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 4 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. How do you convert a zombie villager back into a regular villager?

    Answer: Feed it a golden apple after weakening it with splash potion of weakness

    Applying the Weakness effect to a zombie villager and then feeding it a golden apple starts the curing process, eventually turning it back into a villager.

  2. Which object atop an obsidian spike heals the Ender Dragon until it is destroyed?

    Answer: End Crystal

    End Crystals on the obsidian spikes restore the Ender Dragon's health until players destroy them.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. Which boots enchantment temporarily turns nearby water into frosted ice while its wearer walks?

    Answer: Frost Walker

    Frost Walker creates temporary frosted ice on water near the boots of the moving wearer.

  2. 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.

  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 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 Nether mob can be saddled and ridden across lava?

    Answer: Strider

    A saddled Strider can carry a player across lava and can be guided with a warped fungus on a stick.

Daily round

  1. What happens when you use bone meal on a grass block?

    Answer: Tall grass and flowers grow on nearby dirt blocks

    Applying bone meal to a grass block causes tall grass, ferns, and various flowers to sprout on nearby dirt blocks within a small radius.

  2. What does combining an iron ingot and a flint in the crafting table produce?

    Answer: A flint and steel

    Placing an iron ingot above a piece of flint in the crafting grid creates a flint and steel, which can be used to ignite blocks or light nether portals.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. Which enchantment, exclusive to crossbows, causes arrows to pierce through multiple entities?

    Answer: Piercing

    Piercing lets arrows fired from a crossbow pass through multiple entities, with higher levels allowing more targets to be pierced.

  2. 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.

  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 hostile mob can transform into a Drowned after remaining submerged in water?

    Answer: Zombie

    A Zombie that remains submerged begins converting and eventually becomes a Drowned.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  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. 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 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.

  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. 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 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  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 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.