Put in Order Trivia Questions

Four things on a card, one right order: teams write it down, then Show answer gives the dates or sizes.

Put in Order Trivia Questions

Put these in order, oldest first: the Eiffel Tower, the Colosseum, the Taj Mahal, the Great Pyramid of Giza.

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The Great Pyramid of Giza, the Colosseum, the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower Built about 2600 BC, finished in AD 80, finished in 1648, opened in 1889.

Score a point for each one in the right place.

Teams write the four in order, then press Show answer.

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How it works

Put in order trivia questions give a team four things and ask for the whole sequence: oldest first, smallest first, north to south. Each answer shows the order with the dates or sizes behind it. All 43 are listed below.

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How to run put them in order trivia questions

Read the card twice, slowly. Each team writes all four things in order on a slip and hands it in before anyone speaks. Press Show answer and read the order out.

Four kinds of order

By date: buildings, voyages and events, oldest first. By size or number: planets, oceans, legs and strings, smallest first. On the map: cities from north to south or west to east. In their natural order: the layers of the Earth, tempo markings, the ranks of living things. Inventions by date are a separate page, which came first.

  • With put these in order trivia questions, teams can jot the four things down as you read, then number them 1 to 4.
  • No slip can have exactly three right: one thing out of place always pushes out another.

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How do you score trivia questions put in order?

Two ways. Strict: a point only when all four are in the right order. Kind: a point for each thing in its right place, so one swap still scores two. Agree on one before the first card.

What is a put in order trivia question?

A question whose answer is a sequence. The card names four things, shuffled, and the team puts them in order by the rule on the card, such as oldest first or north to south.

Is this the same as a which came first question?

No. Which came first asks for one answer out of two or four. Here the answer is the whole sequence, so a team has to place all four things, not just spot the oldest.

Where do the dates and sizes come from?

From the English Wikipedia article on each thing, read on October 8, 2026. City order uses the coordinates in each city's article, and two places less than a degree apart are never on one card.

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By date, oldest first 10

  • Put these in order of opening, oldest first: the Sydney Opera House, the Panama Canal, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building. Answer: The Brooklyn Bridge, the Panama Canal, the Empire State Building, the Sydney Opera House. Opened in 1883, 1914, 1931 and 1973.
  • Put these in order, oldest first: Everest is first climbed, Lewis and Clark set out, Magellan's fleet sets sail, the South Pole is first reached. Answer: Magellan's fleet sets sail, Lewis and Clark set out, the South Pole is first reached, Everest is first climbed. 1519, 1804, 1911, 1953.
  • Put these in order, oldest first: the Battle of Waterloo, the Great Fire of London, the California Gold Rush, the storming of the Bastille. Answer: The Great Fire of London, the storming of the Bastille, the Battle of Waterloo, the California Gold Rush. 1666, 1789, 1815, and gold found in 1848.
  • Put these in order, oldest first: the Berlin Wall falls, the Titanic sinks, the D-Day landings, the Wall Street Crash. Answer: The Titanic sinks, the Wall Street Crash, the D-Day landings, the Berlin Wall falls. 1912, 1929, 1944, 1989.
  • Put these in order, oldest first: the Eiffel Tower, the Colosseum, the Taj Mahal, the Great Pyramid of Giza. Answer: The Great Pyramid of Giza, the Colosseum, the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower. Built about 2600 BC, finished in AD 80, finished in 1648, opened in 1889.
  • Put these in order, oldest first: the first Moon landing, the Declaration of Independence, the first powered airplane flight, Columbus reaching the Americas. Answer: Columbus reaching the Americas, the Declaration of Independence, the first powered airplane flight, the first Moon landing. 1492, 1776, 1903, 1969.
  • Put these in order, oldest first: the Hubble Space Telescope launch, the first Space Shuttle flight, Sputnik 1, the first person in space. Answer: Sputnik 1, the first person in space, the first Space Shuttle flight, the Hubble Space Telescope launch. 1957, 1961, 1981, 1990.
  • Put these in order, oldest first: the Mayflower sails, the Black Death reaches Europe, Magna Carta is sealed, Constantinople falls. Answer: Magna Carta is sealed, the Black Death reaches Europe, Constantinople falls, the Mayflower sails. 1215, 1347, 1453, 1620.
  • Put these in order, oldest first: the Statue of Liberty is dedicated, the Louisiana Purchase, the Civil War begins, the transcontinental railroad is finished. Answer: The Louisiana Purchase, the Civil War begins, the transcontinental railroad is finished, the Statue of Liberty is dedicated. 1803, 1861, 1869, 1886.
  • Put these in order, oldest first: Vesuvius buries Pompeii, the first ancient Olympic Games, the Western Roman Empire falls, Julius Caesar is killed. Answer: The first ancient Olympic Games, Julius Caesar is killed, Vesuvius buries Pompeii, the Western Roman Empire falls. By tradition 776 BC, then 44 BC, AD 79 and AD 476.

By size or number 10

  • Put these continents in order of area, smallest first: Africa, Europe, Asia, Antarctica. Answer: Europe, Antarctica, Africa, Asia. About 10.2, 14.2, 30.4 and 44.6 million square kilometers.
  • Put these Great Lakes in order of surface area, smallest first: Huron, Ontario, Superior, Erie. Answer: Ontario, Erie, Huron, Superior. About 7,300, 9,900, 23,000 and 31,700 square miles.
  • Put these in order by number of legs, fewest first: a spider, a horse, a crab, an ant. Answer: A horse, an ant, a spider, a crab. Four, six, eight and ten: a crab's two claws are counted among its ten legs.
  • Put these in order by number of strings, fewest first: a guitar, a concert harp, a violin, a five-string banjo. Answer: A violin, a five-string banjo, a guitar, a concert harp. Four, five, six and, on a concert pedal harp, usually 47.
  • Put these mountains in order of height, lowest first: Denali, Mount Fuji, Mount Everest, Kilimanjaro. Answer: Mount Fuji, Kilimanjaro, Denali, Mount Everest. About 12,400, 19,300, 20,300 and 29,000 feet above sea level.
  • Put these oceans in order of area, smallest first: the Atlantic, the Arctic, the Pacific, the Indian. Answer: The Arctic, the Indian, the Atlantic, the Pacific. About 14, 71, 85 and 165 million square kilometers.
  • Put these planets in order of size, smallest first: Earth, Mars, Venus, Mercury. Answer: Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth. Mean radius: about 2,440 km, 3,390 km, 6,052 km and 6,371 km.
  • Put these Roman numerals in order of value, smallest first: M, C, L, D. Answer: L, C, D, M. 50, 100, 500 and 1,000.
  • Put these shapes in order by number of sides, fewest first: an octagon, a triangle, a hexagon, a pentagon. Answer: A triangle, a pentagon, a hexagon, an octagon. Three, five, six and eight sides.
  • Put these sports in order by players a team has in play, fewest first: baseball, soccer, basketball, ice hockey. Answer: Basketball, ice hockey, baseball, soccer. Five, six with the goaltender, nine and eleven.

On the map 10

  • Put these Australian cities in order from west to east: Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Adelaide. Answer: Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney. Longitudes: about 116, 139, 145 and 151 degrees east.
  • Put these capitals of the Americas in order from north to south: Bogota, Ottawa, Buenos Aires, Washington. Answer: Ottawa, Washington, Bogota, Buenos Aires. Latitudes in degrees: about 45 north, 39 north, 5 north and 35 south.
  • Put these cities in order from north to south: Nairobi, Reykjavik, Cape Town, Cairo. Answer: Reykjavik, Cairo, Nairobi, Cape Town. Latitudes in degrees: about 64 north, 30 north, 1 south and 34 south.
  • Put these cities in order from north to south: Tokyo, Singapore, Moscow, Mexico City. Answer: Moscow, Tokyo, Mexico City, Singapore. Latitudes: about 56, 36, 19 and 1 degrees north.
  • Put these cities on the Mississippi River in order from north to south: Memphis, New Orleans, Minneapolis, St. Louis. Answer: Minneapolis, St. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans. Latitudes: about 45, 39, 35 and 30 degrees north.
  • Put these European capitals in order from north to south: Paris, Rome, Oslo, London. Answer: Oslo, London, Paris, Rome. Latitudes: about 60, 52, 49 and 42 degrees north.
  • Put these European capitals in order from west to east: Vienna, Lisbon, Athens, Amsterdam. Answer: Lisbon, Amsterdam, Vienna, Athens. Longitudes in degrees: about 9 west, 5 east, 16 east and 24 east.
  • Put these US cities in order from north to south: Atlanta, Seattle, Miami, Chicago. Answer: Seattle, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami. Latitudes: about 48, 42, 34 and 26 degrees north.
  • Put these US cities in order from west to east: Boston, Denver, San Francisco, Kansas City. Answer: San Francisco, Denver, Kansas City, Boston. Longitudes: about 122, 105, 95 and 71 degrees west.
  • Put these US landmarks in order from west to east: the Gateway Arch, the Statue of Liberty, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Grand Canyon. Answer: The Golden Gate Bridge, the Grand Canyon, the Gateway Arch, the Statue of Liberty. Longitudes: about 122, 113, 90 and 74 degrees west.

In their natural order 13

  • Put the four stages of a butterfly's life in order: chrysalis, egg, adult, caterpillar. Answer: Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, adult. The caterpillar is the larva and the chrysalis is the pupa.
  • Put the layers of the Earth in order from the surface down: the inner core, the mantle, the crust, the outer core. Answer: The crust, the mantle, the outer core, the inner core.
  • Put these ages of European history in order, earliest first: the Iron Age, the Middle Ages, the Stone Age, the Bronze Age. Answer: The Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Middle Ages. Stone, Bronze and Iron are the three-age system of prehistory.
  • Put these Greek letters in alphabet order: gamma, alpha, delta, beta. Answer: Alpha, beta, gamma, delta. The first four letters of the Greek alphabet.
  • Put these layers of the atmosphere in order from the ground up: mesosphere, troposphere, thermosphere, stratosphere. Answer: Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere. Weather happens in the lowest one, the troposphere.
  • Put these minerals in order of hardness, softest first: quartz, diamond, talc, topaz. Answer: Talc, quartz, topaz, diamond. On the Mohs scale: 1, 7, 8 and 10.
  • Put these periods of Earth's history in order, oldest first: Jurassic, Cambrian, Cretaceous, Triassic. Answer: Cambrian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous. The Cambrian opens the Paleozoic Era; the other three make up the Mesozoic, the age of the dinosaurs.
  • Put these planets in order from the Sun, nearest first: Mars, Jupiter, Mercury, Venus. Answer: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter. Earth comes between Venus and Mars.
  • Put these ranks of living things in order, broadest first: family, species, kingdom, class. Answer: Kingdom, class, family, species. The full run is kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.
  • Put these singing voices in order, highest first: tenor, bass, soprano, alto. Answer: Soprano, alto, tenor, bass. The four parts of a mixed choir.
  • Put these string instruments in order of size, smallest first: a cello, a violin, a double bass, a viola. Answer: A violin, a viola, a cello, a double bass.
  • Put these tempo markings in order, slowest first: allegro, presto, adagio, andante. Answer: Adagio, andante, allegro, presto. Slow, at a walking pace, fast, very fast.
  • Put these traditional wedding anniversaries in order, earliest first: silver, tin, gold, paper. Answer: Paper, tin, silver, gold. The first, tenth, twenty-fifth and fiftieth.