UNCOMMON TRIVIA

Random Trivia Questions

Most trivia questions have exactly one right answer. The questions on this page do not. Each one is open, with many correct answers, and the rarest answer at the table wins. Draw a random question for your group below, read the rules for playing with a table or a classroom, or print all 50 questions with a separate answers sheet for the host. The questions come from Uncommon Trivia, a daily game that scores every answer by how rarely it gets looked up.

Pick a random question

Name a Canadian province or territory

How to play with a group

  1. One player is the host. The host draws a question with the picker above or reads the next one from the list.
  2. Every player has 30 seconds to write down one answer in secret.
  3. On the host's signal, everyone shows their answer at the same time.
  4. A wrong answer scores 0 points. A correct answer that another player also wrote scores 1 point. A correct answer that nobody else wrote scores 3 points.

After a few rounds, the player or team with the highest total wins.

Who decides what is correct? The host does. A question has too many right answers to list on a page, so when the host is unsure, check the matching list on Wikipedia. The number of correct answers on the answers sheet shows how wide each question is.

The rare pick earns no bonus: it is only one example, so hitting it would be luck. For exact rarity scores, play the daily puzzle or unlimited mode.

All 50 questions

Print the list to hand out the questions. The questions come first and the answers start on a new page, so the host can keep the answer pages apart from the questions.

  1. Name a Canadian province or territory
  2. Name a country in Africa
  3. Name a country in Asia
  4. Name a country in Europe
  5. Name a country in South America
  6. Name a country the equator passes through
  7. Name a country with a Mediterranean coastline
  8. Name a European capital city
  9. Name a landlocked country
  10. Name a sovereign country in the Caribbean
  11. Name a US state capital
  12. Name an Australian state or territory
  13. Name an island country
  14. Name one of the 30 largest lakes in the world by area
  15. Name one of the 50 US states
  16. Name a bone in the human body
  17. Name a chemical element
  18. Name a moon of Jupiter
  19. Name a Nobel Prize in Physics laureate
  20. Name a planet or dwarf planet in the Solar System
  21. Name a vitamin the body needs
  22. Name an SI base unit or named derived unit
  23. Name one of the 20 standard amino acids
  24. Name one of the 88 modern constellations
  25. Name one of the ten main cloud genera
  26. Name a film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture
  27. Name a novel by Charles Dickens
  28. Name a Pixar feature film
  29. Name a play by William Shakespeare
  30. Name a studio album by the Beatles
  31. Name a Studio Ghibli feature film
  32. Name an instrument in a standard symphony orchestra
  33. Name an official James Bond film
  34. Name an opera by Giuseppe Verdi
  35. Name one of the Olympian gods of Greek mythology
  36. Name one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World or the New 7 Wonders
  37. Name a city that has hosted the Summer Olympics
  38. Name a club that has won the English top-flight league title
  39. Name a Formula One World Drivers' Champion
  40. Name a sport in the Summer Olympics programme
  41. Name a team in the NBA
  42. Name a team in the NFL
  43. Name a letter of the Greek alphabet
  44. Name a Romance language
  45. Name a scheduled language of India
  46. Name an official language of the European Union
  47. Name a country that uses the euro
  48. Name a G20 member country
  49. Name a president of the United States
  50. Name an English or British monarch since 1066

Answers

The numbers match the list of questions. Each entry shows how many correct answers the question has, the answer people look up most, and one rare pick as an example. Many other answers are correct too.

  1. Name a Canadian province or territory

    13 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Quebec (10 points)

    Rare pick: New Brunswick — 70 points (45,269 monthly page views)

  2. Name a country in Africa

    54 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: South Africa (10 points)

    Rare pick: Benin — 71 points (77,240 monthly page views)

  3. Name a country in Asia

    48 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: India (10 points)

    Rare pick: Azerbaijan — 71 points (149,664 monthly page views)

  4. Name a country in Europe

    49 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: United Kingdom (10 points)

    Rare pick: Hungary — 70 points (150,598 monthly page views)

  5. Name a country in South America

    12 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Brazil (10 points)

    Rare pick: Peru — 75 points (100,893 monthly page views)

  6. Name a country the equator passes through

    13 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Brazil (10 points)

    Rare pick: Kiribati — 70 points (98,918 monthly page views)

  7. Name a country with a Mediterranean coastline

    21 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Israel (10 points)

    Rare pick: Montenegro — 73 points (171,636 monthly page views)

  8. Name a European capital city

    49 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: London (10 points)

    Rare pick: Vilnius — 70 points (36,783 monthly page views)

  9. Name a landlocked country

    45 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Czech Republic (10 points)

    Rare pick: San Marino — 71 points (102,599 monthly page views)

  10. Name a sovereign country in the Caribbean

    13 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Cuba (10 points)

    Rare pick: Saint Kitts and Nevis — 70 points (62,940 monthly page views)

  11. Name a US state capital

    50 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Boston (10 points)

    Rare pick: Carson City — 71 points (19,541 monthly page views)

  12. Name an Australian state or territory

    8 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Tasmania (10 points)

    Rare pick: Victoria — 74 points (26,806 monthly page views)

  13. Name an island country

    46 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: United Kingdom (10 points)

    Rare pick: Vanuatu — 70 points (81,552 monthly page views)

  14. Name one of the 30 largest lakes in the world by area

    30 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Caspian Sea (10 points)

    Rare pick: Vänern — 72 points (4,059 monthly page views)

  15. Name one of the 50 US states

    50 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Hawaii (10 points)

    Rare pick: Oregon — 71 points (68,767 monthly page views)

  16. Name a bone in the human body

    38 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Clavicle (10 points)

    Rare pick: Ischium — 71 points (3,404 monthly page views)

  17. Name a chemical element

    118 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Gold (10 points)

    Rare pick: Ruthenium — 70 points (8,576 monthly page views)

  18. Name a moon of Jupiter

    73 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Europa (10 points)

    Rare pick: Thyone — 70 points (278 monthly page views)

  19. Name a Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

    225 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Albert Einstein (10 points)

    Rare pick: Willis Eugene Lamb — 70 points (928 monthly page views)

  20. Name a planet or dwarf planet in the Solar System

    13 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Earth (10 points)

    Rare pick: Uranus — 70 points (66,908 monthly page views)

  21. Name a vitamin the body needs

    13 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Vitamin B12 (10 points)

    Rare pick: Vitamin E — 70 points (8,949 monthly page views)

  22. Name an SI base unit or named derived unit

    29 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Degree Celsius (10 points)

    Rare pick: Tesla — 71 points (9,542 monthly page views)

  23. Name one of the 20 standard amino acids

    20 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Glycine (10 points)

    Rare pick: Proline — 72 points (4,450 monthly page views)

  24. Name one of the 88 modern constellations

    88 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Orion (10 points)

    Rare pick: Pyxis — 70 points (1,926 monthly page views)

  25. Name one of the ten main cloud genera

    10 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Cumulonimbus (10 points)

    Rare pick: Cirrocumulus — 70 points (2,399 monthly page views)

  26. Name a film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture

    97 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: One Battle After Another (10 points)

    Rare pick: Driving Miss Daisy — 70 points (26,542 monthly page views)

  27. Name a novel by Charles Dickens

    15 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: A Tale of Two Cities (10 points)

    Rare pick: The Mystery of Edwin Drood — 74 points (5,867 monthly page views)

  28. Name a Pixar feature film

    31 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Toy Story 5 (10 points)

    Rare pick: Luca — 70 points (46,648 monthly page views)

  29. Name a play by William Shakespeare

    39 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Hamlet (10 points)

    Rare pick: Cymbeline — 72 points (7,526 monthly page views)

  30. Name a studio album by the Beatles

    13 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Abbey Road (10 points)

    Rare pick: A Hard Day's Night — 70 points (35,575 monthly page views)

  31. Name a Studio Ghibli feature film

    22 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Spirited Away (10 points)

    Rare pick: The Cat Returns — 70 points (22,972 monthly page views)

  32. Name an instrument in a standard symphony orchestra

    28 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Piano (10 points)

    Rare pick: Celesta — 70 points (8,467 monthly page views)

  33. Name an official James Bond film

    25 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: No Time to Die (10 points)

    Rare pick: Diamonds Are Forever — 70 points (36,780 monthly page views)

  34. Name an opera by Giuseppe Verdi

    26 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: La traviata (10 points)

    Rare pick: I masnadieri — 71 points (488 monthly page views)

  35. Name one of the Olympian gods of Greek mythology

    13 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Apollo (10 points)

    Rare pick: Hera — 70 points (51,675 monthly page views)

  36. Name one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World or the New 7 Wonders

    14 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Taj Mahal (10 points)

    Rare pick: Chichen Itza — 72 points (46,218 monthly page views)

  37. Name a city that has hosted the Summer Olympics

    23 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: London (10 points)

    Rare pick: Rio de Janeiro — 71 points (82,415 monthly page views)

  38. Name a club that has won the English top-flight league title

    24 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Arsenal (10 points)

    Rare pick: Sheffield Wednesday — 73 points (78,787 monthly page views)

  39. Name a Formula One World Drivers' Champion

    35 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Lewis Hamilton (10 points)

    Rare pick: Graham Hill — 71 points (17,260 monthly page views)

  40. Name a sport in the Summer Olympics programme

    43 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Football (10 points)

    Rare pick: Rugby Sevens — 70 points (1,939 monthly page views)

  41. Name a team in the NBA

    30 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Los Angeles Lakers (10 points)

    Rare pick: Brooklyn Nets — 72 points (41,933 monthly page views)

  42. Name a team in the NFL

    32 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: New York Giants (10 points)

    Rare pick: Tampa Bay Buccaneers — 71 points (31,377 monthly page views)

  43. Name a letter of the Greek alphabet

    24 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Delta (10 points)

    Rare pick: Psi — 73 points (8,193 monthly page views)

  44. Name a Romance language

    16 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Spanish (10 points)

    Rare pick: Neapolitan — 70 points (12,605 monthly page views)

  45. Name a scheduled language of India

    22 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Tamil (10 points)

    Rare pick: Konkani — 70 points (13,782 monthly page views)

  46. Name an official language of the European Union

    24 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: English (10 points)

    Rare pick: Danish — 73 points (20,868 monthly page views)

  47. Name a country that uses the euro

    21 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Germany (10 points)

    Rare pick: Lithuania — 73 points (143,895 monthly page views)

  48. Name a G20 member country

    19 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: United States (10 points)

    Rare pick: Mexico — 70 points (260,662 monthly page views)

  49. Name a president of the United States

    45 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Donald Trump (10 points)

    Rare pick: William Howard Taft — 71 points (97,323 monthly page views)

  50. Name an English or British monarch since 1066

    43 correct answers

    Most looked-up answer: Elizabeth II (10 points)

    Rare pick: Henry II — 70 points (93,539 monthly page views)

Common questions

What are open trivia questions?

An open question has many correct answers instead of one. A question that asks you to name a country in Africa, for example, accepts every African country. Open questions work well for groups because every player can answer, and they add a twist: an answer nobody else at the table wrote scores the most.

How many questions are there, and how many answers does each have?

There are 50 open questions on this page, one for each category in Uncommon Trivia's unlimited mode. The number of correct answers depends on the category: the smallest has 8 and the largest has 225. The answers sheet on this page gives the exact number for every question.

How do you play these questions with a group?

One person is the host. For each question, every player secretly writes one answer within 30 seconds, then everyone shows their answers at the same time. A wrong answer scores 0 points, a correct answer that another player also wrote scores 1 point, and a correct answer that nobody else wrote scores 3 points. The host decides what counts as correct and checks Wikipedia when unsure. After a few rounds, the highest total wins.

Can I print the questions and the answers?

Yes. Press the Print this list button and the browser prints only the page title, the full list of questions and the answers. The questions come first and the answers start on a new page, so the host can keep the answer pages apart from the questions. The picker, the rules and the site header and footer are left out of the printout.

Where do the answers and the rare picks come from?

Every question is a category from Uncommon Trivia, and its list of correct answers is built from Wikidata and Wikipedia. Rarity follows how often an answer's English Wikipedia page is read: the most looked-up answer scores 10 points and the least looked-up scores 100. The rare pick for each question is a correct answer toward the rare end of the range, though never the rarest one.