Trivia Questions for Kids

101 Kids Trivia Questions with Answers—Are Your Ready?

 

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If you are looking for some fun and child-friendly trivia questions for kids, then you’re in the right place! This page shares our ultimate collection of children’s trivia questions that are organized in the following fun trivia categories:

You can click on any of the blue text links above to jump to any one kid-friendly trivia category, or you can simply scroll down to see all of our trivia questions in order.

These trivia questions cover a variety of facts and knowledge that children between the ages of 6 and 12 are typically familiar with, and they are a great way to test kids’ knowledge of the world and to help them to learn a few new facts along the way!

Whether your kids are looking to learn something new or if they are simply fans of fun and entertaining trivia questions, the collection of trivia questions below will surely serve as a fun, challenging, and enjoyable education experience. All of the kids trivia questions include an answer so you can determine whether or not a question has been answered correctly.

So, how many questions can you or your kids answer? Let’s find out and see!


Trivia Questions for Kids Category: The Animal Kingdom

 

Trivia Questions for Kids: Category: The Animal Kingdom

 

1.) What is the scientific name for a group of lions?

  • Answer: A pride.

2.) What is the name of the fastest land animal?

  • Answer: The cheetah.

3.) How many legs does a spider have?

  • Answer: Eight.

4.) This filter-feeding omnivore is the largest known fish in the ocean:

 

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  • Answer: The Whale Shark.

5.) What plant is primarily eaten by Panda Bears?

  • Answer: Bamboo

6.) How many hearts does an octopus have?

  • Answer: Three.

7.) What type of animal can a Komodo Dragon be classified as?

  • Answer: A lizard.

 

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8.) Which member of the ‘big cat’ family is the largest in the world? (Hint: Lions are not the answer)

  • Answer: The Siberian Tiger

9.) What is the name of the only mammal that is capable of true flight?

  • Answer: The bat.

10.) What do you call a baby frog after it has hatched from its egg?

  • Answer: A tadpole.


Children’s Trivia Questions Category: Famous Stories and Fairy Tales

 

Trivia Questions for Kids: Category: Famous Stories and Fairy Tales

 

11.) In the famous tale of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” what type of food did Goldilocks eat that belonged to the three bears?

  • Answer: Porridge.

12.) What item does Cinderella’s fairy godmother use her magic wand to turn into a horse-drawn carriage?

  • Answer: A pumpkin.

13.) In the story of “Peter Pan,” what must children do in order to fly along with the help of Tinker Bell’s magic pixie dust?

  • Answer: Think happy thoughts.

14.) What is the name of this mythological winged horse?

 

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  • Answer: Pegasus.

15.) What is the difficult-to-guess name of the famous fairy tale character who spins straw into gold in exchange for one’s firstborn child?

  • Answer: Rumpelstiltskin.

16.) Unlike Donkey, who is actually a donkey, what type of fairy tale creature is Shrek?

  • Answer: An ogre.

17.) What is the name of the old man who makes Pinocchio out of wood?

  • Answer: Geppetto.

 

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18.) "What big eyes you have!" said Little Red Riding Hood when she came what animal impersonating her sweet old grandma?

  • Answer: Arendelle.

19.) In the Little Mermaid, what is the name of Ariel’s father?

  • Answer: King Triton

20.) In Sleeping Beauty, what is the name of the self-proclaimed “Mistress of Evil” who puts a curse on Princess Aurora?

  • Answer: Maleficent.


Children’s Trivia Questions Category: Games and Sports

 

Trivia Questions for Kids Category: Games and Sports

 

21.) In bowling, what is it called when a bowler knocks down all 10 bowling pins on the second roll of a frame?

  • Answer: A spare.

22.) In baseball, how many strikes can a batter receive before he is called out?

  • Answer: 3

23.) What color is the bullseye, or the very center, on a standard dartboard?

  • Answer: Red

24.) On a classic Monopoly game board, what primary color are the labels for Boardwalk and Park Place?

  • Answer: Blue

25.) What is the name of this famous baseball player known as The Great Bambino, The Sultan of Swat, and the Collosus of Clout?

 

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  • Answer: Babe Ruth

26.) In American Football, how many points is a touchdown worth?

  • Answer: 6 points (the extra point requires an additional field goal to be successfully kicked)

27.) First held in 1903, the world famous Tour de France is what type of race?

  • Answer: Bicycle

28.) What is the record for the most points scored in one single NBA basketball game?

  • Answer: 100 (scored by Wilt Chamberlain in 1962)

29.) This Winter Olympic sport requires players to use brooms to sweep the ice in order to control the direct of a sliding stone aimed for a circular target area?

 

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  • Answer: Curling

30.) The official symbol of the Olympics was designed in 13 and features how many interlocking rings?

  • Answer: 5


Trivia Questions for Kids Category: World Geography

 

Kid Trivia Questions: Category: World Geography

 

31.) With its peak sitting at 29,032 feet above sea level, what is the name of the mountain Earth?

Answer: Mount Everest.

32.) What is the name of the largest continent on Earth?

  • Answer: Asia

33.) What are the names of the two mystery countries on the map below?

 

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  • Answer: Iceland (left) and Australia (right)

34.) In what country can you find the following famous landmarks: The Trevi Fountain, The Leaning Tower of Pisa, and The Colosseum?

  • Answer: Italy

35.) What is the name of Japan’s capital city?

  • Answer: Tokyo

36.) This Southeast Asian country has more volcanoes than any other country in the world…

  • Answer: Indonesia

37.) What four countries’ flags are shown below?

  • Answer: From left to right: Sweden, Mexico, Germany, Vietnam

38.) Located in Northern Africa, the longest river in the world goes by what name?

  • Answer: The Nile River

39.) What is the name of the world’s longest continental mountain range, which are found in South America?

  • Answer: The Andes Mountains

40.) There are 5 oceans on Planet Earth. Which on of them is the biggest?

  • Answer: The Pacific Ocean


Kid Trivia Category: Numbers and Math

 

Kid Trivia Category: Numbers and Math

 

41.) What is the sum of the numbers 1 through 7?

  • Answer: 28

42.) What is the name of a geometric shape with exactly six sides?

  • Answer: A Hexagon

43.) What is the product of 100 and 13?

  • Answer: 1,300

44.) What is the solution: 12 - 4 × 3

  • Answer: 0 (remember to apply the order of operations)

45.) This math symbol is used to represent the ration between the circumference and diameter of any circle…

 

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  • Answer: Pi (π).

46.) What is the sum of the three interior angles of any triangle?

  • Answer: 180 degrees

47.) What is the smallest double-digit prime number?

  • Answer: 11

48.) What is the name of the ancient Greek mathematician who formulated a theorem stating that the sum of the squares of the two smaller sides of a right triangle will always be equal to the square of it’s hypotenuse?

 

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  • Answer: Pythagoras

49.) If you subtract 49 from 100, and then divide that result by 17, you will end up with…

  • Answer: 3

50.) What are the three next prime numbers after 61?

  • Answer: 67, 71, and 73




Trivia Questions for Kids: Famous People from History

 

Trivia Questions for Kids: Category: Famous People from History

 

51.) Who was the very first President of the United States of America?

  • Answer: George Washington

52.) Who was the very first African-American President of the United States of America?

  • Answer: Barack Obama

53.) Who was the famous female pilot who sadly disappeared after an attempted flight over the Pacific Ocean in 1937?

  • Answer: Amelia Earhart

54.) This famous singer known for hit songs including Thriller, Beat It, and Smooth Criminal, is known as the “King of Pop”…

  • Answer: Michael Jackson

55.) What famous Italian Renaissance artist painted the Mona Lisa?

 

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  • Answer: Leonardo Da Vinci

56.) This famous American singer from Mississippi known for hit songs including Heartbreak Hotel and Jailhouse Rock, is known as the “King of Rock and Roll”…

  • Answer: Elvis Presley

57.) This famous 13th century Mongolian conquerer created one of the largest empires the world had even known…

  • Answer: Genghis Khan

58.) What famous Roman general and emporer is known for his famous phrase “Veni, Vidi, Vici”, meaning, “I came, I saw, I conquered”?

  • Answer: Julius Caesar

59.) The iconic Nike “jumpman” logo is a silhouette of what famous NBA basketball player?

 

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  • Answer: Michael Jordan

60.) This famous physicist and patent clerk is known for his famous equation E=MC²…

  • Answer: Albert Einstein


Trivia Questions for Kids Category: Famous Landmarks

 

Children’s Trivia Questions Category: Famous Landmarks

 

61.) In what European city is the famous Eiffel Tower located?

  • Answer: Paris, France

62.) The Great Pyramids of Giza are located in what country?

  • Answer: Egypt

63.) This famous clock tower is located north of the Westminster Palace in London, England…

  • Answer: Big Ben

64.) What is the name of this famous stone fortification that took over 2,000 years to complete and protected the northern Chinese border from invaders?

 

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  • Answer: The Great Wall of China

65.)What is the name of the famous suspended bridge, known for it’s iconic orange color, that connects the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County, California?

  • Answer: The Golden Gate Bridge

66.) Which World Wonder can be found in Agra, India?

  • Answer: The Taj Mahal

67.) The tallest building in the world, the Burj Kjalifa, soars 2,722 feet into the air. In what city is it located?

  • Answer: Dubai

68.) What is the name of the remote Polynesian island that is famous for its monumental human-like statues called moai?

 

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  • Answer: Easter Island

69.) What is the name of the mysterious monument located in Wiltshire, England, known for its circular arrangement of stone columns that align with the solstices?

  • Answer: Stonehenge

70.) Located in South Dakota, United States, this massive stone monument features the faces of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln…

  • Answer: Mount Rushmore


Children’s Trivia Questions Category: Video Games

 

Kid Trivia Questions: Category: Video Games

 

71.) The Super Mario Brothers consist of an Italian plumber named Mario and his brother ____________________.

  • Answer: Luigi

72.) What is the name of the video game that requires players to build and explore virtual worlds made entirely out of blocks?

  • Answer: Minecraft

73.) This battle-royale-style video game requires players to build structures, loot resources, and engage in a dance called “The Floss”…

  • Answer: Fortnite

74.) What is the name of the sports video game that has featured players including Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, and Fernando Tatis Jr. on its annual cover?

  • Answer: MLB The Show

75.) Knuckles, Tails, Shadow, and Dr. Eggman are all characters from this video game universe?

 

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  • Answer: Sonic the Hedgehog

76.) Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Princess Kitana, and Johnny Cage are all characters from this video game universe?

  • Answer: Mortal Kombat

77.) This classic video game character is known for his powerful ground pound move, island adventures, banana seeking, and wearing a little red neck tie…

  • Answer: Donkey Kong

78.) Originally released as Pocket Monsters Red and Green for the Game Boy video game system in 1996, what are these games more commonly known as today, following their translation from Japanese?

 

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  • Answer: Pokémon

79.) This video game lets players engage in a simulation of daily life, where digital characters can be created and controlled in professional, personal, and social situations…

  • Answer: The Sims

80.) What multiplayer online battle area video game has a spinoff television show called Arcane on Netflix?

  • Answer: League of Legends


Kid Trivia Category: Dinosaurs and Fossils

 

Kid Trivia Questions: Category: Dinosaurs and Fossils

 

81.) What type of dinosaur is best known for having three horns and a shield-like frill around its head and neck?

  • Answer: Triceratops.

82.) What is the meaning of the word “dinosaur” when it is translated from Greek to English?

  • Answer: Terrible Lizards

83.) What do you call a scientist who specializes in the study of ancient life, including dinosaurs, by examining fossils?

  • Answer: A Paleontologist

84.) What is the name of the fossilized resin found on ancient tree bark, which often contains preserved insects and prehistoric plant samples?

  • Answer: Amber

85.) This type of dinosaur, know for its speed, agility, and ability to jump, is known as the “swift robber”…

  • Answer: Velociraptor.

 

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  • Answer: Velociraptor.

86.) What flying dinosaur from the Jurassic-period is best known for having a distinctive long beak and a large wingspan?

  • Answer: Pterodactyl.

87.) While they are often mistaken as being lizards, dinosaurs are actually believed to be the direct ancestors of modern _______________.

  • Answer: Birds

88.) What type of dinosaur is best known for its large, jagged, and bony plates that travel along the length of its back and a spikey tail?

 

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  • Answer: Stegosaurus.

89.) What type of dinosaur is best known for having a long neck and for being a herbivore?

  • Answer: Brontosaurus.

90.) Known as the “King of the Tyrant Lizards,” this type of dinosaur had a massive body and disproportionately small arms…

  • Answer: Tyrannosaurus Rex


Kids Trivia Questions Category: Name That Food!

 

Kid Trivia Questions: Category: Name That Food!

 

91.) This popular American food item originated in Germany and is typically served with toppings including pickles, onions, lettuce, tomato, ketchup, cheese, and bacon…

  • Answer: A Hamburger

92.) What is the name of the popular Mexican food item that consists of a folded tortilla typically filled with things like seasoned meat, lettuce, beans, and cheese?

  • Answer: Tacos

93.) What is the name of the popular Middle Eastern dip that is made using ground chickpeas, lemon juice, tahini, garlic, and other herbs and spices?

  • Answer: Hummus

94.) What is the name of the Greek dish that consists of a folded pita typically filled with seasoned lamb meat, vegetables, and tzatziki sauce?

  • Answer: A Gyro.

95.) What is the name of the Japanese soup dish that includes noodles served in a seasoned broth, that is often flavored with soy sauce?

 

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  • Answer: Ramen

96.) This delicious soft flatbread is cooked in a clay oven called a tandoor and is traditionally served with Indian curry dishes…

  • Answer: Naan Bread

97.) What is the name of the food dish where grilled pieces of seasoned meat and vegetables are served on a skewer?

  • Answer: Shish Kabob

98.) Originating in Buffalo, New York, this spicy dish consists of deep-fried chicken wings coated in hot sauce, which are often served with a side of Blue Cheese dressing…

 

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  • Answer: Buffalo Wings

99.) This Canadian comfort food dish consists of french fries and cheese curds covered in gravy?

  • Answer: Poutine

100.) What is the name of the Italian frozen treat that is similar to ice cream, except that it has a lower fat incorporate less airs, giving it its signature smooth and rich texture?

  • Answer: Gelato


Kids Trivia Questions Category: The Solar System

 

Kids Trivia Questions Category: The Solar System

 

101.) What is the name of our solar system’s largest planet?

  • Answer: Jupiter.

102.) What planet is often referred to as the “Red Planet”?

  • Answer: Mars

103.) This familiar planet is sometimes referred to as the “third rock from the Sun”…

  • Answer: Earth

104.) What is the name of the galaxy that Earth is located in?

 

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  • Answer: The Milky Way

105.) What is the first and last name of the first human being to walk on the moon?

  • Answer: Neil Armstrong.

106.) This planet is often referred to as Earth’s sister due to it’s closeness and similar size…

  • Answer: Venus.

107.) The planet Neptune has 13 moons. What is the name of its largest moon?

  • Answer: Triton

108.) This planet, known for its beautiful rings, is the second largest planet in our solar system…

 

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109.) What term do astronomers use to refer to a star that explodes when it has reached the end of its life?

  • Answer: A supernova.

110.) This planet’s Great Red Spot is actually a giant raging storm as big as Earth that has been occurring for centuries…

  • Answer: Jupiter