Road trips can be a lot of fun when planned properly. It is important to stay occupied doing interesting things, taking enough rest stops, stretching, and staying hydrated. Something you can do when you’re traveling that can help you pass the time in a fun and interesting way is playing road trip trivia.
Road trip trivia can be a lot of fun because you can incorporate your questions into your trip, the states you are passing through, monuments, and so on. However, making your own road trip trivia questions can be a bit time-consuming. Here is a list of 50 road trip trivia questions and categories you can use for your next road trip. You will have fun passing the time asking and answering these questions.
Car Models Road Trip Trivia Questions
1. Which is the most stolen car model?
The Honda Civic
2. What is the most purchased car model?
The Toyota Corolla
3. What is the most crashed car model?
The Subaru Crosstrek
Car Color Road Trip Trivia Questions
4. What is the most common car color?
Black
5. What is the most common color of stolen vehicles?
Green
6. What is the vehicle color that gets pulled over the most regularly?
White
License Plate Road Trip Trivia Questions
7. What do the first two letters on a numbered license plate mean?
Where the vehicle was registered
8. What was the first US state to require automobiles to have license plates in 1901?
New York
9. What was the first graphic on a license plate in 1928 in the state of Iowa?
A potato
Geography Road Trip Trivia Questions
10. What is the tallest man-made monument in the United States?
The Gateway Arch
11. How long did it take to complete Mount Rushmore?
14 years
12. What state is the Grand Canyon located in?
Arizona
Roads Road Trip Trivia Questions
13. What is the longest road in the United States?
US-20
14. What is the name of the oldest road in America?
The King’s Highway in New Jersey
15. When did they start paving roads in the U.S.?
1870
Monuments Road Trip Trivia Questions
16. What was the United States’ first national monument, inaugurated in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt?
The Devil’s Tower
17. This statue gift from France sits in the middle of New York City’s harbor.
The Statue of Liberty
18. Constructed in 1884 as a commemoration, this monument is over 555 feet tall and offers views of more than 30 miles in the distance.
The George Washington Monument
Fast Food Restaurants Road Trip Trivia Questions
19. Which is the most successful fast food company in the U.S.?
McDonalds
20. Which is the oldest fast food company in the U.S.?
White Castle 1921
21. What is the most expensive fast food place?
Panera Bread
Rest Stops Road Trip Trivia Questions
22. How many rest stops are there in the U.S.?
2,000
23. What is the most popular rest stop food place?
Starbucks
24. Where is the largest truck stop in the U.S.?
Iowa 80
Parks Road Trip Trivia Questions
25. What is the largest national U.S. park?
Wrangell–St. Elias in Alaska
26. What was the first U.S. park?
Yellowstone Park?
27. How many U.S. national parks are there?
421
Vending Machines Road Trip Trivia Questions
28. What is the most popular vending machine snack?
Snickers bars
29. How many vending machines are there in the U.S?
2.08 million
30. How much money is spent in the U.S. on vending machines every year?
$7 billion
Animals Road Trip Trivia Questions
31. What is the biggest U.S. animal?
The North American Bison
32. What is the deadliest animal in the U.S.?
The mosquito
33. Which state has the most deadly animals?
Texas
Weather Road Trip Trivia Questions
34. Which U.S. state has the worst weather?
Texas
35. Which U.S. state has the most rain yearly?
Hawaii
36. Which U.S. state gets the most snow yearly?
Washington
Police Road Trip Trivia Questions
37. How many police officers are there in the U.S.?
700,000
38. Whats percentage of police officers are male?
87%
39. The first modern police officers operated where starting in 1829?
London
Speed Road Trip Trivia Questions
40. What is the top speed limit in the U.S.?
85 mph
41. Who was the first person to measure speed?
Galileo Galilei
42. What is the slowest animal in the world?
The 3 Toed Sloth
Speed Bumps
43. In what year were speed bumps invented?
1953
44. Who invented speed bumps?
Arthur Holly Compton
Traffic Road Trip Trivia Questions
45. How many traffic lights are there in the U.S.?
300,000
46. Which U.S. state has the most traffic?
California
47. Which state has the most stop signs?
Hawaii
States Road Trip Trivia Questions
48. Which state has the most cities?
California
49. Which states have the most monuments?
Arizona and California with 18 each
50. What is the biggest state in the U.S.?
Alaska
