for scale” originated from a blog user capturing an image of what household item?

     1. Television

110. What cell phone game launched shortly after the release of the PokemonGo Plus+ Bluetooth Pokeball (which was designed to work with both games)?

     1. Pokemon Sleep

111. Which company produced Candy Crush?

     1. King (or King Games)

112. What flower is on the Grenada flag?

     1. Nutmeg flower

113. What plant did Gregor Mandel use to study genetics?

     1. Garden Pea

114. What is the name of the insect used to produce red dye

     1. Cochineal – Dactylopius coccus

115. Triticale is a hybrid of what two cover crops?

     1. Rye and Wheat

116. How many McDonalds are there worldwide?

     1. Over 41,800 locations

117. What year was the blue M&M introduced?

     1. 1996

118. What country did bubble tea (boba tea) originate in?

     1. Taiwan

119. What are Hush Puppies made of?

     1. Cornmeal-this classic southern side originates from Native tribes

120. What is the largest known fish in the ocean?

     1. Whale Shark

121. The conservation-focused National Audubon Society (Audubon) is a non-profit environmental organization with a primary focus on what type of animal?

     1. Birds

122. What is the name of the 2006 Oscar winning documentary that follows former US Vice President Al Gore on the lecture circuit as he attempts to raise awareness about the dangers of global warming?

     1. The Inconceivable Truth

123. Starting in 2008, a fungal disease known as “white Nose Syndrome” decimated North American populations of what mammals?

     1. Bats

124. Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico is primarily caused by the runoff of what agricultural nutrient?

     1. Nitrate, Phosphorus                                  

125. What word describes a biome where tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons?

     1. Tundra              

126. What are Tanlorin’s pronouns?

     1. They/them

127. What is the name of the PvP zone in ESO?

     1. Cyrodil

128. How many craftable furnishings are in ESO?

     1. 3145

129. What website and client can be used to check what items are currently listed at guild traders all across Tamriel?

     1. Tamriel Trade Center

130. How many shrines are there to perform vampire bites in ESO?

     1. 3

131. US Senator is being blasted this month for her viral remark at an Iowa town hall, what did she say?

     1. We’re all going to die.

132. Japanese Princesse Kako received a medal this year on the 130^th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and what country, which also has the largest population of people of Japanese descent in the world?

     1. Brazil

133. The new Australian Ambassador to the Holy See, Keith Pitt, brought heartwarming gifts to Pope Leo XIV, including what item handmade by primary students?

     1. A Quilt! 

134. Wildfires from 4,000 miles made their way across the Atlantic, turning the skies over the UK what color this weekend?

     1. Orange

135. What zodiac sign is the Joker in the movie “Batman”?

     1. Pisces

136. Which is the largest lake by area in the British Isles?

     1. Lough Neagh

137. What unit of measurement is used to express the purity of gold?

     1. Karat

138. Vermillion is a shade of which color?

     1. Red

139. What is the most common type of lawn grass used in the US? It is nonnative, but has a short 4inch/10cm root system that is terrible for water infiltration.

     1. Kentucky Bluegrass, or Poa pratensis

140. What is the name of the pigment that gives plants their green color?Chlorophyll

141. What plant is used often as a bed time tea for its soothing, relaxing properties and has been used for centuries as a sleep aid?

     1. Chamomile

142. What is the fastest growing woody plant in the world?

     1. Bamboo

143. June is a great month for different types of awareness events! This month is also when one of the most common domesticated house pets start flooding cute little baby stray animals are born and looking for homes. Which animal is it?

     1. Kittens!

144. When cats are exposed to this animal as it produces a consumable product, humans and cats can both eat the product and reduce enzymes that cause human allergic reactions to cats. What livestock and product are we talking about?

     1. Chickens and eggs!

145. Charlie Carpenter is an Afro-Indigenous and Latino Conservationist at Indigenous Led, a conservation organization. They are succeeding in the cultural restoration of what key animal that was driven to near extinction through colonialization?

     1. The Buffalo

146. After 30 years of being a “restaurant bear,” this sweet old guy was rescued on May 8 by FOUR PAWS to retire in a lovely bear sanctuary in Austria. What is this bear’s name

     1. Felix

147. What is the name of the renewable and sustainable farming practice taking trend where crops, pollinator habitats, or livestock are raised under solar panels?

     1. Agrivoltaics

148. What is the base ingredient for gummy bears?

     1. Gelatin

149. Which nut is used to make marzipan?

     1. Almonds

150. Which country is the largest exporter of coffee beans worldwide?

     1. Brazil