Trivia

Here are sites to answer "just curious" trivia questions, participate in trivia message boards, or even submit your own questions.

Resources in this category:

Animal Names & Words
http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/animalFARQ.html

Names for groups or gender of animals.

Baby Names and the Meanings of Names
http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/nameFARQ.html

How can I find an African name for my baby on the Internet?

Based on the Book
http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/movies/

'Based on the Book' is a compilation of over 1,000 book titles, short stories, and plays that have been made into motion pictures. Utilizing the Internet Movie Database as the authority on release dates, all movies in this collection have been released since 1980.

A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia
http://jeff560.tripod.com/words.html

This is a well-researched site for those seeking answers to trivia questions like the longest word in the English language, words ending in -gry, only word ending in -mt, etc.

FunTrivia.com : the Trivia Website
http://www.funtrivia.com/

A collection of trivia fun, including an encyclopedia of trivia, thousands of quizzes, hundreds of crosswords, links to interactive trivia public competitions, questions for designing your own trivia tournament, and user forums. FunTrivia.com bills itself as the "World's Largest Trivia and Quiz Site."

Guinness World Records
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/

Website from the publishers of the famous book of world records. View records in a dozen categories and take part in the various interactive features of the site (games, voting). Find out how you can break a record of your own.

Information is beautiful
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/

Marvel at how statistics, data and information is visualized to reveal hidden connections and patterns that help us see our world in a different light. Fascinating and visually captivating.

Movie Trivia
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/movies/trivia-faq/

A very large (over 550K!) FAQ style text file of movie trivia, in-jokes, cameos, etc. (last updated in 1996)

Once in a Blue Moon
http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/bluemoonFARQ.html

What does the phrase "once in a blue moon" really mean?

The Straight Dope
http://www.straightdope.com/

"The official Internet home of Cecil Adams, World's Smartest Human Being, and his famous syndicated column The Straight Dope". With searchable online archives of the column, this site is an excellent reference tool for finding answers to "just curious" type questions like "Why are races always run in a counterclockwise direction?" and "Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?".

Swishweb.com
http://www.swishweb.com/

Swishweb.com provides an interesting array of information on trivia, be it general or related to specific topics such as art and cutlture, nature, history, sports, or religions. This site is also the home of a the Trivial Knowledge Challenge, described as a chance to "test your knowledge about science, movies, geography, food, and more." Registration is optional, and players are allowed to submit their own questions.

Useless Knowledge
http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/

"Based upon an observation that most existing trivia oriented web sites were poorly designed and contained a great deal of in-accurate information, UselessKnowledge.com was designed to be the definitive source for accurate trivial information and a way to provide hours of fun, family oriented entertainment on the web."

What is the '@' sign called?
http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/atsignFARQ.html

Is there a name for the @ symbol? Where did it come from?

Why is New York City called "The Big Apple"?
http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/bigappleFARQ.html

Why is New York City called "The Big Apple"?

Why is the sky blue?
http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/skyFARQ.html

Why is the sky blue?

wiseGEEK
http://www.wisegeek.com/

Offers free and clear answers to common questions on a variety of topics.

Words that end in -gry
http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/gryFARQ.html

There are three words in the English language that end in -gry. Angry and hungry are two of them, what is the third?