Looking to shake up your team meetings or boost workplace morale? Workplace trivia might be just what you need! Let's run through a series of trivia questions for work from quirky to downright diabolical that bring engagement to the top!
- Works great for: morning team meetings, coffee breaks, virtual team building, knowledge-sharing sessions
- Preparation time: 5-10 minutes if you use a ready-made template
Free Work Trivia Template
Trivia Questions for Work
General Knowledge Questions and Answers
- In 'The Office,' what company does Michael Scott start after leaving Dunder Mifflin? The Michael Scott Paper Company, Inc.
- Which movie features the famous line 'Show me the money!'? Jerry Maguire
- What's the average time people spend in meetings per week? 5-10 hours per week
- What's the most common workplace pet peeve? Gossip and office politics (source: Forbes)
- What is the least populated country in the world? Vatican City
Industry Knowledge Questions and Answers
- What is ChatGPT's parent company? OpenAI
- Which tech company hit $3 trillion market cap first? Apple (2022)
- What's the most used programming language in 2024? Python (followed by JavaScript and Java)
- Who is currently leading the AI chip market? NVIDIA
- Who initiated Grok AI? Elon Musk
Icebreaker Questions for Work Meetings
- What's your most used emoji at work?
- Which Slack channels are you most active on?
- Show us your pet! #pet-club
- What's your dream office snack?
- Share your best 'replied all' horror story👻
Company Culture Questions
- In what year did [company name] officially launch its first product?
- What was the original name of our company?
- Which city was our first office located in?
- What's the most downloaded/purchased product in our history?
- Name our CEO's three main priorities for 2024/2025
- Which department has the most employees?
- What's our company's mission statement?
- How many countries do we currently operate in?
- What major milestone did we achieve last quarter?
- Who won Employee of the Year in 2023?
Team Building Trivia Questions
- Match the pet photo to their owner in our team
- Who has travelled the most in our team?
- Guess whose desk setup this is!
- Match the unique hobby to your colleague
- Who makes the best coffee in the office?
- Which team member speaks the most languages?
- Guess who was a child actor?
- Match the playlist to the team member
- Who has the longest commute to work?
- What's [colleague's name] 's go-to karaoke song?
'Would You Rather' Questions for Work
- Would you rather have a one-hour meeting that could have been an email, or write 50 emails that could have been a meeting?
- Would you rather have your camera always on or your microphone always on during calls?
- Would you rather have perfect WiFi but a slow computer, or a fast computer with spotty WiFi?
- Would you rather work with a chatty colleague or a completely silent one?
- Would you rather have the ability to speed read or type at lightning speed?
Trivia Question of the Day for Work
Monday Motivation 🚀
- Which company started in a garage in 1975?
- A) Microsoft
- B) Apple
- C) Amazon
- D) Google
- What percentage of Fortune 500 CEOs started in entry-level positions?
- A) 15%
- B) 25%
- C) 40%
- D) 55%
Tech Tuesday 💻
- Which messaging app came first?
- A) WhatsApp
- B) Slack
- C) Teams
- D) Discord
- What does 'HTTP' stand for?
- A) High Transfer Text Protocol
- B) Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- C) Hypertext Technical Protocol
- D) High Technical Transfer Protocol
Wellness Wednesday 🧘♀️
- How many minutes of walking can boost your mood?
- A) 5 minutes
- B) 12 minutes
- C) 20 minutes
- D) 30 minutes
- Which colour is known to boost productivity?
- A) Red
- B) Blue
- C) Yellow
- D) Green
Thoughtful Thursday 🤔
- What is the '2-minute rule' in productivity?
- A) Take a break every 2 minutes
- B) If it takes less than 2 minutes, do it now
- C) Speak for 2 minutes in meetings
- D) Check email every 2 minutes
- Which famous CEO reads for 5 hours every day?
- A) Elon Musk
- B) Bill Gates
- C) Mark Zuckerberg
- D) Jeff Bezos
Fun Friday 🎉
- What's the most common office snack?
- A) Chips
- B) Chocolate
- C) Nuts
- D) Fruit
- Which day of the week are people most productive?
- A) Monday
- B) Tuesday
- C) Wednesday
- D) Thursday
How to Host Trivia Questions for Work with AhaSlides
AhaSlides is a presentation platform that can be used to create interactive quizzes and polls. It's a great tool for hosting engaging trivia because it allows you to:
- Create a variety of question types, including multiple-choice, true or false, categorise and open-ended
- Track the score of each team
- Display the results of the game in real-time
- Allow employees to answer questions anonymously
- Make the game more interactive by using features like word clouds and Q&A
Getting started is easy:
- Sign up for AhaSlides
- Choose your trivia template
- Add your custom questions
- Share the join code
- Start the fun!
