Fun Trivia Questions

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100 Fun Trivia Questions With Answers

• Planning for something entertaining to do at your
  next gathering or family occasion? Why not
  attempt fun trivia questions? It is interesting,
  exciting and everybody can get involved. Age, sex
  and the number of participants does not make a
  difference. Trivia is for everybody and it can be
  played at any place.

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Fun Trivia Ice-Breakers Questions

• 1. Name the largest freshwater lake in the
  world?Answer Lake Superior.
• 2. Who was the legendary Benedictine monk who
  invented champagne?Answer Dom Perignon.
• 3. Name the seventh planet from the
  sun.Answer Uranus.
• 4. What is another word for lexicon?Answer Dict
  ionary.
• 5. Who invented the rabies vaccination?Answer L
  ouis Pasteur.

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Fun Trivia Films Questions

• 6. Name the actor who starred in 142 films
  including The Quiet Man, The Shootist, The
  Searchers and Stagecoach.Answer John Wayne.
• 7. Who played Neo in The Matrix?Answer Keanu
  Reeves.
• 8. Which actress has won the most
  Oscars?Answer Katherine Hepburn, with 4 Oscars
  and 12 nominations.
• 9. Name the director of the Lord of the Rings
  trilogy.Answer Peter Jackson.
• 10. Bray Studios, near Windsor in Berkshire, was
  home to which famous brand of horror
  films?Answer Hammer Horror.
• 11. Name the film noir actress who starred in I
  Married a Witch, The Glass Key, So Proudly We
  Hail! and Sullivans Travels.Answer Veronica
  Lake.
• 12. In which film did Humphrey Bogart say,
  Well always have Paris?Answer Casablanca.

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Fun Trivia Countries Questions

• 13. Which is the only American state to begin
  with the letter p?Answer Pennsylvania.
• 14. Name the worlds largest ocean.Answer Pacif
  ic.
• 15. Which four British cities have underground
  rail systems?Answer Liverpool, Glasgow,
  Newcastle and London.
• 16. What is the diameter of Earth?Answer 8,000
  miles.
• 17. Name the worlds biggest island.Answer Gree
  nland.
• 18. What is the worlds longest
  river?Answer Amazon.
• 19. Which country is Prague in?Answer Czech
  Republic.
• 20. What is the capital city of
  Spain?Answer Madrid.

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Fun Trivia Food and Drink Questions

• 21. What flavour is Cointreau?Answer Orange.
• 22. If you had Lafite-Rothschild on your dinner
  table, what would it be?Answer Wine.
• 23. What is allspice alternatively known
  as?Answer Pimento.
• 24. What is sushi traditionally wrapped
  in?Answer Edible seaweed.
• What colour is Absynthe?Answer Green.
• 25. May Queen, Wisley Crab, Foxwhelps and Lanes
  Prince Albert are all species of what?
• Answer Apples.

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Fun Trivia Arts Questions

• 26. What is the painting La Gioconda more
  usually known as?Answer The Mona Lisa.
• 27. Name the three primary colours.Answer Red,
  yellow and blue.
• 28. If you were painting with tempera, what
  would you be using to bind together colour
  pigments?Answer Egg yolk.
• 29. In needlework, what does UFO refer
  to?Answer An unfinished object.
• 30. What is John Leach famous for
  making?Answer Pottery.
• 31. How many valves does a trumpet
  have?Answer 3.
• 32. Name the famous ballet Russian dancer who
  changed the face of modern ballet.Answer Rudolf
  Nureyev.
• 33. What does the term piano mean?Answer To
  be played softly.

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Fun Trivia Gardening Questions

• 34. By what name is Lancelot Brown more usually
  known?Answer Capability Brown.
• 35. By which Latin name was Rosa Gallica
  previously known?Answer Rosa Mundi.
• 36. What colour is a Himalayan
  poppy?Answer Blue.
• 37. Name the world famous gardens situated ten
  miles outside of London, close to the River
  Thames.Answer Kew Gardens.
• 38. Which garden is considered to be among the
  Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?Answer The
  Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
• 39. Give the alternative name for a Mountain Ash
  tree.Answer Rowan.
• 40. What colour is a Welsh poppy?Answer Yellow.
  
• 41. Which kinds of bulbs were once exchanged as
  a form of currency?Answer Tulips.

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Fun Trivia TV Questions

• 42. Name the BBC series about a shipping line
  set in Liverpool during the late
  1800s.Answer The Onedin Line.
• 43. In the TV series Dads Army, what was
  Captain Mainwarings first name?Answer George.
• 44. In Thunderbirds, what was Lady Penelopes
  chauffeur called?Answer Parker.
• 45. On Blue Peter, what was John Noakess dog
  called?Answer Shep.
• 46. Alastair Burnett, Sandy Gall, Reginald
  Bosanquet, Alastair Stewart, Carol Barnes and
  Trevor McDonald were all regular presenters of
  which TV programme?Answer  ITV News at Ten.
• 47. Which BBC music programme was broadcast
  weekly between 1964 and 2006?Answer Top of the
  Pops.

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Fun Trivia Sports Questions

• 48. What colour jersey is worn by the winners of
  each stage of the Tour De France?Answer Yellow.
• 49. Name the only heavyweight boxing champion to
  finish his career of 49 fights without ever
  having been defeated? Answer Rocky Marciano.
• 50. Which sport does Constantino Rocca
  play?Answer Golf.
• 51. Name the country where you would find the
  Cresta Run.Answer Switzerland.
• 52. How many times was the Mens Tennis Singles
  at Wimbledon won by Bjorn Borg?Answer 5.
• 53. In 2011, which country hosted a Formula 1
  race for the first time?Answer India.
• 54. Name the game played on a lawn called a
  crown green.Answer Bowls.
• 55. Which chess piece can only move
  diagonally?Answer A bishop.
• 56. Name the only footballer to have played for
  Liverpool, Everton, Manchester City and
  Manchester United.Answer Peter Beardsley.
• 57. In football, who was nicknamed The Divine
  Ponytail?Answer Roberto Baggio.

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Fun Trivia Books Questions

• 58. What is the oldest surviving printed book in
  the world?Answer The Diamond Sutra, dated at
  868 AD.
• 59. Who wrote the novel Death in Venice, which
  was later made into a film of the same
  name?Answer Thomas Mann.
• 60. Who wrote the contemporary childrens books
  about mermaids set on the coast of
  Cornwall?Answer Helen Dunmore.
• 61. Which Shakespeare play features
  Shylock?Answer The Merchant of Venice.
• 62. How tall would a double elephant folio book
  be?Answer 50 inches.
• 63. In publishing, what does POD
  mean?Answer Print on demand.
• 64. Name the author of On Her Majestys Secret
  Service, Dr No and Thunderball, among
  others.Answer Ian Fleming.