Trivia is a great activity for seniors in maintaining and expanding knowledge for brain health. While playing on your smartphone is usually convenient, sometimes it may be more convenient to print trivia questions to play with your senior friends. Here you can find 125 Printable Senior Trivia Questions by Category. This convenient PDF allows you to view the below trivia questions and print them to play Senior Trivia with proper page formatting, an easy to read font size, and a helpful index page so you know where each question type by category is.
All of these 125 printable senior trivia questions are relevant to a more senior audience making them more interesting, providing the ideal learning experience, while also having fun flexing those brain muscles! Playing trivia is a great way to recall memories from certain times and it keeps us thinking while remaining competitive, so playing releases endorphins, which we thrive off of as human beings. These are positive activities to contribute to not only our brain health and longevity, but our overall well being.
If you are looking for a lot of printable senior trivia questions to play with your friends, you can view and print a PDF version of the below 125 Senior Trivia Questions here, and take them with you!
125 Senior Trivia Question Categories
Animals Senior Trivia Questions
1. Who became the first monkey in space in 1961?
Ham the Chimp
2. This cat started as a comic strip, then went on to spawn 3 TV series, and two films.
Garfield
3. This mouse made his film debut in 1928s “Steamboat Willie”, an animated short film.
Mickey Mouse
4. What was the name of Michael Jackson’s famous chimp pet?
Bubbles the Chimp
5. This famous TV horse spoke to his owner.
Mr. Ed
Arts Senior Trivia Questions
6. This artist produced drip abstractions by laying his canvases flatt on the floor, flinging and dribbling paint, a technique that would become known as action painting.
Jackson Pollock
7. This artist depicted The Starry Night while as a patient in the Saint Paul de Mausole psychiatric hospital.
Vincent van Gogh
8. This artist painted the fresco ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Michelangelo
9. This is Expressionist artist Edvard Munch’s most famous work, depicting a person holding their face in horror at night.
The Scream
10. This is Auguste Rodin’s most famous sculpture around the world.
The Thinker
Cars Senior Trivia Questions
11. This automaker was featured as the primary vehicle of time travel in this 1985 film about going back in time to fix the future.
The DeLorean
12. This is Batman’s primary vehicle in the comics and movies.
The Batmobile
13. This hotdog shaped vehicle is the official car of Oscar Myer.
The Wienermobile
14. This van from Scooby- Doo is the vehicle of the Mystery Kids.
The Mystery Machine
15. The General Lee from the Dukes of Hazard was what kind of vehicle?
A Dodge Charger
Cinema Senior Trivia Questions
16. O.J Simpson was originally offered this role as a cyborg assassin in this cyborg movie.
The Terminator
17. These Star Wars characters appear in another famous George Lucas franchise about adventure and finding treasure.
R2-D2 and C-3PO
18. This shark movie is famous for the quote “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.”
Jaws
19. This famous dog was paid more than the munchkins in The Wizard of Oz.
Toto
20. The 1946 American Christmas fantasy, It’s a Wonderful Life, starred this actor.
Jimmy Stewart
Countries Senior Trivia Questions
21. This famous cola cannot be purchased in North Korea or Cuba.
Coca-Cola
22. The Canary Islands are named after this animal (hint, it is not the bird).
Dog
23. Name one of the two other countries besides the United States that don’t use the metric system.
Liberia or Myanmar
24. This is the most popular name in the world.
Muhammad
25. What is the most spoken language on the planet?
Mandarin Chinese
Food & Drink Senior Trivia Questions
26. Where was American Cheese invented?
Switzerland
27. What is honey from a honey bee?
Bee Vomit
28. Where were French Fries invented?
Belgium
29. Where were fortune cookies created?
San Francisco
30. What is the worlds most popular meat?
Goat
Geek Senior Trivia Questions
31. The first usage of this word, meaning a foolish person who lacked social skills, was in print in the 1951 Dr. Seuss book If I Ran the Zoo.
Nerd
32. This animal is not mentioned in the Bible.
Cats
33. The classic character has appeared in over 120 of Nintendo’s video games to date.
Mario
34. Nicholas Cage changed his name from Coppola in order to separate himself from his famous uncle. What comic book character inspired his stage name?
Luke Cage
35. In 1979, Toru Iwatani of Namco thought of the iconic game Pac-Man while looking at this food.
Pizza
Geography Senior Trivia Questions
36. What is the Westernmost and Easternmost State in the U.S?
Alaska
37. This continent spans all four hemispheres.
Africa
38. Where is the deepest place recorded on earth?
The Pacific Ocean
39. This Sea has 8 to 9 times more salt than the oceans and seas of the world, which creates a buoyancy that causes you to float.
The Dead Sea
40. The highest peak in Europe at 18,510 feet above sea level is in what country?
Russia
Holidays Senior Trivia Questions
41. In the southern United States, this holiday occurs on the Tuesday before the Christian season called ‘Lent.’ It is often called ‘Fat Tuesday.
Mardi Gras
42. This holiday takes place on November 11th, and commemorates men and women who have fought in the United States armed forces.
Veterans day
43. The Candy Cane is shaped in the letter “J” after which important religious figure?
Jesus
44. Charles Dickens wrote this famous Christmas story.
A Christmas Carol
45. This holiday is a week long celebration held in the United States to honor universal African heritage and culture, taking place from December 26 to January 1 every year.
Kwanzaa
Languages Senior Trivia Questions
46. What is the most widely translated book?
The Bible
47. The language with the most extensive alphabet in the world belongs to this Cambodian language?
Khmer
48. What is the most widely spoken native language in Europe?
German
49. This is the national language of the Philippines.
Tagalog
50. What was the first printed book?
The Diamond Sutra
Literature Senior Trivia Questions
51. What was the first novel ever written on a typewriter?
Tom Sawyer
52. This Hawaiian word means both hello and goodbye.
Aloha
53. This is the longest English word without a vowel.
Rhythm
54. This classic rhyming children’s book was written using only 50 words.
Green Eggs and Ham
55. What was the first ever book written on a typewriter?
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Math Senior Trivia Questions
56. What is a 1/100th of a second called?
A jiffy
57. What is the sequence in math where adding the two preceding numbers in the sequence gives you the next?
Fibonacci sequence
58. What is the smallest prime number?
2
59. This number is known as the magic number because if you multiply a number by this number and add all the digits of the new number together, the sum will always add up to this number.
9
60. How many feet are in a mile?
5,280 feet
Military Senior Trivia Questions
61. Who is the largest employer in the U.S.?
The Department of Defense or the DoD
62. Which president earned the Medal of Honor, the highest honor in the military?
Teddy Roosevelt
63. Who is the only enlisted President who didn’t become an officer?
James Buchanan
64. In what year was the Continental Army officially established and led by George Washington?
1775
65. In what year was the United States of America officially established?
1776
Money Senior Trivia Questions
66. What is the most counterfeited denomination of money?
$20 bill
67. The Secret Service was originally made to fight which crime?
Counterfeiting
68. Who is the only woman to appear on a U.S. currency note?
Martha Washington
69. How much does it cost to manufacture a penny?
$0.02
70. Which U.S. bill has all 50 states listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial?
$5 bill
Music Senior Trivia Questions
71. How many notes are there in music?
Eight
72. How many kinds of musical instruments are there?
5
73. Who leads an orchestra?
A conductor
74. Which city is often called the Home of Country Music?
Nashville in Tennessee
75. What is the most-selling album of all time?
Michael Jackson’s Thriller
Ocean Senior Trivia Questions
76. What is the largest ocean on earth?
The Pacific Ocean
77. Where is the Bermuda Triangle located?
The Atlantic Ocean
78. Archaeologists discovered this lost city off the coast of Egypt in 2000 that.
Thonis/Heracleion
79. What is the deepest recorded point on the ocean floor at a depth of nearly 36,000 feet called?
The Mariana Trench
80. Standing at 33,400 feet high, what is the highest mountain on the ocean?
Mauna Kea
Planes Senior Trivia Questions
81. Who became the first female to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932?
Amelia Earhart
82. Established in 1919, this is the world’s oldest airline.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
83. Who invented and flew the first airplane in 1903?
The Wright brothers
84. What is the international language of flight?
English
85. What is the fear of flying called?
Aviophobia
Political Senior Trivia Questions
86. Who assumed the presidency following the resignation of Richard Nixon?
Gerald Ford
87. Which president had the longest term of office for 12 years?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
88. At 32 day which U.S. president had the shortest term of office?
William Henry Harrison
89. This US presidential candidate had the highest popular vote ever.
Ronald Reagan
90. This president of the Articles of Confederation is sometimes arguably called the first president of the Unites States?
John Hanson
Psychology Senior Trivia Questions
91. 68% of the people suffer from this syndrome, the feeling that one’s phone is vibrating when it’s not.
Phantom Vibration Syndrome
92. What are the six emotions that are universally expressed?
Happiness, anger, sadness, fear, disgust, and surprise
93. Psychologically speaking, how long does it take to fall in love?
4 minutes
94. When a person dies, how long do they still have brain activity for?
7 minutes
95. What are the most amount of things you can remember at a time?
Four
Religion Senior Trivia Questions
96. Christians believe in how many gods?
One
97. Jesus was born in a manger, where?
In Bethlehem
98. What is the second most followed religion in the world?
Islam
99. What is the holy book of Islam?
The Quran
100. What is the oldest monolithic religion?
Judaism
Sciences Senior Trivia Questions
101. What explains the phenomenon where water can boil and freeze at the same time?
Triple Point
102. How many bones are there in the human body?
206
103. Which two letters do not appear on the periodic table?
J & Q
104. Hot water freezes faster than cold water and cold water heats up faster than hot water. What is the name of this phenomenom?
Mpemba effect
105. What is the only mammal that truly has wings and can fly?
A bat
Space Senior Trivia Questions
106. How long does one day on the planet Venus last?
One year
107. What are the only 2 planets in our solar system that have no moons.
Mercury & Venus
108. What is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Venus
109. What is the highest mountain discovered, which is located on Mars?
Olympus Mons
110. Which planet in our solar system has more volcanoes than any other?
Venus
Sports Senior Trivia Questions
111. Which is the only city where all the major sports teams (MLB, NHL, NFL) have the same colors: Black and gold?
Pittsburgh
112. How many rings are in the Olympic emblem?
Five
113. What is the only sport that has ever been played on the moon?
Golf
114. Boxing legend Rocky Marciano invented this important office communication device.
The fax machine
115. Who is the NBA’s all-time leading scorer with 38,387 points?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Technology Senior Trivia Questions
116. In what year was the first email sent?
1971
117. In what year did the internet start?
1991
118. Which two computer scientists are credited with inventing the internet?
Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn
119. Who is the first company to manufacture a handheld mobile phone?
Motorola
120. Which company created the first smartphone?
IBM
Video Games Senior Trivia Questions
121. What was the first video game console played in space?
Gameboy
122. In what year was Space Invaders first released?
1978
123. What is currently the best selling video game of all time?
Minecraft
124. What is currently the best selling video game console of all time?
The Playstation 2
125. What was the first video game to be made into a movie?
Super Mario Brothers
