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A daily round of trivia for kids can be a fun way to impart knowledge to your children. Exchanging facts and learning more about the world can sharpen your child’s memory and help them learn new things while having fun. So, if your child is curious and eager to learn more than what’s taught at school, let the quizzes begin and enrich them with some fun facts. We have curated a list of fun trivia questions for kids that you can refer to for a short and speedy quiz round and enjoy a fun bonding time with your child.
400+ Latest Trivia Questions And Answers For Children
Fun Trivia Questions And Answers
Want to make your kids scratch their heads and keep guessing to find the answers? Give them these tricky and fun trivia questions to begin with.
1. In which city was the Titanic launched?
Answer. Belfast
2. What is the most widely spoken language in Brazil?
Answer. Portuguese
3. What does the white dove symbolize?
Answer. Peace
4. Who is Shrek’s wife?
Answer. Fiona
5. What is the first letter of the Greek alphabet?
Answer. Alpha
6. How many milligrams make a gram?
Answer. 1000
7. Who is the world’s fastest land animal?
Answer. Cheetah
8. Who is the world’s largest land animal?
Answer. Elephant
9. Which bird has the largest wingspan?
Answer. Albatross
10. From which language did the word “Ketchup” come from?
Answer. Chinese
11. Who wrote the first English dictionary?
Answer. Robert Cawdrey
12. Which nation invented ice cream?
Answer. China
13. Who does the wolf dress up as in Little Red Riding Hood?
Answer. Grandmother
14. How many hearts do octopuses have?
Answer. 3
15. Which country has the unicorn as its national animal?
Answer. Scotland
16. How many eyes do bees have?
Answer. Five
17. From which language did the word “Ketchup” come?
Answer. Chinese
Hope these kids trivia questions proved to be easy and joyous. Time to move to the next category.
Bible Trivia Questions And Answers
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Time to switch up levels. After a little fun, a difficult level won’t hurt. Let’s proceed to the Bible trivia questions. They are a plus one level of the previous one and a good way to nudge your child’s intelligence.
18. In which city was Jesus born?
Answer. Bethlehem
19. How many books are there in the New Testament?
Answer. 27
20. What insect did John, the Baptist, eat in the desert?
Answer. Locusts
21. Who were the first apostles known to follow Jesus?
Answer. Peter and Andrew
22. How many people did Jesus Christ feed with five loaves of bread and two fish?
Answer. About 5000 men
23. After Jesus was arrested, which apostle disowned him thrice?
Answer. Peter
24. Who recognized Jesus as the Messiah when he was presented at the Temple in his infancy?
Answer. Simeon
25. Who asked the Pilate for Jesus’ body after the crucifixion?
Answer. Joseph of Arimathea
26. Paul was shipwrecked on which island?
Answer. Malta
27. Which is the shortest book in the New Testament?
Answer. John
28. Who was the first man?
Answer. Adam
29. How many days did it take God to create the world?
Answer. Six (He rested on the seventh day–Sunday)
30. Who was the first woman?
Answer: Eve
31. What is the first book of the Bible?
Answer. Genesis
32. Who is the mother of Jesus?
Answer. Mary
33. How many disciples did Jesus have?
Answer. Twelve
34. By whom was Jesus baptized?
Answer. John the Baptist
35. What is the location where Jesus is said to have walked on water?
Answer. Sea of Galilee
36. What is the last book of the Bible?
Answer. Book of Revelation or Book of the Apocalypse
37. What was the name of the giant killed by David?
Answer. Goliath
38. How many brothers of Jesus are mentioned in the Bible?
Answer. Four–James, Joses, Simon, and Judas
39. Who was Jacob’s first son born from Rachel?
Answer. Joseph
40. How many books are there in the Old Testament?
Answer. 39
41. How many sons did Jacob have?
Answer. Twelve
42. In which language was the majority of the Old Testament originally written?
Answer. Hebrew
43. Who built an ark to escape the flood?
Answer. Noah
44. In which language was the majority of the New Testament written?
Answer. Greek
45. How many commandments were given to Moses?
Answer. Ten
46. From which part of Adam’s body did God create Eve?
Answer. A rib
47. Who was the first Biblical king of Israel?
Answer. King Saul
48. Who fought the battle of Jericho against Canaan?
Answer. Joshua
49. Which angel visited Mary before the birth of Jesus?
Answer. The angel Gabriel
50. Who wrestled with an angel?
Answer. Jacob
51. Which animal tempted Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden?
Answer. A snake
52. Which apostle betrayed Jesus?
Answer. Judas
53. Where was Jesus crucified?
Answer. Jerusalem
54. Who was given the coat of many colors?
Answer. Joseph
55. What is the longest book in the Bible?
Answer. Psalms
Quick tipRandom Trivia Questions And Answers
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Children might be tired answering the advanced ones by now. Let’s ease them with some random trivia questions that kids can answer as they pop the fruits.
56. A common garden insect?
Answer. Ant
57. A yellow fruit?
Answer. Banana
58. A building where movies are shown?
Answer. Theaters
59. Creatures that lived millions of years ago?
Answer. Dinosaur
60. Birds lay these?
Answer. Eggs
61. The color of grass?
Answer. Green
62. You wear this on your head?
Answer. Hat
63. The liquid inside a pen?
Answer. Ink
64. The seventh month of the year?
Answer. July
65. What do you do to a football?
Answer. Kick
66. The opposite of dark?
Answer. Light
67. Something to wipe your feet on?
Answer. Mat
68. Something you hit with a hammer?
Answer. Nail
69. A sea creature with eight legs?
Answer. Octopus
70. A place that you may go to play?
Answer. Park
71. Another word meaning fast?
Answer. Quick
72. You might tie something up with this?
Answer. Rope
73. Something you stick on an envelope?
Answer. Stamp
74. A shape with just three sides?
Answer. Triangle
75. Something to keep you dry in the rain?
Answer. Umbrella
76. Something to put flowers in?
Answer. Vase
77. North, south, east, and?
Answer. West
78. A picture that shows your bones?
Answer. X-Ray
79. Something you do when you feel tired?
Answer. Yawn
80. A place to see lots of animals?
Answer. Zoo
81. The largest desert in the world?
Answer. The Sahara Desert
82. The smallest bird in the world?
Answer. Hummingbird
83. The little sister of Barbie?
Answer. Skipper
84. The largest island in the world?
Answer. Greenland
85. The Taj Mahal is located in?
Answer. Agra, India.
86. The most widely consumed manufactured drink in the world?
Answer. Tea
87. The name of the collection of stars that forms an imaginative picture?
Answer. Constellation
88. The name of Harry Potter’s pet owl?
Answer. Hedwig
89. A female donkey is called?
Answer. A Jenny
90. A term for a group of frogs?
Answer. An army
91. Name of the pet dinosaur in the TV cartoon The Flintstones?
Answer: Dino
92. Animals known to contain pearls?
Answer. Oysters
93. The term for a group of fish?
Answer. School
94. The smallest bone in the human body?
Answer. The stapes bone in the ear
95. The World Wide Web was invented by?
Answer. Tim Berners-Lee
96. A vehicle that travels underwater?
Answer. Submarine
97. The country where tea originated from?
Answer. China
98. The person referred to as The King of Pop?
Answer. Michael Jackson
99. The ocean where the Bermuda Triangle is located?
Answer. The Atlantic Ocean
100. The shade to which an emerald belongs?
Answer. Green
101. The name of the fairy from Peter Pan?
Answer. Tinkerbell
102. The US President’s residence while in office?
Answer. The White House
103. Mickey Mouse’s girlfriend?
Answer. Minnie Mouse
104. A holiday associated with trick-or-treating?
Answer. Halloween
105. The Great Pyramid of Giza is located in?
Answer. Egypt
106. A group of lions is called?
Answer. A pride
107. The country whose flag is nicknamed Stars and Stripes?
Answer. United States of America
108. The smallest state in the US?
Answer. Rhode Island
109. The 16th president of the United States?
Answer. Abraham Lincoln
110. Nickname for the bell of the clock at the Palace of Westminster, London?
Answer. Big Ben
Children love to answer these questions the most as they don’t have to put in a lot of effort.
Sports Trivia Questions And Answers
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Let them warm up a bit and freshen up their minds for the energetic and kid-friendly sports trivia questions and answers. These are quite fun and playful and will set some relaxed moods for the entire trivia session.
111. How many gold medals did Carl Lewis win at the 1984 Olympic Games?
Answer. Four
112. Which team won gold and bronze medals in the Asian Archery Grand Prix held on March 12, 2013?
Answer. India
113. Which sport is P.V. Sindhu associated with?
Answer. Badminton
114. What is the world’s most popular spectator sport?
Answer. Auto Racing
115. Where were the first Commonwealth Games (1930) held?
Answer. Hamilton (Canada)
116. Between which teams was the final of the Sultan Afzal Shah Hockey Tournament 2012 played?
Answer. New Zealand and Argentina
117. Where were the 27th (1996) Summer Olympic games held?
Answer. Atlanta
118. How big is the diameter of a basketball hoop, in inches?
Answer. 18
119. Who has been named as the White Lightning in the game of cricket?
Answer. Allan Donald (South Africa)
120. Which sport used the word ‘home run’, long before baseball used it?
Answer. Cricket
121. Which Indian trophy is associated with football?
Answer. Santosh Trophy
122. In men’s decathlon, what is the second event of day one?
Answer. Long jump
123. Which country topped the medal tally in the XXV Olympics held in Barcelona?
Answer. USSR
124. In which year did the first Commonwealth Games take place?
Answer. 1930
125. Ben Johnson, the well-known athlete, belongs to which country?
Answer. Canada
126. Which country has hosted the Asian Games for the maximum number of times?
Answer. Thailand
127. Who is the only cricketer to score two centuries in a World Cup?
Answer. Rahul Dravid
128. Where did India play its first one-day international match?
Answer. Headingley, England
129. Which is the Cup associated with hockey?
Answer. Agha Khan Cup
130. The first Wimbledon tournament was held in
Answer. 1877
131. Which sport uses the biggest pitch, in terms of area?
Answer. Polo
132. Which batsman started his International cricketing career at a very young age of 16?
Answer. Sachin Tendulkar
133. Which country hosted the 2008 Olympic Games?
Answer. China
134. Which indoor sport is the most popular in the US?
Answer. Basketball
135. In which sport can you get into a headlock?
Answer. Wrestling
136. In which country was golf first played?
Answer. Scotland
137. Which is the sport where you could be out “leg before wicket” or “hit a six”?
Answer. Cricket
138. Which is the sport wherein you would use a “sand iron”?
Answer. Golf
139. How big is the diameter of a basketball hoop, in inches?
Answer. 18
140. How many squares does a chessboard have?
Answer. 64
141. What sport is Michael Phelps famous for as an athlete?
Answer. Swimming
142. What sport involves the use of a puck?
Answer. Ice hockey
143. What sport involves players using a racket to strike a shuttlecock?
Answer. Badminton
144. How many players typically comprise a soccer team on the field?
Answer. 11 players
145. How many bases are found on a baseball field?
Answer. Four
146. How many holes are found on a standard golf course?
Answer. 18
147. What is the full form of NBA?
Answer. National Basketball Association
148. What term in tennis refers to a score of zero?
Answer. Love
149. Which sport involves terms like “birdie” and “eagle”?
Answer. Golf
150. How often are the Olympics held?
Answer. Every four years
151. Which flag is waved in motor racing to signal the winner?
Answer. Checkered flag
152. What kind of race is the Tour de France?
Answer. Bicycle race
153. Who is commonly known as AI?
Answer. Allen Iverson
154. For which sport is Muhammad Ali renowned?
Answer. Boxing
155. In what sport are crawl, backstroke, and butterfly different techniques?
Answer. Swimming
156. What is the name of the field event where athletes throw a heavy metal ball as far as possible?
Answer. Shot put
157. Which chess piece is restricted to diagonal movements?
Answer. The Bishop
158. How many game pieces does each player have in Ludo?
Answer. Four
159. How many rings are featured in the Olympic symbol?
Answer. Four
Good Trivia Questions And Answers
And now, when we know they are enjoying it, let’s drive their knowledge to some good and simple trivia questions that will introduce them to the concepts of discovery and exploration.
160. Which Dutch painter cut off a part of his ear?
Answer. Vincent van Gogh
161. In which country is the Great Barrier Reef?
Answer. Australia
162. What color is chlorophyll?
Answer. Green
163. What is the capital of Thailand?
Answer. Bangkok
164. How many points are scored for a touchdown in American football?
Answer. Six
165. Which soft green egg-shaped fruit comes from New Zealand?
Answer. The Kiwi fruit
166. Who was the youngest Beatle?
Answer. George Harrison
167. What language do the people of Brazil speak?
Answer. Portuguese
168. Who lives at number four, Privet Drive?
Answer. Harry Potter
169. In which city is the cathedral of Nôtre Dame?
Answer. Paris.
170. What color is the middle stripe of the French flag?
Answer. White.
171. Who wrote a famous diary while hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam?
Answer. Anne Frank
172. Who directed Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and ET?
Answer. Steven Spielberg
173. Who was the leading actress in Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail?
Answer. Meg Ryan
174. What is the family name of JFK?
Answer. Kennedy
175. How many players are there in a baseball team?
Answer. Nine
176. What is the national sport of Japan?
Answer. Sumo Wrestling
177. In which country was Buddha born?
Answer. Nepal
178. What was Picasso’s nationality?
Answer. Spanish
179. Whose nose grew longer every time he lied?
Answer. Pinocchio
180. What replaced the Twin Towers in the USA?
Answer. The One World Trade Center
181. In which galaxy do we live?
Answer. The Milky Way
182. In which year did the Titanic sink?
Answer. 1912
183. Who painted The Scream?
Answer. Edvard Munch
184. Who directed The Seven Samurai?
Answer. Akira Kurosawa
185. Which is the smallest breed of dog?
Answer. The Chihuahua
186. Which French wine is released every year on the third Thursday of November?
Answer. Beaujolais Nouveau
187. Who does Alice follow to a hole into Wonderland?
Answer. The White Rabbit
188. On what date do people in England eat Christmas dinner?
Answer. December 25th
189. Who sang Yellow Submarine?
Answer. The Beatles
So much goodness!! Are the kids excited about the next category?
Science Trivia Questions And Answers
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Time to test those little minds again and ask them some questions on the science of things.
190. Which metal is heavier – silver or gold?
Answer. Gold
191. How many legs do butterflies have?
Answer. Six
192. Which is the country with the most people?
Answer. China
193. What is Aurora Borealis commonly known as?
Answer. Northern Lights
194. Which is the most common non-contagious disease in the world?
Answer. Tooth Decay
195. What is the largest mammal in the world?
Answer. Blue Whale
196. What is the rhino’s horn made of?
Answer. Keratin
197. What is the hardest substance in the human body?
Answer. Tooth enamel
198. What is the longest type of cell in the body?
Answer. The nerve cell (neuron).
199. Which is the rarest blood type in humans?
Answer. AB negative
200. How much salt does the average human body contain?
Answer. Around 250 grams
201. Where would you find your pinna?
Answer. It’s your outer ear (the bit you see made out of cartilage)
202. What’s the lifespan of a human red blood cell?
Answer. Around 120 days
203. What food makes up nearly all (around 99%) of a Giant Panda’s diet?
Answer. Bamboo
204. How many legs does a spider have?
Answer. 8
205. What are baby goats called?
Answer. Kids
206. What type of animal is the largest primate in the world?
Answer. The Gorilla
207. What is the only continent on earth where Giraffes live in the wild?
Answer. Africa
208. What is the name of the phobia that involves an abnormal fear of spiders?
209. What travels faster: Sound or light?
Answer. Light
210. Which blood type can be donated to any other blood type?
Answer. O negative
211. How many colors make up a rainbow?
Answer. Seven
212. Which planet is farthest from the sun?
Answer. Neptune
213. What is the term for the fear of insects?
Answer. Entomophobia
214. Which muscle in the human body is considered the strongest?
Answer. The masseter muscle of the jaw
215. How many planets does the solar system consist of?
Answer. Eight
216. How many chambers does the human heart have?
Answer. Four
217. Which element is represented by the chemical symbol Au?
Answer. Gold
218. Who is referred to as the “Father of Modern Physics”?
Answer. Albert Einstein
219. Which is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Answer. Mercury
220. What animal is referred to by the Latin name Ailuropoda melanoleuca?
Answer. The giant panda
221. What is the closest star to Earth?
Answer. The Sun
222. Which planet within the Milky Way is the hottest?
Answer. Venus
223. What is the name of the large and natural satellite that orbits Earth?
Answer. Moon
224. What is the term for animals that consume both meat and plants?
Answer. Omnivores
225. Who is credited with the discovery of electricity?
Answer. Benjamin Franklin
226. Which is the largest planet in our solar system?
Answer. Jupiter
227. How many elements does the periodic table contain?
Answer. 118
228. Who is credited with discovering that the Earth revolves around the Sun?
Answer. Nicolaus Copernicus
229. What is the term for the process in which water falls from the atmosphere to the Earth’s surface?
Answer. Precipitation
230. How many Earths can fit within the Sun?
Answer. 1.3 million
231. What is the term for the process through which plants produce their own food?
Answer. Photosynthesis
232. Which is the largest internal organ within the human body?
Answer. The liver
233. Which planet is also called the red planet?
Answer. Mars
234. Which organ is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body?
Answer. Heart
235. What is the term for the process where food is broken down within the body to produce energy?
Answer. Digestion
236. What is the name of the substance present in dairy products that contributes to the development of strong bones and teeth?
Answer. Calcium
237. What is the term for the liquid rock that emerges from a volcano?
Answer. Lava
Movie Trivia Questions And Answers
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Movie time guys! When your kids are almost exhausted with science trivia, it’s time to recall their favorite movie scenes and ask them about their favorite heroes.
238. Name the seven dwarfs in Snow White?
Answer. Sneezy, Sleepy, Dopey, Doc, Happy, Bashful, Grumpy
239. What is the name of the red car in the movie Cars?
Answer. Lightning McQueen
240. What’s the name of the famous Big Red Dog?
Answer. Clifford
241. What type of fish is Nemo?
Answer. A clownfish
242. What is the name of Shrek’s princess?
Answer. Princess Fiona
243. What is the name of the piggy bank in Toy Story?
Answer. Hamm
244. What is the Little Mermaid’s name?
Answer. Ariel
245. What is the wood-carvers name in Pinocchio?
Answer. Geppetto
246. What is the name of the princess in Princess & The Frog?
Answer. Tiana
247. What is the name of the lead pirate in Pirates of the Caribbean?
Answer. Captain Jack Sparrow
248. What is the little girl’s name who stars in Bolt’s television series?
Answer. Penny
249. What are the names of the two old men Muppets in the balcony?
Answer. Statler and Waldorf
250. What is the name of the wooly mammoth in Ice Age?
Answer. Manfred (Manny)
251. What zoo are the animals from in Madagascar?
Answer. Central Park Zoo
252. What is the Panda’s name in Kung Fu Panda?
Answer. Po
253. In the Disney Pixar movie Monsters Inc., who is the company’s best scarer?
Answer. James ‘Sully’ Sullivan
254. What are the names of the evil stepsisters of Cinderella?
Answer. Anastasia and Drizella
255. In the film Toy Story, what is the name of the toy cowboy?
Answer. Sheriff Woody
256. Which fairy tale character has a magic lamp?
Answer. Aladdin
257. Which fairy tale character has a pumpkin carriage?
Answer. Cinderella
258. What is the name of Aladdin’s princess?
Answer. Princess Jasmine
259. In Aladdin, what kind of animal is Abu?
Answer. A monkey
260. What’s the name of Mickey Mouse’s dog?
Answer. Pluto
261. Which animated movie features Simba and the song Circle of Life?
Answer. The Lion King
262. Who wrote the Harry Potter book series?
Answer. J.K. Rowling
263. What is the name of the young lion cub from The Lion King?
Answer. Simba.
264. Who is the name of the lead character in the film Despicable Me?
Answer. Gru
History Trivia Questions And Answers
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The aliens, the Indus Valley civilization, Alexander the great, and what-not. Does your child love history? If yes, it is time to dive into some history trivia questions.
265. In which country are the ancient pyramids located?
Answer. Egypt
266. Who was the first American president?
Answer. George Washington
267. Who was the first man to step on the moon?
Answer. Neil Armstrong
268. Nobel peace prize is named after
Answer. Alfred Nobel
269. Who wrote the play, Hamlet?
Answer. William Shakespeare
270. Where did the ancient Olympic Games originate?
Answer. Greece
271. Which scientist invented the lightbulb?
Answer. Thomas Edison
272. Which was the first country to use paper money?
Answer. China
273. What are the Wright brothers famous for?
Answer. Inventing the airplane
274. What is the name of the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan?
Answer. Little Boy
275. Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Answer. Michelangelo
276. Who was the writer of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland?
Answer. Lewis Caroll
277. Which famous person was the teddy bear named after?
Answer. Theodore Roosevelt
278. Which is the smallest ocean in the world?
Answer. Arctic Ocean
279. In which year did Christopher Columbus discover America?
Answer. 1492
280. Who was the first woman to travel into space?
Answer. Valentina Tereshkova
281. Which ancient empire did Julius Caesar rule over?
Answer. The Roman Empire
282. Who was the renowned explorer known for finding the sea route to India?
Answer. Vasco da Gama
283. Which American civil rights leader delivered the I Have a Dream speech?
Answer. Martin Luther King Jr.
284. Which ancient wonder was situated in the city of Babylon?
Answer. The Hanging Gardens
285. Which war was fought between the Northern and Southern regions of the United States?
Answer. The Civil War
Silly Trivia Questions And Answers
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Being kids and not being silly? Now that isn’t allowed. Give your kids some relief by asking these good and silly trivia questions. Let them have some fun and learning, together.
286. The marriage of Henry VII to Elizabeth, the daughter of Edward IV, ended what 15th century war?
Answer. Wars of the Roses
287. Which follower of cult leader Charles Manson tried to assassinate then-president Gerald R. Ford?
Answer. Lynette (Squeaky) Fromme
288. Who was the Secretary of Defense under George H.W. Bush?
Answer. Dick Cheney
289. The biggest baby in the world belongs to?
Answer. A blue whale
290. On which TV show did the toilet ever appear?
Answer. Leave It To Beaver (1957)
291. What is illegal to be eaten with cherry pie, in Kansas?
Answer. Ice cream
292.Do you know what the first puck used in ice hockey was made of?
Answer. Frozen cow dung
293. What kind of a creature is a bustard?
Answer. A bird
294. The so-called “kitchen debate” took place in 1959 between which two world leaders?
Answer. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
295. What goes into the frog of a soldier?
Answer. His bayonet
296. What is the name of the vehicle that Scooby Doo and his friends travel in?
Music Trivia Questions And Answers
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This is the golden moment when you hum your favorite music to relax for the next category. These soothing music trivia questions are for kids and parents as well.
297. Which American singer had a hit with ‘Shake it Off’ in 2014?
Answer. Taylor Swift
298. Who won the 2014 series of Strictly Come Dancing?
Answer. Caroline Flack
299. Complete the song title from the 2014 Lego Movie, ‘Everything is…’?
Answer. Awesome
300. What year did One Direction appear on The X Factor?
Answer. 2010
301. What’s the name of Postman Pat’s cat?
Answer. Jess
302. Cheryl Fernandez-Versini was a part of which popular girl band?
Answer. Girls Aloud
303. Which was the album the Beatles recorded the last time together?
Answer. Abbey Road
304. Which instrument did Miles Davis, the jazz musician, play?
Answer. Trumpet
305. In which country did reggae music originate?
Answer. Jamaica
306. What was the name of Cold Play’s first album released in July 2000?
Answer. Parachutes
Easy Trivia Questions And Answers
Not that the ones earlier were so tough, or were they? Well, if they were then here are a set of some easy trivia questions that are sure to appeal to you and your kindergarten!
307. In which capital city of Europe would you find the Eiffel Tower?
Answer. Paris
308. On what continent would you find The River Nile?
Answer. Africa
309. What money is used in Germany?
Answer. Euros
310. What is the capital city of Australia?
Answer. Canberra
311. In England, where would you find The Shard?
Answer. London
312. What is the name of the biggest ocean on Earth?
Answer. Pacific
313. In which American city would you find the Golden Gate Bridge?
Answer. San Francisco
314. Helsinki is the capital city of which country?
Answer. Finland
315. Which state is the biggest in the US?
Answer. Alaska
316. Which country has the largest area of land?
Answer. Russia
317. How much does a liter of water weigh?
Answer. 1kg
318. What does the acronym SPF represent in sunscreen?
Answer. Sun Protection Factor
319. What is considered the hardest natural substance found on Earth?
Answer. Diamond
320. In a web browser’s address bar, what does www stand for?
Answer. World Wide Web
321. Which bird is linked with wisdom in various cultures?
Answer. Owl
322. What is the small piece at the end of a shoelace called?
Answer. An aglet
323. What type of product did Amazon originally sell?
Answer. Books
324. Who is the artist behind the Mona Lisa painting?
Answer. Leonardo da Vinci
325. In which year did the Internet become accessible to the general public?
Answer. 1993
326. Who is credited with creating the world’s first car?
Answer: Karl Benz
327. Who is the author of the classic American novel To Kill A Mockingbird?
Answer. Harper Lee
328. Which is the largest bird?
Answer. Ostrich
329. In which year was the first iPhone launched?
Answer. 2007
330. How many bones do sharks have?
Answer: Zero
331. What is the main ingredient in chocolate?
Answer. Cocoa beans
332. What is the capital of Germany?
Answer. Berlin
333. What is the capital of Canada?
Answer. Ottawa
334. What is the capital of India?
Answer. New Delhi
335. Who was the first Black president of the United States?
Answer. Barack Obama
336. In Greek mythology, who was referred to as the messenger of the gods?
Answer. Hermes
337. What is the national bird of the United States?
Answer. Bald eagle
338. Which company was originally named Blue Ribbon Sports?
Answer. Nike
339. What term refers to decorative handwriting or handwritten lettering?
Answer. Calligraphy
340. How many minutes are in one week?
Answer. 10,080
341. Which fruit has its seeds on the outside?
Answer. Strawberry
342. In which year was the United Nations established?
Answer. 1945
343. What is the term used to describe a group of singers?
Answer. Choir
344. What is the collective term for a group of pandas?
Answer. An embarrassment
345. Which is the smallest country in the world?
Answer. Vatican City
346. What is the term for a baby kangaroo?
Answer. Joey
347. How many bones are in the human body?
Answer. 206
348. From which direction does the sun rise?
Answer. East
349. Which planet is referred to as the Blue Planet?
Answer. Earth
350. Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
Answer. France
351. What is the term used for a group of crows?
Answer. A murder
352. What is the capital of China?
Answer. Beijing
353. Which colors are mixed to make green?
Answer. Blue and yellow
354. What is the name of the tallest mountain in Africa?
Answer. Mount Kilimanjaro
355. How many meters make up a kilometer?
Answer. 1,000
356. In which country is the Great Wall located?
Answer. China
357. Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?
Answer. Mount Everest
358. How many dots appear on a standard six-sided die?
Answer. 21
359. What is the term for an angle that exceeds 90 degrees?
Answer. Obtuse
360. How many continents are there in the world?
Answer. Seven
361. Which country is referred to as the Land of the Rising Sun?
Answer. Japan
362. What is the scale used to measure earthquakes?
Answer. The Richter scale
363. Which country is Peppa Pig from?
Answer. England
364. In which nation is the Leaning Tower of Pisa located?
Answer. Italy
365. Which letter represents 50 in Roman numerals?
Answer. L
366. What color are the stars in the American flag?
Answer: White
367. Which is the largest continent in the world?
Answer. Asia
368. Who invented the color wheel?
Answer. Sir Isaac Newton
369. Which is the best-selling book of all time, as per Guinness World Records?
Answer. The Bible
370. Which is the tallest building in the world?
Answer. Burj Khalifa, Dubai
371. What is the name of the world’s tallest waterfall?
Answer. Angel Falls, Venezuela
372. What is the name for an eight-sided shape?
Answer. Octagon
Hard Trivia Questions With Answers
The previous set was ‘duh, easy!’ Let’s push the difficulty level a notch higher then. We bring you some tough and hard trivia questions to gear up their curiosity.
373. What is the longest suspension bridge in North America?
Answer. Verrazano-Narrows in New York
374. The highest temperature ever recorded in the U.S. was in which state?
Answer. California
375. What building is on the back of the $20 bill?
Answer. White House
376. Excluding the U.S. and Iraq, in which country does the U.S. military have the largest portion of its armed forces stationed?
Answer. Germany
377. Name the top three causes of death in the U.S?
Answer. Heart disease, Cancer, Stroke
378. Thirteen-year-old Sameer Mishra won the 2008 National Spelling Bee with the word guerdon (pronounced gur-dun), meaning “reward”. Spell it?
Answer. G U E R D O N
379. What nationality was Chopin?
Answer. Polish
380. What’s the best known artificial international language?
Answer. Esperanto
381. Who lived at 221B, Baker Street, London?
Answer. Sherlock Holmes
382. What nationality was Marco Polo?
Answer. Italian
383. Where was Christopher Columbus born?
Answer. Genoa
384. When did the First World War start?
Answer. 1914
385. Who invented the electric light bulb?
Answer. Thomas Edison
386. What does the Roman numeral C represent?
Answer. 100
387. What is the first letter on a typewriter?
Answer. Q
388. What is Japan’s currency called?
Answer. Yen
English Trivia Questions And Answers
Indeed English is one language that is spoken across various countries. When it is so common, we ought to ask you a couple of quiz questions on it. So, let’s bring in the ultimate English trivia questions for kids.
389. What English word becomes its opposite when the letters FE are in front of it?
Answer. Male
390. In the word pretty, the E is pronounced like a short I. In women, the O is pronounced like a short I. In what familiar 4-letter word is U pronounced like a short I?
Answer. Busy
391. Name a part of the body that begins with the letter L. Change the L to T and, phonetically, you’ll name another part of the body. What is it?
Answer. Tongue, Lung
392. You catch a fish, a cold, and your breath. What do you do to a street, your heart, and swords?
Answer. Cross
393. The name of a well-known American actress contains the five vowels (A,E,I,O,U) exactly once, though not in that order. The consonants in her name are B,J,L,R,S, and T (not in that order). Who is she?
Answer. Julia Roberts
394. Name the only book William Shakespeare ever wrote?
Answer. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
395. Who wrote The Autobiography of Mark Twain?
Answer. Mark Twain
396. Who wrote Treasure Island?
Answer. Robert Louis Stevenson
397. Who wrote Julius Caesar, Macbeth, and Hamlet?
Answer. William Shakespear
398. Who wrote the James Bond books?
Answer. Ian Fleming
399. What is another word for a lexicon?
Answer. Dictionary
400. What is someone who shoes horses called?
Answer. A farrier
401. What is the opposite of ‘cheap’?
Answer. Expensive
402. What is the synonym for ‘strange’?
Answer. Weird
Frequently Asked Questions
1. For how long should I conduct a trivia round for my child?
There is no time limit for a trivia round. It depends on you and your child’s attention span. Keep up the entertainment levels, and do not let that become a task for your child, or they may resent the trivia rounds.
2. How many questions should I have for my trivia night?
Decide how much time you wish to play the game and determine the rounds and number of questions. For instance, you may keep five to seven questions per round if you want to play for two hours.
3. How can trivia questions help improve a child’s knowledge?
Trivia questions can enhance a child’s knowledge by sparking curiosity, promoting critical thinking and memory retention, exposing them to various topics and facts, and making learning enjoyable. Trivia questions can also improve problem-solving skills, expand vocabulary, and foster a love for learning.
4. What age group is most suitable for trivia questions?
Trivia questions are most suitable for children in elementary and middle school, typically ranging from 8 to 14 years old. These questions effectively engage their developing thinking skills and provide an enjoyable means for them to learn about various subjects.
5. How can trivia questions help strengthen a child’s memory?
Trivia questions can strengthen a child’s memory by challenging them to remember and recall information, facts, and details. Regular practice with trivia questions can enhance their ability to retain and retrieve information, improving memory skills and overall cognitive development.
6. What are some tips for creating entertaining and effective trivia questions for children?
To create entertaining and effective trivia questions for children, consider these tips: Choose age-appropriate topics, keep questions concise and easy to understand, use visuals or interactive elements, provide various question types, strike a balance between challenging and easier questions, and add humor and intriguing facts to make it enjoyable.
7. What are the common mistakes parents make when creating trivia questions for kids?
Common mistakes include making the trivia too challenging or too easy, using confusing language or unfamiliar words, focusing on niche topics, and not considering the child’s interests and age appropriateness. Parents should strike a balance, use precise language, select relevant and engaging topics, and tailor the difficulty level to the child’s abilities and knowledge to create practical trivia questions.
If you want to keep your child entertained and educated without relying on puzzles and riddles, this list of trivia questions for kids is exactly what you need. Your child will stay engaged for hours and learn about new and interesting things. We have included questions from different subjects to ensure that your children have an idea about everything, be it sports, science, religion, or general knowledge. These questions will satiate their curiosity about the world around them and act as brain teasers that will help improve their thinking and literary skills. They will also help introduce children to the concept of healthy competition and make education fun for your children. So keep this list of questions handy for the next time you have a family game night or want to spend some quality time with your child.
Infographic: Importance Of Trivia For Children
Trivia questions of different categories are not only fun to learn and engaging, but they offer a host of benefits to children for their holistic growth. So this infographic will tell you why you need this fascinating collection of questions for your children and how to make them even more exciting. Illustration: Momjunction Design Team
Key Pointers
- Trivia questions improve your child’s memory-retention abilities and thinking skills.
- They are most suitable for children aged between eight and 14.
- Select topics that are age-appropriate, humorous, challenging yet easy, and intriguing.
- The topics that work best at entertaining children are sports, science, and concepts with humor.
- Parents can combine trivia questions with the child’s formal studies to help them study better and understand complex subjects easily.
Image: Dall·E/MomJunction Design Team
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