Culture Trivia Questions, From Fika to the Haka: how it works
What are Korean chopsticks made of, and which number do Italians avoid? These 144 culture trivia questions take in customs from every inhabited continent. Tap a choice, press Check answer, and the card tells you the story behind it.
Host a culture night in rounds
Set Topic to one round for 24 questions on one subject. Read the question and its four choices aloud, have teams write a letter, then press Check answer and read the reason out too, because the why is the best part of a custom. Tally on paper: the card keeps no team scores. Greetings, gestures and good manners has the fewest hard questions, so it makes a kind opener.
Print a round for a class or a potluck
Pick a Topic, then Print question sheet for the next 20 questions with lettered choices. Print answer key adds each reason. Food and table manners suits an international potluck. The questions load over the network, so print while you are online.
Tips
- Ask guests what their own family does. A question on la bise or the right hand for eating often starts a better story.
- Teaching across several screens? Share this set gives a link that opens these questions in one fixed order for everyone.
- Languages and writing and Music, dance and games hold ten hard questions each. Save one for the final round and score it double.
Questions and answers
What makes good cultural trivia questions?
A custom with a reason behind it. Asking why chopsticks are never stood upright in rice teaches more than asking for a capital city. Every question here explains its answer, and no culture is treated as a joke.
How hard are the questions?
Of the 144, 20 are easy, such as the Hindu festival of colored powder. Another 74 are medium, and 50 are hard, such as the number of strings on a West African kora. Every round mixes all three levels.
Which cultures are covered?
Every inhabited continent appears: Ghanaian kente, Swedish fika, Inca quipu, the Cherokee syllabary, the Thai festival of Loy Krathong and the Māori hongi, among others. Film, television, chart music and celebrity questions are left out on purpose.
Can I use these for a school culture day?
Yes. The content is clean and customs are described with respect. Each answer links to the article it was checked against on September 19, 2026, so students can read further. A printed sheet holds 20 questions.