Trivia nights are like the Olympics for your brain, but with less sweat and more snacks! If you’ve ever found yourself digging deep into the recesses of your memory to recall some obscure fact, then you know the level of intensity a trivia night can muster. However, what’s often overlooked is the perfect blend of knowledge and humor.
Did you know the word “trivia” comes from the Latin word “trivium,” which means “three roads.” This is because in ancient Rome, the trivium was where three roads met, and it was a popular place for people to gather and exchange information.
Let’s raise the humor stakes and make your next trivia night a riot with these hilarious trivia night jokes. Each riddle is a clever setup with a punchline that’ll have everyone from the most serious trivia buffs to the just-here-for-the-fun folks chuckling.
Table of the Funniest Trivia Night Jokes
1. What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and rivers, but no water?
A map.
2. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter ‘M’.
3. What has keys but can’t open locks?
A piano.
4. The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness.
5. What can travel around the world while staying in the same spot?
A stamp.
6. What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence.
7. I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle.
8. What runs, but never walks, has a bed but never sleeps?
A river.
9. What has a neck but no head?
A bottle.
10. What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
Your right elbow.
11. I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
An echo.
12. What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Light.
13. What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg.
14. What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future.
15. I’m taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I’m never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?
Pencil lead.
16. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps.
17. I have branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?
A bank.
18. What can’t be put in a saucepan?
Its lid.
19. What has many needles, but doesn’t sew?
A Christmas tree.
20. What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel.
21. The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?
Fog.
22. What has a bottom at the top?
Your legs.
23. If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?
A mirror.
24. What can you catch, but not throw?
A cold.
25. I am an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What number am I?
Seven.
26. What has one eye, but can’t see?
A needle.
27. What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
A teapot.
28. What is as light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold it for more than a minute?
Your breath.
29. What word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?
Incorrectly.
30. Which word in the dictionary is always spelled wrong?
Wrong.
31. What has four fingers and a thumb, but is not alive?
A glove.
32. I’m not alive, but I can grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air; I don’t have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Fire.
33. What can you keep after giving to someone?
Your word.
34. I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
A keyboard.
35. What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up?
An umbrella.
36. What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge.
37. I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for more than five minutes. What am I?
Your breath.
38. What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg.
39. What has one head, one foot, and four legs?
A bed.
40. What tastes better than it smells?
A tongue.
41. What can you find in the middle of nowhere?
The letter ‘H’.
42. What begins with an E but only has one letter in it?
An envelope.
43. What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on?
A coat of paint.
44. What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
An artichoke.
45. I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
A joke.
46. What’s black and white and red all over?
A newspaper.
47. I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle.
48. What comes down but never goes up?
Rain.
49. What is often returned but never borrowed?
Thanks.
50. What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short.
51. What starts with a P, ends with an E, and has thousands of letters?
A post office.
52. What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, and has a head but never weeps?
A river.
53. I’m found in socks, scarves, and mittens, and often in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?
Yarn.
54. What gets sharper the more you use it?
Your brain.
55. What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left?
Your left hand.
56. What has a head, a tail, but no body?
A coin.
57. What’s the capital of France?
The letter ‘F’.
58. If I have it, I don’t share it. If I share it, I don’t have it. What is it?
A secret.
59. What goes through towns and over hills but never moves?
A road.
60. What gets bigger the more you take away from it?
A hole.
61. What is at the end of a rainbow?
The letter ‘W’.
62. I’m taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I’m never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?
Pencil lead.
63. What has a bark but no bite?
A tree.
64. What room do ghosts avoid?
The living room.
65. I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
A joke.
66. What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg.
67. What has many keys but can’t open a single door?
A piano.
68. What can be caught but not thrown?
A cold.
69. What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band.
70. If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
Nine.
1. What has words, but never speaks?
A book.
72. What kind of coat can only be put on when wet?
A coat of paint.
73. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks?
A river.
74. I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold me for much longer than a minute. What am I?
Your breath.
75. What can you catch but never throw?
A cold.
76. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps.
77. What has an eye but cannot see?
A needle.
78. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter ‘M’.
79. What has a head, a tail, but no body?
A coin.
80. What gets bigger the more you take away?
A hole.
81. What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A piano.
82. What can you hold in your right hand but never in your left?
Your left hand.
83. I am always hungry and will die if not fed, but whatever I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
Fire.
84. The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness.
85. I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle.
86. What has a neck but no head, arms, or legs?
A bottle.
87. What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short.
88. What begins with an “E” but only has one letter?
An envelope.
89. I can fill a room, but I take up no space. What am I?
Light.
90. What can travel around the world while staying in the same corner?
A stamp.
91. What can be cracked, made, told, and played?
A joke.
92. What has a heart that doesn’t beat?
An artichoke.
93. If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?
A mirror.
94. What has teeth but cannot bite?
A comb.
95. What has four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening?
A human (from the Sphinx riddle).
96. What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge.
97. What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence.
98. What comes down but never goes up?
Rain.
99. I have branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?
A bank.
100. What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
A teapot.
Share the laughter: your ultimate trivia joke collection
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