OpenTrivia MCP. Generate fresh quizzes across any subject.

Listen up. If you're building anything that needs actual trivia—the good stuff, the random facts people actually remember—you need this server. It gives your AI client direct access to a massive quiz database. Forget relying on canned content; here’s how you pull real-world knowledge for quizzes and tests.

To get started, you gotta know what's available. You run get_categories and it spits out every single topic in the whole damn thing. That list tells you all the buckets of knowledge—history, pop culture, science, ya know—so you can decide where to focus your quiz.

Once you've picked a category, you gotta check the volume before you commit. You use get_category_count with that specific ID and it’ll tell you exactly how many questions are sitting there for that topic. Wanna know if 'Film Noir' has ten solid questions or five hundred? This tool tells ya.

If you need a big-picture view, you can run get_global_count, which gives you the total question count across every single category in the entire database.

Now, for the actual quiz content. You execute get_questions and you pass it filters: how many questions you want (the amount), what difficulty level you're aiming for (easy, medium, or hard), and which topic ID you found earlier. This pull gives your agent a structured set of trivia ready to go.

It’s the core function; it delivers the content.

But here's the kicker: nobody wants their quiz repeating 'Who was the first president?' three times in a row, right? To keep things fresh, you call request_token. This generates a brand-new session token for your quiz. Using this token ensures that your agent won't reuse old questions—it keeps the content unique for six hours of active quizzing.

If you need to manually force a restart or if something goes sideways with the token flow, you use reset_token to wipe out the existing session ID and start fresh.

You stack these tools together: You run get_categories first; that tells you what topics exist. Then, your agent pulls a new guardrail using request_token, getting that unique session ID. After that, it runs get_questions, feeding in the category filter, the desired difficulty, and the fresh token ID. That workflow gives you reliable, non-repeating quiz material.

If you're building an educational tool or a trivia night experience, this server manages all the mechanics. You don't just get questions; you get controlled access to massive, filtered databases of facts. It’s how you ensure that your AI client always has fresh content and can precisely measure the depth of knowledge available in each niche topic.