Seven days of questions and answers

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 block is immune to explosions caused by creepers and TNT?

    Answer: Bedrock

    Bedrock cannot be destroyed by any explosion or tool in normal gameplay, making it the only block listed here with complete explosion immunity.

  2. What block type makes up the natural terrain of the End dimension?

    Answer: End Stone

    The main island and outer islands of the End are composed of end stone, a pale yellowish block unique to that dimension.

  3. 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.

  4. What do villagers use as currency when trading with the player?

    Answer: Emeralds

    Villagers exclusively use emeralds as their trading currency, and players both buy and sell goods for emeralds.

  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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Which neutral mob can defend villagers by attacking nearby threats?

    Answer: Iron Golem

    Iron golems patrol villages and attack many hostile mobs that threaten villagers.

  3. What does a note block produce when it receives a redstone signal?

    Answer: A musical tone that depends on the block beneath it

    A note block plays a musical tone whose instrument type is determined by the block directly beneath it, such as wood for bass and stone for drum sounds.

  4. Which hostile mob explodes after approaching the player and flashing white?

    Answer: Creeper

    Creepers silently approach players, hiss and flash white as a warning, then explode dealing area damage.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. What does smelting sand in a furnace produce?

    Answer: Glass

    Smelting a sand block in a furnace yields a glass block, which is transparent and can be broken by hand without tools.

  2. Which Overworld structure represents the remains of a wooden vessel and can generate on an ocean floor or beach?

    Answer: Shipwreck

    Shipwrecks are ruined wooden vessels that can generate underwater, partly exposed, or on beaches and may contain several kinds of loot chest.

  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. 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.

  5. What block must surround a Nether portal frame for it to activate?

    Answer: Obsidian

    The Nether portal frame must be built entirely from obsidian blocks, with the interior left empty so the portal can ignite.

Daily round

  1. Which mob drops gunpowder, a key ingredient for crafting TNT?

    Answer: Creeper

    Creepers drop gunpowder upon death, which is essential for crafting TNT and fire charges.

  2. Which witch drop can convert a regular potion into a splash potion?

    Answer: Gunpowder

    Gunpowder can be brewed into a regular potion to convert it into a throwable splash potion.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Which block provides a redstone signal whose strength corresponds to the time of day in the game world?

    Answer: Daylight Detector

    A Daylight Detector outputs a redstone signal that increases during daytime and decreases at night, and it can be inverted by right-clicking to detect darkness instead.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Which End mob fires projectiles that inflict the Levitation effect?

    Answer: Shulker

    A Shulker fires guided bullets that apply Levitation when they hit a player or other target.

  3. Which armor enchantment reduces damage from many common sources?

    Answer: Protection

    Protection reduces damage from many common sources, while specialized enchantments cover narrower damage categories.

  4. Which dimension is accessed by throwing an eye of ender and locating a stronghold?

    Answer: The End

    The End dimension is reached by finding a stronghold using eyes of ender, then filling the end portal frame with remaining eyes.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. Which tall, dark skeleton found in Nether Fortresses inflicts the Wither effect with melee attacks?

    Answer: Wither Skeleton

    Wither Skeletons spawn in Nether Fortresses and can inflict the Wither effect when they strike in melee.

  2. Which passive mob can be sheared for wool and also provides mutton when killed?

    Answer: Sheep

    Sheep are the only mob that yields both wool (when sheared) and mutton (when killed), making them a versatile resource for players.

  3. What does a grindstone do when you place two of the same enchanted tool in its slots?

    Answer: Returns some experience and produces a basic unenchanted tool

    Placing two identical enchanted items in a grindstone merges them into one non-enchanted version and returns experience points to the player based on the removed enchantments.

  4. 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.

  5. What does Glowstone Dust usually do when brewed into a compatible potion?

    Answer: Raises the effect to a stronger level while shortening its duration

    Glowstone Dust strengthens compatible potion effects, generally trading some duration for a higher effect level.

Daily round

  1. Which interface can arrange nine matching ingots to craft a compact storage block?

    Answer: Crafting Grid

    Using the standard crafting grid, players can place nine ingots or other items in a square to compress them into a storage block, and placing that block in any crafting grid decomposes it back into nine units.

  2. Which of these blocks can only be found inside a stronghold and is essential for locating the End portal?

    Answer: An end portal frame

    End portal frames are blocks that appear only in the portal room of a stronghold, and Eyes of Ender must be placed into them to activate the portal to the End.

  3. What do Shulkers drop that is used to craft Shulker Boxes for portable storage?

    Answer: Shulker Shell

    Shulkers drop Shulker Shells when defeated, and two Shulker Shells combined with a chest at a crafting table produce a Shulker Box that retains its inventory when broken.

  4. What information can a comparator read from a lectern holding a written book?

    Answer: The reader's current page position

    A comparator reads a signal strength from a lectern based on the current page relative to the book's total page count.

  5. Which Nether mob flies near fortress spawners and attacks by launching small fireballs?

    Answer: Blaze

    Blazes are found in Nether fortresses and drop blaze rods, which are essential for brewing potions and reaching the End.