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 11 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Which effect from eating a raw pufferfish can reduce health but will not deal the final half-heart of damage?

    Answer: Poison

    A raw pufferfish inflicts Poison among other effects, and Poison stops dealing damage at half a heart.

  3. 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.

  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. 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.

Daily round

  1. Which listed food restores the greatest amount of saturation when eaten?

    Answer: Golden Carrot

    Among the listed foods, a Golden Carrot restores the greatest amount of saturation.

  2. What effect does drinking milk remove from the player?

    Answer: All active status effects

    Drinking a bucket of milk clears every active status effect on the player, both positive and negative.

  3. Which redstone component toggles between on and off and stays in that state after a player uses it?

    Answer: A lever

    A lever remains on or off after it is used, unlike a button that returns to its previous state after a short pulse.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Which tool is crafted from one iron ingot and one flint and can ignite a Nether portal frame?

    Answer: Flint and Steel

    Flint and Steel is crafted from an iron ingot and a piece of flint and can ignite the inside of an obsidian portal frame.

  3. 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.

  4. Which of these blocks cannot be pushed by a piston?

    Answer: Obsidian

    Obsidian has a blast resistance so high that pistons are unable to move it, unlike the other listed blocks which can all be pushed.

  5. Which status effect comes from eating suspicious stew crafted with a poppy?

    Answer: Night vision

    Suspicious stew crafted with a poppy grants Night Vision for a short time.

Daily round

  1. What brewing ingredient is used to turn an Awkward Potion into a Potion of Swiftness?

    Answer: Sugar

    Sugar is the base ingredient for the Swiftness potion, which increases the player's walking and sprinting speed when consumed.

  2. What effect does sleeping in a bed during a thunderstorm have?

    Answer: It advances time to dawn like normal sleep

    Sleeping in a bed during a thunderstorm skips the night and moves time to dawn the same way it does on a clear night, also ending the storm.

  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 food item is obtained by fishing and can be cooked for better saturation?

    Answer: Cod

    Raw cod is caught through fishing and can be cooked into cooked cod, which provides more hunger and saturation when eaten.

  5. What is the primary food source obtainable from pigs?

    Answer: Raw Porkchop

    Pigs drop raw porkchops when killed, which can be cooked in a furnace or on a campfire for better hunger restoration.

Daily round

  1. Which village building commonly includes a lectern as part of its generated layout?

    Answer: Library

    A generated village library commonly contains a lectern, the job-site block associated with librarians.

  2. 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.

  3. What effect does the Regeneration status effect provide to the player?

    Answer: Gradual restoration of health over time

    Regeneration gradually restores a player's health over time, with higher tiers healing faster.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. What does the Mending enchantment do when the player gains experience?

    Answer: Repairs the enchanted item using collected XP orbs

    Mending channels experience orbs directly into repairing the enchanted item, making it one of the most valuable enchantments for keeping gear in good condition without an anvil.

  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 villager profession trades maps, compasses, banners, and other exploration-related items?

    Answer: Cartographer

    The cartographer villager specializes in maps, including exploration maps that point to ocean monuments and woodland mansions.

  5. Which climbable block can be extended upward while the player remains near its base?

    Answer: Scaffolding

    Scaffolding can be climbed and extended upward by placing additional scaffolding against the lower part of the stack.

Daily round

  1. What effect does the Swift Sneak enchantment on leggings grant the player?

    Answer: Faster walking while sneaking

    Swift Sneak increases the player's movement speed while sneaking, making it invaluable for traversing the dangerous sculk-filled corridors of Ancient Cities without triggering traps.

  2. 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.

  3. What must a farmer villager have access to in order to compost crops and produce bone meal?

    Answer: A composter block

    A composter block allows farmer villagers to convert excess seeds and crops into bone meal over time, and players can also manually compost plant items in it.

  4. 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.

  5. What material is produced when Ancient Debris is smelted?

    Answer: Netherite Scrap

    Smelting Ancient Debris in a furnace or blast furnace produces Netherite Scrap.