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40 trivia questions for teens

Questions on music, sport, games, films and TV, and school subjects for a mixed group of 13 to 17 year olds. Play in teams, then reveal each answer and its source.

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40 questions · Trivia questions for teens · answers included

Trivia questions for teens

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Music

  1. What is Taylor Swift’s global fanbase called?

    easy

    Answer

    Swifties

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift?oldid=1366009985

  2. Who sang Rolling in the Deep?

    easy

    Answer

    Adele

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_in_the_Deep?oldid=1362147209

  3. By what title is Michael Jackson known?

    easy

    Answer

    King of Pop

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson?oldid=1365789727

  4. Which band recorded Hey Jude?

    easy

    Answer

    Beatles

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Jude?oldid=1364208072#Trident_Studios_recording

  5. How many strings does a standard guitar usually have?

    easy

    Answer

    Six

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar?oldid=1363122781#Standard

  6. Which country is strongly associated with the musical style reggae?

    easy

    Answer

    Jamaica

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggae?oldid=1365962231#Cultural_connections

Sport

  1. How many players does a soccer team field at the start of a match?

    easy

    Answer

    Eleven

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football?oldid=1365398893#Gameplay

  2. In which sport would you score a touchdown?

    easy

    Answer

    American football (Canadian football has touchdowns too, so accept either)

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchdown?oldid=1351688910

  3. How many rings appear on the Olympic symbol?

    easy

    Answer

    Five

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_symbols?oldid=1360606769

  4. How many points is a free throw worth in basketball?

    easy

    Answer

    One

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_throw?oldid=1365039427

  5. Which swimming stroke shares its name with an insect?

    easy

    Answer

    Butterfly

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_stroke?oldid=1362368263

  6. How is a three-goal performance by one player in a single game described?

    easy

    Answer

    Hat-trick

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hat-trick?oldid=1365875953#Association_football_(soccer)

Games

  1. Which silent mob sneaks up on you and blows itself up?

    easy

    Answer

    The creeper.

    It leaves a terrible mess behind.

    Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-mobs

  2. Which boss must you defeat to finish Minecraft and reach the credits?

    easy

    Answer

    The Ender Dragon.

    It lives in the End dimension.

    Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/stronghold

  3. What type is Pikachu?

    easy

    Answer

    Electric.

    Its cheeks store electricity.

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikachu?oldid=1376110365

  4. What is the name of the in-game encyclopedia that records the Pokémon you see and catch?

    easy

    Answer

    The Pokédex.

    Completing it is one of the goals of every game.

    Source: The Pokémon Company https://parents.pokemon.com/en-us/video-games-and-apps/

  5. Which 2016 mobile game uses GPS so players catch Pokémon in the real world?

    medium

    Answer

    Pokémon Go.

    Players explore their neighborhood to find Pokémon.

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Go?oldid=1376919232

  6. Which chess piece can jump over other pieces?

    easy

    Answer

    The knight

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_(chess)?oldid=1356911932#Movement

Films and TV

  1. Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

    easy

    Answer

    SpongeBob SquarePants

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpongeBob_SquarePants?oldid=1365958032#Characters

  2. What is Iron Man's real name?

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    Answer

    Tony Stark.

    Stark is a genius inventor and billionaire.

    Source: Marvel https://www.marvel.com/characters/iron-man-tony-stark/in-comics

  3. Who plays Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Homecoming?

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    Answer

    Tom Holland.

    Holland first played Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War.

    Source: Marvel https://www.marvel.com/movies/spider-man-homecoming

  4. Which villain reveals that he is Luke Skywalker's father?

    easy

    Answer

    Darth Vader.

    Vader tells Luke the truth during their duel in Cloud City.

    Source: StarWars.com Databank https://www.starwars.com/databank/luke-skywalker

  5. Name the four Hogwarts houses.

    easy

    Answer

    Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin.

    The Sorting Hat places every new student in one of them.

    Source: HarryPotter.com fact file https://www.harrypotter.com/fact-file/objects/the-sorting-hat

  6. Which spell makes objects float?

    easy

    Answer

    Wingardium Leviosa (the Levitation Charm).

    Professor Flitwick teaches the “swish and flick” wand movement.

    Source: HarryPotter.com fact file https://www.harrypotter.com/fact-file/spells/the-levitation-charm

  7. Who plays Steve in A Minecraft Movie?

    easy

    Answer

    Jack Black.

    Steve is an expert crafter in the film.

    Source: Minecraft.net https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/a-first-look-at-the-minecraft-movie

Science and space

  1. Which parts of a cell make most of the energy it needs to work?

    medium

    Answer

    Mitochondria

    Mitochondria store the energy they make in a small molecule called ATP.

    Source: National Human Genome Research Institute https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Mitochondria

  2. What does DNA stand for?

    easy

    Answer

    Deoxyribonucleic acid

    DNA is the molecule that carries hereditary information in almost all living things.

    Source: MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine) https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/basics/dna/

  3. Which gas makes up about 78 percent of Earth's atmosphere?

    easy

    Answer

    Nitrogen

    Air is about 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen and 1 percent other gases.

    Source: NASA https://science.nasa.gov/earth/facts/

  4. Which element has the chemical symbol Fe?

    easy

    Answer

    Iron

    Fe comes from ferrum, the Latin word for iron.

    Source: Los Alamos National Laboratory https://periodic.lanl.gov/26.shtml

  5. How many bones are in an adult human skeleton?

    easy

    Answer

    206

    The adult skeleton usually has 206 named bones: 80 in the skull, spine and rib cage, and 126 in the limbs, shoulders and hips.

    Source: National Cancer Institute (SEER) https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/skeletal/divisions/

  6. Is a light-year a measure of time or of distance?

    medium

    Answer

    Distance

    It is how far light travels in one year, about 6 trillion miles.

    Source: NASA Space Place https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/light-year/en/

  7. Which planet is so light for its size that it would float in a big enough bathtub?

    medium

    Answer

    Saturn

    Saturn is less dense than water.

    Source: NASA https://science.nasa.gov/saturn/facts/

Geography

  1. What is the largest ocean on Earth?

    easy

    Answer

    The Pacific Ocean

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean?oldid=1365892953

  2. Which country takes up the whole mainland of a continent?

    easy

    Answer

    Australia

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia?oldid=1365983641

  3. What is the capital of Canada?

    medium

    Answer

    Ottawa

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa?oldid=1366046499#Selection_as_capital

Words

  1. What rhetorical device compares two things using like or as?

    easy

    Answer

    A simile

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simile?oldid=1361263513

  2. What name is given to words such as buzz and hiss that imitate sounds?

    medium

    Answer

    Onomatopoeia

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia?oldid=1358752178

History and myths

  1. Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?

    easy

    Answer

    Armstrong

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Armstrong?oldid=1365168332

  2. Which city was buried by Mount Vesuvius in AD 79?

    easy

    Answer

    Pompeii

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii?oldid=1365390096

  3. Who is the Greek god of the sea?

    easy

    Answer

    Poseidon

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poseidon?oldid=1365255239#Origins

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