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Funny Trivia Questions for Kids
Gentle funny questions written for children, each with the answer and a short explanation.
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The easy funny questions lean on collective nouns and animal oddities: crows, flamingos, owls, the octopus with three hearts. They are the ones people half-know from somewhere and can guess at, which makes them a good opener for a mixed group.
All 14 funny trivia questions for kids
Which animal's name comes from the Greek for "river horse"?
Answer: Hippopotamus Hippos and horses are not close relatives at all — hippos are nearer to whales.Why?
A group of crows is traditionally called a what?
Answer: A murder The term dates to medieval lists of hunting and poetic collective nouns.
Flamingos gathered together are known as a what?
Answer: A flamboyance Their pink colour comes from pigments in the shrimp and algae they eat.
How many hearts does an octopus have?
Answer: Three Two pump blood to the gills and one pumps it to the rest of the body.Why?
A baby platypus is commonly called a what?
Answer: Puggle Baby echidnas get the same nickname, since both are egg-laying monotremes.
The dot over a lowercase letter "i" has a name. What is it?
Answer: Tittle It survives in the phrase "to a T", once "to a tittle", meaning to the smallest detail.
The little plastic tube on the end of a shoelace is called an what?
Answer: Aglet Its only job is to stop the lace fraying so it still threads through the eyelets.
Which gentle marine mammal is nicknamed the "sea cow"?
Answer: Manatee The name comes from its slow grazing on underwater plants.
A group of pandas is charmingly known as a what?
Answer: An embarrassment It is one of many collective nouns that exist mostly on lists rather than in zoology.
How many items are in a baker's dozen?
Answer: 13 Bakers added a spare loaf so short weight would not land them a heavy fine.Why?
Which large mammal is famously unable to jump?
Answer: Elephant Its legs are built as weight-bearing columns and never leave the ground together.Why?
Which Australian bird can imitate chainsaws and camera shutters?
Answer: Lyrebird Males copy whatever they hear, mechanical noise included, to impress females.Why?
A group of owls is known as a what?
Answer: A parliament The term was popularised by C. S. Lewis in the Narnia books.
Which country has a unicorn as its national animal?
Answer: Scotland The unicorn has appeared in Scottish heraldry since the 1300s.Why?
Answer key
- Hippopotamus
- A murder
- A flamboyance
- Three
- Puggle
- Tittle
- Aglet
- Manatee
- An embarrassment
- 13
- Elephant
- Lyrebird
- A parliament
- Scotland
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