Trivia Questions for Baby Shower Guests, Every Answer Sourced: how it works
The gifts are open and the cake is cut. Read the card to the room, tap the choice the guests shout loudest, then press Check answer for the right one and the reason. These 100 trivia questions for baby shower games cover newborn facts, baby animals, animal parents, nursery rhymes and customs from Korea to Finland.
Run it as a shower game
Split the guests by table and choose a Topic, or leave all five on. One person reads, each table calls an answer, and the host taps a choice and presses Check answer. The card gives the answer, the reason and a link to the page it was checked on. For a scored game, Exam mode asks 20 questions and totals them by topic.
What the five topics ask
Newborn and first-year facts holds the baby trivia questions for baby shower guests: the top Apgar score, which teeth come first, the CDC checklist age for peek-a-boo. Baby animals asks for the leveret, the porcupette and a newborn panda's color. Mom or dad? is our answer to mom and dad trivia questions for baby shower games: fourteen animal parents, and the room guesses who does the work. Then come 24 nursery rhyme lines and 16 customs, from Korea's doljabi to Finland's baby box.
Tips
Put a grandparent on every team before Finish the nursery rhyme. They know who takes the kettle off after Polly puts it on.
At a co-ed shower, open with Mom or dad? Animal parents. The seahorse, the emu and the emperor penguin give the dads something to boast about.
No screen in the room? Print question sheet gives each table 20 questions with lettered choices, and Print answer key stays with the host.
Questions and answers
Are the newborn facts medical advice?
No, they are trivia. Each restates a sentence from an American Academy of Pediatrics parent page or a CDC milestone checklist, linked under the answer, and none tells a parent what to do. Babies differ, so take questions about your own baby to your pediatrician.
Is there a round about the parents-to-be?
Not in this pack, where every question has one true answer. Mom or dad? is about animal parents, such as the seahorse father and his brood pouch. For guessing games about the couple, open the baby shower question game, where the parents-to-be supply the answers.
How were the answers checked?
On September 19, 2026 an editor read the sentence that states each fact on the page linked under it: HealthyChildren.org from the American Academy of Pediatrics, CDC milestone checklists, and Wikipedia for animals, rhymes and customs. Rhyme lines follow the common modern version each article prints. Levels: 24 easy, 49 medium, 27 hard.
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A soft spot on a baby's head can be seen pulsing. What is it keeping time with?HealthyChildren.org (AAP): Your Baby's Head
About how many hours a day does a newborn sleep?HealthyChildren.org (AAP): Getting Your Baby to Sleep
The Apgar test scores heart rate, breathing, muscle tone, reflex response and which fifth sign?HealthyChildren.org (AAP): Apgar Scores
Around what age does a baby's first tooth usually appear?HealthyChildren.org (AAP): Baby's First Tooth: 7 Facts Parents Should Know
At what distance does a newborn see best?HealthyChildren.org (AAP): Infant Vision Development: What Can Babies See?
By about what age can a baby pick out a parent by voice, even from another room?HealthyChildren.org (AAP): Hearing and Making Sounds
By about when will a newborn focus on your face while you cradle it?HealthyChildren.org (AAP): Newborn Eye Color
The first Apgar score is given one minute after birth. When is the second?HealthyChildren.org (AAP): Apgar Scores
Hold a newborn upright with its feet on a table and it seems to walk. When does this stepping reflex fade?HealthyChildren.org (AAP): Newborn Reflexes
On the CDC's checklists, 'smiles or laughs when you play peek-a-boo' is a milestone for which age?CDC: Milestones by 9 Months
On the CDC's milestone checklists, which is the first age where 'Laughs' appears?CDC: Milestones by 6 Months
Pediatricians say babies generally like which kind of voice?HealthyChildren.org (AAP): Hearing and Making Sounds
The soft plates of a newborn's skull can overlap on the way out. What is this called?HealthyChildren.org (AAP): Your Baby's Head
Virginia Apgar devised her newborn score in 1952. What was her field of medicine?Wikipedia: Virginia Apgar
Waving 'bye-bye' is on the CDC's milestone checklist for which age?CDC: Milestones by 1 Year
What are the soft spots on a newborn's head called?HealthyChildren.org (AAP): Your Baby's Head
What is colostrum?HealthyChildren.org (AAP): Colostrum: Your Baby's First Meal
What is the colored ring around the pupil of the eye called?HealthyChildren.org (AAP): Newborn Eye Color
What is the highest possible Apgar score?HealthyChildren.org (AAP): Apgar Scores
What is the other name for a newborn's startle reflex, when the arms fling out?HealthyChildren.org (AAP): Newborn Reflexes
Which eye color is the most common?HealthyChildren.org (AAP): Newborn Eye Color
Which newborn reflex is nicknamed the fencing posture?HealthyChildren.org (AAP): Newborn Reflexes
Which of a baby's teeth almost always come in first?HealthyChildren.org (AAP): Baby's First Tooth: 7 Facts Parents Should Know
Which pigment sets the color of a baby's eyes, skin and hair?HealthyChildren.org (AAP): Newborn Eye Color
Baby animals 22
A baby llama or alpaca takes its name from a Spanish word for baby. What is it?Wikipedia: Cria
A newborn koala crawls into its mother's pouch. About how long does it live there?Wikipedia: Koala
A nine-banded armadillo litter is almost always made up of what?Wikipedia: Nine-banded armadillo
A squab is the young of which bird?Wikipedia: Squab
Flamingos are famous for being pink. What color is the plumage of a newly hatched chick?Wikipedia: Flamingo
How does a giraffe give birth?Wikipedia: Giraffe
How does the common cuckoo raise its chicks?Wikipedia: Common cuckoo
How long does a Virginia opossum's pregnancy last?Wikipedia: Virginia opossum
How long does an elephant pregnancy typically last?Wikipedia: Elephant
In falconry, what is an eyas?Wikipedia: Falcon
Marmosets and tamarins are the only primates that regularly give birth to what?Wikipedia: Callitrichidae
Most bat mothers give birth to how many pups at a time?Wikipedia: Bat
What color is a newborn giant panda?Wikipedia: Giant panda
What decides whether an alligator egg hatches male or female?Wikipedia: Alligator
What is a baby porcupine called?Wikipedia: Porcupine
What is a hare under a year old called?Wikipedia: Hare
What is a young eel called once it has passed the glass eel stage?Wikipedia: Eel
What is a young goose called before it can fly?Wikipedia: Goose
What is the land-living juvenile stage of a newt called?Wikipedia: Newt
When a sow gives birth to a litter of piglets, what is it called?Wikipedia: Pig
Which bird's egg is among the largest for its body size, up to 20% of the female's weight?Wikipedia: Kiwi (bird)
Young oysters that have fixed themselves to a surface are called what?Wikipedia: Oyster
Mom or dad? Animal parents 14
A cassowary father hatches the eggs, then looks after the chicks for about how long?Wikipedia: Cassowary
A hornbill mother is sealed inside the tree-hole nest. How does she eat?Wikipedia: Hornbill
A male emperor penguin keeps the egg warm for about two months. Where is the mother?Wikipedia: Emperor penguin
A male rhea hatches the eggs of several females at once. How many eggs can he sit on?Wikipedia: Rhea (bird)
Among jacanas, the long-toed birds that walk on lily pads, who hatches the eggs and raises the chicks?Wikipedia: Jacanidae
How does the male midwife toad earn the name?Wikipedia: Common midwife toad
In seahorses, which parent carries the eggs until they hatch?Wikipedia: Seahorse
In three-spined sticklebacks, which parent builds the nest?Wikipedia: Three-spined stickleback
In which bird does only the father make crop milk for the newly hatched chick?Wikipedia: Crop milk
Where do many giant water bug mothers lay their eggs?Wikipedia: Belostomatidae
Where do the eggs of a Surinam toad develop?Wikipedia: Common Surinam toad
Where does a Darwin's frog father carry his tadpoles?Wikipedia: Darwin's frog
Which emu parent sits on the eggs, hardly eating or drinking for about eight weeks?Wikipedia: Emu
Which insect is unusual because many mothers stay to watch over their eggs and young?Wikipedia: Earwig
Finish the nursery rhyme 24
Brahms's famous lullaby was first published in which decade?Wikipedia: Wiegenlied (Brahms)
How many bags of wool does the black sheep have in 'Baa, Baa, Black Sheep'?Wikipedia: Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
How many men did the Grand Old Duke of York have?Wikipedia: The Grand Old Duke of York
In 'Hey Diddle Diddle', who ran away with the spoon?Wikipedia: Hey Diddle Diddle
In 'Hickory Dickory Dock', what did the clock strike before the mouse ran down?Wikipedia: Hickory Dickory Dock
In 'Sing a Song of Sixpence', how many blackbirds were baked in the pie?Wikipedia: Sing a Song of Sixpence
In 'This Little Piggy', what did the third little piggy have?Wikipedia: This Little Piggy
In the rhyme 'Monday's Child', which day's child is full of grace?Wikipedia: Monday's Child
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch what?Wikipedia: Jack and Jill
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over what?Wikipedia: Jack Be Nimble
Jack Sprat could eat no fat. What could his wife not eat?Wikipedia: Jack Sprat
Polly puts the kettle on. Who takes it off again?Wikipedia: Polly Put the Kettle On
'Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes' comes from a rhyme about a ride to where?Wikipedia: Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross
'Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream.' Life is but a what?Wikipedia: Row, Row, Row Your Boat
'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star' began as a poem, 'The Star', published in 1806. Who wrote it?Wikipedia: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
'Wee Willie Winkie', who runs through the town in his nightgown, is a nursery rhyme from which country?Wikipedia: Wee Willie Winkie
What did Little Jack Horner pull out of his Christmas pie?Wikipedia: Little Jack Horner
What did Old Mother Hubbard go to the cupboard to fetch for her poor dog?Wikipedia: Old Mother Hubbard
What grows in the garden of 'Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary', along with pretty maids all in a row?Wikipedia: Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
What had the three little kittens lost?Wikipedia: Three Little Kittens
What was Little Miss Muffet eating on her tuffet?Wikipedia: Little Miss Muffet
Where is Little Boy Blue while the sheep are in the meadow?Wikipedia: Little Boy Blue
Which lane does the Muffin Man live in?Wikipedia: The Muffin Man
Who are the three men in a tub in 'Rub-a-dub-dub'?Wikipedia: Rub-a-dub-dub
Baby customs around the world 16
A 'push present' is a gift given to whom?Wikipedia: Push present
At a Korean first birthday party, what happens in the 'doljabi'?Wikipedia: Doljanchi
Baby showers as we know them became popular only when?Wikipedia: Baby shower
The Hindu ceremony of annaprashana marks which first in a baby's life?Wikipedia: Annaprashana
In European folklore, which bird brings the babies?Wikipedia: White stork
In Ghana, what is a baby's traditional naming ceremony called in English?Wikipedia: Outdooring
In Japan's miyamairi, about a month after the birth, where is the baby taken?Wikipedia: Miyamairi
In the Chinese first-birthday custom of zhuazhou, a baby who grabs the abacus is said to be headed where?Wikipedia: Zhuazhou
In the Netherlands a birth is celebrated with rusks topped with sugared seeds of which spice?Wikipedia: Muisjes
Japan's Shichi-Go-San festival on November 15 celebrates children of which ages?Wikipedia: Shichi-Go-San
On Bali, part of a child's traditional name comes from what?Wikipedia: Balinese name
Traditionally, a baby shower was given only for which child?Wikipedia: Baby shower
What do the British and Australians call a pacifier?Wikipedia: Pacifier
What is 'kangaroo care'?Wikipedia: Kangaroo care
Which country has given expectant mothers a box of baby clothes and supplies since 1938?Wikipedia: Maternity package
Which gem is the birthstone for babies born in May?Wikipedia: Birthstone
How this list was compiled: Written for this site by the editors; nothing was copied from another list. Every question, wrong choice and explanation is our own wording. Each answer was checked on 2026-09-19 against the page named and linked beside the question, by reading the sentence that states the fact; every extra claim in an explanation was checked the same way. Newborn and first-year facts come from the American Academy of Pediatrics' parent pages at HealthyChildren.org (https://www.healthychildren.org) and from the CDC's developmental milestone checklists (https://www.cdc.gov/act-early/milestones/), with one question on Virginia Apgar from English Wikipedia. The CDC site refused our direct requests, so its five milestone pages (2, 4, 6 and 9 months and 1 year) were read twice through a page-reading tool on 2026-09-19 and the checklist wording was copied from those reads; milestone questions quote that wording and ask which checklist it is on. These are trivia questions, not advice: nothing here tells a parent what to do, and no question covers feeding choices, sleep safety, illness or anything a family should take to its own pediatrician. Animal, nursery rhyme and custom questions were checked against English Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org). Rhyme lines follow the version the article prints as the common modern one, since old rhymes have many wordings. Left out on purpose: records and rankings that change, living people, brand names, and anything sad or clinical, because this pack is read aloud at a party. Levels are an editor's judgment for a room of mixed ages: easy is common knowledge, hard is for the guest who reads the footnotes. Licence: own work