Stonehenge Trivia
Stonehenge trivia opens a window onto a prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, famous for its towering stone ring and enduring mysteries. About two miles west of Amesbury, the site features outer sarsen stones roughly 13 feet high and 25 tons each, capped by lintels secured with mortise-and-tenon joints that are unusual among contemporary monuments.
Easy Stonehenge Trivia
13 questions
These easy Stonehenge trivia questions are great for beginners and kids around age 12 and under.
Question 1
On what plain is Stonehenge located?
Answer: Salisbury Plain
Stonehenge is located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England.
Question 2
Stonehenge stands about 2 miles west of which town?
- A.Bath
- B.Oxford
- C.Winchester
- D.Amesbury
Answer: Amesbury
The monument stands about 2 miles west of Amesbury.
Question 3
What kind of monument is Stonehenge?
Answer: A prehistoric monument
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument.
Question 4
The famous outer ring at Stonehenge is made of large upright what?
Answer: Sarsen stones
The monument includes a ring of large upright sarsen stones.
Question 5
What sits across the tops of the main upright stones at Stonehenge?
Answer: Horizontal lintel stones
The sarsen uprights are topped by horizontal lintel stones.
Question 6
About how tall is each main sarsen upright at Stonehenge?
- A.13 feet
- B.About 6 feet high
- C.About 10 feet high
- D.About 20 feet high
Answer: About 13 feet high
Each main sarsen upright is about 13 feet high.
Question 7
About how wide is each main sarsen upright?
- A.About 3 feet wide
- B.About 5 feet wide
- C.About 12 feet wide
- D.7 feet
Answer: About 7 feet wide
Each main sarsen upright is about 7 feet wide.
Question 8
Roughly how much does a typical main sarsen stone weigh?
- A.About 5 tons
- B.About 12 tons
- C.About 40 tons
- D.25 tons
Answer: About 25 tons
A typical main sarsen stone weighs about 25 tons.
Question 9
Stonehenge is in which county?
- A.Kent
- B.Yorkshire
- C.Somerset
- D.Wiltshire
Answer: Wiltshire
Stonehenge is in the county of Wiltshire.
Question 10
Is Stonehenge in northern or southern England?
- A.Central Scotland
- B.Western Wales
- C.southern England
- D.Northern England
Answer: Southern England
The monument is in southern England.
Question 11
Stonehenge is made of sarsen and what other type of stone?
Answer: Bluestone
Stonehenge is made of both sarsen and bluestone.
Question 12
Stonehenge is one of the world's most famous what?
Answer: Prehistoric sites
The stone circle is one of the world's most famous prehistoric sites.
Question 13
Stonehenge is part of a larger what kind of landscape?
Answer: Ceremonial landscape
Stonehenge forms part of a larger ceremonial landscape.
Stonehenge Family Trivia
12 questions
These family Stonehenge trivia questions are built for mixed-age game nights, classrooms, and groups.
Question 1
About when does the earliest known earthwork at Stonehenge date to?
Answer: Around 3000 BC.
The earliest known earthwork at Stonehenge dates to around 3000 BC.
Question 2
The big sarsen stones were put up around which date?
- A.Around 1200 BC
- B.Around AD 250
- C.2500 BC
- D.Around 3000 BC
Answer: Around 2500 BC.
The large sarsen stones were erected around 2500 BC.
Question 3
Stonehenge took shape during the Neolithic and which other age?
- A.Middle Ages
- B.Bronze Age
- C.Iron Age
- D.Stone Age only
Answer: The Bronze Age.
Stonehenge was built during the Neolithic and Bronze Age.
Question 4
From what part of Britain were the smaller bluestones brought?
Answer: Wales.
The smaller bluestones were brought from Wales.
Question 5
Many of Stonehenge’s bluestones came from which hills in Pembrokeshire?
Answer: The Preseli Hills.
Many bluestones came from the Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire.
Question 6
What is the name of the route that links Stonehenge to the River Avon?
Answer: Stonehenge Avenue.
Stonehenge Avenue links the monument to the River Avon.
Question 7
Which famous stone stands outside the main circle at Stonehenge?
Answer: The Heel Stone.
The Heel Stone stands outside the main circle.
Question 8
Near the entrance to the monument, which named stone lies on the ground?
Answer: The Slaughter Stone.
The Slaughter Stone lies near the entrance to the monument.
Question 9
How many upright sarsens once made the complete outer ring?
Answer: 30 upright sarsens.
Stonehenge once had a complete ring of 30 upright sarsens.
Question 10
How many lintels originally sat on top of those 30 outer sarsens?
Answer: 30 lintels.
Those 30 sarsens were originally capped by 30 lintels.
Question 11
Inside the circle, how many sarsen trilithons once stood?
Answer: Five trilithons.
Inside the circle stood five sarsen trilithons.
Question 12
What pieces make up one trilithon?
- A.Two lintels and one upright
- B.Two uprights and one lintel
- C.One upright and two lintels
- D.Three uprights and one lintel
Answer: Two uprights with one lintel across the top.
A trilithon is made of two uprights with one lintel across the top.
Fun Stonehenge Trivia
13 questions
These fun Stonehenge trivia questions highlight surprising moments and playful facts for game-night groups.
Question 1
Before modern spelling settled down, what Old English form was recorded for Stonehenge?
Answer: Stanenges
An Old English recorded form of Stonehenge is 'Stanenges' or something very similar.
Question 2
Where might you spot Stonehenge when checking your change in Britain?
- A.commemorative coins
- B.On postage stamps only
- C.On standard £5 notes
- D.On driving licences
Answer: On the back of some British commemorative coins.
Stonehenge appears on the reverse of some British commemorative coins.
Question 3
Who is named as the writer of the first published excavation report on Stonehenge in the early 1800s?
Answer: William Cunnington
The first published excavation report came from William Cunnington and Richard Colt Hoare's circle, with Cunnington named here.
Question 4
Which antiquary spotted the ring of pits later known as the Aubrey Holes?
Answer: John Aubrey
In the 17th century, antiquary John Aubrey identified the ring of pits later named the Aubrey Holes.
Question 5
Who argued in 1655 that Stonehenge had been built by the Romans?
Answer: Inigo Jones
Architect Inigo Jones famously argued in 1655 that Stonehenge was Roman in origin.
Question 6
Which 18th-century figure helped tie Stonehenge to Druids in the popular imagination?
Answer: William Stukeley
William Stukeley linked Stonehenge with Druids in the 18th century.
Question 7
Stonehenge once went under the hammer. In what year was it auctioned after the Antrobus estate was sold?
Answer: 1915
Stonehenge was auctioned in 1915 following the sale of the Antrobus estate.
Question 8
Who turned up at the 1915 auction and bought Stonehenge?
Answer: Cecil Chubb
Cecil Chubb purchased Stonehenge at the 1915 auction.
Question 9
For what exact price did Cecil Chubb buy Stonehenge in 1915?
Answer: £6,600
The recorded purchase price paid by Cecil Chubb was £6,600.
Question 10
Just a few years after buying it, in what year did Cecil Chubb give Stonehenge to the nation?
Answer: 1918
Cecil Chubb donated Stonehenge to the nation in 1918.
Question 11
What bargain entry price for local people was written into the 1918 gift terms?
Answer: 1 shilling
The gift required that local people be admitted for 1 shilling.
Question 12
Which year saw a fallen trilithon re-erected at Stonehenge?
Answer: 1958
A fallen trilithon was re-erected during work carried out in 1958.
Question 13
The leaning Stone 56 got a straighten-up. In what year did that happen?
Answer: 1901
Stone 56 was straightened during work in 1901.
Funny Stonehenge Trivia
13 questions
These funny Stonehenge trivia questions highlight playful moments, odd facts, and inside jokes.
Question 1
Stonehenge sounds like it committed hard to one building material, but what’s the truth?
Answer: It is made of more than one kind of stone.
Despite the name, Stonehenge is not made from just a single stone type.
Question 2
Some Stonehenge lintels fit together so neatly they’ve been compared to giant prehistoric what?
- A.Furniture joints
- B.Door hinges
- C.Wheel axles
- D.Roof tiles
Answer: Furniture joints.
The lintels were shaped to interlock so neatly that they resemble oversized furniture joints.
Question 3
If the biggest Stonehenge stones were coming from a very ancient delivery depot, where would the label say they came from?
- A.Salisbury Plain
- B.Avebury Ridge
- C.Dartmoor
- D.Marlborough Downs
Answer: Marlborough Downs.
The largest stones were brought from Marlborough Downs, about 20 miles away.
Question 4
Some bluestones basically did the prehistoric version of a road trip. About how far did some travel to get to Stonehenge?
- A.140 to 150 miles
- B.Around 15 to 20 miles
- C.Around 60 to 70 miles
- D.Around 300 miles
Answer: Around 140 to 150 miles.
Some bluestones are estimated to have traveled about 140–150 miles.
Question 5
Before metal shovels were a thing, the circular ditch at Stonehenge was dug with what surprisingly pointy tool?
- A.Stone spoons
- B.Antler picks
- C.Bronze spades
- D.Wooden rakes
Answer: Antler picks.
The ditch was dug using picks made from antlers.
Question 6
Archaeologists found evidence that Stonehenge workers put deer to work long after the deer had stopped volunteering. What were the antlers used for?
Answer: They were used as digging tools.
Deer antlers discovered at the site were used is tools for digging.
Question 7
Stonehenge breaks the usual henge rulebook. What’s unusual about its outer bank and ditch?
- A.The ditch is inside the bank
- B.There is no ditch
- C.The bank is square
- D.Bank inside the ditch
Answer: The bank is inside the ditch.
Unlike a typical henge monument, Stonehenge has its outer bank positioned inside the ditch.
Question 8
The stones called the Station Stones originally made what shape around the main circle?
- A.A spiral
- B.Rectangle
- C.A triangle
- D.A pentagon
Answer: A rectangle.
The four Station Stones originally formed a rectangle around the main circle.
Question 9
Stonehenge once had four original station stones. How many are still standing today?
- A.Four
- B.Two
- C.One
- D.Three
Answer: Two.
Only two of the original four station stones remain standing.
Question 10
Which named stone is the big sandstone slab lounging near the center like it owns the place?
- A.Altar Stone
- B.The Heel Stone
- C.The Slaughter Stone
- D.The Station Stone
Answer: The Altar Stone.
The Altar Stone is the large sandstone slab near the center of Stonehenge.
Question 11
One proposed phase of Stonehenge included a circle of how many bluestones?
- A.39 bluestones
- B.49 bluestones
- C.69 bluestones
- D.59 bluestones
Answer: 59 bluestones.
A proposed Stonehenge phase includes a circle of 59 bluestones.
Question 12
The Y and Z Holes sound like a mystery sequel. What are they actually?
- A.Two inner stone circles
- B.Two incomplete rings of pits outside the sarsen circle.
- C.Two buried stone chambers
- D.Two ceremonial roads
Answer: Two incomplete rings of pits outside the sarsen circle.
The Y and Z Holes are incomplete rings of pits located outside the sarsen circle.
Question 13
Around what date are the Y and Z Holes usually placed?
- A.Around 2500 BC
- B.Around 800 BC
- C.Around AD 160
- D.1600 BC
Answer: Around 1600 BC.
The Y and Z Holes are generally dated to about 1600 BC.
Hard Stonehenge Trivia
14 questions
These hard Stonehenge trivia questions are for expert fans who want a real challenge.
Question 1
Radiocarbon dating of some cremated remains at Stonehenge pushed the site's funerary significance back to about 3000 BC. What kind of place does that make Stonehenge one of Britain's earliest known examples of?
Answer: A cremation cemetery.
Some cremated remains at Stonehenge date to about 3000 BC, making it one of Britain's earliest known cremation cemeteries.
Question 2
Which excavator first investigated the Aubrey Holes in 1920?
Answer: William Hawley.
The Aubrey Holes were first excavated in 1920 by William Hawley.
Question 3
In the 1950s, who led the major Stonehenge excavations?
Answer: Richard Atkinson.
Archaeologist Richard Atkinson led major Stonehenge excavations in the 1950s.
Question 4
What was the title of Gerald Hawkins's 1965 book that helped popularize an astronomical reading of Stonehenge?
Answer: Stonehenge Decoded.
Gerald Hawkins popularized an astronomical interpretation of Stonehenge in his 1965 book Stonehenge Decoded.
Question 5
Which archaeologist has argued that Stonehenge was connected with the world of the ancestors?
Answer: Mike Parker Pearson.
Mike Parker Pearson has argued that Stonehenge was linked to the world of the ancestors.
Question 6
A specific rhyolite bluestone source for Stonehenge has been traced to which Welsh outcrop?
Answer: Craig Rhos-y-felin.
The bluestone called rhyolite has been traced to outcrops such is Craig Rhos-y-felin in Wales.
Question 7
Some of Stonehenge's dolerite bluestones have been sourced to which Preseli-area location?
Answer: Carn Goedog.
Some Stonehenge dolerite bluestones have been traced to Carn Goedog in the Preseli area.
Question 8
According to a 2021 study, the Altar Stone may have originated from which region rather than Wales?
Answer: Northeast Scotland.
A 2021 study suggested the Altar Stone may have come from northeast Scotland rather than Wales.
Question 9
Geochemical work linked most of Stonehenge's sarsens to what Wiltshire source area?
Answer: West Woods.
Most of the sarsen stones have been geochemically linked to West Woods in Wiltshire.
Question 10
Stonehenge's dressed lintels do something unusually precise for a megalithic ring. What overall shape do they create instead of a rough polygon?
Answer: A true continuous circle.
The carefully dressed lintels create a true continuous circle rather than a rough polygon.
Question 11
The central arrangement of trilithons at Stonehenge forms what shape, opening toward the northeast entrance?
Answer: A horseshoe.
The central horseshoe of trilithons opens toward the northeast entrance.
Question 12
Which numbered stone in the outer sarsen circle still shows a visible mortise for a missing lintel?
Answer: Stone 11.
Stone 11 in the outer sarsen circle preserves a visible mortise for a missing lintel.
Question 13
For alignment nerds with a protractor: Stonehenge's axis closely matches the midsummer sunrise at roughly what azimuth?
Answer: About 49 degrees.
The axis of Stonehenge aligns closely with the midsummer sunrise at about azimuth 49 degrees.
Question 14
Excavation showed the Avenue was not just a path. What paired earthwork features did it originally have?
Answer: Parallel banks and ditches.
Excavations have shown that the Avenue originally had parallel banks and ditches.
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