Wikipedia Quiz
Try out this Wikipedia quiz to test your knowledge. Wikipedia trivia starts with an unusual success story: a free online encyclopedia launched in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger that grew through open collaboration among volunteer editors.
15 questions
~3 min to finish
Easy to hard difficulty
330 pts max score
Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
Before Wikipedia settled on its .org home, what original domain name did the project use?
Question 2 · Hard · 40 pts
Before the Wikimedia Foundation became Wikipedia’s nonprofit host, Jimmy Wales was associated with which web company?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
In Wikipedia’s early period, what formal role did Larry Sanger hold?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
On the English Wikipedia, what is the formal name of the body that handles conduct disputes?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
Veteran editors often shorten the English Wikipedia’s Arbitration Committee to what nickname?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
Which pair of non-English editions were among Wikipedia’s first, both launching in 2001?
Question 7 · Easy · 10 pts
Which co-founder of Wikipedia has the first name Jimmy?
Question 8 · Easy · 10 pts
Which co-founder of Wikipedia has the last name Sanger?
Question 9 · Easy · 10 pts
What kind of website is Wikipedia?
Question 10 · Easy · 10 pts
What are people who edit Wikipedia commonly called?
Question 11 · Easy · 10 pts
Since 2003, what foundation has hosted Wikipedia?
Question 12 · Easy · 10 pts
What kind of organization is the Wikimedia Foundation?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
What is the name of the wiki software Wikipedia uses?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
Wikipedia is funded mainly by what source?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
What is the English-language version of Wikipedia called?