200 Trivia Quiz Game Topics for Bar Trivia
Having the right trivia quiz game topics is a sure way to keep your quiz players involved and interested in coming back to your trivia events. It is important you stay with ‘Pop Culture’ content that is of interest to anyone in the world.
Here are some very popular topics that are perfect for trivia quiz shows at a bar, pub, or restaurant.
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| A Little of Everything | A better way of saying Miscellaneous. |
| Accomplishments | The accomplishment is listed, name the person who accomplished it. |
| Acronyms | LOL! ……..JK! |
| Alcohol | |
| Anatomy | |
| Animated Movies | |
| Apparel | |
| Arcade Games | |
| Armed Forces | Questions about the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. |
| Back-up Bands | |
| Baseball | Questions about rules of game play, notable players, player/team statistics, host cities, etc. |
| Basketball | Questions about rules of game play, notable players, player/team statistics, host cities, etc. |
| Beer | |
| Big Gun Flicks | Questions about shoot ’em up movies. |
| Board Games | |
| Books | |
| Boxing | Questions about rules of game play, notable boxers, statistics, etc. |
| Brain Busters | Perplexing riddles. |
| Bright Ideas | Questions about inventors, inventions, or bright objects. |
| Bugs | |
| Card Games | |
| Cars | |
| Cartoon Characters | |
| Cartoons | |
| Cats and Dogs | |
| Celebrity Couples | |
| Chemicals | |
| Chick Flicks | |
| Christmas Trivia | |
| Cinema | |
| Cities | |
| Clothing | |
| Comedians | Questions about famous comedians. |
| Company slogans | |
| Complete the Lyric | |
| Complete the Movie Title | |
| Complete the Song Title | |
| Complete This | Partial phrases missing one word. Players have to guess the missing word. |
| Composers | |
| Computers | General questions about computers themselves. |
| Cooking | |
| Countries | Name the famous city, actor, or politician. Players solve the associated country. |
| Definitions | The definition of a word is given, which word does it apply to? |
| Did You Know? | Fun random questions. |
| Disco | Everything to do with disco tunes, bands, song titles, lyrics, etc. |
| Discoveries | |
| Disney Characters | |
| Disney Movies | |
| Disturbing News | Current news events involving deaths, arrests, natural or man-made disasters, politicians, etc. |
| Draw a Blank! | Any ‘fill in the blank’ questions, to fill in the missing words of a movie, song, or album title. |
| Drink Up | Questions about soda drinks or liquor. |
| Duets Who Sang | Name the counterpart to a famous singer, or which duet sang this song? |
| Eat Me! | Food related questions. |
| Edibles | Food or drink related questions. |
| Fads | |
| Family Feud | Questions about top surveyed answers. |
| Famous Apps | There are hundreds of well-known apps out there. |
| Famous Celebrities | |
| Famous Dates | When important things in history happened. |
| Famous Landmarks | |
| Famous Marriages | |
| Famous News Stories | |
| Famous People | |
| Famous Places | |
| Famous Sayings | Who said it? Or “Fill in the missing word(s)”. |
| Fashion | Trivia about apparel/clothes. |
| Fast Cars | |
| First Ladies | Questions about the names of Presidents’ wives. |
| Firsts | Which came first |
| Food | |
| Food and Drink | |
| Football | Questions about rules of game play, notable players, player/team statistics, host cities, etc. |
| Formula 1 | |
| Fruit | |
| Games | |
| General Knowledge | Just a fancy way of saying Miscellaneous. |
| Geography | |
| Go Figure! | Questions about specific figures (numbers). |
| Golf | Questions about rules of game play, notable players, player/team statistics, host cities, etc. |
| Guns | |
| Hallelujah | Questions about the bible or religious doctrine. |
| Halloween Trivia | |
| Hard Liquor | |
| Heels in Motion | Questions about dance moves or famous dance songs. |
| Historical Figures | Notable people in history. |
| History | |
| Hockey | Questions about rules of game play, notable players, player/team statistics, host cities, etc. |
| Hodgepodge | Just a fancy way of saying Miscellaneous. |
| Holiday Trivia | |
| I Know the Words | Song titles, complete the lyrics topics |
| In the Kitchen | Cooking tools, recipes, food related topics. |
| In the Lab | Science topics. |
| Indy 500 | |
| Inventions | Describe an item, players have to guess what it is. “It makes toast” = Toaster. |
| Inventors | Who invented this item? |
| Islands | |
| It BUGS Me | Questions about bugs. |
| Jokes | The joke it the question, players have to answer the punch line. |
| Let Me Think… | Brain buster questions, generally math solving questions. |
| Literature | |
| Lyrics | Lyric line, players have to guess the song title or artist. |
| Magazines | |
| Manias | Questions about mania mental disorders, like Kleptomania. |
| Math | |
| Measurements | |
| Medication | |
| Medicine | |
| Middle Names | Questions about well-known middle names, like Lee _____ Oswald (Answer: Harvey) |
| Misc | |
| Mountains | |
| Movie Quotes | |
| Movies | |
| Movies and Music | Questions about songs made popular by specific movies. Also movie theme songs. |
| Music | |
| Music from the 50’s | |
| Music from the 60’s | |
| Music from the 70’s | |
| Music from the 80’s | |
| Music from the 90’s | |
| Musical Instruments | |
| Nature | |
| Newsworthy | Questions about specific well-known news events. |
| No Soup for you! | Questions about famous soups. |
| North of the Border | Questions about Canada |
| Notable Places | |
| Novels | |
| Ologies | Words that end with ology, like Zoology. |
| Olympics | Questions about various games, notable athletes, statistics, host cities, etc. |
| On the Menu | Questions about menu items at restaurants. |
| On the Silver Screen | |
| One Hit Wonders | |
| Oscar Winners | |
| People in the News | |
| People | |
| Phobias | |
| Planets | |
| Politics | |
| Pop Culture | Topics of general interest to anyone. |
| Pop Music | |
| Potpourri | Just a fancy way of saying Miscellaneous. |
| Prices | Questions about how much specific items cost, like on Price is Right. |
| Punny Answers | Questions around ‘puns’. |
| Quotes | Questions about who said a famous quote. |
| Religion | |
| Riddles | |
| Science | |
| Shady Questions | Questions about colors and also items that only come in one color, like blueberries. |
| Sidekicks | |
| Sitcom Occupations | Example: What was the occupation of Al Bundy from “Married With Children”? |
| Sitcoms | Questions about sitcoms |
| Slogans | |
| Snack Time! | Questions about food in general, or snacks specifically. |
| Song Titles | Song titles appear, players have to guess the artist. |
| Sounds Fishy | Questions about Fish and other aquatic animals |
| Spaced Out! | Quiz questions about otter space. |
| Spelling | |
| Spices | |
| Sports | |
| Sports Movies | Trivia questions about movies with a specific sport as the plot. |
| Star Trek | |
| Star Wars | |
| Superheroes | |
| Tech Boom | Trivia questions about the advancement of technology. |
| Tech News | Questions about new emerging technologies. |
| Technology | Questions about everyday electronics we all use. |
| Television | |
| Tennis | Questions about rules of game play, notable players, player/team statistics, host cities, etc. |
| That Adds Up! | Math questions. |
| That Scares Me! | Questions about various fears or phobias, or questions about horror movies. |
| This and That | Misc questions. |
| Top Tunes | |
| Toys | |
| Tunes | |
| TV | |
| TV Game Shows | Questions about TV game shows that ask questions! |
| TV Sitcoms | |
| Twist of Faith | Religious questions. |
| US States | |
| Veggies | |
| Viral Videos | Questions about well-known viral videos. |
| Way Back When | Newsworthy items from some time ago. |
| What happened first? | Which event in history was first? |
| What instrument do I play? | |
| What sport do I play? | |
| Where in the World? | Questions about notable places on earth. |
| Where is that Building? | The famous building is described, players have to solve which city it is located. |
| Where is the city? | Tell me the state the city is in. |
| Where’s That Street? | Many famous streets. You define them, players answer which street it belongs to. |
| Where’s that? | Questions about specific landmarks and their locations. |
| Which Came First? | A series of events as answers, which event was first? |
| Which Country? | Which country has this city, leader, mountain, celebrity, etc. |
| Who Sang That Song? | Questions about famous singers. |
| Who Wrote It? | Questions about famous authors and columnists. |
| Wine | |
| Women | Famous celebrity women, or historical women. |
| Words with ISM | Words that end with ism, like plagiarism (like what you will do with this list, but we are ok with that!) |
| World Leaders | Questions about famous people in positions of authority. |
| Year Born | The approximate year a famous person was born (precision not required). |
| Year Invented | The year popular inventions were introduced (again, don’t require precision). |
| You Should Know | Informative questions, or educational questions. |
| Zyzzyvas | Just kidding. We are only making sure you are still awake! |