Trivia Question Generator (Open Trivia DB)

Pull trivia questions with the correct answer and distractors, filterable by category (general knowledge, science, geography, history, entertainment and more), difficulty and question type. Free Open Trivia DB API, no key, CC BY-SA 4.0 licensed question data.

What does Trivia Question Generator (Open Trivia DB) do?

Generate trivia questions with answers by category and difficulty, from a database of 4,000+ verified questions.

What can you use it for?

• Generate quiz content for apps, newsletters or social posts.
• Build trivia games or Q&A bots with ready-made answer keys.
• Create study or icebreaker question sets by topic.
• Localize or remix public-domain-licensed trivia content.

Why use this Actor?

• Fast and cheap: lightweight HTTP-based Actor with no browser, so runs finish in seconds and cost very little.
• No API keys or accounts needed for the data source (see notes below).
• Clean, structured JSON that you can export as CSV, Excel, JSON or XML, or pull through the Apify API and integrations.
• Scheduling, webhooks and integrations: run it daily and send results to Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make, n8n or your own API.

Input

Configure the run in the Input tab (all fields have sensible defaults).

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
category	string (9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / 32)	no	-	Trivia topic.
difficulty	string (easy / medium / hard)	no	-	Question difficulty.
type	string (multiple / boolean)	no	-	Multiple choice or true/false.
maxResults	integer	no	10	How many trivia questions to return.

Example input

{
  "maxResults": 10
}

Output

Results are stored in the default dataset. Download them from the Output tab or via the API.

Example result

{
  "category": "Celebrities",
  "type": "boolean",
  "difficulty": "easy",
  "question": "Tupac Shakur died due to complications from being stabbed in 1996.",
  "correctAnswer": "False",
  "incorrectAnswers": "True",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-13T20:36:22.191Z"
}

Output fields

Field	Type	Example
category	string	"Celebrities"
type	string	"boolean"
difficulty	string	"easy"
question	string	"Tupac Shakur died due to complications from being stabbe...
correctAnswer	string	"False"
incorrectAnswers	string	"True"
scrapedAt	string	"2026-10-13T20:36:22.191Z"

How much does it cost?

The Actor is billed by Apify according to the pricing shown on the Pricing tab of this page. Runs are small and fast, and the Apify Free plan includes monthly platform credits so you can try it at no cost. You can set a maximum cost per run, and the Actor stops cleanly when that limit is reached.

Notes and limitations

• Question and answer text is quoted under CC BY-SA 4.0; keep attribution and the same licence when reusing the text itself.
• The source API allows one request per 5 seconds per IP; large maxResults values are drawn from a single request (max 50).

Tips

• Start with a small test run, then scale up the input.
• Use Schedules to automate recurring runs and Webhooks or Integrations to deliver the data where you need it.
• Call the Actor from your code with the Apify API or the official JavaScript and Python clients.

FAQ

What does correctIndex mean?

The 0-based position of the correct answer once it is shuffled into the allAnswers list, so you can build a multiple-choice UI directly.

Can I get true/false questions only?

Yes, set Question type to Boolean (true / false).

Feedback

Found a bug or need an extra field? Open an issue from the Issues tab of this Actor and it will be looked at quickly.

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