Sample Questions – Black Box Trivia

Sample trivia questions

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Which country has the highest population in the world?
Answer: India
Which river is the longest in Europe outside Russia?
Answer: Danube
What is the official language of Brazil?
Answer: Portuguese
Which Romanian building in Bucharest is the heaviest building in the world?
Answer: Palace of the Parliament
Taipei is the capital of which country?
Answer: Taiwan
What is the official language of Nepal?
Answer: Nepali
Which country does Java belong to?
Answer: Indonesia
In which city would you find the Gateway Arch?
Answer: St. Louis
Which country or territory uses the internet domain ".fr"?
Answer: France
On which continent is Mongolia?
Answer: Asia

Who plays Alice in the "Resident Evil" film series?
Answer: Milla Jovovich
Who had a 1969 hit with "A Boy Named Sue", written by Shel Silverstein?
Answer: Johnny Cash
In 2017, which film was wrongly announced as Best Picture before "Moonlight" was named the real winner?
Answer: La La Land
Which Simpsons neighbour says "Hi-diddly-ho, neighbourino!"?
Answer: Ned Flanders
What is the name of the princess Mario often rescues?
Answer: Princess Peach
Which artist had a hit with "Comfortably Numb"?
Answer: Pink Floyd
Who played Hans Gruber in "Die Hard"?
Answer: Alan Rickman
Oliver Queen is the secret identity of which superhero?
Answer: Green Arrow
Which star was born Stevland Morris?
Answer: Stevie Wonder
Which story or series is set in Gotham City?
Answer: Batman

Who became the youngest ever Nobel laureate, winning the Peace Prize at 17?
Answer: Malala Yousafzai
In which year did India gain independence from Britain?
Answer: 1947
What was the capital of the Aztec Empire, on the site of modern Mexico City?
Answer: Tenochtitlan
Who was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes, in different sciences?
Answer: Marie Curie
In which year was the Battle of the Plains of Abraham fought?
Answer: 1759
Which explorer charted New Zealand and Australia's east coast on HMS Endeavour?
Answer: James Cook
What was the capital of the Babylonian Empire?
Answer: Babylon
Who built the Hagia Sophia?
Answer: the Byzantines
Which country is Björk, the singer, from?
Answer: Iceland
Which people built Stonehenge?
Answer: Neolithic Britons

Who wrote the 1954 novel "Lord of the Flies"?
Answer: William Golding
What is the name of Sherlock Holmes's friend and narrator?
Answer: Dr. John Watson
Which Swedish girl with red pigtails is the strongest girl in the world?
Answer: Pippi Longstocking
Which artist is famous for paintings of water lilies?
Answer: Claude Monet
Which artist created "The Son of Man"?
Answer: René Magritte
In Greek mythology, Nike is the goddess of what?
Answer: victory
Which musical features the song "I Don't Know How to Love Him"?
Answer: Jesus Christ Superstar
Who wrote "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats", which inspired "Cats"?
Answer: T. S. Eliot
In which city is the Vatican Museums?
Answer: Vatican City
Who is the famous companion of Moana?
Answer: Heihei the rooster

In tech, what does "VR" stand for?
Answer: Virtual reality
What is the largest moon of Saturn?
Answer: Titan
What is the name of the dense cloud of icy bodies at the edge of the solar system?
Answer: Oort Cloud
Which snake has the most toxic venom of any land snake?
Answer: Inland taipan
Which Indian town is often listed as the wettest place on Earth?
Answer: Mawsynram
Which Soviet rocket explosion in 1960 was the deadliest disaster in space-program history?
Answer: Nedelin catastrophe
Is Mount Everest the tallest mountain measured from base to peak?
Answer: No — Mauna Kea in Hawaii is taller from its base on the seabed
Phobos is a moon of which planet?
Answer: Mars
The ampere is the SI unit of what?
Answer: electric current
Which country does the French Bulldog dog breed come from?
Answer: France

Who is the all-time leading scorer in NBA history?
Answer: LeBron James
Which game caused a 2005 scandal over its hidden "Hot Coffee" minigame?
Answer: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Which Ninja Turtle wears a blue mask and carries two swords?
Answer: Leonardo
Which cocktail was invented in Calgary in 1969 and uses Clamato juice?
Answer: Caesar
Which car does James Bond drive in "Goldfinger"?
Answer: Aston Martin DB5
In which city do the NHL's Stars play?
Answer: Dallas
Which team won the Stanley Cup in 2003?
Answer: New Jersey Devils
Which team won Super Bowl XXVIII, played after the 1993 season?
Answer: Dallas Cowboys
Who won the Wimbledon men's singles title in 1981?
Answer: John McEnroe
What is the traditional gift for a 40th wedding anniversary?
Answer: Ruby

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