How it works
These 120 workplace trivia questions are safe to read out to any team: no religion, politics, health or company names. Sixty are about work and sixty are general. As trivia questions for work meetings, they come with answers and sources in rounds of ten.
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A meeting opener or a 30-minute quiz
For an opener, share your screen, choose a round under Start from and press Scored round, then Start the round: 10 questions, scored at the end. For a 30-minute quiz, choose a round such as General round: food and press Print the question sheet, then tick With answer key. Each sheet holds 10 questions. Plan on three rounds: read them out, let teams keep their own score on paper, and read the key after each round.
What the nine topics ask
Office inventions (20 questions) has the paper clip and the revolving door. Where work words come from (20) traces salary, deadline and tycoon. Work customs around the world (20) goes from fika to Mumbai's lunch carriers. Six general rounds of 10 follow.
- Mix teams across departments. The general rounds need no job knowledge, so no desk has an edge.
- For icebreaker trivia questions with new starters, choose Where work words come from. Six of its 20 are easy and every answer tells a story.
- Settle a tie with one hard question. The words and customs topics hold six each.
Questions and answers
Are these questions safe for any workplace?
Yes. Nothing asks about religion, politics, bodies, health, age or alcohol, and no company, brand or living person is named. The general rounds need no particular schooling, country or sport to score.
How do I use these as team building quiz questions?
Split into teams of three to five and print three rounds with their answer keys. One person reads, teams write answers on paper, then swap sheets to mark. The trivia score sheet keeps the totals.
Which round should a mixed team start with?
General round: animals or General round: science, which open gentlest with four easy questions in each ten. About a quarter of the pack is hard, our estimate for adult colleagues. Every question has four choices, so a team can reason toward an answer.
Can people play on their own?
Yes. As fun quiz questions for employees to try alone, the page opens with a question ready. Tap a choice to see the explanation and its source.