How it works
These US dollar trivia questions are currency trivia questions and answers about one currency, in four rounds: where the dollar came from, coins and units, bills and their nicknames, and gold, silver and the Federal Reserve.
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Coin trivia questions and bill nicknames
Coins and units asks the mill, the eagle, the half cent and the year the dime got a portrait. Bills and their nicknames has the buck, the deuce, the sawbuck and the grand.
Money questions for trivia night
Open with Bills and their nicknames, the round where every table knows something. Tap a choice to check it; the reason shows with the answer. The pack is history and words: it gives no prices, no rates and no advice.
Questions and answers
What are some easy trivia questions about money?
What are paper dollars nicknamed, after their color? Whose portrait is on the $100 bill? Which word means $1,000? The answers are greenbacks, Benjamin Franklin and a grand.
Are there one dollar bill trivia questions?
One: its nicknames, buck and single. The same round asks the nicknames of the $2, $10 and $100 bills and why a $100 bill is called a C-note.
Are these money trivia questions multiple choice?
Yes. Each has four choices, and the answer comes with a one-line reason and a link to the article it was read in.
How were the answers checked?
Each was read on October 3, 2026 in the English Wikipedia article United States dollar, which every question links. Amounts in circulation, exchange rates and anything else that changes by the year are left out.