100+ Best Funny Trivia Questions with Answers

Funny Trivia Questions : Your general knowledge trivia round can be made up of questions about more generalist subjects such as news and current affairs, which can be followed by themed sections on specific topics, such as geography, music and movies.

Funny Trivia Questions

What do you call a musician who can’t find their bandmates?
Answer: “Soloist!

What is the nickname of the New Zealand men’s basketball team?
Answer: The Tall Black

In the movie “Jaws,” why don’t the sharks ever watch TV?
Answer: Because they prefer “bite”-sized snacks!

What’s Bernadette’s favorite type of music in the show “The Bing Bang Theory”?
Answer: “Micro”-wave!

What do you call an orc who tries to be funny in “The Lord of the Rings”?
Answer: An “ork”-ward comedian!

How do you make a bandstand?
Answer: Take away their chairs!

Why did the singer refuse to share their microphone?
Answer: They didn’t want anyone stealing their “mic”-drop moments!

Which famous musician is known as the “Queen of Pop” and for her ability to dance in high heels without missing a beat?
Answer: Madonna

Which legendary guitarist was known as the “God of the Guitar” and could make his guitar strings sing like angels?
Answer: Jimi Hendrix – His guitar skills were simply divine!

What can bring you bad luck in Italy?
Answer: Bumping into a nun.

What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
Answer: An artichoke

What’s a Pittsburgh Penguin’s favorite type of music? (pun intended)
Answer: Ice-tunes

What term describes Brazil’s series of setbacks in international soccer, including disappointing World Cup and Copa America performance?
Answer: Curse of the CAT

What common beverage ingredient was banned in high concentrations from the Olympics between 1984 and 2004?
Answer: Coffee (caffeine)

What animated movie shares a name with Paris’s real-life challenge of managing its rat population ahead of the Olympics?
Answer: Ratatouille

Which animal is known for doing a plank 24/7? (pun intended)
Answer: Dachshund

Which Aussie tennis player humorously pretended to take a fan’s drink from the stands before play resumed on a 2019 Wimbledon match?
Answer: Nick Kyrgios

Which athlete’s picture went viral in the Paris 2024 Olympics, making people think even gravity decided to take a break?
Answer: Gabriel Medina catching a perfect wave

Who moved Coca-Cola bottles out of the frame and held up a water bottle saying ‘Agua!’ at a Euro 2020 press conference, leading to a drop in Coca-Cola’s market value?
Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo

Which NFL player, famously known for his love of Skittles, prompted fans to throw Skittles onto the field after he scored touchdowns recently?
Answer: Marshawn Lynch

Cacio & Pepe is a staple of what Italian city’s cuisine?
Answer: Rome

How many measures of Gordon’s Gin are in a Vesper (James Bond) martini?
Answer: 3

Where did sushi originate?
Answer: South-east Asia

What is a Beaujolais?
Answer: A type of red wine

Which of the following sauces is NOT traditionally vegan – Hoisin, Worcestershire, Mustard, Wasabi?
Answer: Worcestershire

What is the world’s best-selling stout beer?
Answer: Guinness

What country drinks the most coffee?
Answer: Finland

What meat is used in a shepherd\’s pie?
Answer: Lamb

What is the difference between brandy and cognac?
Answer: Cognac must come from the Cognac region of France

Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird?
Answer: Harper Lee

How many books are there in the Harry Potter series?
Answer: 7

Which today’s University is older than the Aztec Empire?
Answer: The Oxford University

In Goldilocks, what kind of food were the bears letting cool off?
Answer: Porridge

In the famous Aesop fable, which two animals race each other?
Answer: The tortoise and the hare

In Jack and The Beanstalk, how many magic beans did Jack trade for the cow?
Answer: 5

How tall is Thumbelina?
Answer: 1 inch

What color is the rabbit that Alice meets in Alice in Wonderland?
Answer: White

What color is the Cat in the hat’s umbrella?
Answer: Blue

How many books did Dr. Seuss write and illustrate himself?
Answer: 44

Fun Trivia Questions and Answers

What can’t a cheetah do that a tiger and a puma can do?
Answer: Retract its claws

What do you do in Greece to provide healthy growth for your child?
Answer: You throw their teeth on the roof.

In what movie will you find characters who are looking for a brain, a heart, and courage?
Answer: The Wizard of Oz

What movie is Princess Fiona from?
Answer: Shrek

What is the largest continent?
Answer: Asia

How many Great Lakes are there?
Answer: Five

What is the imaginary line called that connects the North and South Pole?
Answer: Prime Meridian

What kind of tree do prunes come from?
Answer: A plum tree

What gulf is located to the south of Florida?
Answer: The Gulf of Mexico

What is the hardest natural substance?
Answer: A diamond

Which state was the 50th state to join the union?
Answer: Hawaii

Cockroaches do what every fifteen minutes?
Answer: Fart

In Denmark, what is a Svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel?
Answer: A condom

If one is wearing a swimsuit in Florida in public, what is illegal for one to do?
Answer: Sing

In Alaska, it’s legal to shoot bears, but illegal to do what?
Answer: Wake one up

What did J. Edgar Hoover not want people walking on?
Answer: His shadow

When people are frightened, their ears produce more of what?
Answer: Earwax

Trivia Question: What does the word Matrix mean in the Bible?
Answer: Womb

The space between your nostrils is called a what?
Answer: A columella

What is Pod bromhidrosis?
Answer: Bad smelling odor from sweat

Bibliomic is a term that describes the love of what?
Answer: The smell of old books

What has keys but can’t open locks?
Answer: A piano

What gets wetter as it dries?
Answer: A towel

What has a neck but no head?
Answer: A bottle

What has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: A river

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter ‘M’

What fruit is a scaredy-cat’s favorite?
Answer: A banana, because it’s always yellow

Why did the tomato turn red?
Answer: Because it saw the salad dressing

What’s a computer’s favorite snack?
Answer: Microchips

Why did the math book look sad?
Answer: Because it had too many problems

What is the longest country name in the world?
Answer: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

What do you call fake spaghetti?
Answer: An impasta

What monarch was portrayed as a corgi in the 2015 animated Mickey Mouse short “One Man Band”?
Answer: Queen Elizabeth II

What legendary musician played himself in an episode of the TV show “New Girl”?
Answer: Prince

A flamboyance is what to call a group of these animals.
Answer: Flamingos

How many hairs are on an average person\’s head?
Answer: Approximately 100,000

About how many words is a dog able to learn?
Answer: 165

Where is the largest desert on earth?
Answer: Antarctica

At 24 minutes and 37 seconds, Croatian free diver, Budimir Sebat, broke a world record in 2021 doing what?
Answer: Holding his breath

Which two states make it illegal to get married on a dare?
Answer: Colorado and Delaware

Fun Trivia Questions

Who created the character Sherlock Holmes?
Answer: Arthur Conan Doyle

What is the tallest mountain in the world?
Answer: Mount Everest

Who wrote the novel \”Moby Dick\”?
Answer: Herman Melville

Which planet is closest to the sun?
Answer: Mercury

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Answer: Madame Curie

What is the capital of New Zealand?
Answer: Wellington

What fruit is dried to produce raisins?
Answer: Grapes

What color do you get when you mix blue and yellow?
Answer: Green

What highly illegal drug used to be a popular medicine for cough and headaches?
Answer: Heroin

Which is the longest running TV show?
Answer: The Simpsons

Name the animal with the largest eyes?
Answer: Giant Squid

How many sides are there in Octagon?
Answer: Eight

In how many years Olympics are held?
Answer: Four

How many players are there in a netball game?
Answer: Seven

Name the Disney character who flies sitting on a carpet.
Answer: Aladdin

When is Valentine’s day celebrated?
Answer: 14th of February

Why did Jack and Jill go up the hill?
Answer: They went to fetch a pail of water.

Name the coldest place in the world.
Answer: Antarctica

Which is the largest bone on the human body?
Answer: Thigh Bone

Name the bird which can mimic humans.
Answer: Parrot

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