Trivia Questions for Teenagers and Adults

Free, genuinely hard trivia questions and answers for teenagers and adults, sorted by topic. These are the ones that stump the most players, so they will test the grown-ups too. Tap any question to reveal the answer.

Made in Australia for families and classrooms. Want a gentler warm up? Try our trivia for 10 to 12 year olds, or see all our kids trivia by topic.

Animals trivia for kids

From backyard critters to Aussie icons, see how many of these the kids can pick.

  • Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

  • 40 times per day

    Because their carnivore digestive system is poorly adapted to their diet of nutrient-poor bamboo

Want more Animals trivia for kids? These are all plucked from our past Kids Quiz Weekly quizzes.

Australia trivia for kids

Big country, big trivia. These ones are all about home.

  • Queensland

  • The Northern Territory

Want more Australia trivia for kids? These are all plucked from our past Kids Quiz Weekly quizzes.

Games trivia for kids

Board games, card games and video games all get a look in here.

  • Battle Royale

  • A run — three or more consecutive numbers in the same colour (e.g., red 4, 5, 6) or a group — three or four of the same number in different colours (e.g., blue 9, red 9, black 9)

Want more Games trivia for kids? These are all plucked from our past Kids Quiz Weekly quizzes.

General Knowledge trivia for kids

A proper mixed bag. Handy for warming up before a full quiz.

  • Atlas

    often mistakenly said to hold up the Earth, but it was actually the heavens/sky

  • c) 2 hours

    The Australian Department of Health recommends no more than 2 hours of recreational screen time per day.

Want more General Knowledge trivia for kids? These are all plucked from our past Kids Quiz Weekly quizzes.

Geography trivia for kids

Countries, capitals and a few far flung places to track down.

  • 3 of Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Equatorial Guinea; Papua New Guinea.

  • Torres Strait

Want more Geography trivia for kids? These are all plucked from our past Kids Quiz Weekly quizzes.

Language trivia for kids

Spelling, word play and a few tricky ones to puzzle over.

  • Shower

  • a) A tittle

Want more Language trivia for kids? These are all plucked from our past Kids Quiz Weekly quizzes.

Logic trivia for kids

No facts needed here, just a clear head and a bit of lateral thinking.

  • G

    ANGEL (faded) is interleaved with DEVIL (solid).

  • 3

    This works when there's a grandmother, mother, and daughter. The grandmother and mother are the 2 mothers, while the mother and daughter plus the grandmother make 3 daughters.

Want more Logic trivia for kids? These are all plucked from our past Kids Quiz Weekly quizzes.

Maths trivia for kids

Number puzzles and brain benders that are more fun than they sound.

  • 2 goals

    Senegal must beat Norway by at least 2 goals (e.g. 2–0, 3–1, 4–2). Remember, every goal Senegal scores improves their goal difference while reducing Norway’s!

    *We wrote this question before realising FIFA had changed its rules and now uses head-to-head results instead of goal difference. Please mark yourself correct if you worked this out!

  • 5 days

    Each chicken lays 1 egg every 5 days, so 100 chickens would each lay 1 egg in the same 5 days. It's a brain-bender!

Want more Maths trivia for kids? These are all plucked from our past Kids Quiz Weekly quizzes.

Music trivia for kids

Instruments, lyrics and a singalong or two.

  • Electronic Dance Music

  • Woodwind

Want more Music trivia for kids? These are all plucked from our past Kids Quiz Weekly quizzes.

Space trivia for kids

Planets, stars and the big questions about what is out there.

  • A cosmonaut

  • Venus

    A day on Venus (one full rotation) takes 243 Earth days...which is actually longer than Venus's year, which is only 225 Earth days. So it goes around the Sun before it finishes spinning once!

Want more Space trivia for kids? These are all plucked from our past Kids Quiz Weekly quizzes.

Sport trivia for kids

Footy, cricket, tennis and plenty more for the sport mad.

  • c) Wilson

  • 4

    Plus a further 2 points if the conversion kick is successful

Want more Sport trivia for kids? These are all plucked from our past Kids Quiz Weekly quizzes.

Tech trivia for kids

Computers, keyboards and the gadgets we use every day.

  • Command

  • Pages

Want more Tech trivia for kids? These are all plucked from our past Kids Quiz Weekly quizzes.

Frequently asked questions

  • The ones on this page. Every question here is in the bottom band for correct answers, so they genuinely test teenagers and grown-ups alike.

  • Yes, every question and answer is free, with no login.

  • These are our toughest, the questions the fewest players get right. Expect to lose a few.

  • Tap or click a question and it flips open to show the answer.

How to play

  • 15 family-friendly questions.
  • This is a self marking quiz – tap on the question to reveal the answer and mark correct or incorrect.
  • Submit your answers and if you have an account, you can compare you score with the community average.
  • Let the younger kids have a go at the easy questions first, then everyone else can jump in!