50 Easy Trivia Questions and Answers
Easy trivia questions on mixed subjects. These are questions that Trivia Cafe visitors most often marked as ones they knew, so they are a fair place to start a quiz for beginners, families or a mixed group. Answers are shown under each question.
There are 50 questions on this page. They are free to use for quiz nights, classrooms and pub quizzes, and each one links to its own page.
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1.April 15, 1912, what great tragedy occurred in icy Atlantic waters off Newfoundland, taking 1500 lives?
Answer: SINKING OF THE TITANIC
Open this question2.What are the professions of Mario and his brother Luigi?
Answer: Plumbers
Open this question3.What is the heavenly name for the almond-flavored sponge cake made from flour, sugar, and egg whites?
Answer: ANGEL FOOD CAKE
Open this question4.Around 1765, which two English surveyors drew a line separating the southern slave states from the northern free states?
Answer: MASON AND DIXON
Open this question5.What do we call the food item consisting of toast, ham, poached eggs, and hollandaise sauce?
Answer: EGGS BENEDICT
Open this question6.In which country would you find the Bay of Pigs?
Answer: CUBA
Open this question7.The world's longest trade route connected China and India with the Mediterranean. For thousands of years camel caravans moved along this route transporting what most valuable commodity?
Answer: SILK
Open this question8.Which former national leader was sometimes called, "The Iron Lady?"
Answer: MARGARET THATCHER
Open this question9.What is James Bond's favorite adult beverage, and how does he like it served?
Answer: MARTINI / SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED
Open this question10.There are many varieties of apples. Can you name the common variety of apple which has a shiny green skin and is very tart and crunchy?
Answer: GRANNY SMITH
Open this question11.Who played the role of Lucy and Ricky in the popular TV series, "I Love Lucy"?
Answer: LUCILLE BALL /DESI ARNAZ
Open this question12.The languages that developed from Latin are referred to by a "lovely" name. What is that name?
Answer: ROMANCE LANGUAGES
Open this question13.What do we call the white solid hogfat used as a lubricant in cooking?
Answer: LARD
Open this question14.The last book of the New Testament of the Bible, written about 100 years after the birth of Christ, is sometimes called The Apocalypse. What's the name of this book?
Answer: THE BOOK OF REVELATION Its title comes from the first verse of the text, "the revelation of Jesus Christ...to his servant John."
Open this question15.What food is made from vegetable oil, egg yolks, and lemon juice, and is possibly named after a town in Spain?
Answer: MAYONNAISE
Open this question16.What is the name of the classification of crime which is less serious than a felony?
Answer: MISDEMEANOR
Open this question17.What is the Japanese dish of deep fried vegetables and seafood?
Answer: TEMPURA
Open this question18.The earliest vineyards in California were planted in 1769 by members of which religious order?
Answer: FRANCISCAN MONKS
Open this question19.Which 5-letter word can refer to a spicy Latin dance or a spicy Latin sauce?
Answer: SALSA
Open this question20.What is the name of the basic container in which most Chinese dishes are prepared?
Answer: WOK
Open this question21.What is the name for the French dish of thin pancakes filled with sweet or spicy fillings?
Answer: CREPES
Open this question22.These plants, native to hot, dry regions of the U.S. and Mexico, are grown for ornament, fiber, and food, but more famously, as the main ingredient of tequila. What are they?
Answer: AGAVE
Open this question23.Between 1845-47 in Ireland 3/4 of a million people, and hundreds of thousands of others emigrated to the USA. What caused this tragedy?
Answer: POTATO FAMINE
Open this question24.What is the unusual medical name for the fatal disease which appeared in 1976 among persons attending a convention in Philadelphia?
Answer: LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE
Open this question25.Edward Teach, an Englishman who turned to an extremely savage form of piracy, was better known by what colorful name?
Answer: BlackBeard
Open this question26.between 1839 and 1860 China and the Western world engaged in military clashes over what intoxicant?
Answer: OPIUM / called OPIUM WARS Chinese objections to opium imports by British merchants triggered the conflicts.
Open this question27.In China these noodle-dough dumplings are filled with meat and boiled in soup, and are called what?
Answer: WON TON
Open this question28.One of the most serious and frightening events in the cold war between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. occurred October 28, 1962. What was it?
Answer: CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS -Khrushchev agreed to dismantle Soviet missile bases in Cuba
Open this question29.What is the Lone Ranger's cry to his horse?
Answer: HI-HO SILVER, AWAY ... since 1933
Open this question30.Which large, white puffy clouds are usually a sign of good weather?
Answer: CUMULUS
Open this question31.Who was the first Vice President of the United States?
Answer: JOHN ADAMS
Open this question32.Which American general and supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in World War II launched the invasion of Normandy in 1944 and oversaw the final defeat of Germany in 1945?
Answer: DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER
Open this question33.How long has glass been around? Closer to 500 years, 1000 years, or 4000 years?
Answer: 4000 YEARS
Open this question34.The world's first underground railway, subway, tube, metro, etc.was built in which city?
Answer: LONDON
Open this question35.Can you identify a rich, creamy sauce of butter, egg yolks and lemon juice that is named after a European country?
Answer: HOLLANDAISE
Open this question36.According to the Beatles, what were the names of the three grandchildren sitting on their knees in the song, When I'm Sixty-Four?
Answer: VERA, CHUCK AND DAVE
Open this question37.What are the Greek and Roman names for the mythological God of the Underworld?
Answer: HADES gk / PLUTO r
Open this question38.How many states does Florida border?
Answer: 2 Georgia and Alabama
Open this question39.This English woman organized the hospital and nursing services during the Crimean War, in 1854, and later became known as the originator of modern nursing techniques. What was her name?
Answer: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
Open this question40.Between 1975 and 1980, this female singer had ten Top Ten Hits, including four #1 hits, and some people called her the "Queen of Disco". Who was she?
Answer: DONNA SUMMER
Open this question41.What color do the ghost enemies turn to once Pac-Man eats a Power Pellet?
Answer: Blue
Open this question42.Foods: If you order arroz con pollo, what, in English, did you order?
Answer: CHICKEN WITH RICE
Open this question43.This sport, invented in the USA in 1895, is played in every country of the world, indoors or out, by men or women, with various number of players on a side. It became an official Olympic sport in 1964. What is it?
Answer: VOLLEYBALL It can be played with two, three, four, or six players on a team.
Open this question44.What is the most common gas in the earth's atmosphere? Is it nitrogen, oxygen, ozone, or carbon dioxide?
Answer: NITROGEN 78% oxy 21%, co2 <1%.
Open this question45.Which two people signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and later became U.S. Presidents?
Answer: JOHN ADAMS / THOMAS JEFFERSON
Open this question46.The Scots were a Gaelic tribe that migrated in the 6th century AD to the northern part of Britain, from where? Ireland, Belgium, or Holland?
Answer: IRELAND / and the word Scotti is Latin for Irishmen
Open this question47.President Harry Truman liked to say, "If you can't stand the heat, get out of ... what?
Answer: THE KITCHEN ... meaning ... don't take on a responsibility if you can't face its pressures.
Open this question48.Located on the Thames River opposite Windsor is the largest and most famous of England's public schools. It was founded by Henry VI in 1440. What's the name?
Answer: ETON
Open this question49.The largest mammal that ever lived weighs more than 100 tons. What kind of animal is this?
Answer: BLUE WHALE
Open this question50.Mario originated as a character in which classic videogame?
Answer: Donkey Kong
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