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Minecraft Trivia Answers Archive

Review earlier daily rounds, reveal the correct answer, and use the short explanation to learn the fact behind each question. Page 1 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which listed block listens for nearby vibrations and converts them into a redstone signal?

    Answer: Sculk Sensor

    A Sculk Sensor detects nearby vibration events, such as footsteps, and produces a redstone signal in response.

  2. Which status effect deals ongoing damage and can reduce an affected entity's health to zero?

    Answer: Wither

    The Wither status effect deals ongoing damage over time to any entity affected by it, distinct from poison because it can reduce health below half a heart.

  3. Which tool material has the lowest durability of all standard tiers?

    Answer: Gold

    Gold tools have the lowest durability of the four standard material tiers, breaking far faster than even wooden tools despite mining certain blocks faster.

  4. In which dimension does Ancient Debris generate naturally?

    Answer: The Nether

    Ancient Debris generates naturally inside Nether terrain and is the source material for Netherite Scrap.

  5. Which item commonly boosts an Elytra wearer forward during a glide?

    Answer: Firework Rocket

    Using a Firework Rocket during an Elytra glide provides a forward boost that can extend the flight.

Daily round

  1. What does a Fermented Spider Eye do when added to a Potion of Swiftness in the brewing stand?

    Answer: Reverses it into a Potion of Slowness

    A Fermented Spider Eye inverts or corrupts a potion's effect, so combining it with Swiftness produces a Potion of Slowness, which reduces movement speed.

  2. Which listed ore requires a stone pickaxe or better and drops raw iron when mined?

    Answer: Iron Ore

    Iron Ore drops raw iron only when mined with at least a stone pickaxe; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.

  3. Which Nether structure contains Blaze spawners and naturally spawning Blazes?

    Answer: Nether Fortress

    Nether Fortresses contain Blaze spawners and fortress areas where Blazes naturally spawn.

  4. Which block generates naturally in the Nether and dramatically slows down any entity walking through it?

    Answer: Soul Sand

    Soul Sand reduces the walking speed of any player or mob that moves through it, making traversal across Soul Sand Valleys noticeably slower than on other Nether surfaces.

  5. What material do you need to shear a sheep in order to obtain wool directly?

    Answer: Shears

    Using shears on a sheep drops one to three wool blocks without killing the sheep, and the wool regrows after the animal grazes on grass.

Daily round

  1. Which of these biomes is classified as a cold biome and can generate snow-covered terrain?

    Answer: Taiga

    The Taiga biome is a cold biome where snow layers and snowfall can appear, and it is the only one among these options classified as cold.

  2. Which status effect is granted by drinking a Potion of Swiftness?

    Answer: Speed

    The Speed status effect directly increases a player's walking speed and is obtained from potions, beacons, or commands.

  3. What unique drop does the Wither Skeleton provide that is needed to summon the Wither boss?

    Answer: Wither Skeleton Skull

    Wither skeletons have a rare chance to drop their skull, and three skulls placed on soul sand in a T-shape are needed to summon the Wither.

  4. Which underground Overworld structure is characterized by wooden supports, rails, and chest minecarts?

    Answer: Mineshaft

    Mineshafts form underground networks with wooden supports, rail segments, and minecarts that can contain loot chests.

  5. Which plant must be placed underwater in order to grow?

    Answer: Kelp

    Kelp is an aquatic plant that is placed and grows underwater, unlike the other listed crops.

Daily round

  1. Which crop grows from seeds commonly obtained by breaking grass?

    Answer: Wheat

    Wheat seeds commonly drop when grass is broken and can be planted on farmland to grow wheat.

  2. Which of these materials can be used to craft a bucket?

    Answer: Three iron ingots

    A bucket is crafted from three iron ingots arranged in a V-shape on the crafting table, giving players the ability to carry water, lava, milk, and other fluids.

  3. What village role does a lectern provide as a job-site block?

    Answer: It allows an unemployed villager to become a librarian

    A lectern is the librarian job-site block, so an eligible unemployed villager can claim it and become a librarian.

  4. Which of these blocks conducts a redstone signal and can also act as a wire?

    Answer: Redstone Dust

    Redstone Dust is the primary wiring component in redstone circuits, carrying a signal strength that weakens by one for every block traveled from the source.

  5. Which food item is crafted by placing a gold ingot around a regular apple in the crafting grid?

    Answer: Golden Apple

    A golden apple is made by surrounding an apple with eight gold ingots and provides absorption and regeneration when eaten.

Daily round

  1. Which large floating hostile mob in the Nether launches explosive fireballs?

    Answer: Ghast

    Ghasts are large floating mobs found throughout the Nether that launch explosive fireballs at players from a distance.

  2. Which status effect reduces the melee attack damage dealt by an affected entity?

    Answer: Weakness

    Weakness reduces the melee attack damage dealt by an affected player or mob.

  3. Which block found only in the End can be planted to grow a Chorus Tree?

    Answer: Chorus Flower

    A Chorus Flower is the topmost block of a Chorus Plant and can be planted on End Stone to grow a new Chorus Tree, providing a renewable source of Chorus Fruit.

  4. What does a cow drop when killed, in addition to leather?

    Answer: Raw Beef

    Cows drop raw beef and leather when killed, and can also be milked with a bucket for a reliable food source.

  5. Which of these blocks can only be mined with a diamond or netherite pickaxe to drop itself?

    Answer: Obsidian

    Obsidian requires a minimum of a diamond pickaxe to be mined; anything weaker breaks the block without dropping it, making it unique among common Overworld blocks.

Daily round

  1. What must a player build and light on fire to travel to the Nether?

    Answer: Nether Portal

    A Nether portal is constructed from obsidian blocks in a rectangular frame and activated with flint and steel or a fire charge.

  2. What utility block allows a player to repair items and combine enchantments at the cost of experience levels?

    Answer: Anvil

    An Anvil lets players repair tools and combine enchantments from two items into one, with the cost increasing based on the enchantment levels involved.

  3. Which Nether biome contains crimson nylium, weeping vines, and large crimson fungi?

    Answer: Crimson Forest

    The Crimson Forest is the biome characterized by huge crimson fungi, weeping vines, and a dense, warm-colored atmosphere throughout both Java and Bedrock editions.

  4. Which base effect does a Potion of the Turtle Master grant?

    Answer: Slowness and resistance simultaneously

    The Turtle Master potion simultaneously applies Slowness and Resistance, making the player much slower but also greatly reducing incoming damage from all sources.

  5. Which passive mob follows a player who is holding wheat?

    Answer: Sheep

    Sheep are attracted to players holding wheat, which is also used to breed them.

Daily round

  1. What do striders drop when killed in the Nether?

    Answer: String

    Striders are passive Nether mobs that drop string upon death and can be ridden across lava seas using a warped fungus on a stick.

  2. What does Dragon's Breath convert a Splash Potion into when combined in a brewing stand?

    Answer: A lingering potion

    Dragon's Breath turns a Splash Potion into a Lingering Potion, which creates a lingering cloud of particles on impact that applies the effect to any entity passing through it.

  3. Which neutral mob becomes hostile if you look directly at its face?

    Answer: Enderman

    Endermen turn hostile when a player places their crosshair directly on the mob's upper body or face, provoking an attack.

  4. Which of these materials can be used to craft a bucket?

    Answer: Three iron ingots

    A bucket is crafted from three iron ingots arranged in a V-shape on the crafting table, giving players the ability to carry water, lava, milk, and other fluids.

  5. Which status effect deals ongoing damage and can reduce an affected entity's health to zero?

    Answer: Wither

    The Wither status effect deals ongoing damage over time to any entity affected by it, distinct from poison because it can reduce health below half a heart.