100 Hardest Trivia Questions & Answers [Ranked]

Question: Which battle marked the end of Napoleon Bonaparte's rule in France?

Answer: Waterloo

Question: In what year did the Black Death pandemic ravage Europe?

Answer: 1347

Question: Who was the first female pharaoh of ancient Egypt?

Answer: Hatshepsut

Question: Which country was the birthplace of the Renaissance?

Answer: Italy

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

Answer: George Washington

Question: Which war was fought between the House of York and the House of Lancaster in England?

Answer: War of the Roses

Question: Who discovered the law of gravity?

Answer: Isaac Newton

Question: Which civilization built the Machu Picchu citadel in Peru?

Answer: Inca

Question: Which event marked the beginning of World War II?

Answer: Invasion of Poland

Question: Which ancient city was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD?

Answer: Pompeii

Question: What is the smallest unit of matter?

Answer: Atom

Question: What is the chemical symbol for gold?

Answer: Au

Question: What is the study of earthquakes called?

Answer: Seismology

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

Answer: Jupiter

Question: What is the process by which plants convert sunlight into energy called?

Answer: Photosynthesis

Question: What is the formula for Einstein's theory of relativity?

Answer: E=mc^2

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

Answer: Skin

Question: What is the atomic number of carbon?

Answer: 6

Question: What is the study of fossils called?

Answer: Paleontology

Question: What is the speed of light in a vacuum?

Answer: 299,792,458 meters per second

Question: Which country is both an island and a continent?

Answer: Australia

Question: What is the capital city of Brazil?

Answer: Brasília

Question: Which African country is known as the "Land of a Thousand Hills"?

Answer: Rwanda

Question: What is the largest lake in Africa?

Answer: Lake Victoria

Question: What is the longest river in the world?

Answer: Nile River

Question: Which country is the largest producer of coffee?

Answer: Brazil

Question: What is the highest mountain in North America?

Answer: Mount McKinley/Denali

Question: Which European country is home to the fjords?

Answer: Norway

Question: Which city is located at the mouth of the Amazon River?

Answer: Belém

Question: What is the smallest country in the world?

Answer: Vatican City

Question: Who wrote the novel "Pride and Prejudice"?

Answer: Jane Austen

Question: In which Shakespeare play does the character Ophelia appear?

Answer: Hamlet

Question: Who wrote the dystopian novel "1984"?

Answer: George Orwell

Question: What is the opening line of Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities"?

Answer: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

Question: Which novel features the character Atticus Finch?

Answer: To Kill a Mockingbird

Question: Who wrote the novel "The Great Gatsby"?

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Question: In J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings," what is the name of the wizard?

Answer: Gandalf

Question: Which American author wrote "The Catcher in the Rye"?

Answer: J.D. Salinger

Question: Who wrote the play "Romeo and Juliet"?

Answer: William Shakespeare

Question: What is the full title of the first Harry Potter book?

Answer: "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"

Question: Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Answer: Michelangelo

Question: Which artist is known for his "Campbell's Soup Cans" artwork?

Answer: Andy Warhol

Question: What is the painting technique of using small dots of color called?

Answer: Pointillism

Question: Who created the sculpture "David"?

Answer: Michelangelo

Question: Which Dutch painter is known for his works featuring sunflowers?

Answer: Vincent van Gogh

Question: Which artist is associated with the melting clocks in the painting "The Persistence of Memory"?

Answer: Salvador Dalí

Question: Who painted "Starry Night"?

Answer: Vincent van Gogh

Question: What is the name of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous painting?

Answer: "Mona Lisa"

Question: Which artist created the "Campbell's Tomato Soup" artwork?

Answer: Andy Warhol

Question: Who sculpted the statue of "The Thinker"?

Answer: Auguste Rodin

Question: In the movie "The Shawshank Redemption," what is the name of the main character?

Answer: Andy Dufresne

Question: Who directed the movie "Pulp Fiction"?

Answer: Quentin Tarantino

Question: What is the highest-grossing film of all time?

Answer: "Avengers: Endgame"

Question: Who played the character Tony Stark/Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

Answer: Robert Downey Jr.

Question: Who won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in the movie "The Revenant"?

Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio

Question: What is the name of the spaceship in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey"?

Answer: Discovery One

Question: Who directed the movie "Citizen Kane"?

Answer: Orson Welles

Question: Which film won the Best Picture Oscar in 2020?

Answer: "Parasite"

Question: Who played the character Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs"?

Answer: Anthony Hopkins

Question: Who wrote the classical composition "Symphony No. 5"?

Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Question: What is the official national anthem of the United States?

Answer: "The Star-Spangled Banner"

Question: Who was the lead vocalist of the band Queen?

Answer: Freddie Mercury

Question: Which composer wrote "Für Elise"?

Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Question: What is the name of Beyoncé's debut solo album?

Answer: "Dangerously in Love"

Question: Who composed the "Four Seasons" concertos?

Answer: Antonio Vivaldi

Question: What is the name of Michael Jackson's best-selling album?

Answer: "Thriller"

Question: Which band released the album "Dark Side of the Moon"?

Answer: Pink Floyd

Question: Who wrote the rock opera "Tommy"?

Answer: The Who

Question: What is the name of Adele's breakout album?

Answer: "21"

Question: Who played the character Walter White in the TV series "Breaking Bad"?

Answer: Bryan Cranston

Question: What is the highest-grossing video game franchise of all time?

Answer: Pokémon

Question: In the TV series "Friends," what is Joey Tribbiani's catchphrase?

Answer: "How you doin'?"

Question: Who directed the movie "The Dark Knight"?

Answer: Christopher Nolan

Question: Which actor portrayed the character James Bond in the film "Casino Royale"?

Answer: Daniel Craig

Question: What is the name of the fictional city where Batman operates?

Answer: Gotham City

Question: Who wrote the novel "The Hunger Games"?

Answer: Suzanne Collins

Question: In the TV series "The Office," what is the name of the paper company?

Answer: Dunder Mifflin

Question: What is the name of the fictional superhero team in Marvel Comics?

Answer: The Avengers

Question: Who is the creator of the animated TV series "The Simpsons"?

Answer: Matt Groening