Do you have a kiddo at home who’s eager to get the trivia ball rolling? If so, boy, have we got some questions for you. We at Trivia Bliss have compiled some of the best kid-friendly trivia for your convenience into the list below.
Below are 100 kid-friendly trivia questions perfect for your children to tackle. Most of these questions are well-suited to children ages 6 to 12. Some of these questions could be a little tricky for young folks, so ask with discretion. Still, a tricky trivia question never hurt a growing brain!
Without further ado, here are 100 trivia questions that’ll help you challenge your kids.
1. Question: During a leap year, is there an extra day or one less day?
2. Question: How many sides does a hexagon have?
3. Question: What day is St. Patrick’s Day every year?
4. Question: Which two states are not connected to the mainland United States of America?
5. Question: What do you call a baby kangaroo?
6. Question: What do you call a group of birds?
7. Question: What’s the most popular sport played indoors in the United States?
8. Question: What type of animal is a Tyrannosaurus rex?
9. Question: What is the Tin Man looking for in The Wizard of Oz?
10. Question: Who is the 46th president of the United States?
11. Question: What is the last line of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”?
12. Question: Name the four members of the Beatles.
13. Question: What is the name of the main character in Beauty and the Beast?
14. Question: What is the biggest ocean on Earth?
15. Question: What is an antonym for the word “hot”?
16. Question: What does JFK stand for?
17. Question: Name all of Santa’s reindeer.
18. Question: What are the three secondary colors?
19. Question: Which young boy spends time with Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and the rest of the Hundred Acre Woods creatures?
20. Question: What is Superman’s weakness?
21. Question: What color is a ruby?
22. Question: What is the shortest day of the year?
23. Question: And, but, or: what part of speech are these three words?
24. Question: What is the name of the princess in The Sleeping Beauty?
25. Question: True or false: Babies have more bones than adults.
27. Question: What planet is known for its large rings?
28. Question: Who gave the “I Have a Dream” speech at the 1963 March on Washington?
29. Question: Which famous Dutch painter is known for his self-portraits, sunflowers, and The Starry Night?
30. Question: What type of sport is played at Wimbledon?
31. Question: Which protects you more from the sun: SPF 15 sunscreen or SPF 30 sunscreen?
32. Question: Honeycrisp, Pink Lady, Red Delicious: what type of fruit are these?
33. Question: What are four things a noun can be?
34. Question: In which direction does the sun set every day? (Bonus: which direction does it rise from?)
35. Question: True or false: A cucumber is a vegetable.
36. Question: Plants need sunlight and one other substance to photosynthesize. What is the other substance?
37. Question: A, E, I, O, and U are all vowels. What are all the other letters?
38. Question: What do you call the yellow part of an egg?
39. Question: What type of blood cells help you fight infection?
40. Question: On which continent can you find the Sydney Opera House?
41. Question: The femur bone makes up the top half of your leg. What bone makes up the bottom half?
42. Question: True or false: it takes more muscles in your face to frown than it does to smile.
43. Question: What do you call an angle that is less than 90 degrees?
44. Question: What is the difference between a dozen and a baker’s dozen.
45. Question: How many weeks make up a single year?
46. Question: What special shoes do ballet dancers wear to stay up on their toes?
47. Question: What temperature in Fahrenheit is equivalent to 0 degrees Celsius?
48. Question: What holiday falls on February 14?
49. Question: What type of race is the Indianapolis 500?
50. Question: What are two common types of radio transmission? (Bonus: which is normally used for playing music?)
51. Question: Who is the maker of the iPhone and MacBook?
52. Question: How many days are in September?
53. Question: What do you call a selection of arranged flowers? (Hint: these are often either carried wrapped up by the stems or placed in a vase.)
54. Question: What language is spoken in Mexico?
55. Question: What’s an alternative to clipping your nails that you can do with an Emery board?
56. Question: Before DVD, Blu-ray, and streaming services existed, what device was used to watch movies? (Bonus: what were the movies taped on?)
57. Question: During what time of year do leaves fall from trees.
58. Question: Shiitake, portabella, porcini: what type of food are these?
59. Question: What sport is played during the Super Bowl?
60. Question: What type of craft is done using long needles and yarn?
61. Question: What do you call pants that come below the knee but don’t fall near the ankle?
62. Question: Who is Peter Pan’s enemy?
63. Question: How many cents is a quarter worth?
64. Question: How many nickels are in a dime?
65. Question: Who can be seen on the one-dollar bill?
66. Question: What important vitamin does the sun help your body manufacture?
67. Question: Orange, lime, lemon: what types of fruits are these?
68. Question: Who are Harry Potter’s two best friends?
69. Question: What is the opposite of acidic?
70. Question: What type of jewelry can be worn on the wrist?
71. Question: At what type of store do you go shopping for food?
72. Question: What do you call an enclosed, humid building in which plants grow?
73. Question: Who is Charlie Brown’s younger sister?
74. Question: What type of creature is Dracula?
75. Question: What sea animal has a unicorn-like horn?
76. Question: What is it called when more than one artistic material, or medium, is used to make a piece of art?
77. Question: What type of winged insect makes honey?
78. Question: What three flavors make up Neapolitan ice cream?
79. Question: What special shoes do soccer players wear?
80. Question: What smaller bone groupings make up the spine?
81. Question: A popular type of book is a hardcover. What is a book that doesn’t have a hard cover called?
82. Question: Who was the first man on the moon?
83. Question: True or false: a dolphin is a fish.
84. Question: What do you call a sweater that has buttons along the front?
85. Question: Which of the following is not a multiple of 5? 10, 25, 52, or 155?
86. Question: Honda, Ford, Subaru: what do each of these companies make?
87. Question: What is the largest continent on the planet Earth?
88. Question: What is the smallest state in the United States?
89. Question: What’s the difference between a lake and a pond?
90. Question: What sweet drink can be made in a blender with fruit and yogurt or milk?
91. Question: What jungle animal has a long trunk used for eating and drinking?
92. Question: When you strike a match, what happens?
93. Question: If someone is “dehydrated,” what does that mean?
94. Question: What food helps to give ketchup its flavor?
95. Question: From what material are jeans made out of?
96. Question: Name the seven dwarves that Snow White lives with.
97. Question: True or false: Louisiana borders Mexico.
98. Question: Finish the lyric: “Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?”
99. Question: Finish the lyric: “Do you know the muffin man…”
100. Question: What is the name of the princess in Sleeping Beauty?
Final Words
We hope you enjoyed our compilation of 100 trivia questions ideal for kids. A little trivia is always a handy tool to liven up good ol’ family time! For more kid- and family-friendly trivia options, check out our articles on 99 trivia questions for Kindergarteners, 55 Jeopardy! questions for kids, Jeopardy! questions for teens, 68 trivia questions for Millennials, 38 questions about Gen-Z slang, how to play Trivial Pursuit: Family Edition, the best trivia games to play with the family, and the best online Disney trivia games.
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