Hetalia: Axis Powers
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50 free Hetalia: Axis Powers trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Hetalia: Axis Powers turns history class into a sitcom. Every country is a person, with a personality stitched together from national stereotypes, and wars, treaties and alliances play out as squabbles, friendships and awkward house-sharing arrangements. It began as a one-man comic and grew into a manga, a long-running anime of bite-sized episodes and one of the most devoted fandoms of its era. This quiz covers the whole cast: the Axis trio and the Allies, the Nordics, the Baltics, the micronations and the ancient grandparents. Expect questions on who is related to whom, the human names the countries go by, their pets, props and running gags, and the people who made and voiced the show. It is written for fans who want to check how much they remember, from casual viewers who know the main eight to readers who have followed every strip. Each answer comes with a short explanation, so you can play straight through or print the questions for a convention, club or watch party.
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Q 01The title Hetalia blends the name of Italy with the Japanese word hetare, which roughly means what?
Useless
Useless, or pathetic in an endearing way, is the sense of hetare, a jab at a hero who surrenders without a fight. The title joins that word to Italia.
Q 02In Hetalia, the glasses worn by America are said to represent which US state?
Texas
Texas is what America's glasses stand for, one of several map jokes built into his design. He is also drawn with starry blue eyes and a vintage leather flight jacket.
Q 03What is Hetalia's America, the self-styled hero who lives with an alien named Tony, terrified of?
Ghosts
Ghosts send America into hysterics, especially after he watches horror movies. The fear sits oddly beside his superhuman strength, which lets him lift objects several times his size.
Q 04Which everyday skill is Hetalia's England notoriously terrible at, in contrast to his rival France?
Cooking
Cooking is England's great weakness, while France boasts of his own supreme talent in the kitchen. England also cannot hold his liquor and has a foul mouth.
Q 05Hetalia's Russia dreams of living in a warm place surrounded by which flowers?
Sunflowers
Sunflowers fill Russia's dream of a warm home, a gentle wish from a character who terrifies other countries without even trying. Vodka is described as his fuel.
Q 06Which pair of kitchen tools does Hetalia's China use as weapons when fighting Germany and Japan?
A wok and ladle
A wok and ladle became China's weapons of choice in the battles between the Axis and the Allies. He is the oldest of the Allies, said to be more than four thousand years old.
Q 07Which small nation did Hetalia's Switzerland adopt as a sister after World War I left her poor?
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein admires Switzerland so much that she cut her hair to match his, and the two share the same army. She calls him big brother.
Q 08What is the name of the pet polar bear that can never remember who its owner Canada is in Hetalia?
Kumajirou
Kumajirou politely asks who Canada is every time they meet, and Canada in turn keeps getting the bear's name wrong. Other countries tend to forget that Canada exists too.
Q 09What was Hetalia's England in his wilder past, long before he became a sharp-tongued gentleman?
A pirate
A pirate is what England used to be, roaming the seas as a zealous privateer before he settled into cynical good manners. He raised America from a small child.
Q 10Which Hetalia nation, human name Natalia Arlovskaya, is set on marrying her older brother Russia?
Belarus
Belarus frightens Russia so badly with her marriage demands that she seems to be the only country he fears. She also scares away anyone who gets close to him.
Q 11Which manga artist created Hetalia after a spell studying at the Parsons School of Design?
Hidekaz Himaruya
Hidekaz Himaruya went to the United States for design school but dropped out and returned to Japan. Hetalia remains the work he is best known for.
Q 12In what form did Hetalia: Axis Powers first appear, before the print manga and the anime adaptation?
A webcomic
A webcomic is how Hetalia began, before the strips were reworked and expanded for print. The first two volumes sold over a million copies by late 2009.
Q 13Which facial feature is the trademark of Hetalia's irritable England?
Bushy eyebrows
Q 21What human first name does Hetalia's Germany use, as the only main character with no surname?
Ludwig
Ludwig is all Germany officially gets, so fans tend to lend him the surname of his older brother Prussia. The name was handed out in 2007.
Q 22What human name does Hetalia give America, the self-proclaimed leader of the Allied Forces?
Alfred F. Jones
Alfred F. Jones is the name America received in 2007, when most of the main cast were given human identities. His brother Canada had to wait until 2008 for his.
Q 23Which human name belongs to Hetalia's Italy Veneziano, the younger of the two Italy brothers?
Feliciano Vargas
Bushy eyebrows mark England out at a glance, and New Zealand, who gets on well with him, is drawn with a matching pair.
Q 14Which recurring Hetalia segment shows Italy's childhood as a servant in Austria's house?
Chibitalia
Chibitalia follows the tiny Italy after Austria took control of him in the Italian Wars. In the English dub, this younger Italy is voiced by Brina Palencia.
Q 15Which animals are constantly seen around Hetalia's Greece, a sleepy lover of philosophy?
Cats
Cats crowd around Greece because his country has so many strays, and he has picked up their habit of sleeping for long stretches. His long coastline also makes him a good sailor.
Q 16Which animal costume does Hetalia's Russia sometimes wear in order to stalk China?
A panda
A panda suit is Russia's disguise for creeping up on China, who keeps a pet of the same kind. China is, unsurprisingly, a little distrustful of him.
Q 17Which Hetalia micronation, an abandoned British fort, is an annoying little brother to England?
Sealand
Sealand keeps trying to get other countries to recognize him as independent, and once sneaked into a meeting disguised as Canada.
Q 18Which item worn by Hetalia's Russia was a gift from his older sister Ukraine?
His scarf
His scarf came from Ukraine, who looked after Russia and their younger sister when they were little. Russia describes her as warm-hearted and motherly.
Q 19Which Hetalia nation joins France and Prussia in the group known as the Bad Touch Trio?
Spain
Spain rounds out the trio, a cheerful, siesta-loving character who is comically unable to read the atmosphere. Romano grew up working under him.
Q 20Which cheerful Hetalia nation adores Christmas and often turns up dressed as Santa Claus?
Finland
Finland loves the holiday because Santa is believed to live in Lapland, a region in his north. He is also a close, tech-minded friend of Estonia.
Feliciano Vargas is the cheerful, pasta-loving title character. In Japanese both Italy brothers share one voice actor, while the English dub casts them separately.
Q 24What is the human name of Prussia, the boastful older brother of Germany in Hetalia?
Gilbert Beilschmidt
Gilbert Beilschmidt once represented the Teutonic Knights and today stands for the former East Germany. He still loves to needle Austria.
Q 25Which Hetalia nation, human name Elizabeta Héderváry, grew up as a nomad believing she was a boy?
Hungary
Hungary later settled down and moved in with Austria, staying with him until they were forced apart at the end of World War I. The flower in her hair represents Lake Balaton.
Q 26Which American company licensed Hetalia in 2010 and produced its accent-filled English dub?
Funimation
Funimation announced the license in January 2010 and said the characters would have accents in the dub. Its first DVD followed that September.
Q 27Hetalia's China, an immortal over four thousand years old, is a big fan of which Japanese character?
Hello Kitty
Hello Kitty has a devoted fan in China, who also insists that he is the big brother of Japan. His own boss was introduced as an intimidating green dragon.
Q 28Which metal object is Hetalia's Russia, the tallest of the nations, often seen carrying?
A faucet pipe
A faucet pipe is Russia's trademark, carried by a character whose kindly manner hides the innocence and cruelty of a child.
Q 29Which Hetalia character had a childhood crush on young Italy, believing him to be a girl?
Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire left to fight in a war and then vanished from the story. The author has said that he and Italy will have a happy ending.
Q 30A DNA test in Hetalia revealed which reclusive nation to be the older brother of Iceland?
Norway
Norway has pestered Iceland to call him big brother ever since the result came back. He is also a magician who can see spirits.