100 Trivia Questions for Work Meetings (By Category, Copy-Paste Ready)

A well-run team trivia session does three things: it puts everyone on the same playing field (the CEO and the intern both fail the obscure geography round), it generates laughter, and it's over before anyone's attention span runs out. Below are 100 questions you can copy straight into PollsLive, organized into 8 categories of 12–14 questions each. Each one includes the answer in brackets. Mix and match a 20-question custom quiz in about 5 minutes.

General knowledge (mixed difficulty)

1. What is the capital of Australia? [Canberra]
2. How many sides does a heptagon have? [7]
3. Which element has the chemical symbol Fe? [Iron]
4. Who painted the Mona Lisa? [Leonardo da Vinci]
5. What is the speed of light (approximate km/s)? [300,000 km/s]
6. How many bones are in the adult human body? [206]
7. What is the longest river in the world? [Nile or Amazon — accepted both, debate is ongoing]
8. In what year did the Berlin Wall fall? [1989]
9. Which planet is closest to the Sun? [Mercury]
10. What is the smallest country in the world by area? [Vatican City]
11. How many strings does a standard guitar have? [6]
12. What language has the most native speakers in the world? [Mandarin Chinese]

Science & technology

1. What does HTTP stand for? [HyperText Transfer Protocol]
2. What year was the first iPhone released? [2007]
3. What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere? [Nitrogen (78%)]
4. How many bytes are in a kilobyte? [1,024]
5. What does DNA stand for? [Deoxyribonucleic acid]
6. Which company created the Android operating system? [Google]
7. What is the SI unit of electrical resistance? [Ohm]
8. Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web? [Tim Berners-Lee]
9. What does RAM stand for? [Random Access Memory]
10. How many chambers does the human heart have? [4]
11. What is the hardest natural substance on Earth? [Diamond]
12. In which year was the first email sent? [1971]

Geography & world

1. What is the largest country by area? [Russia]
2. Which country has the most natural lakes? [Canada]
3. What is the capital of Iceland? [Reykjavik]
4. Through how many countries does the Amazon River flow? [9]
5. What is the tallest mountain in Africa? [Kilimanjaro]
6. Which ocean is the largest? [Pacific]
7. What country has the most time zones? [France (12, including overseas territories)]
8. What is the smallest continent by area? [Australia]
9. Which country is home to the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites? [Italy (58)]
10. What is the official language of Brazil? [Portuguese]
11. In which city would you find the Colosseum? [Rome]
12. What is the currency of Japan? [Yen]

History

1. In what year did World War II end? [1945]
2. Who was the first person to walk on the Moon? [Neil Armstrong]
3. What year did the Titanic sink? [1912]
4. Which empire was the largest in history by land area? [Mongol Empire]
5. Who was the first President of the United States? [George Washington]
6. What ancient wonder of the world still exists today? [The Great Pyramid of Giza]
7. In what year did the French Revolution begin? [1789]
8. Who invented the telephone? [Alexander Graham Bell]
9. Which country was the first to give women the right to vote nationally? [New Zealand, 1893]
10. What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space? [Sputnik]
11. How long did the Hundred Years' War last? [116 years (1337–1453)]

Pop culture & entertainment

1. Who wrote the Harry Potter series? [J.K. Rowling]
2. What is the best-selling video game of all time? [Minecraft]
3. Which film won the first Academy Award for Best Picture? [Wings, 1927]
4. What band was Freddie Mercury the lead singer of? [Queen]
5. How many seasons did Friends run for? [10]
6. What year was Netflix founded? [1997]
7. Which Marvel film was the first to gross over $1 billion? [Marvel's The Avengers, 2012]
8. Who voices Woody in Toy Story? [Tom Hanks]
9. What is the longest-running primetime animated series? [The Simpsons]
10. How many people are in BTS? [7]
11. What game introduced the character Mario? [Donkey Kong (1981)]
12. Which author wrote 1984? [George Orwell]

Food & drink

1. What country does hummus originate from? [Debated — widely associated with the Levant/Middle East]
2. Which nut is used to make marzipan? [Almond]
3. How many calories are in a gram of fat? [9]
4. What is the main ingredient in guacamole? [Avocado]
5. Which country drinks the most coffee per capita? [Finland]
6. What is the most expensive spice in the world by weight? [Saffron]
7. What type of fish is used in traditional British fish and chips? [Cod or haddock]
8. Which fruit has the most Vitamin C per 100g — lemon, orange, or kiwi? [Kiwi]
9. What is the base of a Béarnaise sauce? [Egg yolks, tarragon, and clarified butter]
10. In which country did coffee originate? [Ethiopia]
11. What is the main ingredient in tofu? [Soybeans]

How to run the trivia session

1. Pick 20 questions across 4 categories. Keep rounds to 5 questions each.
2. Create a PollsLive quiz session — each question is a 'quiz' slide with points enabled.
3. Share the PIN or QR code with your team. Participants join on their phones.
4. Run each question for 20–30 seconds — a countdown adds urgency.
5. Show the leaderboard between rounds to keep competition visible.
6. End with the podium. The top 3 get a screenshot-worthy moment (and optional prize).

For more team-building ideas, see virtual team building activities or icebreaker questions for work.