General Trivia 2023

FOOD AND DRINK

100

Trivia Question: What is the rarest M&M color?

Brown

200

Trivia Question: What is the common name for dried plums?

Prunes

300

What soft drink's slogan is Taste the Feeling? 

Coca Cola

350

What is the only fruit with seeds on the outside?

Strawberries

400

_______________is a chocolate-based ice cream flavor mixed with chopped almonds and marshmallow pieces

Rocky Road

410

This fruit floats because 25% of its volume is air.

Apple

430

What is the only food that will never go bad?

Honey 

440

What condiment was used for its medicinal qualities in the 1800s?

Tomato Sauce

450

Trivia Question: What is Escargot?  

Snails

ENTERTAINMENT

100

Trivia Question: Name one actor who played James Bond. 

• Sean Connery (1962-1967, 1971 and 1983) ...
• David Niven (1967) ...
• George Lazenby (1969) ...
• Roger Moore (1973-1985) ...
• Timothy Dalton (1987-1989) ...
• Pierce Brosnan (1995-2002) ...
• Daniel Craig (2006-2021)

200

Trivia Question: Who Was the "king of rock and Roll"

Elvis

300

Trivia Question: What artist, with nicknames including “His Royal Badness” and “The High Priest of Pop,” passed away in 2016? Hint: this artist was often associated with a single color.

Prince

350

Trivia Question: What boxer is known as the Greatest of All Time?

Muhammed Ali

400

Trivia Question: What day is Star Wars Day?

May 4

410

Trivia Question: What was the first toy to be advertised on television?

Mr Potato Head

430

Trivia Question: What is the Golden man statue given to talented actors

An oscar

440

Trivia Question: Where does the play/story Annie take place? 

NYC

450

Trivia Question: What are the names of Cinderella’s stepsisters?

Anastasia and Drizella

SCIENCE

100

Trivia Question: What is the nearest planet to the sun?

Mercury

200

Trivia Question: What term describes an ability to make food from sunlight 

Photosynthesis

300

Trivia Question: How many bones do sharks have?

None

350

What is the hardest natural material? 

Diamond

400

What disease stems from the medieval term that means ‘bad air’?

Malaria

410

Which is the most abundant element in the universe?

Hydrogen

430

What is the name of this bone, also the funniest bone, called? It is a very funny name.

Humerus

440

What is made by B immunity cells to help fight off infection?

Antibodies

450

Trivia Question: The first vaccine was for which disease?

Small Pox

ANIMALS AND PLANTS

100

Trivia Question: Botany is the scientific study of what? 

Plants

200

Which animal cannot jump? 

Elephant

300

What is the main food source for pandas? 

Bamboo

350

Trivia Question:  What type of animal is Mr. Krabs’ daughter, Pearl?

Whale

400

Trivia Question:  Which mammal has no vocal cords? 

Giraffe

410

A female elephant is a cow.  What's a male elephant called? 

A bull

430

Trivia Question:  What is the only fruit that has its seeds on the outside?

Strawberry

440

What's the name for a baby deer? 

Fawn

450

Trivia Question: How many eyes does a bee have? 2,4,5,or 6

5

GEOGRAPHY

100

Trivia Question: The Statue of Liberty was given to the US by which country? 

France

200

Trivia Question: What is the world’s biggest island?

Greenland

300

Trivia Question: Which country produces the most coffee in the world?

Brazil

350

Trivia Question: What is a meteorologist? 

Person who studies the weather.

400

Trivia Question: What is the smallest country in the world?

Vatican City

410

Where is the world's largest desert? 

Antartica

430

What mountain range is along the east side of the United States: Appalachian, Rocky, or Sierra Nevada?

Appalachia

440

What is the capital of India?

New Dehli

450

Trivia Question:What layer of the Earth is right below the crust?

Mantle

SPORTS

100

Who graduated in 2021 at MSC and recently got pick up in the mid season draft by Fremantle?

Ethan Stanley 

200

Who has won more tennis grand slam titles, Venus Williams or Serena Williams?

Serena Williams

300

Which sport uses a net, a racket, and a birdie?

Badminton

350

Where will the 2024 Olympics be held?

Paris

400

which afl team has won the most premierships

The Carlton Football Club has won 16 grand finals, the most of any club; the Essendon Football Club has also won 16 premierships, although only 14 were earned in grand finals.

410

What type of race is the Tour de France?

Bike Race

430

In taekwondo, which belt is better - the blue or the green? 

the blue 

440

Which golf tournament did Tiger Woods win by 12 strokes cementing his first-ever major championship win?

The Masters

450

What is the name of the defensive line of the Minnesota Vikings from the late 1960s to the late 1970s

Purple People Eaters 

GENERAL

100

Trivia Question: How many signs are there in the Zodiac?  

12

200

Trivia Question: What does Na stand for on the periodic table? 

Sodium (Salt)

300

What months of the year have 28 days?

ALL OF THEM

350

What is the plural of sheep?

Sheep

400

What does “www” stand for in a website browser?

World Wide Web

410

Trivia Question: What country has the most vending machines per capita?

Japan

430

What is the name of the biggest technology company in South Korea?

Samsung

440

What was the first feature-length animated movie ever released? (Hint: It was a Disney Movie)

Snow White

450

Trivia Question: What is the only metal that is a liquid at normal pressure? 

Mercury

TV Shows

100

South Park takes place in which state?

Colorado

200

The Walking Dead

300

What are these two characters names? 

Carly and Sam

350

What is the name of the restaurant where Penny works as a waitress in The Big Bang Theory?

The Cheesecake Factory 

400

What is the longest-running TV series?

The Simpsons

410

What TV series features a picture or reference to Superman in every episode?

Seinfeld

430

Who runs the boating school that SpongeBob attends?

Mrs. Puff

440

What is Ted Mosby’s profession on How I Met Your Mother?

Architect

450

How many noble houses of Westeros are there in the Game of Thrones?

9 (Arryn, Baratheon, Greyjoy, Lannister, Martell, Stark, Targaryen, Tully, and Tyrell)

Music

100

What 2013 Miley Cyrus song claims she came in like a _______________

Wrecking Ball

200

A 28-year-old British man's "Divide" tour in 2019 set the all-time record for highest-grossing tour. Who is this singer?

Ed Sheeran

300

Who was the very first American Idol winner?

Kelly Clarkson

350

Famed for her five-octave vocal range, which American pop singer is known as "Songbird Supreme", "Queen of Melisma", and "Queen of Christmas?"

Mariah Carrey

400

Who is this?  Of what band is he the lead singer? 

Freddy Mercury, Queen

410

Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse and Jim Morrison all died at what "cursed" age?

27

430

Despite only recording three albums as a group, you could still call them "well-seasoned." With over 100 million record sales, what musical act is the best-selling girl group of all time?

Spice Girls

440

Which member of the Avengers had a brief stint as a pop star?

Brie Larson 

450

What adolescently-named lead singer was the front man for the 1980s pop group Culture Club?

Boy George