Taurus Trivia
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54 free Taurus trivia questions with answers — science & nature quiz, new questions added Sep 2026.
This Taurus trivia quiz covers the second sign of the zodiac from three directions at once. The astrology questions ask about the bull's dates, its Venus rulership, its earth element and fixed modality, its opposite sign, its traditional gemstone and its equivalents in the Hindu and Iranian calendars. The astronomy questions turn to the constellation itself: Aldebaran the bull's eye, the V-shaped Hyades, the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades, El Nath on the horn tip, T Tauri, the Crystal Ball Nebula and the Crab Nebula with its spinning pulsar, plus the Taurid 'Halloween fireballs'. The mythology rounds it out: Zeus as a white bull carrying Europa to Crete, the Bull of Heaven that Ishtar sent against Gilgamesh, the Cretan Bull that Heracles captured, and the bull's place in Babylonian, Egyptian, Hebrew, Inuit and Buddhist tradition, right back to a possible star map at Lascaux. Questions run from easy to expert with the difficulty shown on each one, so it suits a birthday party for a Taurus as well as a stargazing club. Every answer was checked against a reference page and each question carries its citation. For the wider sky, try our Zodiac, Astrology and Planets quizzes.
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Q 01Astrologers say people born under Taurus share which trait with the sign's animal?
Stubbornness
Stubbornness: astrologers give it a kinder spin, saying what others see as digging in, a Taurus sees as dedication to seeing a task through.
Q 02Which zodiac sign comes immediately after Taurus?
Gemini
Gemini: the order follows the Sun's yearly path through the sky, and the Twins' stars sit just east of the bull's.
Q 03Which planet is said to rule Taurus in Western astrology?
Venus
Venus, named for the goddess of love and beauty, is why astrologers credit Taurus with a taste for comfort and the finer things in life.
Q 04Taurus belongs to which of the four classical elements?
Earth
Earth: astrologers say the element makes its signs grounded and practical, which is why Taurus gets a reputation for valuing stability and hard work.
Q 05Taurus falls in the middle of a season, which gives it which astrological modality?
Fixed
Fixed: astrologers read the label as steadfast and loyal, the sign that keeps a season going rather than starting or ending it.
Q 06Which sign sits directly opposite Taurus on the zodiac wheel?
Scorpio
Scorpio sits 180 degrees away, so whenever the Sun is in Taurus the full Moon falls in Scorpio.
Q 07Which two signs share Taurus's element?
Virgo and Capricorn
Virgo and Capricorn: the three sit 120 degrees apart on the wheel, an angle astrologers call a trine and read as an easy, friendly link.
Q 08Astrologers call the Moon 'exalted' in Taurus, meaning it is especially what there?
Strong
Strong: the ancient philosopher Porphyry set the idea beside another old belief, that the Moon itself was known as a bull.
Q 09Horoscope columns place the Sun in Taurus between roughly which dates?
April 20 to May 20
April 20 to May 20: guides disagree by a day at either end, because the Sun crosses into the sign at an exact moment that shifts slightly from year to year.
Q 10Why does the Sun now reach the constellation Taurus about a month later than the astrological sign's dates?
Earth's axis slowly wobbles
Earth's axis slowly wobbles like a spinning top, one circuit every 26,000 years or so, which has dragged the signs about one constellation out of step since they were set.
Q 11Medieval 'zodiac man' charts assign the first sign to the head and work downwards, so which body part belongs to Taurus?
The neck
The neck: doctors once consulted these charts before bloodletting, matching each part of the body to the heavens before they dared to open a vein.
Q 12The name Taurus is simply the word for 'bull' in which ancient language?
Latin
Latin: chemists borrowed the same word to name taurine, now an energy drink staple, because the compound was first found in ox bile.
Q 13Which Italian carmaker's founder, a Taurus, chose a charging bull for the badge on his cars?
Lamborghini
Lamborghini: the firm credits founder Ferruccio's star sign for the badge, and he was building tractors long before he ever turned to sports cars.
Q 21The Greeks pictured the Hyades as weeping nymphs, and took the cluster's rising as a sign of which weather?
Rain
Rain: the nymphs were said to be mourning their dead brother Hyas, though scholars suspect the name really comes from the Greek for piglets.
Q 22Together with the bull's bright eye star, the Hyades' brightest members form what letter-like shape?
A V
A V marks the bull's face, but the bright eye at one tip is an impostor: it lies less than half as far away as the cluster behind it.
Q 23Classical star maps show only which part of the bull in the constellation Taurus?
Its front half
Its front half: storytellers said the rest was hidden beneath the waves as Zeus, disguised as the animal, swam out to sea with a princess on his back.
Q 14Which orange star, the brightest in Taurus, marks the bull's glaring eye?
Aldebaran
Aldebaran is so bright and prominent that a tradition usually credited to ancient Persia honours it as one of just four 'royal stars' in the whole sky.
Q 15What does the Arabic name of the bull's eye star in Taurus mean?
The follower
The follower: it rises shortly after the Pleiades and trails them across the sky all night, which is probably how it earned the name.
Q 16Star maps show Taurus charging head-down at which neighbouring constellation, a figure raising a club and shield?
Orion
Orion: the hunter squares up to the charging bull, and the three stars of his belt point straight towards its eye.
Q 17The bull's eye star is nearing the end of its life as what kind of star?
Red giant
Red giant: with the hydrogen in its core used up, it has swollen to about 44 times the Sun's width.
Q 18The Pleiades cluster in Taurus is popularly known by what nickname?
The Seven Sisters
The Seven Sisters: most people can pick out only six, which the Greeks explained with tales of one sister hiding her face in shame or grief.
Q 19In ancient Greece, the dawn rising of the Pleiades marked the start of the working season for which group?
Sailors
Sailors: one theory says the cluster's very name comes from the Greek plein, 'to sail', though others trace it to their mythical mother, Pleione.
Q 20Which country made Matariki, the Pleiades' dawn return, a public holiday in 2022?
New Zealand
New Zealand: Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster, and its reappearance before dawn in June or July marks the Māori new year.
Q 24What kind of object sits at the heart of the Crab Nebula, sweeping Earth with a beam like a lighthouse?
A pulsar
A pulsar: its spin pours out the energy that keeps the whole cloud glowing, so the nebula has a power station at its heart.
Q 25The Crab Nebula in Taurus is what kind of object?
A supernova remnant
A supernova remnant: the wreckage is still flying outward at more than 1,000 kilometres a second, so photos taken years apart show it growing.
Q 26In 1054, astronomers in which country recorded a 'guest star' where the Crab Nebula now lies?
China
China: court astronomers logged a newcomer so bright that it stayed visible in broad daylight for more than three weeks.
Q 27Which comet hunter listed the Crab Nebula first in his famous catalogue?
Charles Messier
Charles Messier was comet hunting in 1758 when the fuzzy patch fooled him, and the false alarm pushed him to list such decoys.
Q 28The Crab Nebula got its name from an 1840s sketch made at the Earl of Rosse's castle telescope in which country?
Ireland
Ireland: the third Earl of Rosse drew it at Birr Castle, where he soon built a 72-inch giant, the largest telescope in the world at the time.
Q 29The collapsed star inside the Crab Nebula spins about 30 times every what?
Second
Second: each turn sweeps its beam past Earth, so telescopes see the star blink 30 times a second, in everything from radio waves to gamma rays.
Q 30El Nath, whose Arabic name means 'the butting one', marks which part of the bull in Taurus?
A horn tip
A horn tip: look at it and you are facing almost exactly away from the centre of the Milky Way, towards the galaxy's outer edge.