105 trivia questions with verified answers

By the Uniko team · Updated 2026-09-29

Need trivia game questions for a quiz night, a party or the office? Here are 105 random trivia questions for adults, sorted by topic. Each one has many correct answers, so they work for teams taking turns: whoever can't come up with a new answer is out. Every answer list is checked against Wikipedia.

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Animals trivia questions

  1. Name a dog breed. 558 correct answers, for example German Shepherd, Labrador Retriever, Beagle. Source
  2. Name a dog breed starting with A. 47 correct answers, for example Akita, Afghan Hound, Alaskan Malamute. Source
  3. Name a dog breed starting with B. 73 correct answers, for example Beagle, Bulldog, Boxer. Source
  4. Name a dog breed starting with C. 55 correct answers, for example Chihuahua, Chow Chow, Caucasian Shepherd Dog. Source
  5. Name a dog breed starting with D. 17 correct answers, for example Dachshund, Dalmatian, Dobermann. Source
  6. Name a dog breed starting with E. 15 correct answers, for example English Setter, English Cocker Spaniel, English Mastiff. Source
  7. Name a dog breed starting with F. 11 correct answers, for example French Bulldog, Fox Terrier, Finnish Spitz. Source
  8. Name a dog breed starting with G. 37 correct answers, for example German Shepherd, Golden Retriever, Great Dane. Source
  9. Name a dog breed starting with H. 13 correct answers, for example Hovawart, Havanese, Hokkaido. Source
  10. Name a dog breed starting with I. 11 correct answers, for example Irish Wolfhound, Irish Setter, Irish Terrier. Source
  11. Name a dog breed starting with J. 8 correct answers, for example Jack Russell Terrier, Japanese Chin, Japanese Spitz. Source
  12. Name a dog breed starting with K. 27 correct answers, for example Komondor, Kerry Blue Terrier, Kuvasz. Source
  13. Name a dog breed starting with L. 20 correct answers, for example Labrador Retriever, Landseer, Lhasa Apso. Source
  14. Name a dog breed starting with M. 21 correct answers, for example Maltese, Miniature Pinscher, Miniature Schnauzer. Source
  15. Name a dog breed starting with N. 14 correct answers, for example Newfoundland, Neapolitan Mastiff, New Guinea singing. Source
  16. Name a dog breed starting with P. 46 correct answers, for example Pug, Poodle, Pekingese. Source
  17. Name a dog breed starting with R. 19 correct answers, for example Rottweiler, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Rough Collie. Source
  18. Name a dog breed starting with S. 61 correct answers, for example Siberian Husky, St. Bernard, Shih Tzu. Source
  19. Name a dog breed starting with T. 29 correct answers, for example Tosa, Tibetan Mastiff, Tibetan Terrier. Source
  20. Name a dog breed starting with W. 17 correct answers, for example West Highland White Terrier, Whippet, Weimaraner. Source

Geography trivia questions

  1. Name a US state. 50 correct answers, for example California, Hawaii, Alaska. Source
  2. Name a US state starting with A. 4 correct answers, for example Alaska, Arizona, Alabama. Source
  3. Name a US state starting with C. 3 correct answers, for example California, Colorado, Connecticut. Source
  4. Name a US state starting with I. 4 correct answers, for example Illinois, Indiana, Iowa. Source
  5. Name a US state starting with M. 8 correct answers, for example Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan. Source
  6. Name a US state starting with N. 8 correct answers, for example New York, Nevada, New Jersey. Source
  7. Name a US state starting with O. 3 correct answers, for example Ohio, Oregon, Oklahoma. Source
  8. Name a US state starting with W. 4 correct answers, for example Wisconsin, Washington, Wyoming. Source
  9. Name a country in Africa. 54 correct answers, for example Egypt, Algeria, South Africa. Source
  10. Name a country in South America. 12 correct answers, for example Brazil, Chile, Argentina. Source
  11. Name a sovereign country. 197 correct answers, for example France, United States, Turkey. Source
  12. Name a country starting with A. 11 correct answers, for example Australia, Albania, Algeria. Source
  13. Name a country starting with B. 16 correct answers, for example Brazil, Belgium, Bulgaria. Source
  14. Name a country starting with C. 15 correct answers, for example China, Canada, Chile. Source
  15. Name a country starting with D. 5 correct answers, for example Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic. Source
  16. Name a country starting with E. 8 correct answers, for example Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia. Source
  17. Name a country starting with F. 4 correct answers, for example France, Finland, Fiji. Source
  18. Name a country starting with G. 10 correct answers, for example Germany, Greece, Georgia. Source
  19. Name a country starting with I. 8 correct answers, for example Italy, India, Israel. Source
  20. Name a country starting with K. 7 correct answers, for example Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan. Source
  21. Name a country starting with L. 9 correct answers, for example Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg. Source
  22. Name a country starting with M. 17 correct answers, for example Mexico, Malaysia, Morocco. Source
  23. Name a country starting with N. 10 correct answers, for example Norway, Nigeria, New Zealand. Source
  24. Name a country starting with P. 10 correct answers, for example Poland, Portugal, Pakistan. Source
  25. Name a country starting with R. 5 correct answers, for example Russia, Romania, Republic of Ireland. Source
  26. Name a country starting with S. 26 correct answers, for example Spain, Switzerland, Sweden. Source
  27. Name a country starting with T. 14 correct answers, for example Turkey, Thailand, Tunisia. Source
  28. Name a country starting with U. 7 correct answers, for example United States, United Kingdom, Ukraine. Source
  29. Name a country starting with V. 4 correct answers, for example Vietnam, Venezuela, Vatican City. Source
  30. Name a country in Asia. 48 correct answers, for example Turkey, Russia, Japan. Source
  31. Name a country in Europe. 48 correct answers, for example France, Turkey, Russia. Source
  32. Name a German state. 16 correct answers, for example Berlin, Hamburg, Bavaria. Source
  33. Name a national capital city. 204 correct answers, for example Paris, London, Rome. Source
  34. Name a capital city starting with A. 17 correct answers, for example Athens, Amsterdam, Ankara. Source
  35. Name a capital city starting with B. 26 correct answers, for example Berlin, Beijing, Bogotá. Source
  36. Name a capital city starting with C. 10 correct answers, for example Cairo, Copenhagen, Cape Town. Source
  37. Name a capital city starting with D. 9 correct answers, for example Damascus, Dublin, Dhaka. Source
  38. Name a capital city starting with G. 4 correct answers, for example Gaborone, Guatemala City, Georgetown. Source
  39. Name a capital city starting with H. 5 correct answers, for example Helsinki, Hanoi, Havana. Source
  40. Name a capital city starting with J. 3 correct answers, for example Jerusalem, Jakarta, Juba. Source
  41. Name a capital city starting with K. 11 correct answers, for example Kyiv, Kabul, Kuala Lumpur. Source
  42. Name a capital city starting with L. 12 correct answers, for example London, Lisbon, Lima. Source
  43. Name a capital city starting with M. 18 correct answers, for example Moscow, Monaco, Madrid. Source
  44. Name a capital city starting with N. 10 correct answers, for example Nairobi, New Delhi, Nicosia. Source
  45. Name a capital city starting with O. 3 correct answers, for example Oslo, Ottawa, Ouagadougou. Source
  46. Name a capital city starting with P. 17 correct answers, for example Paris, Prague, Pyongyang. Source
  47. Name a capital city starting with R. 8 correct answers, for example Rome, Riga, Reykjavík. Source
  48. Name a capital city starting with S. 19 correct answers, for example Singapore, Stockholm, Santiago. Source
  49. Name a capital city starting with T. 11 correct answers, for example Tokyo, Tirana, Tehran. Source
  50. Name a capital city starting with V. 7 correct answers, for example Vatican City, Vienna, Vilnius. Source
  51. Name a capital city starting with W. 4 correct answers, for example Washington, Warsaw, Wellington. Source
  52. Name a capital city starting with Y. 4 correct answers, for example Yerevan, Yaoundé, Yamoussoukro. Source

History trivia questions

  1. Name a US president. 45 correct answers, for example Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan. Source
  2. Name a Roman emperor. 82 correct answers, for example Augustus, Marcus Aurelius, Constantine the Great. Source

Literature trivia questions

  1. Name a winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. 121 correct answers, for example Winston Churchill, Rabindranath Tagore, Ernest Hemingway. Source

Money trivia questions

  1. Name a currency in use today. 175 correct answers, for example Euro, United States dollar, Japanese yen. Source

Movies trivia questions

  1. Name a film that won the Oscar for Best Picture. 98 correct answers, for example Forrest Gump, Titanic, The Godfather. Source
  2. Name an actor who has won the Oscar for Best Actor. 87 correct answers, for example Marlon Brando, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro. Source
  3. Name an actress who has won the Oscar for Best Actress. 81 correct answers, for example Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Natalie Portman. Source
  4. Name a Marvel Cinematic Universe film. 38 correct answers, for example The Avengers, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War. Source
  5. Name a director who has won the Oscar for Best Director. 73 correct answers, for example Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, Clint Eastwood. Source
  6. Name an actor who has won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. 80 correct answers, for example Robin Williams, Brad Pitt, Sean Connery. Source
  7. Name an actress who has won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. 88 correct answers, for example Angelina Jolie, Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep. Source

Music trivia questions

  1. Name an artist in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 399 correct answers, for example Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Elvis Presley. Source

Science trivia questions

  1. Name a chemical element. 118 correct answers, for example Gold, Iron, Hydrogen. Source
  2. Name a chemical element starting with A. 7 correct answers, for example Aluminium, Argon, Arsenic. Source
  3. Name a chemical element starting with B. 7 correct answers, for example Beryllium, Boron, Barium. Source
  4. Name a chemical element starting with C. 12 correct answers, for example Copper, Carbon, Calcium. Source
  5. Name a chemical element starting with F. 4 correct answers, for example Fluorine, Francium, Fermium. Source
  6. Name a chemical element starting with G. 4 correct answers, for example Gold, Gallium, Germanium. Source
  7. Name a chemical element starting with H. 5 correct answers, for example Hydrogen, Helium, Hafnium. Source
  8. Name a chemical element starting with I. 4 correct answers, for example Iron, Iodine, Iridium. Source
  9. Name a chemical element starting with L. 6 correct answers, for example Lithium, Lead, Lanthanum. Source
  10. Name a chemical element starting with M. 7 correct answers, for example Mercury, Magnesium, Manganese. Source
  11. Name a chemical element starting with N. 8 correct answers, for example Nitrogen, Neon, Nickel. Source
  12. Name a chemical element starting with P. 9 correct answers, for example Potassium, Phosphorus, Platinum. Source
  13. Name a chemical element starting with R. 8 correct answers, for example Radium, Radon, Rubidium. Source
  14. Name a chemical element starting with S. 9 correct answers, for example Silver, Sulfur, Sodium. Source
  15. Name a chemical element starting with T. 11 correct answers, for example Tin, Titanium, Tungsten. Source
  16. Name a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics. 229 correct answers, for example Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Niels Bohr. Source
  17. Name a moon of Jupiter. 61 correct answers, for example Europa, Io, Ganymede. Source
  18. Name a moon of Saturn. 71 correct answers, for example Titan, Enceladus, Mimas. Source
  19. Name a winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. 198 correct answers, for example Marie Curie, Ernest Rutherford, Irène Joliot-Curie. Source
  20. Name a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. 232 correct answers, for example Alexander Fleming, Robert Koch, Ivan Pavlov. Source

Sports trivia questions

  1. Name a footballer who has won the Ballon d'Or. 46 correct answers, for example Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane. Source

Where the answers come from

Every answer here had to pass two independent checks: it appears on the matching Wikipedia list (for example, “List of presidents of the United States”), and Wikidata confirms it belongs to the category and isn't fictional. Each list also has to match its known size (50 US states, 118 chemical elements) before we use it. The source link next to each question takes you to the Wikipedia page we checked.

Frequently asked questions

What are good trivia questions for adults?

Questions with many valid answers work best for groups, because everyone gets a turn: name a US president, a chemical element, a country in Africa, an Oscar-winning actor. This page lists over a hundred of them.

How do you play trivia with questions that have many answers?

Take turns naming a valid answer without repeating one. Whoever can't answer is out. For an extra twist, secretly pick one answer as forbidden: that's how the daily game Uniko works.

Are the answers accurate?

Each answer list is built from a Wikipedia list page and confirmed by Wikidata, and checked against the expected size of the list. The source link next to each question shows the Wikipedia page used.

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