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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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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