The Best Road Trip Trivia Questions to Test Your Knowledge

Some road trips are so long and so tedious that music and conversation don't even carry you halfway through the journey. It can be difficult to think of a game on the spot and get everyone on board with rules they might not be aware of, and that's where trivia comes in.There's no need to distract the driver and the passenger with a list of instructions. It's simply a game of answering questions back and forth, mile after mile. If you're currently on a long road trip, or plan to be very soon, challenge yourself with these fun trivia questions, ranging from general knowledge to pop culture to geography. General KnowledgeSolar System | ewg3D/GettyImages1. What is the largest planet in our solar system?Answer: Jupiter2. What is the capital city of Canada?Answer: Ottawa3. Which ocean is the largest on Earth?Answer: Pacific Ocean4. How many continents are there?Answer: Seven5. What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?Answer: Diamond6. What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere?Answer: Carbon dioxide7. What is the tallest mountain above sea level?Answer: Mount Everest8. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?Answer: Mars9. What is the smallest country in the world?Answer: Vatican City10. How many stripes are on the U.S. flag?Answer: 1311. Which animal is known as the "King of the Jungle"?Answer: Lion12. What is the freezing point of water in degrees Celsius?Answer: 0°C13. Which bird is the national bird of the United States?Answer: Bald Eagle14. What is the chemical symbol for gold?Answer: Au15. Which is the longest river in South America?Answer: Amazon River16. How many days are in a leap year?Answer: 36617. Which country is famous for the pyramids of Giza?Answer: Egypt18. What is the largest mammal on Earth?Answer: Blue whale19. Which instrument has 88 keys?Answer: Piano20. Which planet is closest to the Sun?Answer: Mercury21. What is the capital of Australia?Answer: Canberra22. How many sides does a hexagon have?Answer: Six23. What is the fastest land animal?Answer: Cheetah24. What is the largest desert in the world?Answer: Antarctica (the Antarctic Desert)25. Which blood type is known as the universal donor for red blood cell transfusions?Answer: O negativeMovies, TV, Music & Pop Culture76th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | Matthew Peyton/GettyImages26. What is the name of the cowboy in Toy Story?Answer: Woody27. What is the name of Mickey Mouse's dog?Answer: Pluto28. Which Disney princess has a pet tiger named Rajah?Answer: Jasmine29. In Finding Nemo, what kind of fish is Nemo?Answer: A clownfish30. What color is Big Bird on Sesame Street?Answer: Yellow31. Which animated movie features a snowman named Olaf?Answer: Frozen32. What is the name of Harry Potter's owl?Answer: Hedwig33. What is the name of the kingdom where Elsa is queen?Answer: Arendelle34. What instrument has black and white keys?Answer: Piano35. Which superhero is also known as the Dark Knight?Answer: Batman36. In The Lion King, who is Simba's father?Answer: Mufasa37. What color are the Smurfs?Answer: Blue38. Which Disney character has a long nose that grows when he tells a lie?Answer: Pinocchio39. Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?Answer: SpongeBob SquarePants40. What is the name of the friendly green dinosaur in the Super Mario games?Answer: Yoshi41. Which Disney princess loses a glass slipper?Answer: Cinderella42. What is the name of Scooby-Doo's best human friend?Answer: Shaggy (Norville Rogers)43. What is the name of the snowman in Frozen?Answer: Olaf44. Which superhero carries a shield made of vibranium?Answer: Captain America45. What is the name of the panda in Kung Fu Panda?Answer: Po46. Which classic board game asks players to buy and trade properties?Answer: Monopoly47. In Cars, what is the name of the red race car?Answer: Lightning McQueen48. Which movie features the emotions Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust?Answer: Inside Out49. What is the name of the fairy in Peter Pan?Answer: Tinker Bell50. What is the name of the rabbit in Winnie the Pooh?Answer: RabbitHistory, Geography & Fun Facts Missouri River in Montana | jmoor17/GettyImages51. Which U.S. state is known as the Sunshine State?Answer: Florida52. Which is the largest ocean on Earth?Answer: Pacific Ocean53. What is the capital of Japan?Answer: Tokyo54. Which country is shaped like a boot?Answer: Italy55. What is the longest river in the United States?Answer: Missouri River56. Which U.S. state is home to the Grand Canyon?Answer: Arizona57. Which continent is the Sahara Desert located on?Answer: Africa58. What is the capital of France?Answer: Paris59. Which state was the first to join the United States?Answer: Delaware60. Which country is home to the kangaroo?Answer: Australia61. What is the tallest mammal?Answer: Giraffe62. How many legs does a spider have?Answer: Eight63. Which planet is famous for its beautiful ring system?Answer: Saturn64. What is the largest species of penguin?Answer: Emperor penguin65. Which season comes after summer in the Northern Hemisphere?Answer: Autumn (Fall)66. Which famous clock tower is located in London?Answer: Big Ben67. Which U.S. holiday is celebrated on July 4?Answer: Independence Day68. Which continent is Brazil located on?Answer: South America69. What is the largest living reptile?Answer: Saltwater crocodile70. What is Earth's natural satellite?Answer: The Moon71. Which famous landmark was a gift from France to the United States?Answer: The Statue of Liberty72. Which continent has no native land snakes?Answer: Antarctica73. Which gas makes up about 78% of Earth's atmosphere?Answer: Nitrogen74. What is the largest island in the world (not counting continents)?Answer: Greenland75. Which famous scientist developed the theory of general relativity?Answer: Albert EinsteinHow many of these questions were you able to answer correctly? A few were common knowledge, while some proved more difficult. Check out Mental Floss for more fun trivia for your next road trip! More Mental Floss Trivia: