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 3 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Which listed full block is visually transparent?

    Answer: Glass

    Glass is transparent and lets players see through it, while cobblestone, dirt, and sandstone are opaque.

  3. 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.

  4. Which curse makes an equipped item disappear instead of dropping when its owner dies?

    Answer: Curse of Vanishing

    The Curse of Vanishing is a negative enchantment that causes an item to disappear when the player dies instead of dropping on the ground, making it the opposite of what most players want.

  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. In which biome do tall natural pillars made of packed ice dominate the landscape?

    Answer: Ice Spikes

    The Ice Spikes biome is named for the tall columns of packed ice that generate across its frozen terrain, a feature unique to this biome.

  2. What is the function of a Composter block in Minecraft?

    Answer: Converting plant-based materials into bone meal

    A Composter accepts various plant-based items and has a chance to fill with compost, which can then be collected as bone meal for fertilizing crops and growing plants.

  3. What does a repeater do to a redstone signal passing through it?

    Answer: Amplifies it back to strength 15 and adds a delay

    A redstone repeater boosts any incoming signal back to full strength of 15 and introduces a configurable delay of one to four ticks.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. Which listed biome is a plains variant known for naturally generated sunflowers?

    Answer: Sunflower Plains

    Sunflower Plains is a plains variant distinguished by the sunflowers that generate across its surface.

  2. What is the primary purpose of Crying Obsidian found in Nether portal ruins and bastion remnants?

    Answer: Crafting respawn anchors

    Crying Obsidian is used alongside gold blocks to craft a Respawn Anchor, which allows players to set their spawn point in the Nether.

  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 item, when equipped in the chest armor slot, allows the player to glide through the air?

    Answer: Elytra

    Elytra is a pair of wing-like items worn in the chestplate slot that enables gliding flight when the player jumps from a height or is launched by a firework rocket.

  5. What block must be placed on the ground to create a railway that minecarts can ride on?

    Answer: Rail

    Rails are the standard track blocks that minecarts follow, and they can be placed sequentially to build connected railway systems across any terrain.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Which sequence starts the process of curing a zombie villager?

    Answer: Apply Weakness, then feed it a golden apple

    A zombie villager begins curing after it receives the Weakness effect and is then fed a golden apple.

  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 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.

  5. What item do Endermen drop when killed?

    Answer: Ender Pearl

    Endermen have a chance to drop ender pearls, which players use to craft eyes of ender and teleport.

Daily round

  1. Which sequence starts the process of curing a zombie villager?

    Answer: Apply Weakness, then feed it a golden apple

    A zombie villager begins curing after it receives the Weakness effect and is then fed a golden apple.

  2. Which redstone component can invert a signal by turning off when its attached block becomes powered?

    Answer: Redstone Torch

    A Redstone Torch turns off when the block it is attached to receives power, so it can act as a basic signal inverter.

  3. In which biome do tall natural pillars made of packed ice dominate the landscape?

    Answer: Ice Spikes

    The Ice Spikes biome is named for the tall columns of packed ice that generate across its frozen terrain, a feature unique to this biome.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. What item do Endermen drop when killed?

    Answer: Ender Pearl

    Endermen have a chance to drop ender pearls, which players use to craft eyes of ender and teleport.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. What do you need to craft a beacon pyramid beneath a beacon block?

    Answer: Iron, gold, diamond, emerald, or netherite blocks

    Beacon pyramids are built from mineral blocks of iron, gold, diamond, emerald, or netherite, and the material chosen does not affect the beacon's functionality.

  3. What happens if a player eats a chorus fruit in the End dimension?

    Answer: The player is teleported to a random nearby location

    Eating a chorus fruit teleports the player to a random location within several blocks and restores a small amount of hunger.

  4. What is the primary drop from killing an Enderman in the Overworld?

    Answer: Ender Pearl

    Endermen drop Ender Pearls when killed, which can be thrown for teleportation or combined with Blaze Powder to craft Eyes of Ender.

  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.