Trivia Questions
In miles, what is the total length of all canals in Venice?
a. 35
b. 26
c. 30
d. 22
B. 26
In the 592 episodes of the UK edition of Who Wants to be a Millionaire hosted by Chris Tarrant, how many people have won the million pound prize?
a. 1
b. 3
c. 5
d. 10
C. 5
In 2023, how long did the average British adult spend on their smartphone each day?
a. 2 hours 15 minutes
b. 4 hours 50 minutes
c. 6 hours 5 minutes
d. 10 hours 15 minutes
B. 4 hours 50 minutes
Which app holds the record for the most first week downloads from the App Store?
a. Pokemon Go
b. Call of Duty
c. Facebook
d. Angry Birds
b. Call of Duty
True or False
If you add up all the time people have spent watching the song Baby Shark on YouTube, it is longer than the entire history of human civilisation.
True
12 billion views more than 55,000 years have been spent watching it.
How many times has Berwick-Upon-Tweed switched between being a part of England and being a part of Scotland?
a. 10
b. 12
c. 14
d. 16
C. 14
How long does the average person have to run at 10 km/hr to burn off one chocolage digestive biscuit?
a. 2 minutes and 30 seconds
b. 5 minutes and 10 seconds
c. 6 minutes and 20 seconds
d. 10 minutes and 40 seconds
C. 6 minutes and 20 seconds
How many individual pieces of wood are used to make a violin?
a. 15
b. 32
c. 70
d. 101
c. 70
Which country has the highest proportion of vegetarians?
a. India
b. The United States
c. China
d. Canada
A. India more than twice than any other country
On average, how many murders are there in the USA per day?
a. 26
b. 59
c. 73
d. 98
B. 59
Alan Shearer holds the record for the most Premier League goals. How many Premier League goals did he score in total?
a. 260
b. 281
c. 301
d. 352
a. 260
What percentage of the Harvard University students smoke cigarettes?
a. 0.5%
b. 2.5%
c. 4%
d. 7.2%
B. 2.5%
What % of people would be willing to tell a close friend that they think they are a bad parent?
a. 10-20%
b. 21-30%
c. 31-40%
d. 41-50%
B. 21%
60% of millennials think that they are loyal if they have worked at the same employer for at least how long?
a. 7 months
b. 2 years
c. 4 years
d. 7 years
a. 7 months
By February 2023, how many people in the world used Facebook every day?
a. 998 million
b. 1.5 billion
c. 2.03 billion
d. 2.85 billion
c. 2.03 billion and was a record high
What is the most body piercings that any person has had?
a. 202
b. 361
c. 453
d. 701
C. 453 150 are on lips and mouth
How much gold can you get from 100kg of gold ore?
a. 0.1 grams
b. 15 grams
c. 8 grams
d. 0.5 grams
D. 0.5 grams
For comparison, 100 kg of mobile phones has about 30 g of gold.
What percentage of our genes do humans share with a banana?
a. 5%
b. 15%
c. 25%
d. 50%
D. 50%
In which year was the first email sent?
a. 1970
b. 1971
c. 1972
d. 1973
b. 1971
What is the most dangerous animal that has ever lived, measured by the number of human deaths caused?
the Mosquito