100+ Dragon Ball Trivia Questions & Answers

Question: Who created the Dragon Ball franchise?

Answer: Akira Toriyama

Question: What year did the Dragon Ball manga debut?

Answer: 1984

Question: Dragon Ball was originally inspired by which classic Chinese novel?

Answer: Journey to the West

Question: Which martial arts film star influenced Akira Toriyama in creating Dragon Ball?

Answer: Bruce Lee

Question: What is the Japanese title for Dragon Ball?

Answer: Doragon Bōru

Question: How many chapters are there in the original Dragon Ball manga?

Answer: 519

Question: Who is the protagonist of the Dragon Ball series?

Answer: Son Goku

Question: In which magazine was Dragon Ball originally serialized?

Answer: Weekly Shōnen Jump

Question: How many tankōbon volumes are there in the original Dragon Ball manga?

Answer: 42

Question: Who illustrated the Dragon Ball manga?

Answer: Akira Toriyama

Question: What inspired the title "Dragon Ball"?

Answer: Enter the Dragon

Question: What year did the Dragon Ball anime first air?

Answer: 1986

Question: Which character did Akira Toriyama model after Sun Wukong from Journey to the West?

Answer: Goku

Question: Who is Goku’s first major companion in the series?

Answer: Bulma

Question: Which film series inspired the fighting scenes in Dragon Ball?

Answer: Jackie Chan movies

Question: How many Dragon Balls are there in the series that summon a wish-granting dragon?

Answer: Seven

Question: Which planet is the main setting of Dragon Ball?

Answer: Earth (Dragon World)

Question: What is the title of the first anime series that adapted the Dragon Ball manga?

Answer: Dragon Ball

Question: Who served as Goku’s first martial arts master?

Answer: Master Roshi (Kame-Sen'nin)

Question: Which real-life figure was Goku’s Super Saiyan form modeled after?

Answer: Bruce Lee

Question: What transformation did Goku achieve during the Frieza arc?

Answer: Super Saiyan

Question: Who was originally intended to replace Goku as the protagonist?

Answer: Gohan

Question: What series is a "grand side story" created by Toei Animation?

Answer: Dragon Ball GT

Question: What did Akira Toriyama find more interesting than drawing during the latter part of Dragon Ball?

Answer: Coming up with the story

Question: Which editor helped shape the Dragon Ball series during its early chapters?

Answer: Kazuhiko Torishima

Question: What are the powerful artifacts sought by many Dragon Ball Z characters?

Answer: Dragon Balls

Question: What race is Goku revealed to be a part of?

Answer: Saiyan race

Question: Who is Goku's estranged brother that first appears in Dragon Ball Z?

Answer: Raditz

Question: What powerful transformation does Goku first achieve in his battle against Frieza?

Answer: Super Saiyan

Question: What is the name of Goku’s lifelong friend who trained with him under Master Roshi?

Answer: Kuririn

Question: What tournament does Goku enter to fight the world's strongest warriors?

Answer: World Martial Arts Tournament

Question: Who are the deities that watch over the multiverse in Dragon Ball Super?

Answer: Zeno

Question: What is the title given to the rulers of each universe in Dragon Ball Super?

Answer: Kaioshin

Question: Which group of characters are known for forcibly taking over planets to resell them?

Answer: Frieza and his army

Question: What planet does Goku come from?

Answer: Planet Vegeta

Question: Who is the first major villain Goku faces in Dragon Ball Z?

Answer: Raditz

Question: What is the title of the first Super Saiyan Goku encounters?

Answer: Legendary Super Saiyan

Question: Which of the epic battles in Dragon Ball Z features Goku transforming into a Super Saiyan for the first time?

Answer: The epic battle between Goku and Frieza on Planet Namek

Question: What is the name of Goku's first son?

Answer: Gohan

Question: Which Dragon Ball Z character is the leader of the Ginyu Force and known for his ability to switch bodies with his opponents?

Answer: Captain Ginyu

Question: Which character is Goku's primary rival throughout the series?

Answer: Vegeta

Question: Who is Goku’s mentor in the afterlife?

Answer: King Kai

Question: In the Dragon Ball Z universe, which planet is the homeworld of the Saiyan race?

Answer: Planet Vegeta

Question: Who is the scientist in the Dragon Ball Z universe responsible for creating the Androids and Cell?

Answer: Dr. Gero

Question: Which powerful attack in Dragon Ball Z does Goku gather energy from all living beings to defeat his enemies?

Answer: Spirit Bomb

Question: What is the name of Goku’s second son?

Answer: Goten

Question: Who is the tyrant defeated by Goku on Planet Namek?

Answer: Frieza

Question: What is the designation of the universe where most of the Dragon Ball Z series takes place?

Answer: Universe 7

Question: Who were the original Z Fighters that fought against the Saiyans in Dragon Ball Z?

Answer: Goku, Piccolo, Gohan, Krillin, Tien, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu

Question: Which Z Fighter famously sacrificed himself to try and defeat Nappa during the Saiyan Saga?

Answer: Chiaotzu

Question: What was the first anime TV series adaptation of the Dragon Ball manga?

Answer: Dragon Ball

Question: How many episodes are there in the original Dragon Ball anime?

Answer: 153

Question: Which series follows Dragon Ball, covering the later chapters of the manga?

Answer: Dragon Ball Z

Question: What is the title of the sequel series created by Toei Animation?

Answer: Dragon Ball GT

Question: What year did Dragon Ball Z first air?

Answer: 1989

Question: How many episodes are there in Dragon Ball Z?

Answer: 291

Question: What is the name of the re-edited and remastered version of Dragon Ball Z?

Answer: Dragon Ball Kai

Question: How many episodes are in Dragon Ball Kai?

Answer: 159 (167 internationally)

Question: What is the title of the anime series that continues the story after Dragon Ball Z?

Answer: Dragon Ball Super

Question: How many episodes are in Dragon Ball Super?

Answer: 131

Question: What is the first all-new Dragon Ball television series in 18 years?

Answer: Dragon Ball Super

Question: What is the name of the Dragon Ball GT television special?

Answer: Goku's Side Story! The Proof of his Courage is the Four-Star Ball

Question: What is the title of the Dragon Ball film released to celebrate Weekly Shōnen Jump's 40th anniversary?

Answer: Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!

Question: How many Dragon Ball Z animated feature films have been released?

Answer: Twenty

Question: What is the title of the first Dragon Ball Z film?

Answer: Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone

Question: What is the name of the live-action Dragon Ball Z movie released in 2009?

Answer: Dragonball Evolution

Question: Who directed the 2009 live-action Dragon Ball Z movie?

Answer: James Wong

Question: What series featured a crossover between Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, and Toriko?

Answer: Dream 9 Toriko & One Piece & Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!!

Question: Which character is the focus of the Dragon Ball spin-off manga Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock?

Answer: Bardock, Goku's father

Question: Who is the main character of the Dragon Ball side story manga, Dragon Ball: The Case of Being Reincarnated as Yamcha?

Answer: A high school boy who wakes up as Yamcha

Question: What manga series by Akira Toriyama is set before Dragon Ball?

Answer: Jaco the Galactic Patrolman

Question: What is the name of the Dragon Ball Z character who has a special connection to time travel?

Answer: Trunks

Question: What is the title of the 2018 Dragon Ball film featuring a new Super Saiyan transformation?

Answer: Dragon Ball Super: Broly

Question: Who composed the music for the original Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z anime?

Answer: Shunsuke Kikuchi

Question: What was the first Dragon Ball video game released in the United States?

Answer: Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout

Question: In which country did Dragon Ball Z outperform popular shows like Friends and The X-Files in ratings?

Answer: United States

Question: How many countries have broadcast the Dragon Ball Z anime?

Answer: More than 80

Question: What is Dragon Ball widely credited with boosting in Western culture?

Answer: The popularity of Japanese animation

Question: What rank did Dragon Ball Z achieve in TV Asahi's nationwide Top 100 Anime survey in 2005?

Answer: Second place

Question: Who was Goku’s protagonist originally modeled after in the classic novel Journey to the West?

Answer: Sun Wukong

Question: What annual holiday in Japan celebrates Goku?

Answer: Goku Day (May 9)

Question: What is the most popular Dragon Ball Z quote that became an internet meme?

Answer: “It’s Over 9000!”

Question: What title did Goku earn in a 2007 Oricon survey?

Answer: Strongest Manga Character of All Time

Question: Which manga creator said Goku inspired the main protagonist of their series One Piece?

Answer: Eiichiro Oda

Question: How many copies of the Dragon Ball manga have been sold worldwide?

Answer: Over 350 million

Question: What is the highest-grossing media franchise Dragon Ball is a part of?

Answer: Dragon Ball franchise

Question: What popular anime series did Akira Toriyama create before Dragon Ball?

Answer: Dr. Slump

Question: What year did Dragon Ball Z celebrate its 20th anniversary?

Answer: 2009

Question: Which Dragon Ball Z video game has a significant eSports scene?

Answer: Dragon Ball FighterZ

Question: How many downloads did the mobile game Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle achieve by 2021?

Answer: Over 350 million

Question: What award did Dragon Ball FighterZ win at The Game Awards in 2018?

Answer: Best Fighting Game

Question: What character does Michael B. Jordan’s battle armor in Black Panther resemble?

Answer: Vegeta

Question: What is the name of the toy promotion where 20 million Dragon Ball Z figures were distributed across North America?

Answer: Burger King promotion

Question: What 2018 Dragon Ball event filled public spaces and stadiums across Latin America?

Answer: Public screenings of the Dragon Ball Super finale

Question: What Disney acquisition included the film rights to the Dragon Ball franchise?

Answer: 20th Century Fox

Question: Which French government honor was Akira Toriyama awarded in 2019?

Answer: Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

Question: What American animated series was influenced by Dragon Ball’s vehicle designs?

Answer: Steven Universe

Question: Which mixed martial artist took her nickname from the Dragon Ball character Pan?

Answer: Panchan Rina

Question: What is the title of the tabletop role-playing game based on Dragon Ball Z?

Answer: Dragon Ball Z: The Anime Adventure Game

Question: Which series by Akira Toriyama is considered one of the most influential shōnen manga of all time?

Answer: Dragon Ball