Trivia for Teens – 101 Questions To Get Them Thinking

Last updated on September 2nd, 2024 at 08:15 am

Are you looking for trivia questions for teens? Maybe you’re planning a teenage general knowledge quiz, or you might want some fun trivia questions for teens for car journeys, holidays or family mealtimes.

It’s not always easy to engage teens or to get them talking. While they might think they know it all, these teen trivia questions will prove they probably don’t!

The plus side is they’ll be left with loads of knowledge and fun facts to impress their friends after they’ve mastered this trivia for teens.

Take a look at my Trivia Questions for Road Trips for more great trivia questions for all the family!

Let’s get started…

Pop Culture & Entertainment

Let’s start with some trivia for teens who know their music and movies (or think they do)!

1. What Marvel movie is the highest-grossing film of all time?

• Answer: Avengers: Endgame

2. Which pop star did Harry Styles date from 2012 to 2013?

• Answer: Taylor Swift

3. What sea-faring middle name does singer Billie Eilish have?

• Answer: Pirate

4. What city did rapper Eminem grow up in?

• Answer: Detroit

5. What’s the name of the richest you tuber in 2024?

• Answer: Mr Beast

6. What’s the most expensive film ever made?

• Answer: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

6. Who is Mario’s enemy in Super Mario Brothers?

• Answer: Bowser

7. What was the second instalment of The Hunger Games series called?

• Answer: Catching Fire

8. In which video game would you find the character “Master Chief”?

• Answer: Halo

9. What is the name of the wizarding school Harry Potter attends?

• Answer: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

10. Who plays Eleven in the Netflix series Stranger Things?

• Answer: Millie Bobby Brown

11. What is the longest-running animated TV show in history?

• Answer: The Simpsons

12. What does ABBA stand for?

• Answer: The band’s initials

General Knowledge

If you’re looking for questions perfect for a general knowledge quiz for teens, we’ve got you covered here:

13. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

• Answer: Mars

14. What is the tallest mountain in the world?

• Answer: Mount Everest

15. What is the capital city of Egypt?

• Answer: Cairo

16. How many continents are there on Earth?

• Answer: Seven

17. What’s the coldest country in the world?

• Answer: Canada

18. What is the largest ocean on Earth?

• Answer: The Pacific Ocean

19. Which animal is on the Porsche logo?

• Answer: Horse

20. What’s the tallest building in the world?

• Answer: Burj Khalifa

21. Who is the Greek Goddess of Love?

• Answer: Aphrodite

22. What’s the national flower of Scotland?

• Answer: The Thistle

23. How many US presidents were there before Barack Obama?

• Answer: 43

24. How many bones are there in the adult human body?

• Answer: 206

25. Which famous artist painted The Scream?

• Answer: Edvard Munch

Science & Tech

These questions for teens are great for those who love Science and Technology:

26. What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere?

• Answer: Carbon dioxide

27. What year was the first television introduced?

• Answer: 1927

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

• Answer: Oxygen

29. The Wright brothers are credited with inventing the first power-driven aeroplane. What were their first names?

• Answer: Wilbur and Orville

30. Which two Steves were the inventors behind Apple Computers?

• Answer: Jobs and Wozniak

31. What type of science was Alan Turing famous for?

• Answer: Computer science (coding)

32. Who is the founder of the tech company SpaceX?

• Answer: Elon Musk

33. What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

• Answer: Diamond

34. What does “www” stand for in a website browser?

• Answer: World Wide Web

35. What is the name of the closest star to Earth?

• Answer: The Sun

36. Who is often referred to as “the father of computing”?

• Answer: Charles Babbage

37. What type of energy is produced by a moving object?

• Answer: Kinetic energy

38. What is the chemical symbol for gold?

• Answer: Au

39. What is the most common blood type?

• Answer: O positive

History & Geography

Read on for some History and Geography trivia questions for teens:

40. Who was the first person to walk on the moon?

• Answer: Neil Armstrong

41. What country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?

• Answer: France

42. In which city would you find the Colosseum?

• Answer: Rome

43. What was Rosa Parks famous for?

• Answer: refusing to give up her seat for a white man on the bus

44. Which war was fought between the North and South regions in the United States?

• Answer: The American Civil War

45. Which U.S. state is known as the “Sunshine State”?

• Answer: Florida

46. What’s the smallest country in the world?

• Answer: Vatican City

47. Who was the first king of England?

• Answer: Athelstan

48. Who wrote the famous speech “I Have a Dream”?

• Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.

49. What year did World War II end?

• Answer: 1945

50. What city was famously destroyed by a volcanic eruption from Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD?

• Answer: Pompeii

51. What is the only continent with no permanent human population?

• Answer: Antarctica

52. What is the official language of Brazil?

• Answer: Portuguese

Sports

Sports quizzes are always popular. Here are some great quiz questions for teenagers centred around sports:

53. Which country has won the most FIFA World Cups?

• Answer: Brazil

54. Which sport is Adam Peaty famous for?

• Answer: Swimming

55. What are Usain Bolt’s three children called?

• Answer: Olympia Lightning, Saint Leo and Thunder

56. How many players are on a basketball team on the court at one time?

• Answer: Five

57. What is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament played on clay?

• Answer: The French Open

58. In which year did record breaker Usain Bolt win the 100m in 9.58 seconds?

• Answer: 2009

59. What sport did Serena Williams play?

• Answer: Tennis

60. On which course is The Masters Golf Tournament held?

• Answer: Augusta

61. In which sport do teams compete to win the Stanley Cup?

• Ice Hockey

62. What NFL team has won the most Super Bowls?

• Answer: Pittsburgh Steelers or New England Patriots (6 each)*

63. Who has won more Grand Slam titles – Serena Williams or Roger Federer?

• Answer: Serena Williams

64. In what sport would you perform a “slam dunk”?

• Answer: Basketball

65. Which footballer has scored the most goals in World Cup history?

• Answer: Miroslav Klose

66. In which sport is the ‘Fosbury Flop’ used?

• Answer: High Jump

Animals

Below you’ll find teen trivia on the topic of animals (I personally LOVE Number 77):

67. How many months does an elephant’s pregnancy last?

• Answer: 22 months

68. What’s the world’s smallest bird?

• Answer: Bee Hummingbird

69. How many hearts does an octopus have?

• Answer: Three

70. What’s a group of crows called?

• Answer: A Murder

71. How many breeds of dogs are officially recognised?

• Answer: 360

72. Which two apes are most similar to humans?

• Answer: Chimpanzees and Bonobos

73. Which animal sleeps the most?

• Answer: The koala at around 20-22 hours a day

74. What animal is the fastest in the world?

• Answer: The cheetah

75. How often do sloths go to the toilet?

• Answer: once a week

76. Which animal is ‘bullet-proof’?

• Answer: The Armadillo

77. Which animal’s fingerprints are so similar to humans that they can be mistaken at a crime scene?

• Answer: Koala

78. Which animal is known to have the longest lifespan?

• Answer: The bowhead whale (can live over 200 years)

Food

Looking for a trivia question or two about food? We’ve got some good ones here:

79. What colour were carrots in medieval times?

• Answer: Purple

80. What food is the most commonly eaten in the world?

• Answer: Rice

81. Which nut is used to make marzipan?

• Answer: Almond

82. What year was the first McDonalds opened?

• Answer: 1940

83. What is the most expensive food item per gram?

• Answer: Saffron (a spice)

84. What was the first food grown in space?

• Answer: Potatoes

85. Which fruit is in actual fact a flower?

• Answer: Figs

86. Which type of pasta’s name means “little worms” in Italian?

• Answer: Vermicelli

87. Which fruit’s name comes from a bird due to its fuzzy brown skin?

• Answer: Kiwi

88. Which candy slogan is “Taste the Rainbow”?

• Answer: Skittles

89. In what country did French Fries originate?

• Answer: Belgium

90. What dish is known as the “national dish” of England, typically served with mushy peas?

• Answer: Fish and chips

Funny Trivia Questions for Teenagers

Looking for some fun trivia questions for teens? These are great for fun teen quizzes:

91. What fruit is banned in many places in South East Asia due to its pungent smell?

• Answer: Durian

92. What US state has only one syllable?

• Answer: Maine

93. What’s the length of the longest fart ever recorded: A: 31 seconds B: 4 minutes 21 seconds C: 2 minutes 42 seconds?

• Answer: 2 minutes 42 seconds (a record set in 1972)

94. Which Roman Emporer wanted to elect his horse as an official/ consul?

• Answer: Caligula

95. Which came first – the colour orange or the fruit?

• Answer: The fruit

96. What is Phobophobia?

• Answer: The fear of phobias

97. What is Scotland’s national animal?

• Answer: the Unicorn

98. What does the word ‘Flibbertigibbet’ mean?

• Answer: A frivolous person who talks too much

99. What word is spelt incorrectly in every dictionary?

Answer: Incorrectly

100. What is illegal to do in the French town of Sarpourenx without owning a burial plot?

• Answer: Die

101. What was Walt Disney afraid of?

• Answer: Mice

Hopefully, you’ve enjoyed these trivia questions for high school students and teens and you’ve all learnt a couple of new (and strange) facts!