Interested in learning some fun and educational trivia questions to ask your kids? Then keep reading! We've collected 120 questions and answers to help test your child's knowledge (and maybe even your own). Help your little ones prepare for an exam or just discover more about their favorite subject. The best part? Introducing new information in the context of a game makes it even easier to wrangle them for the purpose of learning. A trial-and-error approach (i.e. guessing) can even help improve engagement and participation in the activity at hand. Read on to get started.
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Animal Trivia Questions for Kids
AlexandrMusuc / Shutterstock- Question: How many noses do slugs have?
- Question: How many legs does a spider have?
- Question: Which is the fastest land animal?
- Question: Are worker bees male or female?
- Question: How many humps does a Bactrian camel have?
- Question: What is a group of lions called?
- Question: What color is a giraffe's tongue?
- Question: How many bones does a shark have?
- Question: Which animal is born blind?
- Question: What is the only land animal that cannot jump?
- Question: How many legs does a lobster have?
- Question: What is a baby kangaroo called?
- Question: What is a female elephant called?
- Question: What is the largest living bird?
- Question: How long can a bald eagle live?
Answer: Two
Answer: Eight
Answer: The cheetah
Answer: Female
Answer: Two
Answer: A pride
Answer: Purple
Answer: Zero
Answer: Rabbits
Answer: The elephant
Answer: 10
Answer: A joey
Answer: A cow
Answer: The ostrich
Answer: 15 to 25 years
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Sports Trivia Questions for Kids
New Africa / Shutterstock- Question: How many rings are on an Olympic flag?
- Question: How many points is a slam dunk worth in basketball?
- Question: How many tournaments constitute a "Grand Slam" in tennis?
- Question: The FIFA World Cup showcases which sport?
- Question: In what country did the Olympic Games originate?
- Question: What does the NBA stand for?
- Question: What is the name of the ice surface that ice hockey is played on?
- Question: Who has won the most Olympic medals?
- Question: What color are the goalposts in football?
- Question: How long is a marathon?
- Question: How many baseball players can be on the field at once?
- Question: What do you call the person who hikes the ball to the quarterback in football?
- Question: In what sport would you use a pommel horse?
- Question: Ping-pong is the more casual name for what sport?
- Question: In what sport do players use helpers called "caddies"?
Answer: Five
Answer: Two
Answer: Four (the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open)
Answer: Soccer
Answer: Greece
Answer: The National Basketball Association
Answer: The rink
Answer: Michael Phelps (Fun Fact: He has 28 medals in total and 23 of them are gold!)
Answer: Yellow
Answer: 26.2 miles
Answer: Nine
Answer: The center
Answer: Gymnastics
Answer: Table tennis
Answer: Golf
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Kids Trivia Questions About Anatomy
Inside Creative House / Shutterstock- Question: How many chambers are there in the human heart?
- Question: What is the largest internal organ inside the human body?
- Question: How many teeth does an adult human typically have?
- Question: Name the five senses.
- Question: What two body parts continue growing for your entire life?
- Question: What color eyes do most people have?
- Question: How many times will your heart beat over the course of your lifetime?
- Question: Where is the smallest bone in your body?
- Question: Which organ pumps blood around your body?
- Question: Why is the thumb not considered a finger?
- Question: What are the small tubes that carry blood to the heart?
- Question: What do we call the outermost layer of skin?
- Question: What is the largest bone in the human body?
- Question: What's one part of your body that is almost impossible to lick?
- Question: How many muscles does it take to smile?
Answer: Four
Answer: The liver
Answer: 32
Answer: Sight, touch, hearing, smell, and taste.
Answer: Your nose and your ears
Answer: Brown
Answer: Around 2.5 billion times
Answer: In your ear
Answer: The heart
Answer: Because it only has one joint
Answer: Veins
Answer: Epidermis
Answer: The femur
Answer: Your elbow
Answer: 13
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History Trivia Questions for Kids
diignat / Shutterstock- Question: In what year did World War II start?
- Question: What was the first country to use paper money?
- Question: What country gifted the United States the Statue of Liberty?
- Question: Who was the first president to receive a Nobel Peace Prize?
- Question: Which ancient king had a round table?
- Question: In what country are the ancient pyramids located?
- Question: On what three ships did Christopher Columbus set sail?
- Question: When did women receive the right to vote in the United States?
- Question: Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
- Question: Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
- Question: What object caused the Titanic to sink?
- Question: Who was the first astronaut to walk on the moon?
- Question: Which US President was known as "Honest Abe"?
- Question: The bubonic plague was largely spread by what animal?
- Question: What is the oldest civilization in the world?
Answer: 1939
Answer: China
Answer: France
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt
Answer: King Arthur
Answer: Egypt
Answer: The Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
Answer: 1920
Answer: Michelangelo
Answer: Amelia Earhart
Answer: An iceberg
Answer: Neil Armstrong
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Answer: Rats
Answer: Mesopotamia
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Trivia Questions For Kids About Geography
Robert Kneschke / Shutterstock- Question: What is the world’s largest ocean?
- Question: Which continent is home to the Andres Mountains?
- Question: What is the largest country in the world?
- Question: London is home to this famous palace.
- Question: What language do they speak in Brazil?
- Question: Which Italian city is famous for its canals?
- Question: In what state would you find Mount McKinley?
- Question: Manhattan is part of what US city?
- Question: What state is famous for Hollywood?
- Question: What is the world's largest desert?
- Question: What is the capital of Japan?
- Question: What two countries share a border with the United States?
- Question: What is the coldest place on Earth?
- Question: What do you call a chain of mountains?
- Question: What is the name of the supercontinent that existed 200 million years ago?
Answer: The Pacific Ocean
Answer: South America
Answer: Russia
Answer: Buckingham Palace.
Answer: Portuguese
Answer: Venice
Answer: Alaska
Answer: New York City
Answer: California
Answer: The Sahara Desert
Answer: Tokyo
Answer: Canada and Mexico
Answer: Antarctica
Answer: A range
Answer: Pangea
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Movie and Music Trivia Questions for Kids
omsickova Tatyana / Shutterstock- Question: What was Harry Potter's pet owl named?
- Question: Who was the first Disney princess?
- Question: In the Star Wars movies, what invisible power binds the galaxy together?
- Question: What are the names of all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
- Question: Who filmed the first music video in space?
- Question: What is the name of the fairy in Peter Pan?
- Question: Name the next word in this song: "Head, shoulders, knees, and ______"
- Question: Buzz Lightyear is a character from what movie?
- Question: What is Lord Voldemort's real name?
- Question: How many brothers does Prince Hans of the Southern Isles have in Frozen?
- Question: What school did Harry Potter attend?
- Question: Which character on Sesame Streetlives in a trash can?
- Question: Who is the villain in The Little Mermaid?
- Question: When is Harry Potter's birthday?
- Question: In the musical scale, what is the next, or fifth, note following Do-Re-Mi-Fa-?
Answer: Hedwig
Answer: Snow White
Answer: The Force
Answer: Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo
Answer: Canadian astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield in May 2012
Answer: Tinker Bell
Answer: Toes
Answer: Toy Story
Answer: Tom Marvolo Riddle
Answer: 12
Answer: Hogwarts
Answer: Oscar the Grouch
Answer: Ursula
Answer: July 31
Answer: So
Random Kids Quiz Questions
Katrina Brown / Shutterstock- Question: How many wheels does a tricycle have?
- Question: How many weeks are there in a fortnight?
- Question: What is the hardest natural substance in the world?
- Question: How many inches are in three feet?
- Question: How many elements are there in the periodic table?
- Question: How many black keys does a piano have?
- Question: How many cents are in a quarter?
- Question: Who invented the telephone?
- Question: Gravity is rumored to have been discovered with the help of which fruit?
- Question: What is the first letter of the Greek alphabet?
- Question: Which famous artist cut off his own ear?
- Question: What is the color of an emerald?
- Question: Where does the President of the United States live while in office?
- Question: What do you use to write on a blackboard?
- Question: How many colors are there in the rainbow?
Answer: Three
Answer: Two
Answer: A diamond (Fun fact: Only a diamond can cut another diamond!)
Answer: 36
Answer: 118
Answer: 36
Answer: 25
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
Answer: An apple
Answer: Alpha
Answer: Vincent Van Gogh
Answer: Green
Answer: The White House
Answer: Chalk
Answer: Seven
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Trivia Questions About Space
VisanuPhotoshop / Shutterstock- Question: How many moons does Mars have?
- Question: Which is the largest planet in the solar system?
- Question: How many Earths can fit inside the sun?
- Question: How many phases does the moon have?
- Question: How many planets are in our solar system?
- Question: True or false: There are volcanoes on other planets.
- Question: What floating laboratory is currently orbiting around the Earth?
- Question: Which planet in the Solar System has the most moons?
- Question: In which galaxy do we live?
- Question: Which is the first planet in the solar system from the sun?
- Question: What kind of tool can we use to look at the stars?
- Question: Which planet in the Solar System spins the fastest?
- Question: What planet is famous for its rings?
- Question: What are stars made of?
- Question: Why can't we breathe in space?
Answer: Two
Answer: Jupiter
Answer: 1.3 million
Answer: Four (New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon, and Third Quarter)
Answer: Eight
Answer: True
Answer: International Space Station
Answer: Saturn
Answer: The Milky Way
Answer: Mercury
Answer: A telescope
Answer: Jupiter
Answer: Saturn
Answer: Gas
Answer: Because there isn't enough oxygen
Wrapping Up
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