100 free Trivia for Adults trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
These trivia questions for adults are the kind you would want at a pub quiz, a dinner party or a long car ride: real general knowledge, not cartoon characters, and trivia for men and women alike. The set mixes history (Magna Carta, Prohibition, the fall of the Berlin Wall), geography (which country has the most time zones, the only non-rectangular flag), science, classic and modern film, sport, food and drink, music, literature and a little art and technology. Difficulty runs from warm-up questions almost everyone gets to a handful that will split the table, and no category dominates, so a history buff and a film nerd have an equal shot. Play it solo to see how you score, or read the questions out and keep tally for a game night with friends. Every answer has been checked against a Wikipedia article or another reference page, and each question shows its source once you have answered, so any argument about a result can be settled on the spot.
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Q 01Which country was the first in the world to give all women the right to vote in national elections?
New Zealand
The 1893 Electoral Act followed a campaign led by Kate Sheppard, who now appears on the NZ$10 note.
Q 02In which year did the Berlin Wall come down?
1989
The East German announcement on 9 November was so garbled that border guards, overwhelmed by crowds, simply opened the gates that night.
Q 03Which English king sealed Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215?
John
The charter was annulled by the Pope within weeks, and only later reissues turned it into a foundation of English law.
Q 04Who made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic, from New York to Paris, in 1927?
Charles Lindbergh
He flew for more than 33 hours in the Spirit of St. Louis, and Coolidge gave him both the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Medal of Honor.
Q 05Suleiman the Magnificent was the longest-reigning sultan of which empire?
Ottoman
His 46-year reign from 1520 to 1566 marked the peak of the empire's military and economic power.
Q 06In which year did the Titanic sink on her maiden voyage?
1912
The lifeboats that were lowered left with only about 60 percent of their rated capacity filled.
Q 07In which year did the Great Fire gut the medieval City of London?
1666
It burned for four days, from a Sunday to a Wednesday, and destroyed most of the city inside the old Roman wall.
Q 08In which year was the Soviet Union formally dissolved?
1991
It ceased to exist as a sovereign state on 26 December, the day after Gorbachev resigned as president.
Q 09Who is the only US president to have resigned from office?
Richard Nixon
He stepped down in 1974 during the Watergate scandal, before the House could vote on impeachment.
Q 10Which amendment to the US Constitution ended nationwide Prohibition of alcohol?
Twenty-first
It is the only amendment ever passed to repeal an earlier one, and the only one ratified by state conventions rather than legislatures.
Q 11Who holds the record for the longest reign of any British monarch?
Elizabeth II
Her 70 years and 214 days on the throne also make her the longest-reigning queen regnant in history.
Q 12Which country was the first in the world to legalize same-sex marriage?
Netherlands
The law took effect in April 2001; Belgium followed two years later.
Q 13Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
Neil Armstrong
He and Aldrin spent about two and a half hours outside the lunar module while Michael Collins orbited overhead.
During which years was the sale of alcohol prohibited nationwide in the United States?
Q 21Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in which country?
Tanzania
Its summit was renamed Uhuru Peak, Swahili for Freedom Peak, after independence in the 1960s.
Q 22Which US state has a longer coastline than all the other states combined?
Alaska
The Exxon Valdez spill alone fouled about 1,100 miles of it.
Q 23Which country has the world's only non-rectangular national flag?
Nepal
Its two stacked pennants make it the only national flag that is taller than it is wide.
Q 24What is the largest hot desert in the world?
1920 to 1933
The era gave the country speakeasies, bootleggers and the rise of organised crime figures such as Al Capone.
Q 15What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra
It was purpose-built as a compromise between rivals Sydney and Melbourne and sits inside its own federal territory.
Q 16Counting overseas territories, which country has the most time zones?
France
Territories from French Polynesia to Réunion and New Caledonia spread it across 12 zones, one more than Russia.
Q 17What is the longest river in Europe?
Volga
It flows entirely within Russia and empties into the Caspian Sea, making it the world's longest river that never reaches the ocean.
Q 18Which is the smallest sovereign state in the world by both area and population?
Vatican City
It covers 44 hectares and had a population of about 882 people in 2024.
Q 19Which city spans two continents, with about two-thirds of its people living in Europe?
Istanbul
The Bosporus strait divides the two halves, and its ports link Europe and Asia.
Q 20Which is the most populous country in Africa?
Nigeria
With more than 242 million people it is also the sixth most populous country in the world.
Sahara
Only the cold deserts of Antarctica and the Arctic are larger overall.
Q 25Which river carries more water to the sea than any other in the world?
Amazon
Its discharge is greater than the next seven largest independent rivers combined.
Q 26Which building is the tallest structure in the world, at about 828 metres?
Burj Khalifa
Its spire alone is more than 240 metres tall, and the whole thing stands just over half a mile high.
Q 27The Swiss franc is legal tender in Switzerland and which other country?
Liechtenstein
The tiny principality has used the franc since the 1920s and has no currency of its own.
Q 28What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Au
It comes from aurum, the Latin word for gold; the element's atomic number is 79.
Q 29Which planet is the hottest in the solar system?
Venus
Its surface sits at about 464 °C under a crushing atmosphere 92 times the pressure of Earth's, hotter even than Mercury, which is closer to the Sun.
Q 30How many bones does a typical adult human skeleton have?
206
Babies start with around 270; the count drops as bones fuse during growth.