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As 2022 comes to a close, us here at Water Cooler Trivia wanted to take a few minutes to salute the trivia year that was.
Why us you ask? Well as far as we can tell, there is no better source out there for what trivia questions defined MMXXII.
In the past year we’ve distributed 1,322,037 trivia quizzes which amounts to 14,342,202 questions asked. Yeah, big numbers.
So on the back of all that trivia we prepared for you the easiest and hardest trivia questions from the past year!
Honestly, no one really likes easy trivia. But every once in awhile, we find ourselves asking questions that are just a little too easy! Here's a look at the ten questions this year that had the highest correct percentages across every single question we asked. We think you should get 10/10!
10. What search engine makes changes to its logo, known as "doodles," to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and famous people, such as a pointillist version in honor of artist Georges Seurat? 99.42% Correct
9. The winner of 15 major pro golf championships, Eldrick Tont Woods is better known by what fierce nickname that honors his father's friend, South Vietnamese Colonel Vuong Dang Phong? 99.52% Correct
8. Starring Michael Keaton as titular business mogul Ray Kroc, the 2016 film "The Founder" portrays the origin story of what golden-arches fast-food chain? 99.58% Correct
7. Relax, breathe, and tell me: a Japanese sect of Mahayana Buddhism shares what Z-word name with a state of calm attentiveness? 99.58% Correct
6. Bart runs half-heartedly for class president, and Homer runs more seriously for Springfield Sanitation Commissioner, in various episodes of what long-running animated sitcom? 99.64% Correct
5. Holy guacamole! Threats to USDA inspectors prompted a brief 2022 ban on U.S. imports from Mexico of what fruit? 99.65% Correct
4. What frequently memed cartoon character originated in “The Intertidal Zone,” a comic book that Stephen Hillenburg created to teach his students about undersea life? Roget’s answer: AbsorbRobert QuadraticTrousers 99.66% Correct
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3. In one of the most high-profile takeover bids of all-time, which social media network recently accepted Elon Musk’s bid to purchase it for over $40 Billion? (We imagine it’ll take more than 280 characters to celebrate the sale.) 99.71% Correct
2. Before Shark Week there was Shark Summer. In 1975, what Steven Spielberg film took a nine-figure bite out of the summer box office? 99.76% Correct
1. Two questions, same answer: A) A block that leaves a defensive player very flat on their back goes by what breakfast-y term? B) The "P" in IHOP stands for what thing with a lot of real estate on their menu? 99.77% Correct
Honestly, no one really likes hard trivia either. But that being said, there's an ultimate satisfaction that comes from knowing something that very few other people know. Here's a look at the ten questions this year that had the lowest correct percentages across every single question we asked. If you get even one of these questions, we think you're a genius.
10. The world's smallest capital city, Ngerulmud, has a population of only approximately 400. What country is home to Ngerulmud? 7.92% Correct
9. What kind of cookie was featured in a recipe published by American Girl Magazine in 1922, for Girl Scouts to make and sell to raise money for their troops? 7.62% Correct
8. Under the supervision of Dr. Alan Isen in a television studio, who was the first U.S. President to appear in public wearing contact lenses? This occurred during the decade in which contact lenses first had mass appeal thanks to improved manufacturing technology. 7.55% Correct
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7. Including the mandatory training period, how many months of commitment is the standard Peace Corps Volunteer assignment? 6.67% Correct
6. Lewis Latimer, a Black inventor whose parents escaped from enslavement, worked as a draftsman to create the drawings for what man's most famous invention? 6.35% Correct
5. Which language has the longest alphabet? 6.27% Correct
4. Using the International Monetary Fund (2018) as your source, choose the continent (excluding Antarctica of course) with the highest GDP per capita. Now choose the country within that continent with the highest GDP per capita. What is the country? 6.11% Correct
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3. What color, aside from their black trim, were the original Converse All-Stars Chuck Taylor basketball shoes when they were first produced in 1917? 5.79% Correct
2. Hailed as the "original soul sister" and the "godmother of rock and roll" because of her pioneering guitar techniques, Sister Rosetta Tharpe was born in which southern state to two cotton pickers in 1915? 5.43% Correct
1. What cubist's work, featuring outlines of birds, was the first piece by a living artist to adorn the Louvre? It covered the ceiling of what was once King Henri II's antechamber and caused an uproar in Paris. 4.78% Correct
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So there you have it! The easiest and hardest questions of the year. Au revoir to a wonderful year, and we can’t wait for the next one!
Keep on trivin’ on!
