30 Trivia Multiple Choice Questions With Answers

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Sep 14, 2026

30 Trivia Multiple Choice Questions With Answers

Here are 30 general knowledge trivia multiple choice questions with answers, split into 10 easy, 10 medium and 10 hard questions. Play them as an interactive quiz on this page or take them into your own trivia night.

Difficulty	Questions	Topics	Good for
Easy	10 (Q1 to Q10)	Animals, colors, shapes, geography	Kids, warm-up rounds
Medium	10 (Q11 to Q20)	Art, science, history, sports, math	Teens and adults
Hard	10 (Q21 to Q30)	Chemistry, capitals, literature, physics	Trivia fans, tiebreakers

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Trivia Multiple Choice Questions

A 30-question general knowledge trivia quiz with 10 easy, 10 medium and 10 hard multiple choice questions.

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Trivia multiple choice questions and answers

The full list is below, grouped by difficulty. Each question shows the options, the correct answer and a quick explanation.

Easy trivia questions

1. How many days are in a leap year?

A. 364
B. 365
C. 366
D. 367

Answer: C. 366. A leap year adds February 29, making 366 days.

2. What color do you get when you mix blue and yellow paint?

A. Purple
B. Orange
C. Brown
D. Green

Answer: D. Green. Blue and yellow are primary colors that combine to make green.

3. How many sides does a hexagon have?

A. Six
B. Five
C. Eight
D. Seven

Answer: A. Six. Hexa means six, like the six-sided cells of a honeycomb.

4. Which animal is nicknamed the ship of the desert?

A. Horse
B. Elephant
C. Llama
D. Camel

Answer: D. Camel. Camels can carry loads across deserts for long distances with little water.

5. What is the capital of France?

A. Paris
B. Lyon
C. Marseille
D. Nice

Answer: A. Paris. Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

6. What is the tallest animal in the world?

A. Elephant
B. Giraffe
C. Moose
D. Ostrich

Answer: B. Giraffe. Giraffes can grow to around 5.5 meters (18 feet) tall.

7. How many hours are in two days?

A. 24
B. 36
C. 48
D. 72

Answer: C. 48. Each day has 24 hours, so two days have 48.

8. Which instrument usually has 88 keys?

A. Piano
B. Guitar
C. Violin
D. Trumpet

Answer: A. Piano. A standard modern piano has 52 white keys and 36 black keys.

9. What sweet food do honeybees make?

A. Jam
B. Syrup
C. Nectar
D. Honey

Answer: D. Honey. Honeybees collect nectar from flowers and turn it into honey.

10. What is the largest continent by area?

A. Africa
B. Asia
C. Europe
D. North America

Answer: B. Asia. Asia is the largest continent by both area and population.

Medium trivia questions

11. Who painted the Mona Lisa?

A. Michelangelo
B. Raphael
C. Leonardo da Vinci
D. Vincent van Gogh

Answer: C. Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci painted it in the early 1500s, and it hangs in the Louvre in Paris.

12. What is the largest organ of the human body?

A. Liver
B. Brain
C. Lungs
D. Skin

Answer: D. Skin. The skin covers the whole body and is considered its largest organ.

13. What is the capital of Australia?

A. Canberra
B. Sydney
C. Melbourne
D. Perth

Answer: A. Canberra. Canberra was built as the capital, partly as a compromise between Sydney and Melbourne.

14. How many players does each soccer team have on the field at one time?

A. 9
B. 10
C. 11
D. 12

Answer: C. 11. Each side fields 11 players, including the goalkeeper.

15. Which chemical element has the symbol Fe?

A. Fluorine
B. Iron
C. Lead
D. Francium

Answer: B. Iron. Fe comes from ferrum, the Latin word for iron.

16. In which year did World War II end?

A. 1939
B. 1941
C. 1950
D. 1945

Answer: D. 1945. The war ended in 1945 in both Europe and the Pacific.

17. Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?

A. William Shakespeare
B. Charles Dickens
C. Mark Twain
D. Oscar Wilde

Answer: A. William Shakespeare. Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet in the 1590s.

18. What is the square root of 169?

A. 11
B. 12
C. 13
D. 14

Answer: C. 13. 13 times 13 equals 169.

19. What is the currency of Japan?

A. Yuan
B. Yen
C. Won
D. Ringgit

Answer: B. Yen. Japan uses the yen; the yuan is used in China and the won in South Korea.

20. What is the longest bone in the human body?

A. Humerus
B. Tibia
C. Radius
D. Femur

Answer: D. Femur. The femur, or thigh bone, is the longest and strongest bone in the body.

Hard trivia questions

21. What is the smallest prime number?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3

Answer: C. 2. 2 is the smallest prime number and the only even one.

22. What is the chemical symbol for sodium?

A. Na
B. So
C. Sd
D. Sn

Answer: A. Na. Na comes from natrium, the Latin name for sodium.

23. In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?

A. 1985
B. 1989
C. 1991
D. 1993

Answer: B. 1989. The Berlin Wall was opened in November 1989.

24. What is the capital of Mongolia?

A. Astana
B. Bishkek
C. Tashkent
D. Ulaanbaatar

Answer: D. Ulaanbaatar. Ulaanbaatar is the capital and largest city of Mongolia.

25. Which blood type is known as the universal donor for red blood cells?

A. AB positive
B. O negative
C. A negative
D. B positive

Answer: B. O negative. O negative red cells can be given to patients of any blood type in emergencies.

26. Who wrote the novel Pride and Prejudice?

A. Jane Austen
B. Charlotte Brontë
C. Mary Shelley
D. George Eliot

Answer: A. Jane Austen. Jane Austen published Pride and Prejudice in 1813.

27. Counting polar deserts, what is the largest desert on Earth?

A. Sahara Desert
B. Gobi Desert
C. Antarctic Desert
D. Arabian Desert

Answer: C. Antarctic Desert. Antarctica gets so little precipitation that it counts as a desert, larger than the Sahara.

28. About how fast does light travel in a vacuum?

A. About 300,000 km per second
B. About 3,000 km per second
C. About 30,000 km per second
D. About 3 million km per second

Answer: A. About 300,000 km per second. Light travels at about 300,000 km (186,000 miles) per second.

29. How many sides does a dodecagon have?

A. 10
B. 12
C. 14
D. 20

Answer: B. 12. Dodeca means twelve, so a dodecagon has 12 sides.

30. Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is still largely standing?

A. Colossus of Rhodes
B. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
C. Lighthouse of Alexandria
D. Great Pyramid of Giza

Answer: D. Great Pyramid of Giza. The Great Pyramid is the oldest of the seven wonders and the only one still largely intact.

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How to use these questions

Step 1: Pick a difficulty mix

For a mixed audience, start with easy questions, move to medium, and save hard questions for the final round or for breaking a tie.

Step 2: Export the set with one click

The export buttons under the interactive quiz send all 30 questions, with correct answers, to Google Forms, Kahoot, Blooket or Gimkit. Exporting to these platforms is a paid Formswrite feature.

Step 3: Copy questions into your own tool

Prefer to build it yourself? Copy any questions from the list into Google Forms, Kahoot, Blooket or Gimkit and mark the correct option. The guide on how to create multiple choice questions in Google Forms shows how to set up an answer key, and how to make a Kahoot covers live games.

Step 4: Build a custom trivia set from a document

Write your own trivia in a Google Doc or Word file, mark the answers, and upload it to Formswrite. You get an editable quiz you can export to Kahoot, Blooket, Gimkit or Google Forms.

Tips for running a trivia night

Set a timer. 20 seconds per easy question and 30 seconds per hard question keeps the pace brisk.
Score by difficulty. Try 1 point for easy, 2 for medium and 3 for hard so the final round matters.
Read all four options every time. It is fairer for players who listen rather than read.
Share the explanations. A short fact after each answer turns a guessing game into a learning moment.
In class, use the easy round as a bell ringer and let students vote on which hard question to tackle together.

FAQ

What are good trivia multiple choice questions?

Good trivia questions have one clearly correct answer, three believable wrong options, and a fact people enjoy learning. Mixing easy, medium and hard questions keeps everyone involved.

How do I get random quiz questions with answers?

Pick random numbers from 1 to 30 and use the matching questions from this page, or export the set to Kahoot, Blooket or Gimkit and shuffle the question order in the game settings.

Are these trivia questions good for kids?

The easy round suits upper elementary students and up. The medium and hard rounds are better for teens and adults, although curious kids often enjoy trying them.

Can I export this trivia quiz to Kahoot or Google Forms?

Yes. The export buttons under the interactive quiz send all 30 questions to Kahoot, Blooket, Gimkit or Google Forms. Exports are included in Formswrite's paid plans.

Can Formswrite generate new trivia questions?

Yes. Upload a document, such as notes or a reading passage, and Formswrite drafts multiple choice questions from it that you can review, edit and export.

Is Formswrite free?

Formswrite has a free plan for building quizzes in its own form format and for flashcards. Exporting to Google Forms, Kahoot, Blooket and Gimkit requires a paid plan.