39 trivia questions for work
General knowledge questions for a quiz break at work or the start of a team meeting, none of them needing specialist knowledge. Ask five at a time, in teams or solo.
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General knowledge
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What is the most common pack of playing cards used today?
easy
AnswerThe standard 52-card deck
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_52-card_deck?oldid=1361841647
- 2
Which direction does a compass point halfway between north and east?
easy
AnswerNortheast
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Points_of_the_compass?oldid=1364748457
- 3
What does a barometer measure?
medium
AnswerAtmospheric pressure
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barometer?oldid=1365704103#Mercury_barometers
- 4
What is a natural number greater than 1 that is not a product of two smaller natural numbers?
easy
- 5
Which calendar date is known as April Fools’ Day?
easy
AnswerThe 1st of April
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools'_Day?oldid=1365593059
Inventions and discovery
- 6
Which office invention fastens papers with a small bent wire?
easy
- 7
What links a keyboard, a ribbon, and a carriage return?
easy
- 8
What technology was Percy Spencer’s microwave oven based on?
medium
AnswerBritish radar technology
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven?oldid=1365212135
- 9
Which device turns sunlight directly into electricity?
medium
History
Food and drink
- 11
Which spice has a golden yellow color due to curcumin?
medium
AnswerTurmeric
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turmeric?oldid=1363742127#Phytochemistry
- 12
Which nut is used to make marzipan?
medium
- 13
Why does bread dough expand while it proves?
medium
AnswerCarbon dioxide gas
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proofing_(baking_technique)?oldid=1341505165#Dough_processes
- 14
Which five tastes are generally recognized by modern science?
medium
AnswerSalt, sweet, sour, bitter, and umami
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste?oldid=1365818554#Functional_structure
- 15
What is the main ingredient in guacamole?
easy
AnswerAvocado
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guacamole?oldid=1364820069#Composition_and_nutrients
Music
- 16
What is the highest female classical singing voice?
medium
- 17
What Italian dynamic marking means "soft"?
medium
AnswerPiano
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamics_(music)?oldid=1363925464#Purpose_and_interpretation
Sport
- 18
What color jersey is worn by the leader of the Tour de France?
medium
AnswerYellow
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_jersey_statistics?oldid=1365978446
- 19
How many minutes are played in a standard soccer match before added time?
easy
Answer90 minutes
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football?oldid=1365398893
- 20
Which four tournaments make up tennis’s Grand Slam?
medium
AnswerAustralian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Slam_(tennis)?oldid=1363991952#Tournaments
- 21
How many track and field events make up a decathlon?
easy
Answer10 track and field events
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decathlon?oldid=1365854135
Geography
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Which continent contains the Sahara Desert?
easy
- 23
What is the capital of Kenya?
medium
- 24
Which country has coastlines on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic oceans?
medium
- 25
How does a fjord form?
medium
AnswerA glacier cuts a U-shaped valley
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fjord?oldid=1364094600#Formation
Art
- 26
How did pointillists build images?
medium
AnswerSmall, distinct dots of color
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointillism?oldid=1331243871
- 27
Which Spanish artist co-founded Cubism with Georges Braque?
easy
AnswerPablo Picasso
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso?oldid=1365390373#Rose_Period%3A_1904%E2%80%931906
- 28
Which ancient sculpture was discovered without its arms on the island of Milos?
medium
AnswerThe Venus de Milo
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_de_Milo?oldid=1362156819#Discovery
Mythology
- 29
Which hero completed twelve labors?
easy
AnswerHeracles
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labours_of_Hercules?oldid=1365952767#Aftermath
- 30
What task was Sisyphus condemned to repeat forever?
easy
AnswerPush an immense boulder up a hill
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyphus?oldid=1363155348
Language and words
- 31
What is a group of lines in a poem called?
medium
- 32
How does an oxymoron combine ideas?
medium
AnswerConcepts with opposite meanings
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxymoron?oldid=1341701285
Chemistry
Space and astronomy
- 35
How long does sunlight take to reach Earth, approximately?
medium
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Which space telescope launched in 1990 and transformed astronomy from low Earth orbit?
easy
AnswerThe Hubble Space Telescope
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope?oldid=1366001248
U.S. states
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Which Great Lake is located fully within the United States?
medium
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Which state's official motto is Live Free or Die?
easy
AnswerNew Hampshire
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Free_or_Die?oldid=1365755949
Timer and team scores
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