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Home / Quizzes / Quiz – Brainteaser Bounty: 221 EASY Trivia Questions for Middle Schoolers

Quiz – Brainteaser Bounty: 221 EASY Trivia Questions for Middle Schoolers

November 12, 2023 By Elizabeth Francisco Leave a Comment

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Welcome to the fun-tastic trivia quiz! We’re about to embark on a wild ride filled with questions that will  tickle your brain cells. Get ready to pun-leash your knowledge and prove that you’re not just amiddle school kid, but a true quiz-ard! So, whether you’re playing solo or with a team, remember, it’s all in good pun!

1. What is the heaviest animal on Earth?

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Blue whale

2. What is the square root of 9?

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3

3. Which European explorer claimed that he discovered America?

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Christopher Columbus

4. What is the capital of Italy?

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Rome

5. What is the opposite of “ancient”?

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Modern

6. Who painted the “Starry Night”?

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Vincent Van Gogh

7. Who is the inventor of the telephone?

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Alexander Graham Bell

8. Which country won the FIFA World Cup in 2010?

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Spain

9. Who is the current President of the United States?

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Joe Biden

10. Who played the character of Harry Potter in the movie series?

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Daniel Radcliffe

11. What is the tallest mountain in the world?

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Mount Everest

12. How long is one regular term for a U.S. Representative?

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Two years

13. What star is at the center of our Solar System?

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The Sun

14. How many continents are there on Earth?

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Seven

15. What is the main character in “The Catcher in the Rye”?

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Holden Caulfield

16. Who composed “The Magic Flute”?

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

17. What is the most populated country in the world?

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China

18. What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere to make their own food?

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Carbon Dioxide

19. In what year did World War II end?

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1945

20. Which famous scientist developed the theory of general relativity?

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Albert Einstein

21. What is the name of the fairy in ‘Peter Pan’?

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Tinker Bell

22. How many legs does a spider typically have?

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Eight

23. Who is the main character in ‘Alice in Wonderland’?

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Alice

24. In what country is the Eiffel Tower located?

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France

25. What is the symbol for gold in the periodic table?

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Au

26. In what sport can you hit a home run?

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Baseball

27. Who is the author of ‘The Cat in the Hat’?

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Dr. Seuss

28. What is the name of Mickey Mouse’s dog?

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Pluto

29. Who created the ‘Star Wars’ films?

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George Lucas

30. Who was the 16th president of the United States?

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Abraham Lincoln

31. What is the largest ocean on Earth?

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The Pacific Ocean

32. In what year did man first walk on the moon?

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1969

33. What do you call a group of fish?

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A school.

34. What is the capital of Canada?

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Ottawa

35. What are the three primary colors?

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Red, Yellow, Blue

36. Which superhero can climb walls and buildings?

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Spider-Man

37. What is the world’s fastest land animal?

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Cheetah

38. In what city is the statue ‘The Little Mermaid’ located?

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Copenhagen

39. What is the chemical formula for water?

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H2O

40. Who wrote ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’?

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Roald Dahl

41. Which animal is known as the king of the jungle?

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Lion

42. What are the four main directions on a compass?

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North, South, East, West

43. What is the smallest planet in our solar system?

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Mercury

44. How many states are there in the United States?

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50

45. Who is the main character in ‘The Jungle Book’?

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Mowgli

46. Who is the creator of the “Tom and Jerry” cartoon?

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William Hanna and Joseph Barbera

47. What is the freezing point of water in degrees Celsius?

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0°C

48. What is the name of the princess in “The Princess and the Frog”?

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Tiana

49. Who gave the “I Have a Dream” speech?

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Martin Luther King Jr.

50. Which popular musical instrument has black and white keys, pedals, and strings?

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Piano

51. Which reptile is known for changing its color?

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Chameleon

52. What is the capital of Spain?

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Madrid

53. Who wrote “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”?

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Mark Twain

54. What type of bird is associated with delivering babies to parents?

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Stork

55. Which planet is famous for its rings?

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Saturn

56. In the game of chess, which piece can only move diagonally?

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Bishop

57. What is the largest country in the world, in terms of area?

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Russia

58. What is the name of the snowman in ‘Frozen’?

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Olaf

59. What is the main gas we breathe out?

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Carbon Dioxide

60. Who is the superhero with a shield with a star?

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Captain America

61. How many players are there in a baseball team?

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9

62. Who was the famous nurse who served during the Crimean War?

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Florence Nightingale

63. Which Disney princess sings “A Whole New World”?

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Princess Jasmine

64. In what country are the pyramids of Giza located?

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Egypt

65. What type of fruit is a Granny Smith?

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Apple

66. What are baby goats called?

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Kids

67. What are the primary colors of a rainbow?

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Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet

68. What is the name of the boy who never grew up in J.M. Barrie’s famous novel?

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Peter Pan

69. What state is the Grand Canyon located in?

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Arizona

70. What is the largest type of big cat in the world?

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Tiger

71. What is the currency used in The UK?

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Pound/GBP

72. What does a caterpillar turn into?

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Butterfly

73. Who is Batman’s sidekick?

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Robin

74. What is the name of the bear in “The Jungle Book”?

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Baloo

75. What is the capital of Germany?

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Berlin

76. What color do you get when you mix yellow and blue?

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Green

77. Who is the Greek god of thunder?

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Zeus

78. How many zeros does a million have?

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Six

79. What country is famous for its sushi?

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Japan

80. What is the most widely spoken language in Brazil?

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Portuguese

81. Who is the author of “Green Eggs and Ham”?

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Dr. Seuss

82. What is the largest mammal in the world?

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Blue Whale

83. Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic?

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Amelia Earhart

84. What is the capital of Australia?

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Canberra

85. What is the largest desert in the world?

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Sahara Desert

86. Who is the superhero who hails from Krypton?

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Superman.

87. In which city can you visit the Colosseum?

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Rome

88. What is the common name for dried grapes?

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Raisins

89. What is the name of the pirate in “Peter Pan”?

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Captain Hook

90. What is the most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere?

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Nitrogen

91. Who wrote “Moby Dick”?

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Herman Melville

92. In what country is the Taj Mahal?

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India

93. What is the name of the long “nose” of an elephant?

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Trunk

94. What is the capital of Canada?

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Ottawa

95. Who was the legendary king who pulled the sword from the stone?

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King Arthur

96. Who is the main character in “The Little Mermaid”?

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Ariel

97. What is the biggest active volcano in the United States?

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Mauna Loa

98. What type of fruit is usually dried to make wine?

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Grapes

99. Who was the Greek god of war?

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Ares

100. What is the name of the cowboy in “Toy Story”?

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Woody

101. Who discovered gravity?

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Isaac Newton

102. Which planet is the only one that supports human life?

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Earth

103. Who painted “The Scream”?

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Edvard Munch

104. What is the capital of India?

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New Delhi

105. What is the main ingredient in guacamole?

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Avocado

106. Who invented the light bulb?

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Thomas Edison

107. How many bones does an adult human body have?

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206

108. What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

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Diamond

109. Who wrote “The Odyssey”?

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Homer

110. Which chess piece can only move in an L-shape?

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Knight

111. What does a panda primarily eat?

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Bamboo

112. What is the capital of California?

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Sacramento

113. Who wrote the book, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”?

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Eric Carle

114. What is the highest mountain in Africa?

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Mount Kilimanjaro

115. What does “www” stand for in a web address?

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World Wide Web

116. What is the tallest waterfall in the world?

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Angel Falls

117. Who is the famous wizard in the legend of King Arthur?

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Merlin

118. What is the longest river in the world?

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The Nile

119. Which nurse was known as the “Lady with the Lamp”?

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Florence Nightingale

120. How many signs are there in the Zodiac?

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12

121. In what sport would you use a shuttlecock?

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Badminton

122. Who is Winnie the Pooh’s gloomy donkey friend?

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Eeyore

123. What planet is known as the “Evening Star”?

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Venus

124. What is the capital of Texas?

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Austin

125. What is the main ingredient in hummus?

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Chickpeas

126. Who was the first woman in space?

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Valentina Tereshkova.

127. How many chambers does a human heart have?

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Four.

128. What did the “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” refer to in the context of World War II?

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Atomic bombs.

129. What is the capital of Mexico?

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Mexico City

130. Who is the author of “To Kill a Mockingbird”?

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Harper Lee

131. Which bird is often associated with peace?

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Dove

132. Which country is famous for its windmills and tulips?

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The Netherlands

133. Which element is represented by the symbol ‘O’?

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Oxygen

134. Who composed the “Four Seasons”?

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Antonio Vivaldi

135. What is the highest rank in chess?

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Grandmaster

136. Which planet is known for its Great Red Spot?

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Jupiter

137. In what country is the Leaning Tower of Pisa?

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Italy

138. Who wrote “Anne of Green Gables”?

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Lucy Maud Montgomery

139. What is the largest bird in the world?

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Ostrich

140. What do you call a word that is spelled the same backward and forward?

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Palindrome

141. What is the capital of Ireland?

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Dublin

142. Who is the character who loses a glass slipper at a royal ball?

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Cinderella

143. Which planet is closest to the sun?

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Mercury

144. How many sides does a hexagon have?

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Six

145. What is the largest rainforest in the world?

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The Amazon Rainforest

146. Which superhero is known as the caped crusader?

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Batman

147. Who was the famous dancer who sailed on the Titanic?

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Margaret Brown (The Unsinkable Molly Brown)

148. Which French heroine was known as the Maid of Orleans?

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Joan of Arc

149. Who is the author of “A Tale of Two Cities”?

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Charles Dickens

150. What is the currency of Japan?

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The Yen

151. Which Queen of Egypt was married to Pharaoh Akhenaten and was famous for her beauty?

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Nefertiti

152. What is the name of the galaxy our solar system is in?

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The Milky Way.

153. Which animal with black fur symbolizes bad luck in the US?

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Cat

154. What is the capital of Japan?

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Tokyo

155. Who composed the “Moonlight Sonata”?

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Ludwig van Beethoven

156. In the movie “Toy Story”, what is the name of the spaceman action figure?

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Buzz Lightyear

157. What is the biggest planet in our solar system?

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Jupiter

158. What type of poem is “Humpty Dumpty”?

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A nursery rhyme

159. What is the name of the tallest building in the world?

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Burj Khalifa

160. Which is the only mammal that can fly for long periods of time?

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Bats

161. What is the national animal of the United States?

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Bald Eagle

162. Who is the boy who never grows old in Neverland?

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Peter Pan

163. What is the capital of Jamaica?

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Kingston

164. What does a botanist study?

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Plants

165. Who wrote “The Chronicles of Narnia”?

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C.S. Lewis

166. What does a barometer measure?

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Atmospheric pressure

167. Where would you find the River Thames?

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In England

168. How many notes are there in a musical scale?

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Seven

169. What is the capital of Hawaii?

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Honolulu

170. What is the name of the last book in the Harry Potter series?

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

171. Who was the president of the United States during the American Civil War?

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Abraham Lincoln

172. What is the smallest ocean in the world?

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The Arctic Ocean

173. Who invented the iPhone?

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Steve Jobs

174. What is the name of the princess in “Sleeping Beauty”?

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Aurora

175. Who composed the music for “Swan Lake”?

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Tchaikovsky

176. What is a baby kangaroo called?

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Joey.

177. Which country is also a continent?

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Australia

178. Who wrote “Around the World in Eighty Days”?

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Jules Verne

179. Which superhero uses a lasso of truth?

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Wonder Woman

180. What is the science of studying stars and the universe called?

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Astronomy

181. Which bird is famous for its beautiful tail feathers?

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Peacock

182. Who is the author of “The Giving Tree”?

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Shel Silverstein

183. Who discovered penicillin?

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Alexander Fleming

184. Which country is the city of Rio de Janeiro in?

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Brazil

185. Who was the main character in “The Wizard of Oz”?

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Dorothy

186. Who invented the telephone?

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Alexander Graham Bell

187. Which language is spoken in Norway?

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Norwegian

188. Who was the first astronaut to orbit the Earth?

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Yuri Gagarin

189. What is the national flower of Japan?

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Cherry Blossom

190. Who is the author of “Treasure Island”?

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Robert Louis Stevenson

191. What is the largest country in South America?

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Brazil

192. Which two continents did the Mayans and Incas live on?

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North and South America

193. What is the capital of Florida?

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Tallahassee

194. What is the smallest state in the USA?

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Rhode Island

195. What color is an emerald?

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Green

196. Who was the first person to step on the moon?

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Neil Armstrong

197. Which planet is known as the red planet?

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Mars

198. Where is the Sistine Chapel?

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Vatican City

199. Where did the Olympics originate?

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Greece

200. What is J.K Rowling’s most famous book series?

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Harry Potter

201. Who is the author of the world-famous “Sherlock Holmes” detective series?

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

202. Which country is the origin of the dish “pasta”?

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Italy.

203. What is the name of the superhero with a hammer named Mjolnir?

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Thor.

204. What is the largest reptile in the world?

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Saltwater Crocodile.

205. Who was the voice of “Donkey” in Shrek?

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Eddie Murphy

206. What is the capital of France?

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Paris

207. In “Alice in Wonderland,” who said, “We’re all mad here”?

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The Cheshire Cat

208. What is the currency of Germany and France?

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The Euro

209. Which sea creature has three hearts?

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Octopus

210. What is the capital of Greece?

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Athens

211. In what year did World War I begin?

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1914

212. In which book by Dr. Suess will you read about a creature who hates Christmas?

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

213. What color is a sapphire?

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Blue

214. What is the most popular musical instrument that has strings?

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Guitar

215. Who is the main actress in the “Hunger Games” series?

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Jennifer Lawrence

216. What is the capital of China?

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Beijing

217. Where does maple syrup come from?

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The sap of maple trees

218. What is the national animal of Canada?

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The beaver

219. What element does ‘Na’ represent on the periodic table?

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Sodium

220. Which video game character has a brother named Luigi?

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Mario

221. What is the national flower of India?

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Lotus

With that, we’ve quiz-crossed to the end of this trivia adventure. We hope it was a pun-derful experience that left you all quiz-zy with excitement! Don’t forget to check out other mind-quiz-zling quizzes on Trivia Bliss, because there’s no such thing as too much trivia.

Until next time – keep the quiz-dom coming, trivia champs!

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