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- ✓Over 11,000 questions available with one simple request
- ✓Customise your query, including category and difficulty
- ✓Reach customers across the world with translations
Get quiz questions with a single request
Simply send a GET request to https://the-trivia-api.com/v2/questions to get started!
fetch('https://the-trivia-api.com/v2/questions')[
{
"category": "history",
"id": "63989c195c9a75021f310480",
"correctAnswer": "Absolute Monarchy",
"incorrectAnswers": [
"Democracy",
"Constitutional Monarchy",
"Parliamentary Democracy"
],
"question": {
"text": "What kind of government dominated most of Europe during the 17th century?"
},
"tags": [
"history",
"1600s",
"europe"
],
"type": "text_choice",
"difficulty": "medium",
"regions": [],
"isNiche": false
},
{
"category": "society_and_culture",
"id": "622a1c357cc59eab6f94fd14",
"correctAnswer": "Karl Marx",
"incorrectAnswers": [
"Ludwig Wittgenstein",
"Socrates",
"Friedrich Nietzsche"
],
"question": {
"text": "Which philosopher famously said 'Religion is the sign of the oppressed ... it is the opium of the people'?"
},
"tags": [
"philosophy",
"quotes",
"society_and_culture"
],
"type": "text_choice",
"difficulty": "hard",
"regions": [],
"isNiche": false
},
{
"category": "film_and_tv",
"id": "622a1c347cc59eab6f94f8df",
"correctAnswer": "Dennis Hopper",
"incorrectAnswers": [
"Kevin Spacey",
"James Stewart",
"Robert Mitchum"
],
"question": {
"text": "Which actor played the role of Frank Booth in Blue Velvet?"
},
"tags": [
"people",
"acting",
"film",
"film_and_tv"
],
"type": "text_choice",
"difficulty": "hard",
"regions": [],
"isNiche": false
},
{
"category": "arts_and_literature",
"id": "63afff982d1dcedfbb654568",
"correctAnswer": "The Tempest",
"incorrectAnswers": [
"Othello",
"A Midsummer Night's Dream",
"Romeo and Juliet"
],
"question": {
"text": "In which of Shakespeare's plays does the character 'Prospero' appear?"
},
"tags": [
"arts_and_literature",
"shakespeare",
"theater",
"fictitious_characters"
],
"type": "text_choice",
"difficulty": "hard",
"regions": [],
"isNiche": false
},
{
"category": "music",
"id": "622a1c387cc59eab6f950b46",
"correctAnswer": "The Velvet Underground",
"incorrectAnswers": [
"Alice in Chains",
"Marilyn Manson",
"Fall Out Boy"
],
"question": {
"text": "Which band includes 'Nico'?"
},
"tags": [
"music"
],
"type": "text_choice",
"difficulty": "hard",
"regions": [],
"isNiche": false
},
{
"category": "food_and_drink",
"id": "622a1c367cc59eab6f9502dc",
"correctAnswer": "Gin ",
"incorrectAnswers": [
"Rum",
"Vodka",
"Avocaat"
],
"question": {
"text": "The Term 'Dutch Courage' Originally Came From The Consumption Of Which Drinkt?"
},
"tags": [
"food_and_drink"
],
"type": "text_choice",
"difficulty": "medium",
"regions": [],
"isNiche": false
},
{
"category": "history",
"id": "639ae2bb929b90846f2fc8b1",
"correctAnswer": "Harald Hardrada",
"incorrectAnswers": [
"Ragnar Lothbrok",
"Ivar the Boneless",
"Sweyn Forkbeard"
],
"question": {
"text": "What is the name of the legendary Viking warrior who fought in the Battle of Stamford Bridge?"
},
"tags": [
"history",
"vikings",
"uk"
],
"type": "text_choice",
"difficulty": "medium",
"regions": [],
"isNiche": false
},
{
"category": "society_and_culture",
"id": "622a1c3b7cc59eab6f951712",
"correctAnswer": "Pantomime",
"incorrectAnswers": [
"Colosseum",
"Theatrical",
"Cabaret"
],
"question": {
"text": "Which word comes from a Greek word meaning 'imitator of all'?"
},
"tags": [
"society_and_culture",
"words",
"language"
],
"type": "text_choice",
"difficulty": "hard",
"regions": [],
"isNiche": false
},
{
"category": "society_and_culture",
"id": "622a1c3a7cc59eab6f9511b1",
"correctAnswer": "Eris",
"incorrectAnswers": [
"Razr",
"Mercury",
"Zeus"
],
"question": {
"text": "Who is the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Discordia?"
},
"tags": [
"ancient_greece",
"mythology",
"society_and_culture"
],
"type": "text_choice",
"difficulty": "hard",
"regions": [],
"isNiche": false
},
{
"category": "science",
"id": "622a1c377cc59eab6f95047a",
"correctAnswer": "heat",
"incorrectAnswers": [
"the future",
"the future",
"a neologism for the Pilates method, a system of physical exercise"
],
"question": {
"text": "What is Thermology the study of?"
},
"tags": [
"science"
],
"type": "text_choice",
"difficulty": "easy",
"regions": [],
"isNiche": false
}
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FAQs
What is The Trivia API?
The Trivia API is an API that provides multiple choice quiz questions across a range of categories. It is designed to let developers build quiz apps without needing to manage a large database of questions. For paying subscribers there is also additional functionality:
- Create sessions so that users don't receive duplicate questions
- Image questions
- Translate all questions into other languages, including French, Hindi, Spanish, Dutch & Turkish.
- Create quizzes so that you can give the same questions to different users.
The API is under active development; new questions and features are being added all the time!
How do I get questions from the API?
To get started, simply send a GET request to https://the-trivia-api.com/v2/questions. You can also filter the questions by a number of parameters. For full information see our documentation.
Do I need a license?
The API and all data returned from it are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
.This means that the API and the questions it returns are free for noncommercial use. If you have somewhere suitable in your app, then please credit the API somewhere discreet - we love having our hard work shared!
If you would like to use the API commercially or would like to use some of the API's advanced features, this is offered as a paid subscription.
Where do the questions come from?
The questions come from a range of sources:
- User submissions
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- Large Language Models backed by ground truth
- Scripts to scrape and build questions from information on public websites.
All questions are reviewed before being made available through the API.