How it works
General economics trivia questions and answers in four rounds: before Adam Smith, from Smith to Marx, marginalists to game theory, and the words of economics.
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Basic economics trivia questions
The words of economics is the first-week round: micro and macro, the four factors of production, duopoly and oligopoly, externalities and public goods.
Economy trivia questions from history
Before Adam Smith runs from Xenophon to the Economic Table. From Smith to Marx has the invisible hand, Say's law and where Das Kapital was written. Marginalists to game theory covers the schools of Lausanne and Austria, Veblen, Keynes and the founding of game theory.
Tips
- Run The words of economics before the history rounds; it has the most easy questions.
Questions and answers
What are some easy economics trivia questions?
What was economics called before the late 19th century? Which branch studies households and firms? What was Adam Smith's first book? The answers are political economy, microeconomics and The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
Is there money advice in the quiz?
No. Nothing here says what to buy, save or invest in, and no question takes a side between schools of thought. The questions are history and vocabulary.
Who is called the father of economics?
Adam Smith was long given the title. The article the quiz was read in notes that a study of 1964 pointed to the earlier work of Ibn Khaldun.
How were the answers checked?
Each was read on October 3, 2026 in the English Wikipedia article History of economic thought or Economics, linked under the question. Living economists and current figures are left out.