Play Day Trivia Quiz

MYTHOLOGY: Who did Paris pick as the fairest goddess of them all?

LITERATURE: Which book was famously rejected by 12 publishers before finally being accepted?

LITERATURE: Which Mark Twain character is "hated" by moms, but "all their children admired him"

HISTORY: The first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter in what state?

HISTORY: Who was the first US President to declare war?

ANIMAL: Which animal was originally thought to be a hybrid of a lion & a panther?

ANIMAL: Which animal has the largest heart of any land mammal?

HISTORY: What religious war was ordered by Pope Urban 2 to take the Holy Land for Christianity?

LITERATURE: In The Hunger Games, Katniss volunteers as tribute to save which character?

ANIMAL: Which animal proposes to its lifemate with an object?

GEOGRAPHY: Lake Tahoe is at the border between California and which other state?

HISTORY: In which city did Rosa Parks famously refuse to give up her seat on the bus?

SPORTS: How many striped balls are there in a game of pool?

POP CULTURE: What color is this dress?

SPORTS: Who was the first black player to play in Major League Baseball?

ART: Which artist is credited with developing linear perspective?

ENGINEERING: What type of bridge is the Golden Gate Bridge?

HISTORY: What country did the USA purchase Alaska from?

FOOD: In the US, even if the label says 100% pumpkin you might actually be eating...

ANIMAL: Which animal makes the loudest sound in the world?

SCIENCE: Which of the following elements has the lowest atomic number?

POP CULTURE: Who sang Hotline Bling?

HISTORY: Which is NOT a right stated in the first amendment of the United States' constitution?

SCIENCE: What is the only planet to spin clockwise?

MOVIES: Superman can physically be harmed by what?

SPORTS: How many total soccer players should be on the field at the same time?

SCIENCE: What is the largest organ of the human body?

FOOD: A teetotaler is a person that never drinks what?

HISTORY: What is the first name of Supreme Court judge Sotomayor?

SPORTS: What is the name of the NFL player who legally changed his last name to “Ocho-Cinco”?

MUSIC: What percussion instruments are also known as kettledrums?

POP CULTURE: What is this baby's name?

ANIMAL: What animals hold hands when sleeping?

SPORTS: Which team won the 2016 Super Bowl?

SCIENCE: People who suffer from anatidaephobia are afraid of?

GEOGRAPHY: What Arizona city is one of the 50 largest in the nation & means table in Spanish?

SCIENCE: Penicillin is used to fight what type of infections?

SCIENCE: What plant has leaves of three of that start out red, then turn shiny green?

ANIMAL: Which animal has cube-shaped poop?

SPORTS: Which of these is NOT a track and field sport?

SCIENCE: What is a measure of distance that is equal to about 6 trillion miles?

FOOD: MISC: Which fast food chain has the most restaurants in America?

FOOD: The spices in Starbucks pumpkin spice latte topping are cinnamon, clove, ginger & this...

MOVIES: What film says-"Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die?"

GEOGRAPHY: Which of the following cities is further west?

SPORTS: Which sport uses a yellow card as an official warning that you are playing too rough?

ANIMAL: What is a flock of crows called?

SPORTS: Which baseball team has won the most world series?

HISTORY: What were the Spartans of Ancient Greece most known for?

ANIMAL: What is the fastest land snake in the world?

MOVIES: What is the name of the princess from the animated feature film Brave?

GEOGRAPHY: Which of the following is the southernmost city?

LITERATURE: What book tells the fictional story of astronaut Mark Watney?

SCIENCE: What vitamin (ascorbic acid) helps form collagen in bones?

MUSIC: Which female singer from the 2000s is currently a coach on The Voice?

FOOD: What sizzling Mexican dish consists of grilled beef or chicken with onions & peppers?

LITERATURE: What word does Edgar Allen Poe's raven repeatedly say?

LITERATURE: In Beverly Cleary books, what is the nickname of Ramona's older sister, Beatrice?

SPORTS: Which color is not in the official colors of the five rings of the Olympic Games logo?

SPORTS: How many squares are there on a chess board?

ART: Which painter started the impressionist movement?

LITERATURE: What color was Clifford, the giant dog?

SCIENCE: What is the biggest source of Vitamin D?

GEOGRAPHY: In what country would you find Mount Kilimanjaro?

ANIMAL: What is a group of parrots called?

MOVIES: What 2006 animated film has the character Lightning on Route 66 to learn life lessons?

GEOGRAPHY: Which world capital is next to the Han River, which flows into the Yellow Sea?

SCIENCE: Humans have 2 of these long bones, the longest in the body - what are they?

GEOGRAPHY: If you follow the Inca trail 26 miles you will find what "lost city of the Incas"?

FOOD: How many items are in a baker's dozen?

MYTHOLOGY: What is the name for the Greek goddess of victory?

SPORTS: What sport uses a pass, a set, and a hit?

HISTORY: Which country does this flag belong to?

ANIMAL: Which animal did Benjamin Franklin want as our national symbol?

ART: What type of color is chartreuse?

MYTHOLOGY: Who was one of the Gorgon sisters, with a face that would turn people to stone?

MOVIES: BB-8 is an astromech droid from what film franchise?

SCIENCE: What is the center of an atom called?

POP CULTURE: What character was made an honorary citizen of Japan in 2015?

LITERATURE: Which author published Little House in the Big Woods at the age of 65?

MUSIC: Which composer put out an instruction book called "School of Ragtime" in 1908?

MOVIES: What department does a gaffer work in?

SPORTS: Where were the 2018 Winter Olympics held?

HISTORY: What is the acronym or nickname for a president's wife?

FOOD: What is the only U.S. state to grow coffee beans?

HISTORY: Of the 7 hills of Rome, which one is where Romulus & Remus were found?

LITERATURE: Fever 1793 is about the yellow fever epidemic in what Pennsylvania city?

ANIMAL: What is the largest living lizard species?

POP CULTURE: What is this character known as in meme form?

MUSIC: Which country is famous for the tango?

HISTORY: The Medici family was famous for governing which Renaissance city?

ANIMAL: What is a group of otters is called?

SCIENCE: What branch of medicine deals with the heart?

SPORTS: If you add all of the sides of a die, what will it add up to?

FRUIT: Golden Pippin & Ambrosia are what type of fruit?

SCIENCE: Microwave ovens heat food by exciting which of the following molecules?

ANIMAL: What is this animal called?

HISTORY: Who was the first vice president to become the president after an assassination?

SPORTS: How many positions are there in volleyball?

ANIMAL: What color skin do polar bears have?