100 Hardest Trivia Questions & Answers [Ranked]

Question: Which battle marked the end of Napoleon Bonaparte’s French reign and sealed his fate?

Answer: Waterloo

Question: In what year did the Black Death come to Europe and change everything?

Answer: 1347

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

Answer: Hatshepsut

Question: Which country was the epicenter of the Renaissance?

Answer: Italy

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

Answer: George Washington

Question: Which war saw the Houses of York and Lancaster fight for the English crown?

Answer: War of the Roses

Question: Who discovered the law of gravity?

Answer: Isaac Newton

Question: Who built Machu Picchu in the Peruvian Andes?

Answer: Inca

Question: What event started World War II?

Answer: Invasion of Poland

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

Answer: Pompeii

Question: What was the 1840 treaty between the British Crown and Māori chiefs?

Answer: Treaty of Waitangi

Question: What was the name of the Berlin Wall in 1961?

Answer: Antifaschistischer Schutzwall (Anti-Fascist Protection Wall)

Question: What was the objective of General William Tecumseh Sherman’s March to the Sea?

Answer: To break the back of the Confederacy by destroying its economy and infrastructure

Question: What’s the smallest thing in the whole universe from the stars in the sky to the things in your pocket?

Answer: Atom

Question: Which element shines brightest with the symbol ‘Au’ and is often associated with luxury and bling?

Answer: Au

Question: What’s the science of earthquakes?

Answer: Seismology

Question: Which giant is the biggest planet in our solar system and has the biggest storms and the Great Red Spot?

Answer: Jupiter

Question: What’s the magic that turns sunlight into plant food?

Answer: Photosynthesis

Question: What’s the equation that Einstein came up with that shows the connection between energy, mass and the speed of light?

Answer: E=mc²

Question: What’s the biggest organ in the body that’s a barrier and keeps everything inside looking fresh and fabulous?

Answer: Skin

Question: What’s the atomic number of carbon, the element of life?

Answer: 6

Question: What’s the science of fossils?

Answer: Paleontology

Question: How fast is the speed of light in a vacuum?

Answer: 299,792,458 m/s

Question: What’s the symbol for Oganesson, the heaviest and most unknown element on the periodic table?

Answer: Og

Question: What was Pepsi-Cola originally called when it was first invented in 1898 by pharmacist Caleb Bradham?

Answer: Brad’s Drink

Question: Which giant land mass is an island and a continent, has kangaroos and koalas?

Answer: Australia

Question: What city is the heart and capital of Brazil, instead of old Rio glamour?

Answer: Brasília

Question: Which pretty African country is called the "Land of a Thousand Hills", has great views and warm people?

Answer: Rwanda

Question: What is the largest lake in Africa, named after a British queen?

Answer: Lake Victoria

Question: Which river is the longest of all, flows through history and many civilizations?

Answer: Nile River

Question: Which South American country is the world’s biggest coffee producer, fuels the morning everywhere?

Answer: Brazil

Question: What mountain is the highest in North America, also known as Denali?

Answer: Mount McKinley/Denali

Question: Which European country has the most dramatic fjords, where mountains meet the sea?

Answer: Norway

Question: Which city is at the mouth of the Amazon River, the gateway to the rainforest?

Answer: Belém

Question: Which tiny country is the smallest in the world, inside Rome?

Answer: Vatican City

Question: Which historic NYC subway station is now a secret gem, was once a showstopper for commuters?

Answer: City Hall Station

Question: Which country has the Okapi as its national animal, a giraffe cousin found only in its rainforest?

Answer: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Question: Which two tectonic plates collide beneath the Mediterranean Sea?

Answer: The African Plate and the Eurasian Plate

Question: Who wrote the clever Elizabeth Bennet and her dashing Mr. Darcy in "Pride and Prejudice"?

Answer: Jane Austen

Question: In which Shakespeare play does Ophelia go mad with Prince Hamlet?

Answer: Hamlet

Question: Who foresaw a surveillance state in his dystopian classic "1984"?

Answer: George Orwell

Question: Fill in the blank: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." which book is this from?

Answer: "A Tale of Two Cities."

Question: Which classic novel has Atticus Finch, the principled lawyer fighting for justice in the Deep South?

Answer: "To Kill a Mockingbird"

Question: Who wrote the story of the enigmatic millionaire Jay Gatsby and his lavish parties in "The Great Gatsby"?

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Question: In J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic, what is the name of the wise and wacky wizard who leads the Fellowship on their journey?

Answer: Gandalf

Question: Who wrote Holden Caulfield, the teenage rebel in "The Catcher in the Rye"?

Answer: J.D. Salinger

Question: Who wrote the story of the star-crossed lovers from feuding families in Verona in "Romeo and Juliet"?

Answer: William Shakespeare

Question: What is the full title of Harry Potter’s first book at Hogwarts where he finds out he’s a wizard?

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

Question: Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Answer: Michelangelo

Question: Who turned everyday objects into art with his Campbell’s Soup Cans?

Answer: Andy Warhol

Question: What’s the technique where you create images with tiny dots of color that blend together from afar?

Answer: Pointillism

Question: Who sculpted David?

Answer: Michelangelo

Question: Who brought sunshine to the art world with sunflowers?

Answer: Vincent van Gogh

Question: Who painted melting clocks in The Persistence of Memory?

Answer: Salvador Dalí

Question: Who painted the night sky and emotional depth in Starry Night?

Answer: Vincent van Gogh

Question: What’s the painting with the mysterious smile and gaze?

Answer: "Mona Lisa"

Question: Who turned the can of tomato soup into a symbol of consumer culture?

Answer: Andy Warhol

Question: Who brought The Thinker to life?

Answer: Auguste Rodin

Question: In "The Shawshank Redemption," what’s the name of the main character who never gives up hope behind bars?

Answer: Andy Dufresne

Question: Who directed the interconnected crime and redemption stories in "Pulp Fiction"?

Answer: Quentin Tarantino

Question: What movie is the highest grossing of all time? Billions!

Answer: "Avengers: Endgame"

Question: Who wore the red suit and tech armor to play Tony Stark/Iron Man in the MCU?

Answer: Robert Downey Jr.

Question: Who says, "I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse" in "The Godfather"?

Answer: Vito Corleone

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

Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio

Question: What’s the name of the spaceship in "2001: A Space Odyssey"?

Answer: Discovery One

Question: Who directed "Citizen Kane"?

Answer: Orson Welles

Question: What movie won Best Picture in 2020? A dark comedy thriller

Answer: "Parasite"

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

Answer: Anthony Hopkins

Question: Who wrote the "Symphony No. 5" and the four note theme that fills concert halls?

Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven

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

Answer: "The Star-Spangled Banner"

Question: Who was the lead singer of Queen?

Answer: Freddie Mercury

Question: Who wrote "Für Elise" and serenaded pianists everywhere?

Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Question: What was Beyoncé’s debut solo album when she went from Destiny’s Child to solo superstar?

Answer: "Dangerously in Love"

Question: Who wrote the "Four Seasons" concertos and painted musical pictures of each season?

Answer: Antonio Vivaldi

Question: What was Michael Jackson’s best selling album of all time, featuring “Thriller” and “Beat It”?

Answer: "Thriller"

Question: Which band made the album “Dark Side of the Moon” and mesmerized the world?

Answer: Pink Floyd

Question: Who wrote the rock opera “Tommy” about a deaf, dumb and blind boy?

Answer: The Who

Question: What was Adele’s debut album that made her a global superstar with “Rolling in the Deep”?

Answer: "21"

Question: Who turned a mild chemistry teacher into Heisenberg in the TV show Breaking Bad?

Answer: Bryan Cranston

Question: What franchise has captured the world’s hearts and is the highest grossing video game series of all time with creatures you can catch and train?

Answer: Pokémon

Question: In the TV show Friends, what’s the line Joey Tribbiani uses to charm everyone he meets?

Answer: How you doin’?

Question: Who directed the gritty and amazing movie The Dark Knight and brought a legendary villain to life?

Answer: Christopher Nolan

Question: Who played James Bond in the action packed movie Casino Royale and rebooted the franchise?

Answer: Daniel Craig

Question: What city is the dark and gothic place where Batman fights crime and saves the day?

Answer: Gotham City

Question: Who wrote the dystopian novel The Hunger Games and created a global phenomenon with the story of survival and rebellion?

Answer: Suzanne Collins

Question: What’s the name of the paper company in the mockumentary The Office where Michael Scott and his employees work?

Answer: Dunder Mifflin

Question: What superhero team comes together to save the world from threats too big for any one hero to handle in Marvel Comics?

Answer: The Avengers

Question: Who created the long running animated show The Simpsons and brought Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie to life?

Answer: Matt Groening

Question: Who holds the record for most Academy Award nominations without a win despite being an amazing actor?

Answer: Peter O'Toole