100+ Middle School Trivia Questions & Answers

Question: What is the largest mammal in the world?

Answer: Blue Whale

Question: Who is the author of the Harry Potter series?

Answer: J.K. Rowling

Question: What is the tallest building in the world?

Answer: Burj Khalifa

Question: Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

Question: How many continents are there in the world?

Answer: Seven

Question: Which musical instrument typically has 15 horns?

Answer: French Horn

Question: What is the fastest land animal?

Answer: Cheetah

Question: What is the hardest rock?

Answer: Diamond

Question: What does DNA stand for?

Answer: Deoxyribonucleic Acid

Question: Who was the first person to propose the theory of relativity?

Answer: Albert Einstein

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

Answer: Tinkerbell

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

Answer: Jupiter

Question: How many colors are in a rainbow?

Answer: Seven

Question: What is the capital city of Spain?

Answer: Madrid

Question: What is the smallest country in the world?

Answer: Vatican City

Question: Who invented the telephone?

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell

Question: What is the most widely spoken language in the world?

Answer: Mandarin Chinese

Question: What is the square root of 64?

Answer: Eight

Question: What year did World War I begin?

Answer: 1914

Question: What is the currency of Japan?

Answer: Yen

Question: What is the chemical symbol for silver?

Answer: Ag

Question: Who wrote "Romeo and Juliet"?

Answer: William Shakespeare

Question: What is the name of the ship that sank in 1912?

Answer: Titanic

Question: How many degrees are in a circle?

Answer: 360

Question: What element does 'He' represent on the periodic table?

Answer: Helium

Question: What is the chemical symbol for water?

Answer: H2O

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

Answer: Mars

Question: What gas do plants absorb from Earth's atmosphere?

Answer: Carbon Dioxide

Question: What force keeps us grounded on Earth?

Answer: Gravity

Question: What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

Answer: Diamond

Question: How many bones does an adult human have in their body?

Answer: 206

Question: What organ is responsible for pumping blood throughout the human body?

Answer: Human Heart

Question: What element does 'O' represent on the periodic table?

Answer: Oxygen

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

Answer: Nitrogen

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

Answer: 100°C

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

Answer: Liver

Question: What planet is closest to the sun in our solar system?

Answer: Mercury

Question: What is the chemical symbol for gold?

Answer: Au

Question: What is the study of living organisms called?

Answer: Biology

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

Answer: Photosynthesis

Question: How many planets are in our solar system?

Answer: Eight

Question: What is the smallest unit of life in the human body?

Answer: Cell

Question: Which animal has the longest lifespan?

Answer: Greenland Shark

Question: What gas do humans exhale?

Answer: Carbon Dioxide

Question: What is the powerhouse of the cell?

Answer: Mitochondria

Question: Which organ is part of the digestive system and also produces insulin?

Answer: Pancreas

Question: What phenomenon causes the seasons to change on Earth?

Answer: Earth's tilt

Question: What is the basic unit of matter?

Answer: Atom

Question: What type of energy is stored in food?

Answer: Chemical energy

Question: What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere?

Answer: Nitrogen

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

Answer: George Washington

Question: What year did the Titanic sink?

Answer: 1912

Question: In which city is the Eiffel Tower located?

Answer: Paris

Question: When was the Eiffel Tower completed?

Answer: 1889

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

Answer: Neil Armstrong

Question: In what year did World War II end?

Answer: 1945

Question: Who was the Queen of England during the Spanish Armada?

Answer: Queen Elizabeth I

Question: What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America in 1620?

Answer: Mayflower

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

Answer: Amelia Earhart

Question: What was the main cause of the American Civil War?

Answer: Slavery

Question: Who was the principal author of the U.S. Constitution?

Answer: James Madison

Question: What ancient city was buried by a volcanic eruption in 79 AD?

Answer: Pompeii

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

Answer: Florence Nightingale

Question: What war was fought between the North and South regions in the United States?

Answer: The Civil War

Question: Who was the British Prime Minister during most of World War II?

Answer: Winston Churchill

Question: What empire was ruled by Julius Caesar?

Answer: Roman Empire

Question: Who discovered penicillin?

Answer: Alexander Fleming

Question: What year did the Berlin Wall fall?

Answer: 1989

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

Answer: Margaret Thatcher

Question: What famous event took place on July 20, 1969?

Answer: The Moon Landing

Question: Who was the first President of South Africa elected after apartheid?

Answer: Nelson Mandela

Question: In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

Answer: Great Britain

Question: Who was the first Emperor of China?

Answer: Qin Shi Huang

Question: What is the name of the ship on which Charles Darwin made his famous voyage?

Answer: HMS Beagle

Question: Who was the famous Greek philosopher who taught Alexander the Great?

Answer: Aristotle

Question: What is the largest continent by land area?

Answer: Asia

Question: What is the longest river in the world?

Answer: Nile

Question: What is the longest river in the Amazon rainforest?

Answer: Amazon River

Question: Which country is the smallest by land area?

Answer: Vatican City

Question: What ocean lies on the east coast of the United States?

Answer: Atlantic Ocean

Question: What is the largest desert in the world?

Answer: Sahara Desert

Question: Which country has the largest population?

Answer: China

Question: What is the highest mountain in the world?

Answer: Mount Everest

Question: What river flows through Egypt?

Answer: Nile

Question: What country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?

Answer: Japan

Question: What is the capital of Australia?

Answer: Canberra

Question: Which two countries share the longest international border?

Answer: United States and Canada

Question: What is the largest island in the world?

Answer: Greenland

Question: What is the capital city of Canada?

Answer: Ottawa

Question: What is the smallest continent by land area?

Answer: Australia

Question: What line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

Answer: Equator

Question: What is the capital city of Italy?

Answer: Rome

Question: Which country is home to the Amazon rainforest?

Answer: Brazil

Question: What body of water separates Saudi Arabia from Africa?

Answer: Red Sea

Question: What is the capital city of Japan?

Answer: Tokyo

Question: What is the name of the longest mountain range in the world?

Answer: Andes

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

Answer: Florida

Question: What is the largest U S state by land area?

Answer: Alaska

Question: Which U S state has the nickname "The Lone Star State"?

Answer: Texas

Question: What is the largest ocean in the world?

Answer: Pacific Ocean

Question: What are the three primary colors in the RGB color model?

Answer: Red, Green, Blue

Question: Who is the Disney princess who loses her glass slipper?

Answer: Cinderella

Question: Which Disney princess has a pet tiger named Rajah?

Answer: Jasmine

Question: In which city is the Statue of Liberty located?

Answer: New York City

Question: What is the most populous borough of New York City?

Answer: Brooklyn

Question: Who is credited with inventing the first practical light bulb?

Answer: Thomas Edison

Question: In what year was the first practical light bulb invented?

Answer: 1879

Question: Which country was the first to use paper money?

Answer: China

Question: What is the name of the protagonist in Disney's "The Little Mermaid"?

Answer: Ariel

Question: What is the tallest mountain in the world?

Answer: Mount Everest

Question: In which mountain range is Mount Everest located?

Answer: Himalayas

Question: What are the primary colors in the CMYK color model?

Answer: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black

Question: In which U.S. city is the White House located?

Answer: Washington, D.C.

Question: How many degrees are in a right angle?

Answer: 90 degrees

Question: Which U.S. city is commonly known as the "Windy City"?

Answer: Chicago

Question: What major lake is located near the Windy City?

Answer: Lake Michigan

Question: How many chambers does the human heart have?

Answer: Four