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126 free Minecraft trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
99 free Minecraft trivia questions with answers. Think you're a Minecraft master? This 126-question quiz covers everything from basic crafting mechanics to advanced redstone engineering. You'll discover hidden facts about biomes, mobs, and game history that even experienced players might not know. Test your knowledge and see if you can achieve the ultimate high score!
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Q 01Which dimension is reached by building an obsidian frame and lighting it with flint and steel?
The Nether
The Nether is accessed through a Nether Portal, which is created by building a rectangular frame of obsidian blocks and igniting it with flint and steel.
Q 02Which hostile mob explodes when it gets close to a player?
Creeper
The Creeper is Minecraft's iconic exploding mob. It silently approaches players and detonates, destroying nearby blocks and dealing heavy damage.
Q 03What material do you need to mine diamonds with in order to successfully collect them?
Iron pickaxe
Diamonds require at least an iron pickaxe to mine. Using a lower-tier pickaxe will break the diamond ore block without dropping anything.
Q 04Who is the creator of Minecraft?
Notch
Persson released the first public version in 2009 and left Mojang shortly after selling it to Microsoft.
Q 05What item do you get when you smelt the raw ore used to make buckets, shears and anvils in a furnace?
Iron ingot
Smelting raw iron in a furnace or blast furnace yields an iron ingot, the material used for buckets, shears, anvils and iron tools.
Q 06Which animal can be tamed by feeding it bones?
Wolf
Wolves can be tamed by feeding them bones. Once tamed, they become loyal dogs that follow the player and attack hostile mobs.
Q 07What is the final boss of Minecraft that lives in The End?
Ender Dragon
The Ender Dragon is the final boss of Minecraft, residing in The End dimension. Defeating it triggers the game's credits sequence.
Q 08How many blocks of iron are needed to build a single iron golem?
4
The four spaces above and below each arm must be air blocks, and a golem built this way is passive toward all players.
Q 09What ore is found exclusively in the Nether?
Ancient debris
Ancient debris is found only in the Nether, most densely around Y=15; it smelts into netherite scrap and needs a diamond or netherite pickaxe to mine.
Q 10What happens when a Creeper is struck by lightning?
It becomes charged
A charged creeper has a blue aura and a far bigger blast; a strike within four blocks is enough to charge it.
Q 11Which block generates compressed beneath the sand layers of deserts and beaches?
Sandstone
Unlike the sand above it, sandstone is never affected by gravity, and it comes in chiseled, cut and smooth variants.
Q 12What is the name of the villager type that offers enchanted books and bookshelves for trade?
Librarian
Librarians are villagers whose job site block is a lectern. They trade enchanted books, bookshelves, name tags, and other paper-related items.
Q 13Which food item has the highest saturation of any stackable food, making it ideal for hunger management?
Golden carrot
A golden carrot restores 6 hunger and 14.4 saturation points, the highest saturation of any food in the game, so the hunger bar stays full for a very long time.
Q 21Which redstone component emits a signal when it detects a block update nearby?
Observer
The observer block emits a redstone pulse when it detects a block update on the face it is observing, making it essential for many automated redstone contraptions.
Q 22Emerald ore generates naturally in mountain biomes and which of these biomes?
Windswept hills
Windswept hills (with windswept forest and gravelly hills) host emerald ore alongside the mountain biomes; Fortune III can multiply each ore into up to four emeralds.
Q 23Which Minecraft Java Edition update was titled 'The Nether Update'?
1.16
Java Edition 1.16, released June 23, 2020, was the Nether Update; it added piglins and four new Nether biomes, and 1.16.1 followed the next day to fix a crash.
Q 14What do Endermen drop when killed?
Ender pearls
Endermen drop ender pearls, which teleport a player who throws one to wherever it lands; water and rain hurt endermen, so they teleport away from it.
Q 15Which enchantment allows a player to breathe underwater for longer?
Respiration
Respiration is a helmet enchantment that extends underwater breathing time by 15 seconds per level, up to a maximum of level III.
Q 16In which year did Microsoft acquire Mojang, the studio behind Minecraft?
2014
Microsoft announced its purchase of Mojang on 15 September 2014 and closed the deal that November, one of the largest game-studio acquisitions of its time.
Q 17Which tool tier is the only one that can receive Sharpness V directly from an enchanting table?
Gold
Gold's enchantability of 22 lets a level-30 enchanting table roll high enough for Sharpness V; every other tier needs an anvil to combine two Sharpness IV items, or lucky structure loot.
Q 18Notch was trying to model which animal when a mix-up of its dimensions produced the creeper?
Pig
The creeper began as a failed pig: Notch swapped the model's height and length, liked the tall, thin result, and kept it as a new mob.
Q 19Which block placed on top of the iron blocks brings an iron golem to life?
Carved pumpkin
A carved pumpkin (or jack o'lantern) placed last on the T of iron blocks spawns the golem; an uncarved pumpkin placed there can be sheared to carve it and trigger the spawn.
Q 20Elder guardians defend which large prismarine structure found in deep oceans?
Ocean monument
Ocean monuments are the elder guardians' home, built from prismarine and lit by sea lanterns; the treasure chamber beneath the central core hides eight gold blocks.
Q 24What item do you need to place in End portal frames to activate the portal?
Eyes of Ender
Eyes of Ender are placed into the End portal frames in a stronghold to activate the portal. Each portal requires up to 12 eyes of ender.
Q 25Which biome features terracotta as its primary block type?
Badlands (Mesa)
The Badlands biome (formerly called Mesa) is characterized by large formations of terracotta and stained terracotta in various colors.
Q 26Which blind Minecraft mob of the deep dark hunts by vibration and smell, and burrows away after a minute of silence?
Warden
The Warden is completely blind and still finds you by vibration and smell, so sneaking is the plan; if it senses nothing for 60 seconds it digs back into the ground and despawns.
Q 27How many obsidian blocks are needed to build the smallest functional Nether portal?
10
The minimum Nether portal frame requires 10 obsidian blocks arranged in a 4-wide by 5-tall frame (without needing corner blocks).
Q 28What status effect from Elder Guardians makes blocks take far longer to break?
Mining Fatigue
Elder guardians give Mining Fatigue III for five minutes to any player within 50 blocks, rechecking every 60 seconds; milk, or killing a mob an axolotl is fighting, removes it.
Q 29Which mob drops blaze rods, an essential ingredient for brewing?
Blaze
Blazes are hostile mobs found in Nether fortresses that drop blaze rods when killed. Blaze rods are crafted into blaze powder, which fuels brewing stands and is used to craft eyes of ender.
Q 30What do you feed parrots to tame them in Minecraft?
Seeds
Parrots are tamed by feeding them any type of seeds (wheat seeds, melon seeds, pumpkin seeds, or beetroot seeds). Notably, feeding them cookies will kill them.