Celebrate life’s journey with 40 engaging senior trivia questions. Whether you’re a senior, caregiver, or curious about life’s lessons, these questions spark conversations and mental workouts.
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Senior Trivia
#1. Who wrote the novel “Moby-Dick”?
#2. In which year did World War I end?
#3. What is the chemical symbol for helium?
#4. Who painted the famous artwork “Starry Night”?
#5. Who is the author of “To Kill a Mockingbird”?
#6. Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
#7. What is the chemical symbol for carbon?
#8. What is the name of the iconic mountain in South Dakota with the faces of four US presidents?
#9. What is the chemical symbol for iron?
#10. What is the chemical symbol for water?
#11. What is the currency of Japan?
#12. Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
#13. Which famous speech begins with “I have a dream”?
#14. Who is known for his theory of relativity?
#15. Which ocean is the largest by area?
#16. What is the chemical symbol for gold?
#17. Who wrote “Pride and Prejudice”?
#18. Who is the author of “War and Peace”?
#19. Who wrote the play “Romeo and Juliet”?
#20. What is the name of the famous ship that sank in 1912?
#21. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
#22. What is the world’s largest continent by land area?
#23. What is the capital city of Canada?
#24. What is the national flower of Japan?
#25. Which famous scientist developed the theory of evolution by natural selection?
#26. Which continent is known as the “Dark Continent”?
#27. What is the capital city of Australia?
#28. What is the largest planet in our solar system?
#29. Who was the leader of the civil rights movement in the United States?
#30. What is the capital city of France?
#31. What is the national flower of the United States?
#32. Which mountain range is home to the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest?
#33. Which planet is known as the “Red Planet”?
#35. What is the smallest prime number?
#36. What is the capital city of Spain?
#37. Which US president delivered the Gettysburg Address?
#38. What is the term for the large-scale economic collapse that occurred in the 1930s?
#39. In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?
#40. In which year did the United States declare independence from Britain?
#41. What is the chemical symbol for silver?
