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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 8 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. What determines whether a redstone signal traveling through dust weakens over distance?

    Answer: The distance from the power source

    Redstone dust signals lose one strength for every block of distance from the power source, reaching zero after fifteen blocks unless a repeater boosts it.

Daily round

  1. What dimension features a biome composed entirely of crimson or warped nylium and massive fungi?

    Answer: The Nether

    The Nether's crimson and warped forests feature nylium surfaces and towering fungi unique to that dimension.

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

    Answer: Netherite Scrap

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

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  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 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.

  4. Which mob generally becomes neutral toward players when the surrounding light is bright enough?

    Answer: Spider

    Spiders generally remain neutral in bright light unless already provoked, while darkness can make them hostile.

  5. Which Nether mob drops Gold Nuggets upon death and is naturally hostile to Wither Skeletons?

    Answer: Piglin

    Piglins drop Gold Nuggets and will actively attack Wither Skeletons if they encounter them, making them useful allies when navigating Nether Fortresses.

Daily round

  1. What rare structure in the End contains Shulkers and valuable loot including Elytra?

    Answer: End Ship

    End Ships are small structures attached to some End Cities that house a Shulker-guarded item frame holding Elytra and a chest with enchanted gear and other treasures.

  2. What crafting ingredient is required to make a compass?

    Answer: Redstone Dust

    A compass is crafted with four iron ingots around one piece of redstone dust, with the redstone sitting at the center of the crafting grid.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Which arrangement creates a renewable water source that refills after one bucket is taken?

    Answer: A two-by-two basin with source water in opposing corners

    In a two-by-two basin, source water placed in opposing corners converts the remaining spaces into renewable source blocks.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  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 village site is commonly marked by a bell and used as a gathering place?

    Answer: The meeting point

    A bell marks a village meeting point where villagers gather, and villagers also ring it during a raid.

  4. What does the Wither effect do to an entity it is applied to?

    Answer: Drains health and turns hearts black

    The Wither status effect deals ongoing damage and tints the affected entity's health bar black, similar to poison but capable of killing.

  5. 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.