Free Multiple Choice Trivia Answer Sheet for Bars & Restaurants
This free multiple-choice trivia question and answer sheet is designed for bars and restaurants, offering a mix of fun and challenging topics to engage your guests. From history and science to comic books and cocktails, these trivia questions will keep customers entertained while they enjoy their drinks and meals. Perfect for themed trivia nights, casual play, or team competitions, this ready-to-use set is an easy way to boost customer engagement and create a lively atmosphere. Download it at the bottom of the page for free today and bring the trivia fun to your venue!
Category: Music
1. Which jazz musician is credited with pioneering modal jazz with the album Kind of Blue?
A. Charlie Parker
B. Miles Davis*
C. John Coltrane
D. Thelonious Monk
2. What was the first rap song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100?
A. "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" – Dr. Dre
B. "Juicy" – The Notorious B.I.G.
C. "Ice Ice Baby" – Vanilla Ice*
D. "Rapper’s Delight" – The Sugarhill Gang
3. What song was famously recorded by The Animals and is believed to have originated as a 17th-century folk song?
A. "House of the Rising Sun"*
B. "Black Betty"
C. "Scarborough Fair"
D. "Whiskey in the Jar"
4. Which rock band wrote the song "Echoes," a 23-minute-long epic often considered the precursor to progressive rock?
A. King Crimson
B. Pink Floyd*
C. Genesis
D. Yes
5. Who was the only member of The Beatles to never release a solo No. 1 hit in the U.S.?
A. Paul McCartney
B. George Harrison
C. Ringo Starr*
D. John Lennon
6. What is the highest-selling film soundtrack of all time?
A. The Bodyguard*
B. Saturday Night Fever
C. Purple Rain
D. Grease
7. Who was the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo act?
A. Stevie Nicks
B. Aretha Franklin*
C. Janis Joplin
D. Carole King
8. In which city did the punk rock movement originate?
A. New York City*
B. London
C. Los Angeles
D. Manchester
9. What famous song plays during the opening credits of Reservoir Dogs, setting the tone for the film?
A. "Stuck in the Middle with You" – Stealers Wheel*
B. "Little Green Bag" – George Baker Selection
C. "Hooked on a Feeling" – Blue Swede
D. "Misirlou" – Dick Dale
10. In what year was the first-ever Grammy Awards ceremony held?
A. 1959*
B. 1945
C. 1964
D. 1972
Category: Movies
1. What was the first feature-length animated film ever released?
A. Fantasia
B. Steamboat Willie
C. Cinderella
D. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs*
2.Which film won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Picture?
A. Metropolis
B. Wings*
C. Sunrise
D. Gone with the Wind
3. In The Godfather, what item is famously found in a man’s bed as a warning?
A. A gun
B. A horse’s head*
C. A bloody rose
D. A severed hand
4. What is the highest-grossing film of all time (adjusted for inflation)?
A. Titanic
B. Avatar
C. Gone with the Wind*
D. Avengers: Endgame
5. In Citizen Kane, what is the meaning of the word “Rosebud”?
A. His childhood friend
B. His lost fortune
C. His childhood sled*
D. A code name for his estate
6. What is the longest-running movie franchise?
A. James Bond
B. Godzilla*
C. Star Wars
D. The Fast and the Furious
7. What was the first science fiction movie ever made?
A. Metropolis
B. The Day the Earth Stood Still
C. A Trip to the Moon*
D. Frankenstein
8. In Pulp Fiction, what is inside the glowing briefcase?
A. A stolen diamond
B. A gold bar
C. It is never revealed*
D. A lost soul
9. What famous director has a phobia of driving and has never had a driver’s license?
A. Stanley Kubrick*
B. David Lynch
C. Francis Ford Coppola
D. Quentin Tarantino
10. What was the first horror film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards?
A. Psycho
B. The Exorcist
C. The Silence of the Lambs*
D. Jaws
Category: World History
1. The Byzantine Empire was the continuation of which ancient empire?
A. Persian
B. Roman*
C. Ottoman
D. Macedonian
2. What was the original purpose of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
A. To explore and map the Louisiana Purchase*
B. To find a direct trade route to Asia
C. To establish settlements in Oregon
D. To search for gold in California
3. The Treaty of Versailles officially ended which war?
A. World War I
B. The Franco-Prussian War
C. World War II
D. The Napoleonic Wars
4. Which empire built the ancient city of Machu Picchu?
A. The Mayans
B. The Incas*
C. The Aztecs
D. The Toltecs
5. Who was the longest-reigning British monarch before Queen Elizabeth II?
A. Queen Victoria*
B. King George III
C. Queen Elizabeth I
D. Henry VIII
6. Which explorer was the first to circumnavigate the globe?
A. Ferdinand Magellan*
B. Christopher Columbus
C. Marco Polo
D. Vasco da Gama
7. The Cold War was primarily between which two global superpowers?
A. China and the USA
B. The Soviet Union and the USA*
C. Britain and Germany
D. France and the USSR
8. Who was the first Tsar of Russia?
A. Peter the Great
B. Nicholas II
C. Ivan the Terrible
D. Alexander I
9. What was the primary cause of the Great Depression?
A. World War I reparations
B. The collapse of the agricultural industry
C. The U.S. stock market crash of 1929*
D. Overproduction of goods
10. Which U.S. president was the first to be impeached?
A. Andrew Johnson*
B. Richard Nixon
C. Bill Clinton
D. Ulysses S. Grant
Category: Liquor & Cocktails
1. What is the primary ingredient in a traditional martini?
A. Gin*
B. Vodka
C. Rum
D. Whiskey
2. The cocktail Daiquiri originated in which country?
A. Mexico
B. Cuba*
C. Puerto Rico
D. Spain
3. The French 75 cocktail is named after what?
A. A train line in Paris
B. A World War I artillery gun*
C. A famous French general
D. The year of its creation
4. A Pisco Sour is most associated with which country?
A. Peru*
B. Brazil
C. Argentina
D. Chile
5. Which cocktail includes both gin and sweet vermouth?
A. Negroni*
B. Manhattan
C. Gimlet
D. Tom Collins
6. Which drink is known as "Dutch Courage"?
A. Whiskey
B. Gin*
C. Vodka
D. Brandy
7. What is the key ingredient in an Aviation cocktail that gives it a purple hue?
A. Blue Curacao
B. Crème de Violette*
C. Chambord
D. Grenadine
8. What is the oldest known distilled spirit?
A. Vodka
B. Whiskey
C. Brandy*
D. Rum
9. What is a "Boilermaker"?
A. A whiskey sour variation
B. A shot of whiskey dropped into a beer*
C. A flaming shot
D. A beer cocktail
10. Absinthe was banned in many countries due to concerns over which hallucenogenic chemical compound?
A. Thujone*
B. Methanol
C. Eugenol
D. Tannins
Category: Literature
1. In George Orwell’s 1984, what is the name of the government’s surveillance system?
A. Thought Police
B. The Ministry of Truth
C. Big Brother*
D. The Inner Party
2. In Dante’s Inferno, how many circles of Hell are there?
A. 5
B. 7
C. 9*
D. 12
3. Which Marvel superhero team was the first to debut in comics?
A. The Fantastic Four*
B. The Avengers
C. The X-Men
D. The Defenders
4. Who wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray?
A. Charles Dickens
B. Oscar Wilde*
C. Emily Brontë
D. Bram Stoker
5. Which novel by Mary Shelley is considered one of the first works of science fiction?
A. Dracula
B. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
C. Frankenstein*
D. The Invisible Man
6. Who is the protagonist of The Catcher in the Rye?
A. Holden Caulfield*
B. Jay Gatsby
C. Tom Sawyer
D. Pip
7. Which literary movement is associated with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs?
A. Modernism
B. Postmodernism
C. The Beat Generation*
D. Romanticism
8. What was the pen name of Samuel Clemens?
A. Mark Twain*
B. Lewis Carroll
C. Henry James
D. Washington Irving
9. In The Great Gatsby, which symbol represents Gatsby’s hopes and dreams?
A. The billboard of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg
B. The green light*
C. The eyes of Myrtle Wilson
D. The Valley of Ashes
10. What was the first superhero comic ever published?
A. Superman #1
B. Detective Comics #27
C. Action Comics #1
D. The Phantom #1
Category: Vocabulary
1. A "polyglot" is someone who can:
A. Speak multiple languages
B. Write poetry
C. Solve complex mathematical problems
D. Debate effectively
2. What does "obfuscate" mean?
A. To deliberately make something unclear or confusing
B. To illuminate or explain
C. To argue logically
D. To exaggerate for dramatic effect
3. What does "quixotic" mean?
A. Idealistic but impractical
B. Relating to numbers
C. Terrifying
D. Controversial
4. A "sycophant" is someone who:
A. Flatters or sucks up to others for personal gain
B. Speaks multiple languages
C. Enjoys arguments
D. Is extremely stubborn
5. What does "bombastic" speech sound like?
A. Overly inflated or pretentious
B. Simple and to the point
C. Well-reasoned and logical
D. Weak and unconvincing
6. If someone speaks in a "terse" manner, how do they speak?
A. Using very few words; concise
B. In an overly dramatic way
C. In a highly technical manner
D. In a slow and confusing way
7. The word "recalcitrant" means:
A. Stubbornly resistant to authority
B. Exceptionally generous
C. Highly intelligent
D. Easily bored
8. What does "double jeopardy" mean in legal proceedings?
A. A retrial when new evidence is found
B. A court ruling that applies in two different jurisdictions
C. The principle that a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime
D. A criminal offense with a maximum sentence of life imprisonment
9. What does "habeas corpus" guarantee?
A. The right to be brought before a judge and not be unlawfully detained
B. The right to a fair trial
C. The right to bear arms
D. The right to appeal a case to a higher court
10. What does "appeasement" mean in a historical context?
A. A type of economic agreement
B. A policy of giving concessions to an aggressor to avoid conflict
C. A formal declaration of war
D. A diplomatic peace treaty
Science Trivia Questions
1. What type of energy is stored in an object due to its position or height?
A. Kinetic energy
B. Potential energy
C. Thermal energy
D. Nuclear energy
2. Which scientist developed the three laws of motion?
A. Albert Einstein
B. Isaac Newton
C. Galileo Galilei
D. Johannes Kepler
3. What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere?
A. Oxygen
B. Nitrogen
C. Carbon dioxide
D. Hydrogen
4. What is the pH of a neutral solution?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
5. What is the common name for dihydrogen monoxide?
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Water
C. Ammonia
D. Hydrogen peroxide
6. What is the largest organ in the human body?
A. Liver
B. Heart
C. Skin
D. Brain
7. What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?
A. Elliptical
B. Spiral
C. Irregular
D. Lenticular
8. What is the name of the boundary surrounding a black hole beyond which nothing can escape?
A. Event limit
B. Event horizon
C. Schwarzschild radius
D. Singularity
9. What is the most abundant element in the universe?
A. Oxygen
B. Hydrogen
C. Helium
D. Carbon
10. Which planet has the highest surface temperature in the solar system?
A. Mercury
B. Venus
C. Mars
D. Jupiter