Trivia categories
7Trivia has 26 categories and 26,017 questions. You pick three of them, and every day you get seven questions drawn from those three. Change your picks whenever you like, and your next quiz follows them.
Animals
Mammals, birds, reptiles and insects. Habitats, collective nouns, record holders and the pieces of natural history that sound invented but are not.
Art
Painting, sculpture and the people behind them. Movements from the Renaissance to modernism, the famous works, and the artists whose names outlived their patrons.
Board Games
Chess, cards and the games families argue over at Christmas. Rules, terminology, and the history of the boards themselves.
Books
Novels, authors and prizes, plus the books people quote without having read them. Classics, contemporary fiction and the occasional sacred text.
Cartoons & Animation
Animated film and television, from early Disney to the modern studios. Characters, voice actors, and the shows that outlasted their own decade.
Comics
Superheroes, publishers and origin stories. Marvel and DC, the writers and artists behind them, and the issues collectors still hunt for.
Computers
Hardware, software and the history of computing. Programming, acronyms, operating systems, and the companies that outlasted their founders.
Film
Cinema from the silent era to last year. Directors, awards, casting, and the films that made more money than sense.
Food & Drink
Dishes and where they come from, how cooking actually works, and what is in the glass. National plates from jollof to lutefisk, technique from a roux to a laminated dough, and the drinks trade end to end: grapes, hops, roasts and the cocktails built on them.
General Knowledge
The category that could ask you anything. A little of everything, weighted towards the things most people half know and few know exactly.
Geography
Countries, capitals, rivers and borders, plus the places whose names have changed more than once. Physical geography and the human kind.
History
Events, leaders and dates from the ancient world to the recent past. Wars, treaties, revolutions, and the people left out of the headline.
Japanese Anime & Manga
Series, studios and characters, from long running shonen to single season classics. Creators, adaptations, and the terminology that comes with them.
Language & Words
Etymology, grammar, idiom and translation. Where words came from, what they used to mean, and which languages are related to which.
Mathematics
Numbers, shapes and probability. Geometry, arithmetic, notation, and the problems that are far easier to state than to solve.
Music
Bands, albums and instruments across genres and decades. Chart history, session players, and the records that changed everything after them.
Musicals & Theatre
Stage musicals and plays, their songs, writers and original casts. Broadway, the West End, and the shows that never left either.
Mythology
Gods, heroes and monsters from Greek, Norse, Egyptian and other traditions. Origin stories, family trees, and the fates nobody escaped.
Nature
Plants, ecosystems, weather and the planet itself. Biology in the field rather than the lab, plus the records held by the natural world.
Politics
Systems of government, institutions and elections. Parliaments, courts, treaties, and the machinery that runs between the headlines.
Reality TV
Talent shows, dating villas, castles and kitchens. Where each format began, what its rules and catchphrases actually mean, and the winners and famous near-misses who came out the other side.
Science
Physics, chemistry and biology. Elements, particles, discoveries, and the experiments that settled arguments lasting decades.
Sports
Football, athletics, motorsport and the Olympics. Records, rules, competitions, and the results still being argued about.
Television
Series, channels, and the people in front of and behind the camera. Long running dramas, sitcoms, and the history of broadcasting itself.
Vehicles
Cars, aircraft, ships and trains. Engineering, manufacturers, and what the parts you never think about are actually for.
Video Games
Consoles, studios and the games that defined them. Franchises, developers, and the details only somebody who finished it would know.
Picking your three
Three categories is the whole of your daily quiz, so the choice matters more than it looks. Picking subjects you are strong in gets you a better score today. Picking one you are weak in is how you find out you are better at it than you thought, and it is the only way to see questions from more of the bank.
Your seven are drawn for you rather than shared out. The quiz skips questions you have answered recently, so two players on the same three categories still get different sets, and a category does not start repeating itself until you have worked through it.