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Trivia Questions for Kids (With Answers)
Easy questions on subjects children actually enjoy: animals, space, food, cartoons and silly facts.
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Trivia works well with children for a reason that has nothing to do with testing them. A good question is a tiny story, and a child who learns that an octopus has three hearts will repeat it at dinner for a week. The questions here are chosen for subject as much as difficulty: animals, space, food, geography, cartoons and the kind of strange-but-true fact that makes a nine-year-old say what.
For a car journey or a classroom warm-up, read the question and let them shout. For a party, split into two teams and keep score loosely, because the competition matters less than the arguing. Every answer carries a one-line explanation, which is usually the part they remember.
Nothing here needs an account, and the print layout drops the game so you can hand out a paper round instead.
All 48 trivia questions for kids with answers
How many minutes are there in a full day?
Answer: 1,440Twenty-four hours multiplied by sixty.General KnowledgeWhy?
How many players are on the field per team in a football (soccer) match?
Answer: ElevenTen outfield players plus a goalkeeper, and a side dropping below seven must forfeit.General KnowledgeWhy?
How many players does a basketball team have on court at one time?
Answer: FiveSubstitutions are unlimited, but only five may play at any moment.General Knowledge
How many sides does a hexagon have?
Answer: SixHoneybees build hexagonal cells because the shape tiles a surface with the least wax.General KnowledgeWhy?
Iceland's capital city is which of these?
Answer: ReykjavikMuch of the city is heated by geothermal water piped from nearby fields.Geography
Lima is the capital of which South American country?
Answer: PeruIt was founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1535 as the seat of Spanish rule in the Andes.Geography
Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps, stands on the border of France and which country?
Answer: ItalyA road tunnel beneath the mountain links Chamonix with the Aosta Valley.Geography
Mount Everest sits on the border between Nepal and which other country?
Answer: ChinaThe Tibetan side is administered by China, and the peak straddles the line.Geography
Burning fossil fuels adds which greenhouse gas to the atmosphere in the largest amounts?
Answer: Carbon dioxideWater vapour traps more heat overall, but carbon dioxide is the one human activity is adding.Science
Clouds are mostly made of what?
Answer: Tiny water droplets and ice crystalsWater vapour itself is invisible; a cloud appears only once it condenses into droplets.Science
How many bones does an adult human skeleton normally have?
Answer: 206Babies are born with about 270, which fuse over time.ScienceWhy?
Including wisdom teeth, how many teeth does an adult human normally have?
Answer: 32Children have 20 milk teeth, which start falling out at around age six.Science
A group of pandas is charmingly known as a what?
Answer: An embarrassmentIt is one of many collective nouns that exist mostly on lists rather than in zoology.Funny
Flamingos gathered together are known as a what?
Answer: A flamboyanceTheir pink colour comes from pigments in the shrimp and algae they eat.Funny
How many hearts does an octopus have?
Answer: ThreeTwo pump blood to the gills and one pumps it to the rest of the body.FunnyWhy?
How many items are in a baker's dozen?
Answer: 13Bakers added a spare loaf so short weight would not land them a heavy fine.FunnyWhy?
Honey is produced by which insect?
Answer: BeesWorkers reduce nectar's water content until it will not spoil.Animal
How many legs does a spider have?
Answer: EightEight legs is what separates arachnids from six-legged insects.AnimalWhy?
What makes up almost the entire diet of a giant panda?
Answer: BambooIt still has a carnivore's gut, so it must eat for many hours a day.AnimalWhy?
Which flightless bird lives in Antarctica?
Answer: PenguinTheir wings evolved into flippers for swimming instead.AnimalWhy?
Hummus is made mainly from which pulse?
Answer: ChickpeasBlended chickpeas and sesame paste give it the thick texture.Food and Drink
Pizza in its modern form comes from which country?
Answer: ItalyNaples is the city usually credited with the flatbread that became pizza.Food and Drink
Sushi is a traditional dish of which country?
Answer: JapanIts name refers to the seasoned rice, not the fish on top.Food and Drink
Tofu is made by curdling the liquid pressed from which bean?
Answer: SoybeanSoy milk is set with a coagulant, much as milk is set to make cheese.Food and Drink
Pi rounded to two decimal places is what?
Answer: 3.14It is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, whatever the circle's size.Math
The angles inside any triangle add up to how many degrees?
Answer: 180Tear off the three corners and they line up flat against a straight edge.Math
What do the first ten positive whole numbers add up to?
Answer: 55Pairing 1 with 10, 2 with 9 and so on gives five pairs of eleven.MathWhy?
What is 10 per cent of 250?
Answer: 25Finding ten per cent only means moving the decimal point one place left.MathWhy?
In popular tradition, where does Santa Claus live?
Answer: The North PoleFinland promotes a rival claim, placing his home in Lapland.Christmas
In the Nativity account, Jesus is born in which town?
Answer: BethlehemNazareth is where the family is described as living afterwards.Christmas
In the United States, what is traditionally left out for Santa on Christmas Eve?
Answer: Milk and cookiesBritish households more often leave a mince pie and a glass of sherry.Christmas
On which date is Christmas Day observed by most Western churches?
Answer: 25 DecemberMany Orthodox churches keep the same feast on 7 January under the older Julian calendar.Christmas
What is a carved and lit pumpkin called?
Answer: Jack-o'-lanternThe name comes from an Irish tale about a man doomed to wander with a lantern.Halloween
What is an attraction designed to frighten visitors as they walk through it called?
Answer: A haunted houseThey grew out of nineteenth-century ghost shows and fairground illusions.Halloween
What is the sweet shaped like a tri-coloured kernel called?
Answer: Candy cornIts three bands were meant to imitate a kernel of corn.Halloween
Which animal is most associated with witches in folklore?
Answer: Black catSuperstition cast it as a witch's companion, or the witch herself in disguise.Halloween
What is the capital of Egypt?
Answer: CairoIt sits at the head of the Nile delta.World CapitalsWhy?
What is the capital of France?
Answer: ParisIt has been the seat of French government for more than a thousand years.World CapitalsWhy?
What is the capital of Greece?
Answer: AthensThe Acropolis has overlooked the city since antiquity.World CapitalsWhy?
What is the capital of India?
Answer: New DelhiKolkata was the capital of British India until 1911.World CapitalsWhy?
In Toy Story, what kind of toy is Woody?
Answer: A pull-string cowboy dollBuzz Lightyear is the space ranger who arrives and unsettles him.Disney
Name the wooden puppet who wants to become a real boy in the 1940 Disney feature.
Answer: PinocchioThe film was adapted from Carlo Collodi's Italian novel.Disney
Which animal is Dumbo?
Answer: An elephantHis oversized ears let him fly, which is the whole point of the 1941 film.Disney
Which Disney character is a genie trapped in a lamp?
Answer: The Genie in AladdinAladdin was released in 1992.Disney
Which apostle is named in the Gospels as betraying Jesus?
Answer: Judas IscariotPeter is described as denying him rather than betraying him.Bible
Which book of the New Testament comes first?
Answer: MatthewMark is generally thought by scholars to have been written earliest, but Matthew is placed first.Bible
Which book opens the Old Testament?
Answer: GenesisIts name comes from a Greek word meaning origin or beginning.Bible
Which city's walls are described as falling in the book of Joshua?
Answer: JerichoThe account follows seven days of marching around the city.Bible
Answer key
- 1,440
- Eleven
- Five
- Six
- Reykjavik
- Peru
- Italy
- China
- Carbon dioxide
- Tiny water droplets and ice crystals
- 206
- 32
- An embarrassment
- A flamboyance
- Three
- 13
- Bees
- Eight
- Bamboo
- Penguin
- Chickpeas
- Italy
- Japan
- Soybean
- 3.14
- 180
- 55
- 25
- The North Pole
- Bethlehem
- Milk and cookies
- 25 December
- Jack-o'-lantern
- A haunted house
- Candy corn
- Black cat
- Cairo
- Paris
- Athens
- New Delhi
- A pull-string cowboy doll
- Pinocchio
- An elephant
- The Genie in Aladdin
- Judas Iscariot
- Matthew
- Genesis
- Jericho
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- Answer with a tap, or press 1 to 4 on a keyboard. The right answer appears straight away with a line explaining it.
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Frequently asked questions
What age are these questions for?
Roughly seven to twelve. Younger children do well with the animal and food questions read aloud; older ones can take the whole set.
Can I use these in a classroom?
Yes. Print any page from the site and you get the questions with a separate answer key, so you can hand out one and keep the other.
Are there harder questions when they outgrow these?
Every topic has easy, medium and hard rounds. Moving a child up one level at a time works better than jumping to the general set.
Where these come from
Each question above links to the topic it belongs to, where you will find the full set at three difficulties along with tiebreakers and host notes. General KnowledgeGeographyScienceFunnyAnimalFood and DrinkMathChristmasHalloweenWorld CapitalsDisneyBible