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50 free Thor trivia questions with answers — pop culture quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Thor was the most popular god of the Viking Age long before he was an Avenger, and this Thor trivia quiz covers both lives. The Norse half asks about Mjölnir, the belt and iron gloves, the goats he eats and resurrects, his wife Sif and her golden hair, the cross-dressing wedding trick to get his hammer back, his fishing trip for the world serpent, the day of the week named after him and how he is fated to die at Ragnarök. The Marvel half covers Journey into Mystery #83, Donald Blake, Beta Ray Bill and Jane Foster as the Mighty Thor, then all four MCU films: Kenneth Branagh's original, The Dark World, Taika Waititi's Ragnarok and Love and Thunder, plus Chris Hemsworth himself. It works for a mythology class, a Marvel movie night or a general trivia round. Every answer is checked against Wikipedia and cited on the question, so you can see where each fact comes from.
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Q 01Thor is the Norse god of thunder and the son of Odin and which earth goddess?
Jörð
Jörð simply means 'earth' in Old Norse.
Q 02What is the name of Thor's hammer?
Mjölnir
He also owns a strength-doubling belt, Megingjörð, and iron gloves called Járngreipr.
Q 03Which dwarf brothers forged Mjölnir, according to the Prose Edda?
Eitri and Brokkr
The whole episode starts with Loki cutting off Sif's hair and Thor threatening to break every bone in his body.
Q 04According to Saxo's Gesta Danorum and other sources, what was notably wrong with Mjölnir?
Its handle was short
In the Prose Edda the flaw is Loki's fault: he pestered the dwarf at the bellows as a fly.
Q 05How was Mjölnir most commonly worn during the Viking Age?
As a pendant
Modern Heathens wear it the same way today.
Q 06Who is Thor's golden-haired wife?
Sif
Her hair was shorn by Loki and replaced by a headpiece of real gold made by dwarves.
Q 07What are the names of the two goats that pull Thor's chariot?
Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr
The names mean 'teeth-barer' and 'teeth-grinder'; the other pairs are Odin's ravens, Odin's wolves and horses.
Q 08Why does one of Thor's goats become permanently lame?
A boy split a bone for the marrow
As compensation Thor took the boy Þjálfi and his sister Röskva as his servants.
Q 09In the poem Þrymskviða, how does Thor recover his stolen hammer?
He dresses as Freyja to marry the giant Þrymr
Freyja's furious refusal makes the halls of the gods shake and her necklace Brísingamen fly off.
Q 10How deep did the giant Þrymr claim to have hidden Mjölnir?
Eight leagues beneath the earth
Loki borrows Freyja's feather cloak to fly to Jötunheimr and find out.
Q 11On a fishing trip with the giant Hymir, what does Thor use as bait to hook the world serpent?
The head of an ox
The scene is carved on at least three stones, including the Gosforth Cross in England.
Q 12What is the name of the giant serpent Thor is fated to fight at Ragnarök?
Jörmungandr
Fenrir is the wolf that kills Odin.
Q 13In the Völuspá, how many steps does Thor take after killing the serpent before its venom kills him?
Nine
After Ragnarök his sons Móði and Magni inherit Mjölnir.
Q 14Which day of the week is named after Thor?
Q 21Which alien warrior, introduced in 1983, was the first outsider deemed worthy to lift Mjolnir?
Beta Ray Bill
Walt Simonson created him, and Odin gave him his own hammer, Stormbreaker.
Q 22Which writer's 2014 run made Jane Foster the new Thor while she was gravely ill?
Jason Aaron
Foster had first appeared as a nurse in Journey into Mystery #84 in 1962.
Q 23Who directed the first Thor film in 2011?
Kenneth Branagh
Sam Raimi had toyed with a Thor film as far back as 1991.
Which actor originally auditioned to play Thor before Branagh cast him as Loki instead?
Thursday
It is a calque of the Latin 'day of Jove'; Tuesday and Wednesday belong to Týr and Odin.
Q 15When Tacitus described the Germanic gods, which Roman hero did he equate with Thor?
Hercules
The link was probably the resemblance between Thor's hammer and Hercules' club.
Q 16Which 8th-century missionary felled an oak dedicated to Thor (as 'Jove') in Hesse?
Saint Boniface
Donar is the southern Germanic form of Thor's name.
Q 17What did Adam of Bremen say Thor rules, in his 11th-century description of the Uppsala temple?
The sky, storms and fertility
He said the statue of Thor with his mace looked like Jupiter.
Q 18How many names does Thor bear in the stories recorded in medieval Iceland?
At least fifteen
He is also stepfather to the god Ullr.
Q 19In which comic did Marvel's Thor first appear in 1962?
Journey into Mystery #83
Stan Lee said he wanted a hero 'bigger than a human' and picked a god.
Q 20Marvel's Thor was originally the alter ego of which disabled surgeon?
Donald Blake
The Blake identity was later revealed as an invention of Odin's.
Tom Hiddleston
Hemsworth was initially dropped from consideration and then given a second chance to read.
Q 25In the first film, Thor is banished to Earth and lands in which US state?
New Mexico
Filming took place in California and New Mexico in early 2010.
Q 26Which accent did Chris Hemsworth adopt for Thor because he felt it suited the character?
British
He said he modelled the physicality on boxers like Mike Tyson.
Q 27Roughly how much did the first Thor film gross worldwide?
$449 million
It was the 15th highest-grossing film of 2011.
Q 28Who plays the Dark Elf Malekith in Thor: The Dark World?
Christopher Eccleston
Malekith seeks the Aether during a rare alignment of the Nine Realms called the Convergence.
Q 29Which rare alignment of the Nine Realms drives the plot of The Dark World?
The Convergence
The film's climax plays out in Greenwich, London.
Q 30Who directed Thor: Ragnarok?
Taika Waititi
He also voices the rock creature Korg.