50 free World of Warcraft trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
41 free World of Warcraft trivia questions with answers. World of Warcraft launched in November 2004, peaked at 12 million subscribers, and is still expanding two decades later. This quiz covers the whole run: the Warcraft strategy games it grew out of, the Horde and Alliance, every expansion from The Burning Crusade to The War Within, the accidental plague that epidemiologists studied, the raid video that made Leeroy Jenkins a Jeopardy! clue, the film that bombed everywhere but China, and the return of Classic. It starts with questions any player can answer (the planet, the factions, the developer) and works up to detail that will separate the raid leaders from the tourists: which expansion added the first hero class, what J. Allen Brack said at BlizzCon 2013, how many copies Battle for Azeroth sold on day one, and which South Park episode won an Emmy for its machinima. Free to use for a guild night or a gaming pub quiz. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the game, its expansions and its notable incidents, and each question carries its source. No recycled listicle errors.
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Q 01On what date did World of Warcraft launch, the tenth anniversary of the franchise?
November 23, 2004
Blizzard had announced it back in 2001.
Q 02On which fictional planet is the game set?
Azeroth
The story picks up roughly four years after Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.
Q 03What are the two opposing factions a player must choose between?
Alliance and Horde
Orcs and trolls fight for one, humans and dwarves for the other.
Q 04What were the two continents that made up the game world at launch?
Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms
Later expansions bolted on Outland, Northrend, Pandaria and more.
Q 05In which year was World of Warcraft first announced?
2001
Its 3D graphics grew out of the proprietary engine built for Warcraft III.
Q 06What was the first game in the franchise, released in 1994?
Orcs & Humans
The franchise has since grossed more than $12 billion.
Q 07How many subscribers did World of Warcraft have at its October 2010 peak?
12 million
By 2014, more than 100 million accounts had been created.
Q 08How much revenue had the game grossed by 2017?
Over $9 billion
That made Warcraft one of the highest-grossing video game franchises of all time.
Q 09In the free Starter Edition, characters stop gaining experience at what level?
20
Full subscriptions can be paid with real money or with a WoW Token bought for gold.
Q 10Which was the first expansion pack, released in January 2007?
The Burning Crusade
It sold nearly 2.4 million copies on release day and raised the level cap from 60 to 70.
Q 11Which two playable races did the first expansion add?
Draenei and Blood Elves
For the first time the Alliance could have shamans and the Horde could have paladins.
Q 12In the first expansion, where were players finally able to ride flying mounts?
Only in Outland
The original continents stayed grounded until Cataclysm.
Q 13Which villain had made the Black Temple his stronghold in the first expansion?
Illidan Stormrage
He was later resurrected in Legion to kill Gul'dan.
Q 21To what level did Mists of Pandaria raise the level cap?
90
Chris Metzen announced the expansion at BlizzCon 2011 and it sold 2.7 million copies in its first week.
Q 22Which hero class, starting at level 98, arrived with Legion in 2016?
Demon Hunter
Legion also introduced artifact weapons and the Broken Isles, and raised the cap to 110.
Q 23How many units did the 2018 expansion sell on its first day, a record for a WoW expansion?
3.4 million
It added Kul Tiras and Zandalar and raised the level cap from 110 to 120.
Q 24Which two new continents did the 2018 expansion add in the Great Sea?
Q 14How many copies did Wrath of the Lich King sell in its first 24 hours in November 2008?
2.8 million
That made it the fastest-selling PC game ever at the time, beating The Burning Crusade's 2.4 million.
Q 15What was the first 'hero class', introduced in Wrath of the Lich King and starting at level 55?
Death Knight
The expansion also added a new frozen continent, home of Arthas and his undead.
Q 16Which continent, home of the Lich King, did the 2008 expansion add?
Northrend
Its final raid was Icecrown Citadel; the level cap rose from 70 to 80.
Q 17Which dragon's return reshaped the surface of the world in the Cataclysm expansion?
Deathwing
He was originally Neltharion the Earth Warder; the old continents got flooded zones and lava canals.
Q 18Which two races were added in Cataclysm?
Worgen and Goblins
Worgen for the Alliance, Goblins for the Horde; the level cap rose to 85.
Q 19How many copies did Cataclysm sell in its first 24 hours in December 2010?
3.3 million
Legion tied the record in 2016 and Battle for Azeroth broke it in 2018.
Q 20The pandaren of Mists of Pandaria began life as what?
An April Fools' joke by artist Samwise Didier
They became the first race able to join either faction, and the expansion added the Monk class.
Kul Tiras and Zandalar
Kul Tiras is a human kingdom; Zandalar is the homeland of the trolls.
Q 25Which expansion was released in November 2020?
Shadowlands
Dragonflight followed in November 2022 and The War Within in August 2024.
Q 26How many major expansions had World of Warcraft received by The War Within, inclusive?
Ten
Midnight, scheduled for 2026, is the eleventh.
Q 27The 2005 Corrupted Blood plague began with a debuff cast by which raid boss?
Hakkar the Soulflayer
It was meant to stay in Zul'Gurub, but a programming oversight let pets and NPCs carry it into the cities.
Q 28Which US agency contacted Blizzard after the Corrupted Blood incident, hoping to use the data for disease modelling?
The CDC
They had assumed it was a planned simulation; Blizzard eventually fixed it with hard server resets.
Q 29How did Blizzard finally end the Corrupted Blood outbreak after a week of failed fixes?
Hard-resetting the servers
Azeroth was rolled back to its pre-plague state; a later patch made pets immune.
Q 30The famous Leeroy Jenkins video was posted in May 2005 by which guild?
Pals for Life
Ben Schulz created the character; the creators later admitted the take was staged satire.