Casino trivia
Las Vegas is a city in Nevada known for its vibrant nightlife, entertainment, and casinos. It was founded in and has a population of over , people. The Las Vegas Strip, which is located in the city's unincorporated area, is home to some of the world's most iconic hotels and casinos, including the Bellagio, Caesar's Palace, and the Wynn.
Las Vegas is also known for its spectacular shows, including Cirque du Soleil, and for its many fine dining options. The city is a popular destination for tourists, with over 42 million visitors per year, and is also a major center for conventions and trade shows. Las Vegas is often referred to as "Sin City" due to its reputation for gambling, adult entertainment, and wild nightlife.
Las Vegas Trivia Questions Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated for )
- What Polynesian-themed casino on the Las Vegas Strip, the permanent home of “The Beatles: LOVE,” gets its name from the false vision of water that is often seen in the desert?
Answer: The Mirage - What Las Vegas Strip hotel shares its name with a cocktail as well as the magazine whose slogan is "Fun, fearless, female?"
Answer: The Cosmopolitan - In January , what pop star married her childhood friend Jason Alexander, only to end the marriage 55 hours later and marry Kevin Federline later the same year?
Answer: Britney Spears - What hotel and casino, located on the Las Vegas strip and home to the Azilo Pool and Chickie & Pete’s Sports Bar, is named after the largest hot desert in the world?
Answer: Sahara Las Vegas - Palms Casino, a Las Vegas resort and spa, is located on what “F” Road, also the name of a pink shrimp-eating bird that likes to stand on one foot?
Answer: Flamingo Road - The National Museum of Organized Crime, located on Stewart Ave in Downtown Las Vegas, is better known as the museum of what related nickname?
Answer: The Mob Museum - If you’re in Vegas and need some fuel for your risk-taking adventures, head to Evel Pie on Fremont St. The pizzeria is a wall-to-wall tribute of memorabilia devoted to which death-defying daredevil?
Answer: Evel Knievel - What casino on the southern end of the Las Vegas Strip is named after the mythical sword of King Arthur, and features a medieval theme throughout its property?
Answer: Excalibur - What hotel and casino owned by Caesars Entertainment is the oldest casino still on the strip, opening in ? Its permanent shows include Paula Abdul, as well as “Ru Paul’s Drag Race Live,” and it is named after a pink bird who stands on one leg.
Answer: Flamingo Las Vegas - What “W” resort on Las Vegas Boulevard, named after co-founder Steve, has a four-letter name that is a homophone of the opposite of “loss?”
Answer: Wynn Las Vegas - Getting a college degree might not be your top reason to go to Vegas, but which state university has a campus there?
Answer: University of Nevada - Most of Las Vegas's water supply comes from what large lake created when the Hoover Dam was built in ?
Answer: Lake Mead - "Austin Lee Russell" is the real name of what reality TV star and Las Vegas businessman, the comic foil of the History Channel show Pawn Stars?
Answer: Chumlee - Add one letter to "Las Vegas" to get the title of what film, in which Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Kline play a group of friends having one final bachelor party?
Answer: Last Vegas - What Canyon and National Conservation Area in Las Vegas has sandstone peaks, the Keystone Thrust Fault, and Native American petroglyphs? It gets its alliterative name from its formations having a distinct color.
Answer: Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area - In the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas, SlotZilla offers two different versions of what thrilling experience, a pulley on a stainless-steel cable, allowing users to ride down a slope while high in the air?
Answer: Zipline - What Major League Baseball team announced in that it had purchased land near the Las Vegas Strip, with the intention of moving there by ?
Answer: Oakland Athletics - She's not known as the "Queen of Las Vegas" for nothing. Which Quebecois singer's "A New Day" residency in Las Vegas between and grossed over $ million, making it the most successful concert residency of all time?
Answer: Celine Dion - In , the Nevada Gaming Control Board reported that there were 47, of what kind of slot machine in Vegas? (Hint: In terms of how much you have to pay to play, they’re probably the cheapest next to free…)
Answer: Penny - Played by Dustin Hoffman, autistic brother Raymond counts cards at blackjack in Las Vegas to win enough money to pay off his brother Charlie's debts in what film?
Answer: Rain Man - What Las Vegas hotel and casino, located in Las Vegas, Nevada at the southern end of the strip, is owned by MGM Resorts and has an Egyptian theme, complete with a pyramid and a Sphinx?
Answer: Luxor - On November 18, , the Formula One World Championship held its first-ever racer in what U.S. city that's home to a massive sphere that's shrouded in a 16K LED screen?
Answer: Las Vegas - Also the name of a hotel in Las Vegas, what four-letter word that means "air" in Italian is the name for a song for a solo singer in an opera?
Answer: Aria - In which Las Vegas Valley community will you find the Red Rock Natural Conservation Area, the Warsaw Ghetto Remembrance Garden, and the Las Vegas Ballpark?
Answer: Summerlin - What comedy movie was filmed mostly on site at Caesars Palace, include the lobby, pools, and elevators—although the suite damaged during the film was built on a soundstage?
Answer: The Hangover - The highly successful reality show "Pawn Stars" that, strangely, airs on the History Channel focuses on the activities of The World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn shop based in what American city?
Answer: Las Vegas - At the time that he became the NFL's first openly gay player, defensive lineman Carl Nassib played for what Vegas team?
Answer: Las Vegas Raiders - What Las Vegas Casino includes two towers named Octavius and Forum?
Answer: Caesar's Palace - A cool $, buys a VIP night including Jay-Z branded champagne and the right to control the famous fountains of what Las Vegas Strip hotel?
Answer: The Bellagio - What casino chain, particularly popular with local Nevada residents, was founded in by Frank Ferlitta, Jr., and purchased the Palms Casino in ? Despite its name, you cannot catch a train there.
Answer: Station Casinos - In , the lights on the Strip went down and casinos paused play for one minute to mark the death of which blue-eyed who may have loved the Big Apple, but whose home-away-from-home was the Sands?
Answer: Frank Sinatra - You could say that the city took a gamble on Verkada’s security system, but Chief Innovation Officer Michael Sherwood thinks it was worth it for the payoff: “For a city of our scale, agility is critical. With Verkada, we are able to automate emergency response, provide access to first responders immediately, and do so from one simple platform.” What city is it?
Answer: Las Vegas - Featuring old signs from casinos and other businesses and named after the 10th element on the Periodic Table, what museum opened in in Las Vegas?
Answer: The Neon Museum - The Washington Capitals defeated what team in the Stanley Cup Finals? This losing team was playing in its inaugural season.
Answer: Vegas Golden Knights - What Las Vegas hotel and casino, opened in and owned by Phil Ruffin, is home to the Marvel Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N, and used to have a giant sign of a skeleton head wearing pirate garb? Its name is the same as a Robert Louis Stevenson book.
Answer: Treasure Island - What was the former name of the now current Planet Hollywood resort, which operated from to , and shared its name with a Disney character?
Answer: Aladdin - Although the band was formed at Brigham Young University in Utah, Vegas native Dan Reynolds brought it back to his native Las Vegas in What "It's Time" band has been rooted in Vegas ever since?
Answer: Imagine Dragons - Born in Dallas in , what was the name of the ventriloquist who won America’s Got Talent in , and has been headlining at hotels in Las Vegas since?
Answer: Terry Fator - In , Nevada added a new area code to make sure that there were enough phone numbers to go around in Vegas. The first was What was the second one they added as an overlay?
Answer: - Artist residencies are quite common in Vegas, but what pianist pioneered the concept, starting with concerts in ?
Answer: Liberace - You can check out the glittery Stardust and Hard Rock Casino guitar signs at a Las Vegas museum named for what chemical element with the atomic number 10?
Answer: Neon - What “F” Street Experience is a pedestrian mall and attraction, offering attractions on its namesake downtown Las Vegas street, such as Glitter Gulch? The street’s name is the same as the explorer who was the Republican candidate for president in
Answer: Fremont Street Experience - E Fremont Street is home to what Las Vegas hotel and casino, whose two-word name is better known as the name of a bridge across the San Francisco Bay?
Answer: Golden Gate Hotel and Casino - What street in Las Vegas, now home to an "experience," was also the home of the first hotel in Las Vegas, as well as the first telephone and paved street in the city?
Answer: Fremont - Formerly known as the “Horseshoe,” which Hotel and Gambling Hall on Freemont Street has been a fixture there since the ’s when it was started by a casino icon with a double-B name (obviously, he used his family’s name for the place!)?
Answer: Binion's - Currently at the Park MGM, "My Way" is the Las Vegas residency of what one-named R&B star whose hits include "You Make Me Wanna" and "U Got It Bad?"
Answer: Usher - What was the name of John O'Brien's memoir—ironically about a journey from Los Angeles to Las Vegas—which was later made into an Academy Award-winning film?
Answer: Leaving Las Vegas - What annual competition dates back to , when casino magnate Benny Binion invited seven of the world's best players to face off at the Horseshoe Casino?
Answer: World Series of Poker - The recreation of which famous Egyptian landmark at the Luxor is actually taller than the original (by two stories!)?
Answer: Sphinx - Las Vegas native Matthew Gray Gubler played a character named Spencer Reid (who was likewise a Vegas native) in what CBS police procedural that ran from to ?
Answer: Criminal Minds - What “A” Las Vegas resort and casino, part of the CityCenter complex, has two curved glass and steel high-rise towers at its center? Opening in , it shares its name with a long opera song, designed to accompany a solo voice.
Answer: Aria - Swamp Thing, Diamond Dog, and Grissom escape on fire trucks after a massive plane crash on the Vegas Strip at the end of what breakout hit Nic Cage movie?
Answer: Con Air - What classic Las Vegas hotel with a repetitive name is known for its big-top architecture and allows its guests to watch free live acts like trapeze artists and juggling masters?
Answer: Circus Circus - Russell Road and Sahara Avenue are the Southern and Northern boundaries of what mile stretch of road popular with tourists in the Southwestern U.S.? It’s where people can “S”ee amazing shows, garish architecture, and how to lose their money.
Answer: Strip - What Las Vegas bank is the world’s leading investment bank and advisory firm that is centered on the gaming industry? It sounds like it was on the right side of the U.S. Civil War.
Answer: Union Gaming - What hotel, casino, and skypod in Las Vegas contains the tallest observation tower in the U.S.? Its name is a shortening of its former name, which is also a name for a layer of Earth’s atmosphere.
Answer: The Strat - "Viva Las Vegas", the song made for the movie "Viva Las Vegas", was originally recorded by what legendary American rock and roll musician?
Answer: Elvis Presley - OneOf's poker chip NFTs celebrate the iHeartRadio Music Festival in what guessable city?
Answer: Las Vegas - "The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions" is the subtitle of what Ben Mezrich nonfiction book about a group of savvy card counters?
Answer: Bringing Down the House - Of many unique attractions, Las Vegas is also home to what restaurant synonymous with a kind of power outage, where customers can dine in the dark?
Answer: Blackout - In fall , Bobby Flay shut down his classic Las Vegas restaurant, Mesa Grill, to renovate it into what restaurant with an Italian menu?
Answer: Amalfi - Las Vegas is home to a Hall of Fame for what type of game, during which a plunger launches the titular object onto a playing field, and it is subsequently pushed upwards by paddles? Examples include “The Addams Family” and “The Twilight Zone” machines.
Answer: Pinball - Harry Reid International Airport, Allegiant Stadium, and most of the Las Vegas Strip are actually not located in Las Vegas, but instead located in what other census-designated place?
Answer: Paradise, NV - Among his other accomplishments, Las Vegas native Aaron Fotheringham is the first person to do a backflip using what kind of transportation device? Fotheringham competes against skateboarders and BMX riders in this conveyance.
Answer: Wheelchair - What successful Las Vegas-based brand, which was founded in as thisisnl.nl, was purchased by Amazon in for $ billion?
Answer: thisisnl.nl - What power forward for the Las Vegas Aces won the WNBA's MVP award in ?
Answer: A'ja Wilson - Mystere, Mad Apple, and O are three of the whopping six shows currently operated in Las Vegas by what contemporary circus company?
Answer: Cirque de Soleil - What post-apocalyptic fantasy novel by Stephen King features a totalitarian society run by the villain Randall Flagg in the ruins of Las Vegas?
Answer: The Stand - At the Luxor Hotel, you can see over artifacts, though not including a sapphire heart necklace, from what famous sea disaster?
Answer: Titanic - Classic car lovers and vintage racing fans can get a private tour of which museum on Ensworth Street?
Answer: Shelby Heritage Center - The Ethel M Chocolate Factory in Henderson, Nevada is named for the matriarch of what American first family of chocolate?
Answer: Mars - The Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas is home to the world’s largest fountain of which dark, white, or semi-sweet confection?
Answer: Chocolate - What Las Vegas casino includes a roller coaster that winds its way through faux skyscrapers and a 1/3 scale replica of the Statue of Liberty?
Answer: New York New York - Mainly set in "Sin City," the movie “Vegas Vacation” is the fourth film in the National Lampoon cinematic series which centers around the misadventures of what family featuring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo portraying Clark and Ellen, the clan's patriarch and matriarch?
Answer: The Griswolds - In , the Hotel Nevada, now known as the Golden Gate Casino, became the site of the first instance of what technological innovation in Nevada?
Answer: A telephone - What Henderson-based college, founded in , is the state of Nevada's newest four-year college?
Answer: Nevada State University - What private rail company, which already runs passenger trains in Florida, has officially proposed to build a bullet train between Las Vegas and Los Angeles?
Answer: Brightline - What canyon south of Las Vegas has been called the "Sistine Chapel of Native American rock art" thanks to its collection of ancient petroglyphs?
Answer: Sloan Canyon - What Las Vegas establishment was the first to receive a Nevada gaming license? The club later went by various other names before it closed (as La Bayou) in
Answer: Northern Club - Which famous Food Network dude is “Mayor” of the Flavortown Sports Kitchen, which is inside the Horseshoe in Vegas?
Answer: Guy Fieri - Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument north of Las Vegas protects the remains of ground sloths, Smilodons, and what prehistoric carnivores featured on Game of Thrones?
Answer: Dire Wolves - Although they were from Scotland, not Nevada, what indie rock band made Rolling Stone's Greatest Albums of All Time with their album Heaven or Las Vegas?
Answer: The Cocteau Twins - The city of "New Vegas," built in the Mojave Desert on the ruins of what had been Las Vegas, is the setting of a video game in what popular series?
Answer: Fallout - What mountains are located just to the west of Las Vegas, which has Red Rock National Conservation Area at their base?
Answer: Spring Mountains - Las Vegas’s Flamingo hotel was built in under the supervision of what mobster who was one of the co-founders of Murder, Incorporated?
Answer: Bugsy Siegel - Carl Nassib, the first active NFL player to come out as gay, plays defensive end for what AFC West team?
Answer: Las Vegas Raiders - What low-cost airline, headquartered out of Las Vegas, is the named sponsor of the stadium currently being used by the Las Vegas Raiders of the NFL? Founded in , their logo is the name written in blue letters, with a rising sun dotting the “I”.
Answer: Allegiant - Founded in , what shiny-sounding NHL expansion team is the first major professional sports team to represent Las Vegas?
Answer: Golden Knights - What hotel at the southern end of the Las Vegas Strip is the location of the world’s strongest light beam, visible from hundreds of miles away?
Answer: Luxor Las Vegas - What is the High Roller, the world's tallest of its kind, located on the Las Vegas Strip?
Answer: Ferris wheel - What casino on the Strip, home to the "High Roller" observation wheel, was once known as "The Imperial Palace" and "The Quad"?
Answer: LINQ - What author used the name "Raoul Duke" as a pseudonym for himself in the book "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"?
Answer: Hunter S. Thompson - The Las Vegas Desert Dogs, a planned expansion team of the NLL, will be the first professional team in Vegas to play what sport?
Answer: Lacrosse - The Las Vegas Aviators are a AAA baseball team, the minor league affiliate of what nearby Major League franchise? The team was chronicled in the book and film “Moneyball” and won the World Series behind Mark McGwire and Dennis Eckersley.
Answer: Oakland A's - "Leaving Las Vegas" was a single from the album "Tuesday Night Music Club" by what Grammy-winning singer?
Answer: Sheryl Crow - "Love and Honor in Las Vegas" is the subtitle of a Nicholas Pileggi book adapted into what aptly named Martin Scorsese film?
Answer: Casino - Who served as mayor of Las Vegas from to , before being succeeded by his wife?
Answer: Oscar Goodman - Which historic landmark was the first non-native settlement in Vegas and features a wartime construct built by missionaries of a particular religious background?
Answer: Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort - What rapper and musician made the news after throwing a microphone at a fan, who threw a drink on the star, at a Las Vegas show in July ?
Answer: Cardi B - Kurt and Kyle are Vegas-born brothers who have three NASCAR Cup championships between them, and who share what last name?
Answer: Busch - "Vegas" and "Vegas 2," in which the namesake team travels to Las Vegas to hunt down international terrorist Irena Morales, are the 17th and 18th installments in what popular video game series?
Answer: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six - Taking its name from a local gambling hall, "Sam's Town" was the second album dropped by what "Hot Fuss" Las Vegas alt rock band?
Answer: The Killers - Located in Paradise, Nevada, what is the name of the stadium where the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Rebels and the Las Vegas Raiders play their home games?
Answer: Allegiant Stadium - Hyped as “The Showdown,” at which famous Las Vegas locale did an epic boxing match between Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns take place in September of ? (If you weren’t there in person, maybe you were one of the million people who watched it on TV).
Answer: Caesar’s Palace - What Vegas brewery takes its name from the first two atomic bombs dedicated at the Nevada test site?
Answer: Able Baker Brewing - 40, acres of bright red sandstone give what state park outside of Las Vegas its name?
Answer: Valley of Fire State Park - What film, a sequel to a family science fiction comedy from , features the spectacle of a giant two-year old causing havoc along Las Vegas's Fremont Street?
Answer: Honey, I Blew Up the Kid - Outlasting their opponents in the Championship series, the Las Vegas Aces defeated what Eastern Conference team coached by Sandy Brondello in the WNBA Finals?
Answer: New York Liberty - What Las Vegas Strip hotel, which is named after an Italian comune, was the location of the main heist in the movie Ocean's Eleven?
Answer: The Bellagio - What "Danke Schoen" singer, sometimes called "Mr. Las Vegas" and "Mr. Entertainment," was the first to receive a star on Las Vegas's Walk of Stars in ?
Answer: Wayne Newton - Fashion Show Drive in Las Vegas is home to a story golden tower hotel that is owned by what family brand? They are known for their casinos and office buildings around the U.S., in particular New York and Atlantic City, among other public service endeavors.
Answer: Trump International Hotel - Born in Las Vegas in , which athlete started out playing football at the University of Oklahoma, got drafted by the Dallas Cowboys and named was Rookie of the Year in , spent seven seasons as a running back in the NFL, was named Offensive Player of the Year in , and then returned to his alma mater as a coach in ?
Answer: DeMarco Murray - What modernist Catholic cathedral just off the Las Vegas Strip is the seat of the bishop of the Diocese of Las Vegas?
Answer: Guardian Angel Cathedral - The BHOF, formerly known as Exotic World, is a Las Vegas museum and hall of fame dedicated to what stage art?
Answer: Burlesque - Las Vegas's Downtown Arts District is also known by a name combining what number and letter, referring to the block side of the neighborhood?
Answer: 18b - How many of artist Ugo Rondinone’s “magic mountains” can you visit in Las Vegas?
Answer: Seven - He’s no dummy! Which “America’s Got Talent” winning ventriloquist and celebrity impersonator has a theatrical show in Vegas?
Answer: Terry Fator - High school friends Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith, Brent Wilson, and Brendon Urie recorded their debut album, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, shortly after forming what band! from Las Vegas?
Answer: Panic! at the Disco - The life of Frank Rosenthal, who ran Las Vegas landmarks like the Stardust and the Fremont from the s to s, provided the inspiration for what film?
Answer: Casino - Mayor William Briare, mobster Frank Cullotta, and gunfighter Diamondfield Jack Davis are some of the notables buried in what historic Vegas cemetery? It's the oldest in the city, having been founded in
Answer: Woodlawn Cemetery - Las Vegas acquired what nickname in the s when nuclear weapons were tested 65 miles northwest of the city, and mushroom clouds were viewable from downtown?
Answer: Atomic City - Before he burnt out in "Leaving Las Vegas," Nic Cage suited up as Elvis and parachuted onto the Strip to win back Sarah Jessica-Parker in what rom-com with "Vegas" in its title?
Answer: Honeymoon in Vegas - A Las Vegas native, Evan Weinstock first got into his snowy sport by taking part in decathlons. Which Olympic event was he a team member of in ?
Answer: Bobsled - Nestled in the MGM Grand, Craftsteak treats diners to worldwide beef courtesy of what celebrity chef and "Top Chef" head judge?
Answer: Tom Colicchio - What rock and roll legend, famously challenged by speed limits entertained guests throughout in his residency at the Strat Hotel and SkyPod?
Answer: Sammy Hagar - What restaurant group named for the Japanese chef who started it in Los Angeles in the s opened its first luxury hotel inside Caesars Palace in ?
Answer: Nobu - The Tropicana donated a number of costumes from what show (which had been imported from Paris and which ran for nearly 50 years) to the Nevada State Museum in Las Vegas in ?
Answer: Folies Bergere - As far as Vegas historians know, what was the first official casino/resort on the Strip that really made it famous (or infamous)?
Answer: El Rancho - What West Las Vegas Casino, itself named for a famous Parisian nightclub, became the first casino to racially integrate in ?
Answer: Moulin Rouge - What redwood wedding chapel, a replica of a pioneer town church, is the oldest extant building on the Las Vegas Strip?
Answer: Little Church of the West - The basketball teams of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas are known as the "Runnin' Rebels" because of their speedy play. The school's baseball teams replace the word "Runnin'" with what other adjective that suggests hard work and scrappiness?
Answer: Hustlin' - Before she became known for designing the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign in , which American visual artist was the first female commercial artist to make neon signs at YESCO?
Answer: Betty Willis - Although it wasn't formally incorporated until , in what year was Las Vegas founded after acres were auctioned off by the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad?
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