98 Maine Trivia Questions (Ranked from Easiest to Hardest)

Welcome to our page of Maine trivia questions! Maine is a state known for its rugged coastline, picturesque lighthouses and abundant seafood, making it a fascinating destination for trivia enthusiasts. Our selection of questions covers a wide range of topics including the state's history, culture, geography, and landmarks. Whether you're a native of Maine or just a curious learner, our trivia questions will help you discover new and exciting information about this great state.

For those interested in the history of Maine, our trivia questions will take you through the state's past, from its early days as a shipbuilding and fishing state to the present. We also cover the state's famous landmarks such as the Acadia National Park, the Penobscot Narrows Observatory and the Portland Head Light. Culture enthusiasts can learn about the state's maritime history, traditional customs, and local art forms.

Maine's geography and wildlife are also an important part of the state's identity, and our questions cover information about the state's natural wonders like the Moosehead Lake, the Allagash Wilderness Waterway and the unique wildlife such as the Moose and the state bird, the Black-capped Chickadee.

Our trivia questions are designed to be challenging yet entertaining, making them perfect for individuals, families, or groups of friends. Whether you're looking for a fun way to pass the time or you want to test your knowledge of Maine, our trivia questions are sure to provide hours of entertainment.

98 Maine Trivia Questions Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated for 2025)

1. Quit clowning around! The gutters of fictional Derry, Maine, take up most of the 1,136 pages of what pronoun-titled 1987 Stephen King novel?

Answer: It

2. Founded by B. Schavitz in Maine in the 1980s, what is the company with an origin in beekeeping and co-founder Roxanne Quimby?

Answer: Burt's Bees

3. Every summer, thousands of people come to Rockland for the annual crustacean celebration of which of Maine’s prized seafood exports?

Answer: Lobster

4. What dark-colored ursine animal is used as the mascot for athletic teams at the University of Maine?

Answer: Black Bears

5. What beach, located in its namesake “O” Maine town, means “beautiful place by the sea” in the Abenaki language, and is a major tourist attraction?

Answer: Ogunquit Beach

6. Bailey Jankowski’s clothing retailer, the Maine Lifestyle Company, is based out of what “B” Maine city? The city name sounds like someone who makes beer, or perhaps plays baseball in Milwaukee.

Answer: Brewer, Maine

7. The Maine Hunting Shoe, which is also known as a "duck boot,” was the first product ever sold by what clothing brand, one of the most iconic brands in Maine?

Answer: L.L.Bean

8. The ski resort in Newry, Maine, with the second largest drop in the state, is named after which day of the week?

Answer: Sunday River Resort

9. In 1877, Robert Peary graduated from Bowdoin College. In 1913, Bowdoin would select a school mascot to honor Peary and his expeditions. What four-legged animal did they choose?

Answer: Polar bear

10. Back in the 1980s, apiarist Ingram Berg Shavitz had a lot of leftover wax from his insects’ honey production. It eventually made its way to fellow Mainer Roxanne Quimby, who helped Shavitz co-found what skin moisturizing and personal care company that takes its name from Shavitz’s animals?

Answer: Burt's Bees

11. Patrick Dempsey grew up in humble Lewiston, Maine before playing Dr. Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd on what steamy surgical show?

Answer: Grey's Anatomy

12. Maine is the state with the most household speakers of what language, the second-most commonly spoken language at home in the state, at over 5%?

Answer: French

13. What “J” Pond near Bar Harbor, Maine, is located in Acadia National Park and covers 187 acres? It shares its name with a Middle Eastern country with the capital of Amman.

Answer: Jordan Pond

14. Florida is the finish line of the East Coast Greenway. Which state does the 3,000-mile bike route start in?

Answer: Maine

15. Striking Owls Head Light near the town of Owls Head, so named because explorers thought the promontory on which it was built resembled an owl's head, can be found in what state?

Answer: Maine

16. When he was elected in 2012, Maine senator Angus King became only the second sitting senator, after Vermont's Bernie Sanders, to hold what distinction, which they share with only about a dozen other U.S. senators throughout history?

Answer: Independent

17. The University of Maine's flagship campus is located in what city, whose name is popular in crossword puzzles because three of its five letters are Os?

Answer: Orono

18. Renamed in May 2021 as the Maine Celtics, the NBA G League team based in Portland made its debut in 2009 under what colorful team name?

Answer: Maine Red Claws

19. The two men who settled in Portland, Oregon both wanted to name it after their hometowns. Unable to reach a compromise, they flipped a coin to decide who would get the honor. Francis Pettygrove won the toss and named the city after his Portland. Which state was Pettygrove from?

Answer: Maine

20. Kennebunkport, ME is home to a large transit museum by the seashore, bearing the name of what type of train that runs on a tramway track placed on public streets?

Answer: Seashore Trolley Museum

21. Alaska and Hawaii don't share land borders with any other U.S. states. Almost as stingy is what U.S. state that only shares a land border with one other state?

Answer: Maine

22. Not signifying someone smart with Lincolns, but rather a sewer-dweller, what is the name of the dancing clown in Stephen King's famed horror novel "It"?

Answer: Pennywise

23. Tom's of Maine, a line of natural personal care products, is a subsidiary of what company known for, among other things, making toothpaste and soap?

Answer: Colgate-Palmolive

24. What anadromous fish, which often appears pink in the wild, is the state fish of Maine?

Answer: Land-locked salmon

25. Maine has a physical border with which two Canadian provinces to its north?

Answer: New Brunswick and Quebec

26. Although Augusta is the capital of Maine today, what other Maine city was the capital from the state's founding in 1820 until 1827, when Augusta was designated the capital?

Answer: Portland

27. Instant-runoff voting and single transferable vote are two specific types of what more general voting system that is used in various jurisdictions in the United States? Maine uses this voting system in all state primary, congressional, and presidential elections.

Answer: Ranked-choice voting

28. "11/22/63" is a novel in which a time traveler attempts to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy, by what American author who's associated more with Maine than with Washington, DC?

Answer: Stephen King

29. The entrance to the Desert of Maine features two statues of what kind of animal that definitely isn't native to the area?

Answer: Camel

30. Due to a popular state nickname, Maine is the only state that doesn't have an actual flower for its state flower, but more of a seed. In place of a flower, Maine recognizes the white what?

Answer: Pinecone

31. The State Seal of Maine features a moose resting in a field bordered by water and woods. There is a pine tree behind the moose. On one side of the moose is a sailor with an anchor. On the other side is a farmer with what agricultural hand tool? If you're looking to use it, make sure you choose one with the right snath length.

Answer: Scythe

32. What 19th-century writer briefly left his lakeside home in Massachusetts to visit Maine's Mt. Katahdin, a journey recounted in his book titled “The Maine Woods”?

Answer: Henry David Thoreau

33. Stephen King fans know he’s partial to writing about the New England state he resides in, so even though the actual prison in the 1994 film adaptation of "The Shawshank Redemption" was in Ohio, the movie is supposed to take place in what state?

Answer: Maine

34. There are almost 200 species of which coniferous evergreen that's the state tree of Maine and makes a great Christmas tree?

Answer: Pine

35. The Maine state flag, as of 1909, has had a North Star with the Latin writing "dirigo." What two-word phrase does “dirigo,” Maine's state motto, translate to in English?

Answer: I Lead

36. Bar Harbor, Maine is home to a beach with what name, which makes sense as it is what a beach is mostly made out of?

Answer: Sand Beach

37. The Cape Neddick Light in Cape Neddick in York, Maine, is a lighthouse commissioned by Congress in 1879 with what “N” name that still names the lighthouse to this day?

Answer: Nubble Lighthouse

38. What “P” lighthouse is located in Bristol, Maine, at the tip of its namesake Neck? It was opened in 1827.

Answer: Pemaquid Point Lighthouse

39. "Portland, Maine" is a song from the 2014 album "Sundown Heaven Town" by what country star who's married to Faith Hill?

Answer: Tim McGraw

40. What tearjerker animated film about a "giant" robot was set in Maine during the Cold War?

Answer: The Iron Giant

41. Frances McDormand played the titular Maine schoolteacher in what 2014 HBO miniseries based on the Elizabeth Strout novel of the same name?

Answer: Olive Kitteridge

42. What U.S. national park is the only one in the Northeastern United States, and is also the first national park in alphabetical order?

Answer: Acadia National Park

43. Charles Fort famously influenced many writers and religious leaders. Which modern horror scribe used the works of Fort as "advice" for the parents of a pyrokinetically gifted child in his novel "Firestarter”?

Answer: Stephen King

44. The official state cat of a New England state, what is the breed of the domestic cat with the longest tail ever measured (17.58 inches), according to the Guinness Book of World Records?

Answer: Maine Coon

45. Maine is the only U.S. state that borders just one other state—which is what?

Answer: New Hampshire

46. Moose are plentiful in what Maine State Park located in Northeast Piscataquis? It shares its name with the last name of Ted Knight’s buffoonish TV news personality from “The Mary Tyler Moore Show."

Answer: Baxter State Park

47. Baxter State Park is home to Mt. Katahdin, the highest peak in Maine. The mountain is also the northern terminus of what famous Eastern U.S. trail?

Answer: Appalachian Trail

48. What “C” mountain on Mount Desert Island, in Acadia National Park in Maine, shares its name with a luxury car brand produced by General Motors?

Answer: Cadillac Mountain

49. Located in Maine's Baxter State Park, what K-mountain is the northern endpoint of the Appalachian Trail?

Answer: Katahdin

50. What “B” Maine congressman of the late 19th century expanded U.S. relations across the Americas with the Inter-American Conference?

Answer: Blaine

51. What ski mountain in Carrabassett Valley, Franklin County, Maine is the third largest in the state? The name sounds like it is made out of sweet bread, and it’s just Spaulding Mountain.

Answer: Sugarloaf Mountain

52. What “L” surname did the Republican governor of Maine from 2011 to 2019 have? Before that, this man with the first name Paul served as mayor of Waterville.

Answer: Paul LePage

53. What “C” Bay, which has Portland, ME along its southern edge, is an inlet of the Gulf of Maine located near Capes Small and Elizabeth?

Answer: Casco Bay

54. Colby College, a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine, counts among its alumni what female American biographer and political commentator, author of 2005's “Team Of Rivals” about Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet?

Answer: Doris Kearns Goodwin

55. What TV series set in a fictional town in Maine is based on a Stephen King novel and stars Anthony Michael Hall?

Answer: The Dead Zone

56. Legend has it a Maine sea captain invented the breakfast food you’d order as a “Munchkin” if you’re at Dunkin’. What’s the generic name for the bite-sized baked good?

Answer: Donut hole

57. With flavors like All Dressed, Ketchup, and Dill Pickle, which potato chip brand, named after a nursery rhyme character, was founded in Scarborough, Maine in 1947?

Answer: Humpty Dumpty

58. Which of Maine’s mountains shares its name with a famous French explorer and luxury car brand (which was also named after said explorer)?

Answer: Cadillac

59. Portland's two founders tossed a coin to decide whose home city to name the fledgling site after. Francis Pettygrove of Portland, Maine, won the toss, but which New England capital would have been used as the name if Asa Lovejoy had won?

Answer: Boston

60. While he was still playing Julian Beck on “Law & Order,” which actor wrote a play called “Almost, Maine” that was no doubt inspired by his childhood in Presque Isle?

Answer: John Cariani

61. Connecting Verona Island to Prospect, what’s the name of the bridge that was the first to have an observation tower in the U.S. and is still the tallest bridge observatory open to the public in the world?

Answer: Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory

62. In 2005, over 100 years after it was created by Dr. Augustin Thompson for medicinal purposes, Governor John Baldacci designated what beverage as the official soft drink of Maine?

Answer: Moxie

63. What state park in southern Maine, one of Maine's original five state parks, offers scenic views of Casco Bay throughout its hiking, biking, and horseback riding trails?

Answer: Bradbury Mountain State Park

64. In which Downeast town near Bath, Edgecomb, and Wiscasset can you visit the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens?

Answer: Boothbay

65. Which variation of French is spoken throughout Canada, northern Maine, and the Magdalen Islands?

Answer: Acadian

66. A monument in Perry, Maine, marks the location of what numbered parallel, halfway between the equator and the North Pole?

Answer: 45th Parallel

67. Maine was admitted as a state in 1820 as part of a "Compromise" that admitted which other state to the union, maintaining the balance of free and slave states?

Answer: Missouri

68. Walker's Point, in the Maine town of Kennebunkport, famously serves as a summer resort for what presidential family?

Answer: The Bush Family

69. If you’re driving through Downeast Maine, you’ll see one of the U.S.’s major shipyards, which also happens to be the fifth-largest defense contractor in the world. The “Iron Works” is in which town along the Kennebec River?

Answer: Bath

70. Which Androscoggin County city is the state’s second-largest (after Portland) by population?

Answer: Lewiston

71. Which former Maine Attorney General (who served twice, actually) became the state’s 75th governor in 2018?

Answer: Janet Mills

72. Statewide elections in Maine and Alaska use RCV, an alternative voting system in effect in over fifty jurisdictions nationwide. What does RCV stand for?

Answer: Ranked-Choice Voting

73. What powerful Maine senator and governor went on to become Hubert Humphrey's running mate in the 1968 presidential election?

Answer: Edmund Muskie

74. Lincoln, Maine's "Town of Lakes," is home to a 13-foot fiberglass sculpture of what "common" bird, which breeds on Maine's lakes in the spring?

Answer: Loon

75. A local might think of the region as Kno-Wal-Lin, which stands for Knox, Waldo, and which third Maine county?

Answer: Lincoln

76. Which state historic landmark in Prospect (next to the Penobscot Narrows Bridge) was built for war (of granite, mostly) but never saw combat?

Answer: Fort Knox

77. In which city in Kennebec County will you find Thomas and Colby College, as well as Railroad Square Cinema and The Last Unicorn Restaurant?

Answer: Waterville

78. Which supermarket chain based in Maine and serving New England and New York was founded by brothers Arthur, Edward, and Howard, who gave it their last name? (Hint: For a while, some of the stores were called Shop ‘n Save)

Answer: Hannaford

79. Grover Cleveland and Democrats tarred what 1884 opponent as the "Continental Liar from the State of Maine," a phrase which conveniently rhymed with the candidate's name?

Answer: James G. Blaine

80. What U.S. state is known as "Vacationland," in part because it's the location of the only national park in the Northeast?

Answer: Maine

81. Nebraska is one of the two U.S. states that can split its electoral vote in Presidential elections and does not have a winner-takes-all approach. What is the other state?

Answer: Maine

82. One of many campgrounds in the region, Chewonki Big Eddy Campground sits just outside of what famous Maine state park in the town of Millinocket?

Answer: Baxter State Park

83. Angela Lansbury is perhaps best known for solving crimes in the small Maine town of Cabot Cove as writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher on what CBS drama that originally aired from 1984 until 1996?

Answer: Murder, She Wrote

84. Despite its title, much of the action of Stephen King's 2005 novel "The Colorado Kid" is set in which other U.S. state that serves as the setting for many of King's works?

Answer: Maine

85. A small town in Maine is home to the original springs of what artesian drinking water brand that was never headquartered in Eastern Europe?

Answer: Poland Spring

86. The red and white striped lighthouse at West Quoddy is famed for what geographical distinction?

Answer: Easternmost point in the continental US

87. What “F” art museum specializes in American art, and was opened in 1948 in Rockland, Maine? Its name is the same as the elderly professor on “Futurama.”

Answer: Farnsworth Art Museum

88. A Maine resident unexpectedly found a sketch called “Le Tricorne” by what famous artist, and received $150,000 for the sketch at auction? The worldly Spanish artist is known for his blue and rose periods, among many other things.

Answer: Pablo Picasso

89. What New Brunswick island, home to the summer retreat of Franklin D. Roosevelt and preserved as an international park, is only accessible by bridge from the Maine town of Lubec?

Answer: Campobello Island

90. What's the name of the woman whose "world" is depicted in Andrew Wyeth's famous 1948 painting of the Olson House in Cushing, Maine?

Answer: Christina

91. In 2018, the Northern Maine Regional Airport was renamed for what municipality way up in Aroostook County?

Answer: Presque Isle

92. What fictional town in Maine has served as the setting for many of the works by Stephen King, such as "The Dead Zone," "Cujo," "Needful Things," and "The Body?" King got the name from a fictional location in William Golding's 1954 novel, "Lord of the Flies."

Answer: Castle Rock

93. The California coastal town of Mendocino was used as a stand-in for Cabot Cove, Maine, in what television show that ran for twelve seasons?

Answer: Murder, She Wrote

94. Long before becoming an astronaut and taking part in the first all-female spacewalk in 2019, which NASA Flight Engineer graduated from Caribou High School?

Answer: Jessica Meir

95. Lewiston, Maine, was the site of an infamous 1965 rematch between Muhammad Ali and what former world heavyweight champion? Ali won the fight in a knockout, leading to this famous photo.

Answer: Sonny Liston

96. The Pelletier family of Millinocket and their work in the forests of northern Maine was the subject of what reality series that aired on the Discovery Channel from 2009 to 2011?

Answer: American Loggers

97. What charismatic harbor seal, raised by humans and the subject of a 1994 movie, lived during the winters at the Boston Aquarium before swimming back to Maine every summer?

Answer: Andre

98. Portland, Maine's Allagash Brewery crafts the delicious Allagash White, in what top-fermented Belgian style that might loosen you up for a good joke?

Answer: Witbier

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