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70 free Easy Trivia Questions and Answers trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Sometimes you just want easy trivia: obvious trivia questions people can actually get right, so the whole table stays in the game. This set of free easy trivia questions and answers covers the classics: the fastest land animal, the Red Planet, the capital of Australia, who painted the Mona Lisa, which fish Nemo is, what kind of toy Woody is, and where pizza and sushi come from. Most questions sit in the easy range, with a handful of slightly trickier ones (how many bones does an adult have? what does Big Ben actually name?) so nobody sweeps the round without thinking. It works for family game nights, classrooms, road trips, ice-breakers, seniors' groups and anyone warming up before a harder quiz. Kids from about eight up can play along. Easy does not mean sloppy. Every answer here was checked against an encyclopedia entry and each question links to its source, so if someone argues that a tomato is a vegetable, you can settle it on the spot.
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Q 01What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra
Canberra was purpose-built as a compromise after Sydney and Melbourne both wanted the job.
Q 02Which is the largest and deepest ocean on Earth?
Pacific
The Pacific is the largest and deepest ocean, covering about 165 million square kilometres, more than all of Earth's land combined, and holding the Mariana Trench.
Q 03Which country is the largest in the world by area?
Russia
Russia is the largest country by area at about 17.1 million square kilometres, spanning eleven time zones and bordering fourteen countries.
Q 04What is the largest hot desert in the world?
The Sahara
The Sahara is beaten for size only by the cold deserts of Antarctica and the northern Arctic.
Q 05What is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level?
Everest
Everest rises about 8,849 metres above sea level on the Nepal–China border; it is called Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet.
Q 06How many continents do most English-speaking countries recognize?
Seven
Seven continents are recognized in the English-speaking world: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia, listed from largest to smallest.
Q 07Which element has the chemical symbol Au?
Gold
Gold has the symbol Au from aurum, its Latin name; its atomic number is 79.
Q 08Which planet is closest to the Sun?
Mercury
Mercury orbits closest to the Sun, at an average distance of about 58 million kilometres, and it is also the smallest planet in the Solar System.
Q 09Which is the largest planet in the Solar System?
Jupiter
Jupiter is the largest planet: about 1,321 Earths would fit inside its volume, and its diameter is roughly 140,000 kilometres.
Q 10Roughly how many bones does an adult human have?
206
An adult human skeleton has 206 bones; babies are born with around 270, many of which fuse together as they grow.
Q 11What is the hardest known natural substance?
Diamond
Diamond packs more atoms into each unit of volume than any other known substance.
Q 12Which planet is nicknamed the Red Planet?
Mars
Mars is the Red Planet; its colour comes from iron oxide, essentially rust, coating the dust and rocks on its surface.
Q 13Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
George Washington was the first president, serving two terms from 1789 to 1797 before retiring to Mount Vernon.
Q 14In which year did the Titanic sink?
Q 21Who wrote the Harry Potter books?
J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling wrote the Harry Potter books, seven novels published between 1997 and 2007, beginning with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Q 22The Beatles formed in which English city?
Liverpool
The Beatles formed in Liverpool, taking that name in 1960 after starting as John Lennon's skiffle group the Quarrymen; the city's Cavern Club hosted hundreds of their early shows.
Q 23How many rings are on the Olympic flag?
Five
The Olympic flag has five interlocking rings, designed by Pierre de Coubertin in 1913 to represent the five inhabited continents, with the Americas counted as one.
1912
1912, in the early hours of 15 April; the British ocean liner went down on her very first crossing.
Q 15Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong was first onto the Moon during Apollo 11 in July 1969; Buzz Aldrin followed him down the ladder nineteen minutes later, while Michael Collins circled overhead.
Q 16Apollo 11's lunar module Eagle landed in which lunar 'sea' in July 1969?
The Sea of Tranquility
Eagle touched down in the Sea of Tranquility (Mare Tranquillitatis) on 20 July 1969; the lunar 'seas' are dark plains of ancient lava that early astronomers mistook for water.
Q 17What is the fastest land animal?
Cheetah
The cheetah sprints at 93–104 km/h (58–65 mph), a pursuit predator built for the chase.
Q 18What is the largest animal known to have ever lived?
Blue whale
The blue whale is the largest animal ever known, reaching about 30 metres long and up to around 200 tonnes, heavier than any known dinosaur.
Q 19What is the tallest living land animal?
Giraffe
The giraffe is the tallest living land animal, with males reaching about 5.5 metres; it is also the largest ruminant, chewing the cud like a cow.
Q 20Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet around 1595; the tragedy follows two young lovers from the feuding Montague and Capulet families of Verona.
Q 24How many players does each soccer team have on the pitch?
11
Two teams of eleven, and only the goalkeeper may handle the ball in open play.
Q 25How many days are in a leap year?
366
A leap year has 366 days; the extra day, 29 February, keeps the calendar lined up with the roughly 365.25-day solar year.
Q 26In Isaac Newton's classic sequence of rainbow colours, which colour comes first?
Red
Red comes first in Newton's seven-colour sequence: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, remembered as Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain or Roy G. Biv.
Q 27How many sides does a hexagon have?
Six
The name comes from the Greek hex, meaning six; honeycomb cells are hexagons.
Q 28Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa around 1503–1506 and never delivered it to the Giocondo family believed to have commissioned it; it hangs in the Louvre in Paris.
Q 29The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from the people of which country?
France
France gave the statue, dedicated in 1886; sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi designed it and Gustave Eiffel, of tower fame, engineered its iron framework.
Q 30Strictly speaking, Big Ben is the nickname of what?
The Great Bell
Big Ben is strictly the Great Bell, the 13.7-tonne hour bell inside the clock tower, which was itself renamed the Elizabeth Tower in 2012.