Trivia Bonus Questions: 130 Challenging Questions and Answers

Trivia bonus questions are typically used at the end of rounds as a way to earn extra points for yourself or your team. These bonus questions are usually very difficult, and likely, questions you may not have heard before.

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130 Trivia Bonus Questions
1. Animals Bonus Trivia Questions
2. Arts Bonus Trivia Questions
3. Cars Bonus Trivia Questions
4. Cinema Bonus Trivia Questions
5. Countries Bonus Trivia Questions
6. Drink Bonus Trivia Questions
7. Food Bonus Trivia Questions
8. Geek Bonus Trivia Questions
9. Geography Bonus Trivia Questions
10. Holidays Bonus Trivia Questions
11. Languages Bonus Trivia Questions
12. Literature Bonus Trivia Questions
13. Math Bonus Trivia Questions
14. Military Bonus Trivia Questions
15. Money Bonus Trivia Questions
16. Music Bonus Trivia Questions
17. Ocean Bonus Trivia Questions
18. Planes Bonus Trivia Questions
19. Political Bonus Trivia Questions
20. Psychology Bonus Trivia Questions
21. Religion Bonus Trivia Questions
22. Sciences Bonus Trivia Questions
23. Space Bonus Trivia Questions
24. Sports Bonus Trivia Questions
25. Technology Bonus Trivia Questions
26. Videogames Bonus Trivia Questions

Used in almost all competitive trivia games, bonus questions tend to be a crowd favorite and when asked, they can bring a lot of excitement to a game. I highly recommend using them.

Here is a list of 130 fun, challenging, and interesting trivia bonus questions (with answers) you can use at your next trivia event.

130 Trivia Bonus Questions

Animals Bonus Trivia Questions

1. Where is the heart of a shrimp Located?

The head

2. How many noses does a slug have?

Four

3. How many years can a snail sleep for?

Three

4. What is a rhino’s horn made up of?

Hair

5. How many hearts does an octopus have?

Three

Arts Bonus Trivia Questions

6. Which famous artist purchased and was in possession of Iberian sculptures that had been stolen from the Louvre?

Pablo Picasso

7. How many paintings did Vincent van Gogh officially sell during his lifetime?

One

8. The sculpture of David was originally going to be a statue of whom?

Hercules

9. What is the largest sculpture in the world?

Mount Rushmore

10. How long did it take Leonardo da Vinci to paint the Mona Lisa’s Lips?

12 years

Cars Bonus Trivia Questions

11. What is the best selling car of all time?

The Toyota Corolla

12. How many cars does Ferrari manufacture a day?

Fourteen

13. What is the most frequently stolen vehicle?

The Honda Accord

14. How many cars are currently in use around the world?

1 Billion

15. Who came up with the idea for the car first?

Leonard da Vinci

Cinema Bonus Trivia Questions

16. What is the first U.S film to feature a toilet flushing?

Psycho

17. Which famous serial killer inspired the horror franchise characters of Hannibal Lecter, Norman Bates, and Leatherface?

Ed Gein

18. What is the most profitable film of all time?

Paranormal Activity

19. Which film written by George Lucas inspired his dog’s name?

Indiana Jones

20. Which film holds the record for the most Razzies?

Showgirls

Countries Bonus Trivia Questions

21. How many countries does the UN recognize in the world?

193

22. Which country was the first to chemically refine sugarcane?

India

23. Which country has the most un-contacted people in the world?

Brazil

24. Which country is home to the largest pyramid in the world?

Mexico

25. Which country invented bread in 8,000 BC?

Egypt

Drink Bonus Trivia Questions

26. What is the world’s most popular alchohol?

Vodka

27. Which country has the highest drinking age in the world?

The United States of America

28. In what year did beer start selling in bottles?

1850

29. What insect is usually found in mezcal?

A butterfly caterpillar

30. Which first major whiskey distiller in the U.S. was also a U.S President?

George Washington

Food Bonus Trivia Questions

31. What is cellulose, a common ingredient in cheese made up of?

Sawdust

32. How many rows does a typical ear of corn have?

Sixteen

33. Where was pie invented?

England

34. Where was processed cheese invented?

Switzerland

35. What was the original color of carrots before a genetic mutation made them the consumer-preferred orange color?

Purple or white

Geek Bonus Trivia Questions

36. What are the only two things we are naturally born to fear?

Falling and loud noises

37. In what year did we receive the “WOW! signal”, a 72 second signal from space that is still unexplained?

1977

38. Chainsaws were originally invented as a tool to help do what?

Deliver babies

39. What is the primary ingredient in invisible ink?

Lemon juice

40. Pro wrestler Andre the Giant set the world record for most alcohol consumed in one sitting by drinking how many beers?

156 beers

Geography Bonus Trivia Questions

41. What is the westernmost and easternmost state in the United States of America?

Alaska

42. Which country has the most pyramids in the world?

Sudan

43. Where is the largest rock on the planet located?

Australia

44. What is the only continent in the world that sits in all four hemispheres?

Africa

45. Which state has the largest cities in the United States of America?

Alaska

Holidays Bonus Trivia Questions

46. What is the most common traditional meal eaten in Japan on Christmas?

Kentucky Fried Chicken

47. Saint Nicholas was born in what country?

Greece

48. The Thanksgiving Feast that the Natives had with the Pilgrims in 1621 lasted for how many days?

Three

49. “Jingle Bells” was originally written for which holiday?

Thanksgiving

50. The tradition of bobbing for apples and lighting candles inside pumpkins for Halloween, came from which cultural group?

The Romans

Languages Bonus Trivia Questions

51. What is the most commonly used language?

Chinese

52. How many languages are spoken in the United States?

Over 300

53. What is the official language of the United States of America?

There is no official language of the USA

54. Which country has 11 official languages?

South Africa

55. What was the first language spoken in outterspace?

Russian

Literature Bonus Trivia Questions

56. Which classic novel is the highest-selling book of all time, having sold over 500 million copies?

Don Quixote

57. Who is the first author to have ever grossed a billion dollars in book sales?

J.K. Rowling

58. How long did “Catch 22” take to complete?

Eight Years

59. What is J.D. Salinger’s only published novel?

Catcher in the Rye

60. The author of The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, was one of the writers on which 1990s children’s TV show?

Clarissa Explains It All

Math Bonus Trivia Questions

61. What is the name of the unit of time, that is 1/100th of a second?

A jiffy

62. What is the only number in the English language that is spelt with the same number of letters as the number itself?

Four

63. What are the only primes that end in 2 or 5?

2 and 5

64. Mathematical symbols were invented in which century?

The 16th century

65. From 0 to 1000, what is the only number that has the letter “a” in it?

One thousand

Military Bonus Trivia Questions

66. Who is the only U.S. president to have earned the Medal of Honor?

Theodore Roosevelt

67. What does the Latin Marine Corps motto, “Semper Fidelis,” translate to in English?

Always Faithful

68. What are the five armed service branches of the United States Military?

Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy

69. In the history of the U.S. Military, which war had the most casualties with more than 618,000 soldiers losing their lives?

The Civil War

70. Until 1947, the Air Force was part of which branch of the Armed Forces?

The Army

Money Bonus Trivia Questions

71. What is the most commonly used currency in the world?

The U.S. dollar

72. What is the name of factories where money is made?

Mints

73. Which cultural group was the first to stamp the image of a living person on a coin?

The Romans

74. Who is the only woman to have ever appear on a U.S. currency note?

Martha Washington

75. In what year were credit cards first used in the United States?

1920

Music Bonus Trivia Questions

76. Who hosted the largest free concert ever?

Rod Stewart

77. In 2015, which Canadian astronaut released his first album, which was entirely recorded while he was in space?

Chris Hadfield

78. Who is the only band to have played on all 7 continents?

Metallica

79. What is the most profitable song of all time?

Happy Birthday”

80. The Offspring’s first drummer left the band to become what kind of doctor?

Gynecologist

Ocean Bonus Trivia Questions

81. Who named the Pacific Ocean?

Ferdinand Magellan

82. What is the most abundant vertebrate in the world?

The Bristlemouth

83. What is the longest mountain range on Earth?

Mid-Oceanic Ridge

84. Which underwater waterfall between Greenland and Iceland is the tallest in the world?

The Denmark Strait Cataract

85. What is the world’s largest living structure?

The Great Barrier Reef

Planes Bonus Trivia Questions

86. What color is the black box, also known as the Flight Data Recorder?

Orange

87. In what year did Chuck Yeager break the sound barrier?

1947

88. What is the longest military plane?

The C-5

89. What was the fastest commercial plane that offered flights continuously from 1976 to 2003?

The Concorde

90. In what year did commercial flying begin?

1914

Political Bonus Trivia Questions

91. Which state has the most electoral votes?

California

92. Who was the tallest U.S. president?

Abraham Lincoln

93. Who was the first U.S. president to be born in the United States of America?

Martin Van Buren

94. Who was the first woman to run for U.S. president?

Victoria Woodhull

95. Who was the only U.S. president that was a hangman?

Grover Cleveland

Psychology Bonus Trivia Questions

96. What is the process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired?

Classical Conditioning

97. What theory was Albert Bandura famous for?

Social Cognitive Theory

98. Carl Jung was the psychoanalyst who was famous for introducing which concept?

Collective Unconscious

99. This American psychologist was famous for the theory of Operant Conditioning?

B.F. Skinner

100. What is the name of the test where you would ask a patient to look at cards with inkblots on them?

Rorschach Test

Religion Bonus Trivia Questions

101. In Catholicism who is the patron saint for headaches?

Saint Bibiana

102. What is the world’s largest religion?

Christianity

103. What herb did ancient Israelites burn during worship?

Cannabis

104. Who was the first woman to get a Ph.D in computer science in 1965?

Sister Mary Kenneth Keller

105. What is the name of the book written by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, that became part of the core foundation of Scientology?

Dianetics

Sciences Bonus Trivia Questions

106. How many more bones do human babies have than adults?

100

107. Which planet is the only planet that spins clockwise?

Venus

108. Killer whales are in fact what kind of mammal?

Dolphin

109. Where are a grasshopper’s ears located?

In their Bellies

110. How many brains do Octopuses have?

Nine

Space Bonus Trivia Questions

111. Which planet that we know of has the biggest volcano?

Mars

112. Which planet has extremely powerful winds?

Venus

113. Who is the only person that was ever cured of HIV/AIDS?

Timothy Ray Brown

114. Scallops can have up to how many eyes?

200

115. Which country has the most tornadoes per square mile?

The United Kingdom

Sports Bonus Trivia Questions

116. How many dimples does the average golf ball have?

336

117. How many World Series had Babe Ruth won in 15 seasons with the New York Yankees?

Four

118. Who has achieved the only “double” triple-double in the history of professional basketball?

Wilt Chamberlain

119. Who has three of the eight 60-home run seasons in baseball history?

Sammy Sosa

120. How many Olympic Games have been held in countries that no longer exist?

Three

Technology Bonus Trivia Questions

121. What animal is featured in the Firefox logo?

A Red Panda

122. What is the is the name for when someone thinks their phone is vibrating, but it isn’t?

Phantom Vibration Syndrome

123. What was Amazon’s original name?

Cadabra.com

124. In what year was the first commercial text sent?

1992

125. Who created the first electromechanical binary programmable computer and the first functional modern computer between 1936 and 1938, known as the Z1?

German Konrad Zuse

Videogames Bonus Trivia Questions

126. Founded in 1889, what was Nintendo selling before they became a videogame giant?

Playing Cards

127. What video game system was brought into space on the TM-17 space mission, orbiting the Earth 3,000 times?

The Nintendo Game Boy

128. What was the first 1985 Taito arcade game that featured a human female video game character?

Typhoon Gal

129. What is the longest supported online game ever?

Diablo

130. What is the best selling video game console of all time, having sold over 155 million units?

The PlayStation 2

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