124 Goose Trivia Questions (Ranked from Easiest to Hardest)

Geese are fascinating creatures, with a rich history and cultural significance in many parts of the world. They are well-known for their migration patterns, honking calls, and strong family bonds. Geese are also commonly kept as domesticated birds, providing eggs and meat for consumption. With a variety of species and breeds, there is much to learn about geese and their behavior. However, not everyone is aware of the interesting trivia and facts surrounding geese. Here are a few examples of goose trivia questions that might test your knowledge:

• What is the scientific name for the common domesticated goose?
• What is the term used to describe a group of geese?
• What is the average lifespan of a domesticated goose?
• What is the primary food source for geese in the wild?
• What is the name of the famous migration pattern of geese that occurs every year?

These are just a few examples of the many fascinating facts and trivia related to geese. Whether you're a bird-lover or just someone who wants to learn more about these fascinating creatures, these questions can be a fun and interesting way to learn more about geese and their behavior.

124 Goose Trivia Questions Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated for 2024)

1. Hey girl! As a certain Canadian actor could tell you, what is the word for a baby goose?
   
   Answer: Gosling
   
   
2. Produced in France, Grey Goose is a luxury brand of what type of alcoholic spirit?
   
   Answer: Vodka
   
   
3. In French, the European gooseberry is known as groseille à maquereau, after the berry's use in a sauce for what "M" fish?
   
   Answer: Mackerel
   
   
4. "Goose," "Jester," "Hollywood," and "Wolfman" are nicknames of some flying military bros in what 1986 movie?
   
   Answer: Top Gun
   
   
5. Although it sounds like it doesn't have one, what is the name of the 2019 video game in which players control a goose who harasses the inhabitants of an idyllic English village?
   
   Answer: Untitled Goose Game
   
   
6. In what language does "gefüllter Gänsehals" literally translate as "stuffed goose neck," which is a traditional simmered dish?
   
   Answer: German
   
   
7. In what fairy tale is there a goose that lays golden eggs, along with a singing harp and some magic beans?
   
   Answer: Jack and the Beanstalk
   
   
8. Some of our favorite collective nouns for animals include a congregation of alligators, a business of ferrets, an ostentation of peacocks, and a gaggle of what other fowl?
   
   Answer: Geese
   
   
9. According to the family tree made by Carl Banks, Gus Goose has three cousins: Gladstone Gander, Thelma Duck, and which other anatine character, the most famous member of the family?
   
   Answer: Donald Duck
   
   
10. Named after the goose feathers used to stuff it, the "feathery" (also spelled "featherie") was an early type of ball used in which sport, which originated in 15th century Scotland?
    
    Answer: Golf
    
    
11. One of the earliest mentions of the idiom "wild goose chase" is when Mercutio says, "Nay, if thy wits run the wild-goose chase" during a conversation with one of the two title characters of what Shakespeare play?
    
    Answer: Romeo and Juliet
    
    
12. The silly-sounding portmanteau "swoose" refers to the hybrid offspring of a goose and what other bird?
    
    Answer: Swan
    
    
13. A Dutch word meaning "to chatter" and a Middle English word meaning "to cackle" are possible origins for what word that means a group of geese?
    
    Answer: Gaggle
    
    
14. Honoring a bird that once roamed the market, "Alec the Goose" is a statue that can be found in St. George's Market in what city, the capital of Northern Ireland?
    
    Answer: Belfast
    
    
15. What kind of feather is larger and fluffier on geese than ducks, making them a popular choice for commercial use in blankets and pillows?
    
    Answer: Down Feather
    
    
16. In 2023, several Michigan beaches were closed and geese blamed for an outbreak of what common but dangerous bacteria, which is found in the geese's droppings?
    
    Answer: E. Coli
    
    
17. Twenty goose-feather quills are set out at the "counsel tables" each day what American institution is in session?
    
    Answer: U.S. Supreme Court
    
    
18. Accompanied by a ghost, Ebenezer Scrooge looks in on the Cratchit family having a goose for dinner as a special holiday treat in what Charles Dickens novel?
    
    Answer: A Christmas Carol
    
    
19. Also known as the beach goose, what is the more common name for Anser canagicus, a small, stocky species of goose found in northern Alaska? It shares its title with the largest species of penguin.
    
    Answer: Emperor Goose
    
    
20. Geese control companies like Wild Goose Chase in Chicago and Geese Police in New Jersey have pioneered strategies for "harassing" nuisance geese using what animals?
    
    Answer: Dogs
    
    
21. The smallest of Africa's waterfowl species, the African pygmy goose, is native to what country that also has many lemur species?
    
    Answer: Madagascar
    
    
22. What fictional storyteller was featured in a book of fairytales by French author, Charles Perrault, and later in an English book about nursery rhymes?
    
    Answer: Mother Goose
    
    
23. In the 1996 film "Fly Away Home," Anna Paquin stars as a young glider pilot leading an abandoned group of geese south from Canada. The film was based on a real "Operation" that went by what guessable M-word?
    
    Answer: Migration
    
    
24. According to the classic holiday song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," how many "geese a-laying" are given on each day by the narrator's true love?
    
    Answer: Six
    
    
25. The extension of a goose's sternum, or breastbone, that provides an anchor for its wings to attach, is known by what "K" term that is also part of a boat?
    
    Answer: Keel
    
    
26. What type of North American goose, a member of the genus Anser, gets its name from its white plumage?
    
    Answer: Snow Goose
    
    
27. The snow goose's bill has been compared to what toy-like tool that gets name-dropped in the title of a wintry Tchaikovsky ballet?
    
    Answer: Nutcracker
    
    
28. The vodka brand Grey Goose has an English name despite coming from what non-English speaking country (where its name would become "oie grise" in the national language)?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
29. The holiday song that begins "Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat," requests that you place what copper coin in the old man's hat?
    
    Answer: Penny
    
    
30. The African goose, Roman goose, Pomeranian goose, and Chinese goose as the best breeds for what kind of duty, due to their loudness and size, as well as their keen eyesight and territorial instincts?
    
    Answer: Guard
    
    
31. What species of goose, which looks like a petite version of the infamous Canada Goose, gets its name from its high-pitched, laugh-like call?
    
    Answer: Cackling Goose
    
    
32. The giant Canada Goose is the largest subspecies of Canada Goose. Although widespread now, it had once been thought extinct until a small group was found in what Midwestern state in 1962?
    
    Answer: Minnesota
    
    
33. Which state’s official bird is Branta sandvicensis, which is also known simply as the nene?
    
    Answer: Hawaii
    
    
34. The Hughes H-4 Hercules, commonly known as the "Spruce Goose," is the largest airplane ever constructed out of what building material?
    
    Answer: Wood
    
    
35. Which goose in northern Australia is the only living member of the Anseranatidae family and shares a name with a shiny-things-loving bird in the Corvidae family?
    
    Answer: Magpie
    
    
36. Like ducks, swans, and some other birds, geese can see what form of radiation with wavelengths shorter than that of visible light?
    
    Answer: Ultraviolet light
    
    
37. "The Wild Geese" was an epic 1978 war film whose ensemble cast included what actor who played James Bond in films like "Live and Let Die" and "Moonraker?"
    
    Answer: Roger Moore
    
    
38. As its name says, "Weihnachtsgans" is a roast goose dish traditionally served in Germany on what end-of-year holiday?
    
    Answer: Christmas
    
    
39. What "small" Disney animated film of 2005, with Zach Braff as the voice of the title farm bird, features a noisy antagonist named Goosey Loosey?
    
    Answer: Chicken Little
    
    
40. "Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry" away from the "Surrey with the Fringe on Top," according to the lyrics of a classic song from what Rodgers and Hammerstein musical?
    
    Answer: Oklahoma!
    
    
41. Maybe because they were written with goose quills or bound in goose skin, the Grey Goose Laws are a Medieval set of statutes from what island country that gave us the word for "geyser"?
    
    Answer: Iceland
    
    
42. "The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs" is one of many fables credited to what storyteller of ancient Greece?
    
    Answer: Aesop
    
    
43. Established in its own right in 1997, Grey Goose Vodka was acquired in 2004 by which alcoholic spirit company with a bat on their logo?
    
    Answer: Bacardi
    
    
44. The old English nursery rhyme "Goosey Goosey Gander" advocates a violent end—being tossed down the stairs—for a man who wouldn't say his WHAT?
    
    Answer: Prayers
    
    
45. Which of the naughty kids in the 1971 film "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" turns out to be a "bad egg" when she demands one of Wonka's chocolate egg-laying geese as a pet?
    
    Answer: Veruca Salt
    
    
46. According to the historian Livy, what ancient city was warned by a group of sacred geese of an attack by the Gauls in 387 BCE?
    
    Answer: Rome
    
    
47. From 1997 to 2008, which Scandinavian country featured a picture of Mårten the Goose(a children's book character) on its 20 kronor banknotes? It was replaced by a new design featuring a different children's book character (Pippi Longstocking)?
    
    Answer: Sweden
    
    
48. "Flight Stop," a sculpture in Cadillac Fairview's Toronto Eaton Centre, depicts 60 of what bird in flight?
    
    Answer: Canada goose
    
    
49. What six-letter D-word means "a fold of loose skin hanging from the neck or throat of an animal," as is the case for many geese?
    
    Answer: Dewlap
    
    
50. What alliteratively named Australian film franchise features a character nicknamed "Goose," played by Steve Bisley, in its initial 1979 installment?
    
    Answer: Mad Max
    
    
51. Known for his starring roles in “Crazy, Stupid, Love” and “La La Land”, what Canadian actor who married Eva Mendes in 2011 shares his surname with the name of a young goose?
    
    Answer: Ryan Gosling
    
    
52. "Goose Snow Cone" is the quirky title of a 2017 song by what singer-songwriter whose biggest hit is the 1995 song "That's Just What You Are?"
    
    Answer: Aimee Mann
    
    
53. Although a merganser is a duck, not a goose, both white and gray geese belong to what genus whose name can be found in the word "merganser?"
    
    Answer: Anser
    
    
54. Which Asian country is the world's largest producer of goose meat by quite an extreme margin?
    
    Answer: China
    
    
55. What is the alliterative two-word name of Donald Duck’s anserine cousin? His first name is that of a 19th century British Prime Minister with the given name William. His second name is a term used for a male goose.
    
    Answer: Gladstone Gander
    
    
56. Geese and other waterfowl can develop a deformity called “angel wing” if they become malnourished. Which food commonly given to them by humans is thought to contribute to the condition?
    
    Answer: Bread
    
    
57. On the ground, a group of geese is a gaggle. In the air, they can be a team or a skein. What’s the roly-poly word for a group of geese flying close together?
    
    Answer: Plump
    
    
58. "Was it for this the wild geese spread" is a line from "September 1913," a poem by what Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet?
    
    Answer: William Butler Yeats
    
    
59. What letter in the English alphabet is used to refer to the energy conserving formation in which geese and other large birds fly?
    
    Answer: V
    
    
60. Abigail and Amelia Gabble are twin sisters who are also geese in what 1970 Disney animated film whose title characters are Duchess and her children Marie, Toulouse, and Berlioz?
    
    Answer: The Aristocats
    
    
61. The delicacy known as foie gras is made from what organ, often from a goose, that has been artificially fattened?
    
    Answer: Liver
    
    
62. In Greek mythology, the Charites were often depicted riding in a chariot pulled by geese. By what better name are the Graces, goddess of charm and beauty, known in English?
    
    Answer: Graces
    
    
63. In 2021, Minor League Baseball team of Beloit, Wisconsin renamed themselves the Sky Carp, a colloquial term for a goose that doesn't do what in winter?
    
    Answer: Migrate
    
    
64. It's not exactly the same as beeping your car horn on a busy freeway, but geese honk as they fly to keep each other “in their lane,” so to speak. That means staying in formation, which famously looks like which letter of the English alphabet?
    
    Answer: V
    
    
65. Geese Howard is a boss character in what alliteratively named, deadly-sounding video game franchise from the Japanese company SNK?
    
    Answer: Fatal Fury
    
    
66. In ancient Egyptian mythology, the god Geb is often depicted with the head of a goose, and is the father of what underworld god who married his sister Isis?
    
    Answer: Osiris
    
    
67. "Fly by Wire: The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson" is a 2009 non-fiction book about the exploits of what famed figure earlier that year?
    
    Answer: Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger
    
    
68. Which 2019 movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe introduces the character "Goose," an extremely dangerous alien creature that looks identical to a cat?
    
    Answer: Captain Marvel
    
    
69. Which breed of goose has a name that makes more sense once you know that they were originally fixtures on farms in the U.S. South, as they made excellent crop weeders?
    
    Answer: Cotton Patch
    
    
70. What goose, named for an Arctic explorer, is the smallest of the three "white geese" that live in North America?
    
    Answer: Ross's Goose
    
    
71. What clothing company trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker GOOS?
    
    Answer: Canada Goose
    
    
72. What extinct genus named after a southern hemisphere country reached nearly 18kg, far bigger than the Canada goose and Cape Barren goose? These geese are sometimes named after the two islands they are found on.
    
    Answer: New Zealand Goose
    
    
73. What goose with an orange bill, pink legs, and a name starting with "G", is the ancestor of most breeds of domesticated geese? It is the largest wild goose native to Europe.
    
    Answer: Greylag
    
    
74. "Although a Gander does not strut before his beloved with the pomposity of a Turkey, or the grace of a Dove, his ways are quite as agreeable to the female of his choice." What French-American naturalist wrote this about the Canada Goose in his monumental Birds of America?
    
    Answer: John James Audubon
    
    
75. What goose species, scientific name Anser fabalis, gets its common name from the stubble fields of a certain crop that make up its winter grazing grounds?
    
    Answer: Bean Goose
    
    
76. Anser brachyrhynchus is better known by what common name that refers to the color of the goose’s webbed lower appendages?
    
    Answer: Pinkfoot
    
    
77. Some Southern Hemisphere birds called geese, like the Orinoco Goose and Egyptian Goose, are actually members of what duck family, whose name comes from a word meaning "pied" and not any similarity to turtles?
    
    Answer: Shelduck
    
    
78. A character in the 1986 film "Top Gun" is Nick Bradshaw, who has the call-sign ‘Goose’ and meets tragic end. Which actor played the role?
    
    Answer: Anthony Edwards
    
    
79. The last story in the first volume of the stories by the Brothers Grimm told of geese being menaced by what animal?
    
    Answer: Fox
    
    
80. What French film, released in the U.S. in 2003, follows the extensive seasonal journey of several bird species, including Canada and snow geese?
    
    Answer: Winged Migration
    
    
81. A flock of Canada Geese got themselves into a sticky (and deadly) situation when they landed in what Los Angeles landmark in 2023?
    
    Answer: La Brea Tar Pits
    
    
82. What "Mr. Universe" and "Obsessed" comedian voiced the carefree swan goose Peng in the 2018 Netflix animated movie "Duck Duck Goose?"
    
    Answer: Jim Gaffigan
    
    
83. The bar-headed goose is one of the highest-flying species of bird in the world, regularly reaching altitudes of over 20,000 feet to migrate over what mountain range?
    
    Answer: Himalayas
    
    
84. What is the most common domestic breed of geese raised for meat, because of their fast growth and great size? They also have the largest eggs of any domestic breed, averaging six ounces.
    
    Answer: Embden
    
    
85. Anser is the Latin genus of gray and white geese. ANSER is the acronym for a group of what recently-launched technological objects that are designed to mimic geese flying in formation?
    
    Answer: Satellites
    
    
86. "Fly Away Home" is a 1996 movie about a girl who teaches her geese to fly using an ultralight aircraft. The main role was played by which Oscar winner, whose other roles include Flora McGrath in "The Piano," Rogue in the X-Men franchise, and Sookie Stackhouse in "True Blood?"
    
    Answer: Anna Paquin
    
    
87. Three geese are displayed on the coat of arms of the region of Polvijärvi, which is located in which Scandinavian country whose capital city is Helsinki?
    
    Answer: Finland
    
    
88. What was the name of the 1971 Golden Globe-winning British television drama about a lighthouse keeper, a girl and her wounded goose, and the evacuation of soldiers at Dunkirk in World War II?
    
    Answer: The Snow Goose
    
    
89. What small, brightly colored, endangered goose (scientific name Branta ruficollis) winters in southeastern Europe and the UK, but breeds in Siberia?
    
    Answer: Red-Breasted Goose
    
    
90. What member of the Holy Trinity was depicted by Celtic Christians as Ah Geadh-Glas, the Wild Goose, because geese were considered freer than doves?
    
    Answer: The Holy Spirit
    
    
91. What fictional puppet goose, the namesake of a children's television show that ran on Chicago television in the late 1950s and early 1960s, proclaimed himself to be "King of the United States?"
    
    Answer: Garfield Goose
    
    
92. What species of goose lent its name to a (rather surprising to find) oilfield off Scotland’s Shetland Islands in the 1970s?
    
    Answer: Brent
    
    
93. Retrices are feathers that help in flight found on what part of a goose's anatomy?
    
    Answer: Tail
    
    
94. In a Buddhist folktale, a golden goose gives his feathers to a woman and her daughters until the woman greedily plucks them all at once, causing the feathers to return in what less-valuable color?
    
    Answer: White
    
    
95. A synonym for a whip used by a horse rider, what body part on a goose is a muscular pouch located on the front of the bird's neck?
    
    Answer: Crop
    
    
96. What word can mean either a flock of geese flying in formation or a length of coiled yarn that can be purchased at a knitting shop?
    
    Answer: Skein
    
    
97. The Roman goose was said to be sacred to which goddess, the Roman equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera, and namesake of one of the months of the year?
    
    Answer: Juno
    
    
98. Containing no consonants, what is the three-letter word that means "goose" in French?
    
    Answer: Oie
    
    
99. A white-fronted goose lost its way and crash-landed into Dodger Stadium during the 2022 National League Division Series between the Dodgers and what other Southern California team?
    
    Answer: San Diego Padres
    
    
100. Gribenes, a delicacy from Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, are made from the solid material that remains when rendering the fat of a goose (or chicken.) What English word is usually used for this type of crispy meat snack?
     
     Answer: Cracklings
     
     
101. An unexpected application of AI? Tracking individual geese to learn more about them. In fact, researchers from The University of Vienna have used the tech to recognize an individual goose by what feature? (Hint: No word on whether or not they could unlock your phone…)
     
     Answer: Face
     
     
102. "The Golden Goose" is a 1926 work by what English classical-music composer who is better known for his orchestral suite "The Planets?"
     
     Answer: Gustav Holst
     
     
103. Endemic to Ethiopia, what color are the wings of the waterfowl species Cyanochen cyanoptera? This waterfowl is frequently referred to as a goose, though its taxonomy is disputed.
     
     Answer: Blue
     
     
104. Which breed of goose shares a name with a fluffy little dog—and in fact, both animals were named after the same European region? (Hint: They’re also called the Rügener goose)
     
     Answer: Pomeranian
     
     
105. Co-written by George Clinton and Eddie Hazel, "The Goose" is a 1974 song by what governmental-sounding funk band?
     
     Answer: Parliament
     
     
106. What loyal wife of the Greek hero Odysseus dreams that an eagle has killed all her geese—an omen that Odysseus will return and defeat her obnoxious suitors?
     
     Answer: Penelope
     
     
107. What “G” type of goose has an orange beak and pink legs? Part of its name refers to its muddled black/white color, and another part is a word meaning to fall behind in movement.
     
     Answer: Greylag
     
     
108. The round Canada Goose logo features the brand name at the top of the circle, and what two-word phrase at the bottom of the circle?
     
     Answer: Arctic Program
     
     
109. Toolka is the indigenous Wemba Wemba name of the Cape Barren goose in the southern portion of what very southern island nation?
     
     Answer: Australia
     
     
110. By what "color" name are geese of the genus Branta also known, as opposed to the "gray geese" of the genus Anser?
     
     Answer: Black
     
     
111. The "Mother Goose Suite" is a group of musical pieces by what French composer who is also famous for "Bolero?"
     
     Answer: Maurice Ravel
     
     
112. Roman geese (in America, they are called tufted Roman geese) helped protect the city of Rome from invasion by the Gauls in 4 B.C. by honking loudly and alerting the Romans of the attack. In honor of this, the Romans erected a temple to the goddess to whom the geese were sacred. What goddess was that?
     
     Answer: Juno
     
     
113. Boris Goosinov is a Russian-born snow goose in a series of movies about (and named after) which Alaskan husky who led the team of sled dogs on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome?
     
     Answer: Balto
     
     
114. The Gänsemarkt, or "geese market," is a public square located in what German city, the country's second most populous after Berlin?
     
     Answer: Hamburg
     
     
115. A common myth says that a certain type of bird has a name in Mandarin that means "business goose." What bird—still quite appropriately—actually has a Mandarin name that means "standing goose?"
     
     Answer: Penguin
     
     
116. What is the only extant species of geese that is not found in continental areas, but just on an island group in the Pacific?
     
     Answer: Nene
     
     
117. A breed of domestic goose with unique curly, white feathers is named for what major Black Sea port on the Crimean Peninsula?
     
     Answer: Sebastopol
     
     
118. It's customary to eat goose on the saint day of what French saint and 4th century bishop of Tours with an "M" name?
     
     Answer: St. Martin
     
     
119. A Scottish Gaelic term for what non-goose seabird is the "solan goose?" In the 2023 live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid," the character of sea gull Scuttle was changed to be a member of this species.
     
     Answer: Northern Gannet
     
     
120. In the Grimm brothers' fairy tale "The Goose Girl," what kind of animal is Falada, who talks to the title character even after his death?
     
     Answer: Horse
     
     
121. "The Goose" was the nickname of what former NFL defensive tackle and sideline reporter who tragically passed away in 2023?
     
     Answer: Tony Siragusa
     
     
122. What confusing-sounding "A" term refers to the practice of controlling goose populations by replacing laid eggs with frozen eggs, so that geese will continue to sit on the eggs but they never hatch?
     
     Answer: Addling
     
     
123. The goose with the binomial name Branta leucopsis has what common name? It derives from the mistaken belief that this goose spawns from a type of crustacean.
     
     Answer: Barnacle goose
     
     
124. "Like I always say, what's good for the goose is always good for the gander," begins what 1985 number-one hit song by Ready for the World?
     
     Answer: Oh Sheila
     
     

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