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Trivia Questions for Adults with Answers: Page 2
Page 2 of 3: trivia questions for adults 51 to 100 of 153, with the answer hidden under each one.
This page holds 15 medium and 35 hard questions. Every page of the list has its own questions, so each one makes a fresh round for adults, office quizzes, dinner parties and trivia teams. They were written and fact-checked by the Quiz Zoomies team in the same easy-to-impossible format as the Quiz Zoomies videos.
Questions 51 to 100
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What are reindeer called in North America?
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Caribou Medium question
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What kind of energy does a moving object have?
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Kinetic energy Medium question
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Which tall, dome-shaped Christmas cake comes from Italy?
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Panettone Medium question
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Which English city is the hometown of The Beatles?
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Liverpool Medium question
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What is the name of the period of weeks leading up to Christmas?
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Advent Medium question
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Which Italian city is the setting of Romeo and Juliet?
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Verona Medium question
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Which composer wrote The Four Seasons?
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Antonio Vivaldi Medium question
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Which herb is the main ingredient of a classic Genovese pesto?
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Basil Medium question
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Which particle in an atom has a negative charge?
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Electron Medium question
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Which Christmas plant grows on the branches of trees and takes water from them?
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Mistletoe Medium question
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Which spider has a red hourglass shape on its belly?
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Black widow Medium question
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What is the imaginary line at 0 degrees longitude called?
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The Prime Meridian Medium question
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A symphony is usually written to be played by what?
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An orchestra Medium question
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Which music genre grew up in New Orleans in the early 1900s?
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Jazz Medium question
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What is the 40-day period before Easter called?
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Lent Medium question
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Which jeweler made famous jeweled Easter eggs for the Russian royal family?
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Fabergé Hard question
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Which Japanese noodles are eaten on New Year's Eve for a long life?
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Soba Hard question
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In which year did the James Webb Space Telescope launch?
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2021 Hard question
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Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after which event?
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The spring equinox Hard question
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Which type of rock forms when lava or magma cools?
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Igneous Hard question
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Which Roman festival in mid-February is often linked to Valentine's Day?
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Lupercalia Hard question
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Which Italian-American Christmas Eve dinner is famous for its seafood dishes?
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Feast of the Seven Fishes Hard question
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In which year was the first commercial Christmas card sent in England?
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1843 Hard question
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Which spice, taken from crocus flowers, is the most expensive by weight?
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Saffron Hard question
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Ancient Egyptian mummies were wrapped in strips of which cloth?
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Linen Hard question
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How many semitones, or half steps, are in one octave?
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12 Hard question
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Which Scottish inventor greatly improved the steam engine in the 1760s?
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James Watt Hard question
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What is a piece for a solo instrument accompanied by an orchestra called?
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A concerto Hard question
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Which city was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
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Constantinople Hard question
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When pasta is cooked al dente, how should it feel?
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Firm to the bite Hard question
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The Venice Film Festival, the oldest film festival in the world, is in which country?
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Italy Hard question
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In which country was the composer Frédéric Chopin born?
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Poland Hard question
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Which Austrian painter created the golden painting The Kiss?
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Gustav Klimt Hard question
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Who directed the 1960 thriller Psycho?
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Alfred Hitchcock Hard question
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What is the chemical symbol for iron?
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Fe Hard question
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About how long does the Moon take to orbit Earth once?
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About 27 days Hard question
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What are the bones that make up your spine called?
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Vertebrae Hard question
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What technique records an actor's movements with sensors to animate a digital character?
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Motion capture Hard question
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What color are Easter eggs traditionally dyed in Greece?
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Red Hard question
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Which Japanese animated film won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2003?
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Spirited Away Hard question
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Which element gives fireworks a bright red color?
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Strontium Hard question
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Which part of the eye contains the cells that sense light?
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The retina Hard question
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Which bright orange flower decorates Day of the Dead altars in Mexico?
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Marigold Hard question
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In which city did hip hop begin in the 1970s?
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New York City Hard question
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Which ancient people created cuneiform, one of the first writing systems?
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The Sumerians Hard question
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In which year was the Statue of Liberty dedicated?
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1886 Hard question
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What is the Japanese name for slices of raw fish served without rice?
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Sashimi Hard question
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Which famous charter did King John seal in 1215?
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Magna Carta Hard question
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Who directed and starred in the 1941 film Citizen Kane?
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Orson Welles Hard question
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Which Wampanoag leader attended the 1621 harvest feast?
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Massasoit Hard question
Frequently asked questions
How many trivia questions for adults are on this page?
There are 153 trivia questions for adults in this list (3 easy, 62 medium, 64 hard, and 24 impossible), spread over 3 pages. Every question has its answer right below it, hidden until you tap Show answer.
Can you give me 50 trivia questions for adults?
Yes. Page 1 of this list is 50 trivia questions for adults with answers, and the next pages add more. They are family-friendly: adult here means harder thinking, not mature content.
What are 10 good adult trivia questions?
1) Which bird is most often roasted for Christmas dinner in the UK today? Turkey. 2) The International Date Line runs mostly through which ocean? Pacific. 3) What is the scientific study of plants called? Botany. 4) Which metal is the main ingredient of steel? Iron. 5) What is the imaginary line at 0 degrees longitude called? The Prime Meridian. 6) Which Scottish inventor greatly improved the steam engine in the 1760s? James Watt. 7) Which part of the eye contains the cells that sense light? The retina. 8) What are Ukrainian Easter eggs decorated with wax and dye called? Pysanky. 9) Which part of an atom has no electric charge? Neutron. 10) Which composer wrote Peter and the Wolf to introduce children to the instruments of the orchestra? Sergei Prokofiev.
What is the hardest adult trivia question here?
One of the hardest is: Which NASA rover landed on Mars in 2021 carrying a small helicopter? The answer is Perseverance. 24 questions in this list are rated impossible, the top level in the Quiz Zoomies videos.
Can I play these questions as a quiz?
Yes. The Play as a quiz button starts a scored quiz with four answer choices right on this page, with rounds of 10, 25 or 50 questions and a shareable score.
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