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50 free 2017 trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
2017 was the year Moonlight won Best Picture after La La Land was announced, the Patriots came back from 28-3, Despacito went everywhere, fidget spinners hit every classroom and a total eclipse crossed America. These 2017 trivia questions cover the Oscars, the sports, the music, the movies, the games and the news of the year. Every answer is sourced, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss.
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Q 01Which film was wrongly announced as Best Picture at the February 2017 Oscars?
La La Land
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway had been handed the Best Actress envelope; Moonlight was declared the real winner minutes later.
Q 02How many Oscar nominations did La La Land receive, tying the all-time record?
14
It matched All About Eve and Titanic, then set a record for most nominations without winning Best Picture.
Q 03Who won Best Actor at the 2017 Oscars for Manchester by the Sea?
Casey Affleck
He and brother Ben became the 16th pair of siblings to win Academy Awards.
Q 04Who hosted the Oscars for the first time in 2017?
Jimmy Kimmel
He returned the following year for the 90th ceremony.
Q 05Who won Best Actress at the 2017 Oscars?
Emma Stone
Damien Chazelle took Best Director the same night, one of La La Land's six wins.
Q 06What deficit did the Patriots overcome to win Super Bowl LI in February 2017?
28-3
It was the largest comeback in Super Bowl history and the first Super Bowl decided in overtime.
Q 07Which team lost Super Bowl LI to the Patriots?
Atlanta Falcons
Matt Ryan, the league MVP, led the Falcons to an 11-5 season and a 28-3 lead before the collapse.
Q 08Which team won its first World Series in franchise history in 2017?
Houston Astros
They beat the Dodgers in seven games; a sign-stealing scandal later tainted the title.
Q 09Who was named 2017 World Series MVP after hitting five home runs?
George Springer
The two teams combined for a record 25 homers in the series.
Q 10Who was unanimous MVP of the 2017 NBA Finals?
Kevin Durant
The Warriors beat Cleveland 4-1 and finished the playoffs 16-1, the best postseason record ever.
Q 11Which team did the Pittsburgh Penguins beat to repeat as Stanley Cup champions in 2017?
Nashville Predators
They were the first back-to-back winners since the salary cap was introduced.
Q 12Who won the Conn Smythe Trophy for a second straight year in 2017?
Sidney Crosby
The Penguins captain was playoff MVP in both 2016 and 2017.
Q 13Who did Roger Federer beat in five sets to win the 2017 Australian Open?
Rafael Nadal
It was his first major since Wimbledon 2012 and, at 35, made him the oldest men's major champion since 1972.
Q 21Which Kendrick Lamar album from April 2017 later won the Pulitzer Prize for Music?
Damn
It was the first Pulitzer for music outside classical and jazz; "Humble" became his first solo number one.
Q 22In Get Out, what does Missy call the void Chris falls into when hypnotised?
The Sunken Place
Daniel Kaluuya's paralysed stare from it became one of the year's defining images.
Q 23Who directed 2017's Wonder Woman?
Patty Jenkins
The film had been in development since 1996 before she was hired in 2015.
Q 14Who won the 2017 Masters in a playoff for his first major, at the 74th attempt?
Sergio Garcia
He beat Justin Rose in sudden death after both finished nine under.
Q 15Who won his fourth Tour de France in 2017?
Chris Froome
The Team Sky rider's third straight win came on a route that started in Dusseldorf.
Q 16Whose remix helped "Despacito" become the first Spanish-language US number one in 21 years?
Justin Bieber
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's hit tied the record 16 weeks at number one.
Q 17How many weeks did "Despacito" spend at number one on the Hot 100?
16
Its video was the most-viewed on YouTube from August 2017 until Baby Shark overtook it in 2020.
Q 18Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" came from which 2017 album?
Divide
The album was the world's best-selling of 2017 and Sheeran its best-selling artist.
Q 19"Bodak Yellow" made Cardi B the first female rapper to top the Hot 100 solo since whom?
Lauryn Hill
Hill's "Doo Wop (That Thing)" had done it in 1998.
Q 20Which Taylor Swift album, released November 2017, was led by "Look What You Made Me Do"?
Reputation
It followed a year of online feuds in which detractors branded her a snake.
Q 24What was the highest-grossing film of 2017 worldwide?
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Rian Johnson's film took $1.334 billion; Beauty and the Beast was second with $1.27 billion.
Q 25Who played Belle in Disney's 2017 live-action Beauty and the Beast?
Emma Watson
Bill Condon's remake grossed $1.27 billion, second only to The Last Jedi that year.
Q 26Which 2017 release became the highest-grossing horror film of all time?
It
Bill Skarsgard's Pennywise helped it past The Exorcist's domestic record.
Q 27Who directed Thor: Ragnarok?
Taika Waititi
Cate Blanchett played Hela, Odin's firstborn, freed by his death.
Q 28Which 2017 film won the Golden Lion at Venice before taking Best Picture?
The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro's tale of a mute cleaner and an amphibian creature is set in 1962 Baltimore.
Q 29How many episodes did Game of Thrones' seventh season, aired in summer 2017, have?
Seven
Every earlier season had ten; the Night King killed and raised the dragon Viserion in the penultimate episode.
Q 30What are the adolescent Demogorgons in Stranger Things' 2017 second season nicknamed?
Demodogs
The season, set in autumn 1984, also introduced Max Mayfield and the Mind Flayer.