Question 1 of 20AnimalsEasy
Trivia questions for kids
Looking for trivia questions for kids that the whole family can enjoy? This kids trivia quiz has 20 fun questions about animals, space, the human body, food, inventions, geography, sports and the natural world, with easy ones to warm up and a few tricky ones for clever minds.
A free quiz from Megan Moran.
Question 2 of 20GeographyEasy
Which is the largest continent?
Question 3 of 20Human bodyMedium
What is the largest organ of the human body?
Question 4 of 20SpaceMedium
Which planet is the hottest in our solar system?
Question 5 of 20AnimalsHard
Which animal has fingerprints so much like a human's that they are very hard to tell apart, even under a microscope?
Question 6 of 20NatureEasy
A caterpillar wraps itself in a chrysalis and later comes out as which insect?
Question 7 of 20FoodMedium
Peanuts aren't really nuts. They belong to the same plant family as which of these?
Question 8 of 20InventionsMedium
Louis Braille invented a way for people who are blind to read using patterns of what?
Question 9 of 20InventionsHard
Frank Epperson invented the Popsicle by accident in 1905, after leaving a fruity drink with a stirring stick outside on a cold night. How old was he?
Question 10 of 20SportsEasy
How many rings are on the Olympic flag?
Question 11 of 20AnimalsMedium
Which is the only mammal that can truly fly?
Question 12 of 20SpaceHard
Which is the only planet in our solar system whose English name doesn't come from a Greek or Roman god?
Question 13 of 20NatureMedium
How many sides does a snowflake usually have?
Question 14 of 20AnimalsEasy
What is a baby kangaroo called?
Question 15 of 20Human bodyMedium
What is the hardest substance in the human body?
Question 16 of 20GeographyHard
The Prime Meridian, the line at 0 degrees longitude that splits the world into east and west, runs through which city?
Question 17 of 20SportsMedium
Which sport is played with rackets and a feathered shuttlecock?
Question 18 of 20FoodEasy
Bees make honey from a sweet liquid they collect from flowers. What is it called?
Question 19 of 20FoodHard
What makes a popcorn kernel pop?
Question 20 of 20SpaceMedium
What is the name of the galaxy we live in?
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- What is the largest animal alive today? Blue whaleNOAA says blue whales can grow up to about 110 feet (33 meters) long, which is longer than a basketball court.
- Which is the largest continent? AsiaIt holds both the highest point on land, Mount Everest, and the lowest, the shores of the Dead Sea.
- What is the largest organ of the human body? SkinSpread out flat, an adult's skin would cover about 22 square feet (2 square meters).
- Which planet is the hottest in our solar system? VenusIt spins so slowly that one turn on its axis takes 243 Earth days, longer than its whole year (225 Earth days).
- Which animal has fingerprints so much like a human's that they are very hard to tell apart, even under a microscope? KoalaScientist Maciej Henneberg studied these prints in the 1990s and warned that they could even confuse crime-scene detectives.
- A caterpillar wraps itself in a chrysalis and later comes out as which insect? ButterflyButterflies taste with sensors on their feet. A mother taps leaves to check they are good food for her caterpillars before laying eggs.
- Peanuts aren't really nuts. They belong to the same plant family as which of these? Peas and beansAfter the flowers fade, peanut plants push thin stalks down into the soil, so the peanuts grow underground.
- Louis Braille invented a way for people who are blind to read using patterns of what? Raised dotsHe created his system in 1824, when he was only 15, and he had been blind since early childhood.
- Frank Epperson invented the Popsicle by accident in 1905, after leaving a fruity drink with a stirring stick outside on a cold night. How old was he? 11He first called his frozen treat the "Epsicle" and finally got a patent for it in 1924.
- How many rings are on the Olympic flag? FivePierre de Coubertin designed the symbol in 1913. He said its colors, with the white background, matched every country's flag at the time.
- Which is the only mammal that can truly fly? BatThere are more than 1,400 kinds of them, making them the second-largest group of mammals after rodents.
- Which is the only planet in our solar system whose English name doesn't come from a Greek or Roman god? EarthNASA says the name is at least 1,000 years old and comes from old Germanic words meaning "the ground."
- How many sides does a snowflake usually have? SixVermont farmer Wilson Bentley took the first photo of a single snowflake in 1885 and went on to photograph more than 5,000.
- What is a baby kangaroo called? JoeyA newborn is only about the size of a jellybean. A red kangaroo joey stays in its mother's pouch for about eight months.
- What is the hardest substance in the human body? Tooth enamelIt is about 96% mineral but has no living cells, so the body can't rebuild it once it is badly damaged.
- The Prime Meridian, the line at 0 degrees longitude that splits the world into east and west, runs through which city? LondonCountries agreed on it at a meeting in Washington, DC, in 1884. At Greenwich, visitors can stand with one foot in each hemisphere.
- Which sport is played with rackets and a feathered shuttlecock? BadmintonUnder the official rules, a feathered shuttlecock must have exactly 16 feathers fixed into its base.
- Bees make honey from a sweet liquid they collect from flowers. What is it called? NectarA single worker bee makes only about one-twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her whole life.
- What makes a popcorn kernel pop? Water inside turning to steamAncient corn cobs found in Peru show that people there were making popcorn as long as 6,700 years ago.
- What is the name of the galaxy we live in? Milky WayIt is a spiral galaxy so wide that light, the fastest thing there is, takes about 100,000 years to cross it.
