100+ 5th Grade Trivia Questions & Answers

Question: What type of angle measures exactly 90 degrees?

Answer: Right Angle

Question: What is the sum of the interior angles in a triangle?

Answer: 180 degrees

Question: How many continents are there in the world?

Answer: Seven

Question: What is the smallest prime number?

Answer: 2

Question: What is the past tense of the verb "run"?

Answer: Ran

Question: Who wrote "Harry Potter"?

Answer: J.K. Rowling

Question: What is the name of the fairy in Peter Pan?

Answer: Tinker Bell

Question: What is the currency of Japan?

Answer: Yen

Question: What is the capital of the United States?

Answer: Washington, D.C.

Question: What term is used to describe all the items a customer has selected in an online store?

Answer: Cart's Total Contents

Question: What is the name of Mickey Mouse’s dog?

Answer: Pluto

Question: What is the word used to describe a noun, pronoun, or other substantive?

Answer: Antecedent

Question: What is the square root of 64?

Answer: 8

Question: What is the largest organ in the human body?

Answer: Skin

Question: How many yards long is a standard American football field?

Answer: 100 yards

Question: How many stars are on the American flag?

Answer: 50

Question: What color is the "M" in McDonald's?

Answer: Yellow

Question: Who is the main character in the "Harry Potter" series?

Answer: Harry Potter

Question: Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

Question: What is the hardest rock?

Answer: Diamond

Question: What instrument measures air pressure?

Answer: Barometer

Question: What is the largest city in the United States by population?

Answer: New York City

Question: What document is the supreme law of the United States government?

Answer: The U.S. Constitution

Question: Who is the main character in the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"?

Answer: Charlie Bucket

Question: What is the standard number of dimples on a regulation golf ball?

Answer: 336

Question: What event triggered the U S entry into World War II?

Answer: Pearl Harbor

Question: Who was the first President of the United States?

Answer: George Washington

Question: What ship did the Pilgrims sail on to reach North America in 1620?

Answer: Mayflower

Question: Who was known as the "Father of the U S Constitution"?

Answer: James Madison

Question: Which war was fought between the North and South regions in the United States from 1861-1865?

Answer: American Civil War

Question: What year did George Washington become the first President of the United States?

Answer: 1789

Question: What year did the Titanic sink in the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer: 1912

Question: Who was the Queen of the United Kingdom during the Spanish Armada's defeat?

Answer: Queen Elizabeth I

Question: Which ancient civilization built the pyramids?

Answer: Ancient Egyptians

Question: Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer: Amelia Earhart

Question: Who was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution, famously associated with the phrase "Let them eat cake"?

Answer: Marie Antoinette

Question: What year did the American Revolution begin?

Answer: 1775

Question: Where does the President of the United States live?

Answer: The White House

Question: Who was the famous nurse during the Crimean War?

Answer: Florence Nightingale

Question: What ancient civilization was ruled by Julius Caesar?

Answer: Roman Empire

Question: Who was the first man to step on the moon?

Answer: Neil Armstrong

Question: Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?

Answer: Joseph Stalin

Question: What was the name of the ship that Charles Darwin sailed on for his research?

Answer: HMS Beagle

Question: Who was known as the "Iron Lady"?

Answer: Margaret Thatcher

Question: What document did the Pilgrims sign aboard the Mayflower?

Answer: Mayflower Compact

Question: Who invented the light bulb?

Answer: Thomas Edison

Question: Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?

Answer: France

Question: What year did the Berlin Wall fall?

Answer: 1989

Question: Who was the first U.S. president to be impeached?

Answer: Andrew Johnson

Question: Which ancient civilization built the Machu Picchu complex?

Answer: The Incas

Question: What is the chemical symbol for water in the periodic table?

Answer: H2O

Question: What planet in the solar system is known as the Red Planet?

Answer: Mars

Question: What is the universal donor blood type?

Answer: O-negative

Question: How many bones are in the human body?

Answer: 206

Question: What is the process by which plants make their own food?

Answer: Photosynthesis

Question: What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

Answer: Diamond

Question: What is the largest internal organ in the human body?

Answer: Liver

Question: What is the largest planet in our solar system?

Answer: Jupiter

Question: What part of the plant conducts photosynthesis?

Answer: Leaves

Question: What is the boiling point of water in degrees Celsius?

Answer: 100°C

Question: What happens to air pressure as you climb higher in altitude?

Answer: It decreases.

Question: What is the powerhouse of the cell?

Answer: Mitochondria

Question: What is the main gas found in the Earth's atmosphere?

Answer: Nitrogen

Question: What type of animal is a Komodo dragon?

Answer: Lizard

Question: What is the most abundant element in the universe?

Answer: Hydrogen

Question: What part of the human body is primarily affected by pneumonia?

Answer: Lungs

Question: What is the chemical formula for table salt?

Answer: NaCl

Question: Which planet is known as Earth's twin?

Answer: Venus

Question: What is the center of an atom called?

Answer: Nucleus

Question: What is the smallest unit of life?

Answer: Cell

Question: What is the closest star to Earth?

Answer: The Sun

Question: What are the three states of matter?

Answer: Solid, Liquid, Gas

Question: Which planet has the most moons?

Answer: Jupiter

Question: What is the name of the galaxy we live in?

Answer: Milky Way

Question: What is the study of the weather called?

Answer: Meteorology

Question: What is the capital of France?

Answer: Paris

Question: Which continent is the Sahara Desert located on?

Answer: Africa

Question: What is the longest river in the world?

Answer: Nile River

Question: Which country is the largest by land area?

Answer: Russia

Question: What is the capital city of Japan?

Answer: Tokyo

Question: Which ocean is the largest?

Answer: Pacific Ocean

Question: What is the smallest country in the world?

Answer: Vatican City

Question: How many time zones does the United States have?

Answer: Six

Question: What is the largest desert in the world?

Answer: Sahara Desert

Question: What country has the largest population in the world?

Answer: China

Question: What is the capital of Australia?

Answer: Canberra

Question: Which country is famous for its pyramids?

Answer: Egypt

Question: What river runs through the Grand Canyon?

Answer: Colorado River

Question: Which country is home to the Amazon Rainforest in South America?

Answer: Brazil

Question: What is the highest mountain in the world?

Answer: Mount Everest

Question: What is the capital of Canada?

Answer: Ottawa

Question: Which hemisphere is the majority of the Earth's landmass located in?

Answer: Northern Hemisphere

Question: Which U.S. state is known as the "Sunshine State"?

Answer: Florida

Question: What is the official language of Brazil in South America?

Answer: Portuguese

Question: What is the capital of Italy?

Answer: Rome

Question: Which African country is the most populous?

Answer: Nigeria

Question: Which U.S. state has the most islands?

Answer: Hawaii

Question: What is the longest river in the United States?

Answer: Missouri River

Question: What body of water separates the United Kingdom from France?

Answer: English Channel

Question: Which continent has the most countries?

Answer: Africa