150 Totally Random Trivia Questions for All Ages

Welcome to Trivia Time with Mr. Baldman! In this episode, titled 150 Totally Random Trivia Questions for All Ages, we’re diving into a treasure trove of challenging and obscure trivia that’s sure to test your knowledge. From science and history to pop culture and geography, these 150 questions cover a variety of topics to keep your brain buzzing and your curiosity piqued.

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Episode 10 - 150 Totally Random Trivia Questions with Answers Podcast for All Ages

Welcome to Episode 10 of Trivia Time with Mr. Baldman! Today, we’re diving into 150 rapid-fire trivia questions—no fluff, just facts. A special shoutout today goes to all my listeners in Herrin, Illinois—you’re the real MVPs! If you want a shout-out, message me using the “text me” link in the show notes. Let’s go. 

What is the capital of New York?
Answer: Albany

Who painted The Starry Night?
Answer: Vincent Van Gogh

What is the chemical symbol for Tin?
Answer: Sn 

What is the currency of Austalia?
Answer: It is the AUD, or Australian Dollar

In Greek mythology, who is the god of sleep?
Answer: it’s hypnos

What’s the largest dog on earth?
Answer: The Great Dane

Who wrote Frankenstein?
Answer: mary Shelley

What is the smallest country in south America?
Answer: aruba

Who won the first NFL Super Bowl?
Answer: Packers

What element does the symbol “I” represent?
Answer: Iodine

What is the term for a word that describes itself?
Answer: autological word

What’s the name of the mountain range in South America?
Answer: Andes

Who discovered penicillin?
Answer: Alexander Fleming

What is the softest natural substance?
Answer: Talc

What is the national animal of Mexico?
Answer: Golden Eagle

Who directed Ready Player One?
Answer: Stephen Spielberg

What country holds the record for hottest temperature ever recorded?
Answer: United States

What year was the titanic located?
Answer: 1985

What does CC mean in an email?
Answer: Carbon Copy

What’s the official language of China?
Answer: mandarin

What does .com stand for on a web address?
Answer: Commercial

Who was the first US born president of the United States?
Answer: Martin Van buren

How many bones does an adult domesticated pig have?
Answer: About 223

What’s the main ingredient in Benadryl?
Answer: diphenhydramine HCl

What is the only mammal that can’t jump?
Answer: Elephant

In what city would you find the Colosseum?
Answer: Rome

What part of the body has the thinnest skin?
Answer: Eyelid

What is the tallest building in the world?
Answer: Burj Khalifa

What color is a perfect mirror?
Answer: White

How many rings are on the Olympic flag?
Answer: Five

What is the capital of Chile?
Answer: Santiago

What’s the shallowest ocean on earth?
Answer: Arctic

Who is the author of 1984?
Answer: George Orwell

What’s the name of the toy dinosaur in Toy Story?
Answer: Rex

What is the most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere?
Answer: Nitrogen

What is the world’s shortest river?
Answer: Roe River in Montana

What’s the chemical symbol Copper?
Answer: Cu

What’s the smallest continent?
Answer: Australia

What sport is known as “the beautiful game”?
Answer: Soccer

Who invented the telephone?
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell

What’s the name of the Greek god of the underworld?
Answer: Hades

How many sides does an Icosagon have? (Eye Coe sa gone)

Answer: 20

What is the study of fossils called?
Answer: Paleontology

What is the main ingredient in hot sauce?
Answer: Chili Peppers

Winston Smith is the main character in what big brother-fearing story?
Answer: 1984

What does “E” stand for in E=mc²?
Answer: Energy

What’s the capital of Egypt?
Answer: Cairo

What is a group of crows called?
Answer: Murder

What’s the currency of Mexico?
Answer: Mexican Peso 

What planet is closest to earth?
Answer: Venus

Part 2

What is the capital of Texas?
Answer: Austin

Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Answer: Michelangelo

What is the chemical symbol for lead?
Answer: Pb

What is the currency of Switzerland?
Answer: Swiss Franc

In Greek mythology, who is the messenger of the gods?
Answer: Hermes

What is the largest species of shark?
Answer: Whale Shark

Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird?
Answer: Harper Lee

What is the smallest state in the United States?
Answer: Rhode Island

Which NFL team has won the most Super Bowls?
Answer: Steelers

What element does the symbol “Hg” represent?
Answer: Mercury

What is the term for a fear of numbers?
Answer: Arithmophobia

What is the tallest mountain in North America?
Answer: Denali

Who discovered the theory of relativity?
Answer: Einstein

What is the hardest substance of the human body?
Answer: Tooth Enamel

What is the national bird of India?
Answer: Peacock

Who directed The Godfather?
Answer: Francis Ford Coppola (cop a luh)

What country holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals?
Answer: United States

What year was the Berlin Wall torn down?
Answer: 1989

What does PDF stand for in file formats?
Answer: Portable Document Format

What’s the official language of India?
Answer: Hindi and English

What does “HTML” stand for?
Answer: HyperText Markup Language

Who was the first female Prime Minister of the UK?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher

How many hearts does an octopus have?
Answer: Three

What’s the main ingredient in aspirin?
Answer: Salicylic Acid (sally Sill Ik)

What is the only bird that can fly backward?
Answer: Hummingbird

What’s the capital of Japan?
Answer: Tokyo

Which organ is the largest by weight inside the human body?
Answer: Liver

What is the smallest bird in the world?
Answer: Bee Hummingbird

What color is octopus blood?
Answer: Blue

What country has the most volcanoes?
Answer: Indonesia

What’s the capital of Portugal?
Answer: Lisbon

What’s the oldest university in the United States?
Answer: Harvard

What’s the primary ingredient in tofu?
Answer: Soybeans

The main character Holden Caulfield is from what book?
Answer: The Catcher in the Rye

What’s the chemical symbol for oxygen?
Answer: O

What’s the largest lake in the world by area?
Answer: Caspian Sea

What is the study of earthquakes called?
Answer: Seismology

What is the smallest gas planet in our solar system?
Answer: Neptune

Which country was the first to legalize women’s voting?
Answer: New Zealand

What’s the fastest fish?
Answer: Indo Pacific Sailfish

What’s the capital of France?
Answer: Paris

What’s the oldest recorded written language?
Answer: Sumerian

Which artist is famous for Pointillism?
Answer: Georges Seurat 

What’s the study of insects called?
Answer: Entomology

What’s the least populated continent in the world, after antarctica?
Answer: Australia

What’s the national dish of Spain?
Answer: Paella - Pie Ay Yay

Which planet has the most moons?
Answer: Saturn

What is a group of lions called?
Answer: Pride

What’s the main ingredient in a Caesar salad?
Answer: Romaine lettuce

What’s the official language of cuba?
Answer: Spanish

Part  3

What is the capital of New Zealand?
Answer: Wellington

Who played Rose in Titanic?
Answer: Kaye Winslet

What NFL team is located in Miami?
Answer: Miami Dolphins

What is the square root of 361?
Answer: 19

Which artist has the most Grammy wins of all time?
Answer: Beyoncé

What is the only bird known to be in space?
Answer: Quail

What’s the smallest bone in the human foot?
Answer: second cuneiform bone

Who directed the Avatar movies?
Answer: James Cameron

What is the national sport of Canada?
Answer: Lacrosse

Which planet has a famous storm called the Great Red Spot?
Answer: Jupiter

What’s the official language of the Netherlands?
Answer: Dutch

What year did Michael Jordan retire for the first time?
Answer: 1993

Which actor voices Shrek?
Answer: Mike Myers

What’s the main ingredient in risotto?
Answer: Rice

Which country won the first-ever FIFA World Cup?
Answer: Uruguay

Oviparous (oh-VIP-r us) is a term for an animal that does what?
Answer: Lays eggs

Who is the author of Jurassic Park?
Answer: Michael Crichton

Which ocean is the deepest?
Answer: Pacific

What sport uses a pommel horse?
Answer: Gymnastics

What’s the first element on the periodic table?
Answer: Hydrogen

What’s the nickname of the NBA team in Boston?
Answer: Celtics

What do bees collect to make honey?
Answer: Nectar

What’s the largest denomination of money ever printed in the US?
Answer: $100,000 in 1934

Who played Forrest Gump?
Answer: Tom Hanks

What’s the widest river in the world?
Answer: Río de la Plata at 140 miles wide

What’s the name of the dog in The Wizard of Oz?
Answer: Toto

Which NFL player is known as “The Goat”?
Answer: Tom Brady

What’s the smallest organ in the human body?
Answer: Pineal Gland - Penny uhl 

What band recorded the hit song “Bohemian Rhapsody”?
Answer: Queen

What is the chemical symbol for silver?
Answer: Ag

What is the longest-running TV show in U.S. history?
Answer: The Simpsons

Which U.S. state has the most national parks?
Answer: California

What’s the national dish of china?
Answer: Peking Duck

What’s US state is St. Louis in?
Answer: Missouri

Who played Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Answer: Chris Hemsworth

What’s the smallest inhabited island in the world?
Answer: Bishop Rock

Which Disney movie features the song “Circle of Life”?
Answer: The Lion King

The name Dihydrogen monoxide is more commonly known as what?
Answer: Water

What city hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics?
Answer: Rio

What is the name of Sherlock Holmes’ partner?
Answer: Dr. John Watson

Which country is home to the Great Barrier Reef?
Answer: Australia

What is a baby goat called?
Answer: Kid

What’s the only country to have a flag with just one color?
Answer: Libya (former flag)

What’s the main ingredient in caramel?
Answer: Sugar

What animal is 30 times more likely to get hit by lightning that humans?

Answer: Giraffe

What is the name of the villain in Super Marion Brothers?
Answer: Bowser

What NBA player is known as the King?
Answer: LeBron James

What is the fastest reptile in the world?
Answer: Spiny Tailed Iguana

What’s the term for a shape with 9 sides?
Answer: Nonagon

What’s the only fruit that has its seeds on the outside?
Answer: Strawberry

That’s a wrap on this epic trivia journey! How’d you do? Whether you crushed it or learned a thing or two, I hope you had as much fun as I did. If you enjoyed this episode, do me a solid and rate the podcast wherever you’re listening—it really helps spread the trivia love.

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