70 free Easy Trivia Questions and Answers trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Sometimes you just want easy trivia: obvious trivia questions people can actually get right, so the whole table stays in the game. This set of free easy trivia questions and answers covers the classics: the fastest land animal, the Red Planet, the capital of Australia, who painted the Mona Lisa, which fish Nemo is, what kind of toy Woody is, and where pizza and sushi come from. Most questions sit in the easy range, with a handful of slightly trickier ones (how many bones does an adult have? what does Big Ben actually name?) so nobody sweeps the round without thinking. It works for family game nights, classrooms, road trips, ice-breakers, seniors' groups and anyone warming up before a harder quiz. Kids from about eight up can play along. Easy does not mean sloppy. Every answer here was checked against an encyclopedia entry and each question links to its source, so if someone argues that a tomato is a vegetable, you can settle it on the spot.
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Q 01What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra
Canberra was purpose-built as a compromise after Sydney and Melbourne both wanted the job.
Q 02Which is the largest and deepest ocean on Earth?
Pacific
It covers more area than all the land on Earth combined.
Q 03Which country is the largest in the world by area?
Russia
It spans eleven time zones and borders fourteen countries.
Q 04What is the largest hot desert in the world?
The Sahara
Only the cold deserts of Antarctica and the Arctic are bigger.
Q 05What is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level?
Everest
It is called Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet.
Q 06How many continents do most English-speaking countries recognize?
Seven
From largest to smallest: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia.
Q 07Which element has the chemical symbol Au?
Gold
The symbol comes from aurum, the Latin word for it; its atomic number is 79.
Q 08Which planet is closest to the Sun?
Mercury
It is also the smallest planet in the Solar System.
Q 09Which is the largest planet in the Solar System?
Jupiter
About 1,321 Earths would fit inside it.
Q 10Roughly how many bones does an adult human have?
206
Babies are born with around 270, but many fuse together as they grow.
Q 11What is the hardest known natural substance?
Diamond
Diamond packs more atoms into each unit of volume than any other known substance.
Q 12Which planet is nicknamed the Red Planet?
Mars
Its colour comes from iron oxide, essentially rust, on the surface.
Q 13Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
He served two terms, from 1789 to 1797, and then went home to Mount Vernon.
Q 14In which year did the Titanic sink?
Q 21Who wrote the Harry Potter books?
J. K. Rowling
There are seven novels in the main series.
Q 22The Beatles formed in which English city?
Liverpool
The band came together in 1960, and Liverpool still trades on the connection.
Q 23How many rings are on the Olympic flag?
Five
They stand for the inhabited continents, with the Americas counted as one.
Q 24How many players does each soccer team have on the pitch?
1912
She struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.
Q 15Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin followed him down the ladder nineteen minutes later, while Michael Collins circled overhead.
Q 16Apollo 11's lunar module Eagle landed in which lunar 'sea' in July 1969?
The Sea of Tranquility
The 'seas' are actually dark plains of ancient lava, named by astronomers who mistook them for water.
Q 17What is the fastest land animal?
Cheetah
It can hit around 100 km/h (60 mph) thanks to a flexible spine and long limbs.
Q 18What is the largest animal known to have ever lived?
Blue whale
It can reach about 30 metres long and weigh up to 200 tonnes, bigger than any dinosaur.
Q 19What is the tallest living land animal?
Giraffe
It is also the largest ruminant on Earth, chewing the cud like a cow.
Q 20Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?
William Shakespeare
It is a tragedy about two young Italians from feuding families.
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Two teams of eleven, and only the goalkeeper may handle the ball in open play.
Q 25How many days are in a leap year?
366
The extra day keeps the calendar lined up with the seasons.
Q 26In Isaac Newton's classic sequence of rainbow colours, which colour comes first?
Red
The mnemonic is Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain, or Roy G. Biv.
Q 27How many sides does a hexagon have?
Six
The name comes from the Greek hex, meaning six; honeycomb cells are hexagons.
Q 28Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
He never handed it over to the family who commissioned it, and it hangs in the Louvre.
Q 29The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from the people of which country?
France
Gustave Eiffel, of tower fame, built its metal framework.
Q 30Strictly speaking, Big Ben is the nickname of what?
The Great Bell
The tower itself was renamed the Elizabeth Tower in 2012.