A rainbow appears when sunlight shines through what?Answer: Drops of water. Source: Wikipedia: Rainbow
How many arms does an octopus have?Answer: Eight. Source: Wikipedia: Octopus
How many days are in a week?Answer: Seven. Source: Wikipedia: Week
How many hours are in one day?Answer: 24. Source: Wikipedia: Day
How many legs does an insect such as an ant have?Answer: Six. Source: Wikipedia: Insect
How many letters are in the English alphabet?Answer: 26. Source: Wikipedia: English alphabet
How many minutes are in one hour?Answer: 60. Source: Wikipedia: Hour
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Easy starters for young kids, continued
How many months are in a year?Answer: Twelve. Source: Wikipedia: Gregorian calendar
How many sides does a stop sign have?Answer: Eight. Source: Wikipedia: Stop sign
How many sides does a triangle have?Answer: Three. Source: Wikipedia: Triangle
How many strings does a standard guitar have?Answer: Six. Source: Wikipedia: Guitar
How many wheels does a bicycle have?Answer: Two. Source: Wikipedia: Bicycle
In which direction does the Sun rise?Answer: East. Source: Wikipedia: Sunrise
Raisins are dried what?Answer: Grapes. Source: Wikipedia: Raisin
What do bees make that people eat?Answer: Honey. Source: Wikipedia: Honey bee
What do green plants need from the Sun to make their food?Answer: Light. Source: Wikipedia: Photosynthesis
What do we call a person who travels into space?Answer: An astronaut. Source: Wikipedia: Astronaut
What do we call the day's first meal?Answer: Breakfast. Source: Wikipedia: Breakfast
What do you look through to see planets and stars up close?Answer: A telescope. Source: Wikipedia: Telescope
What does a caterpillar turn into?Answer: A butterfly or moth. Source: Wikipedia: Caterpillar
What does a red traffic light tell drivers to do?Answer: Stop. Source: Wikipedia: Traffic light
What does a thermometer measure?Answer: Temperature. Source: Wikipedia: Thermometer
What is a baby cat called?Answer: A kitten. Source: Wikipedia: Kitten
What is a baby chicken called?Answer: A chick. Source: Wikipedia: Chicken
What is a baby dog called?Answer: A puppy. Source: Wikipedia: Puppy
What is a doctor who takes care of animals called?Answer: A vet. Source: Wikipedia: Veterinarian
What is a dome-shaped house built from blocks of snow called?Answer: An igloo. Source: Wikipedia: Igloo
What is frozen water called?Answer: Ice. Source: Wikipedia: Ice
What is the hot melted rock that pours out of a volcano called?Answer: Lava. Source: Wikipedia: Lava
What is the job of a person who flies an airplane?Answer: Pilot. Source: Wikipedia: Aircraft pilot
Which animal has a long trunk?Answer: An elephant. Source: Wikipedia: Elephant
Which animal looks like a horse with black and white stripes?Answer: A zebra. Source: Wikipedia: Zebra
Which animal with a hard shell is known for running sideways?Answer: A crab. Source: Wikipedia: Crab
Which bird cannot fly but is a very good swimmer?Answer: A penguin. Source: Wikipedia: Penguin
Which dinosaur had three horns on its face?Answer: Triceratops. Source: Wikipedia: Triceratops
Which direction is the opposite of north?Answer: South. Source: Wikipedia: Cardinal direction
Which instrument has black and white keys that you press with your fingers?Answer: A piano. Source: Wikipedia: Piano
Which month is the shortest?Answer: February. Source: Wikipedia: February
Which of these vegetables grows under the ground?Answer: A carrot. Source: Wikipedia: Carrot
Which planet do we live on?Answer: Earth. Source: Wikipedia: Earth
Animals 50
A peregrine falcon hunts by diving at great speed. What is this dive called?Answer: A stoop. Source: Wikipedia: Peregrine falcon
A rhino's horn is made of the same stuff as your fingernails. What is it?Answer: Keratin. Source: Wikipedia: Rhinoceros
A squid has eight arms. How many long tentacles does it have as well?Answer: Two. Source: Wikipedia: Squid
About how far can an owl turn its head?Answer: 270 degrees. Source: Wikipedia: Owl
How do fish breathe under water?Answer: With gills. Source: Wikipedia: Fish
How does a chameleon catch insects?Answer: With a long, fast tongue. Source: Wikipedia: Chameleon
How many hearts does an octopus have?Answer: Three. Source: Wikipedia: Octopus
How many humps does a dromedary camel have?Answer: One. Source: Wikipedia: Dromedary
How many legs does a spider have?Answer: Eight. Source: Wikipedia: Spider
How many wings does a bee have?Answer: Four. Source: Wikipedia: Bee
Inside what does a caterpillar change into a butterfly?Answer: A chrysalis. Source: Wikipedia: Butterfly
Kangaroos and koalas carry their young in a pouch. What is this group of mammals called?Answer: Marsupials. Source: Wikipedia: Marsupial
The kiwi is a bird that cannot fly. Which country does it come from?Answer: New Zealand. Source: Wikipedia: Kiwi (bird)
Koalas eat the leaves of which tree?Answer: Eucalyptus. Source: Wikipedia: Koala
Monarch butterflies are famous for what?Answer: Flying a very long way each year. Source: Wikipedia: Monarch butterfly
Penguins live almost only in which half of the world?Answer: The southern half. Source: Wikipedia: Penguin
Sloths live in the trees of which part of the world?Answer: Central and South America. Source: Wikipedia: Sloth
Under its fur, what color is a polar bear's skin?Answer: Black. Source: Wikipedia: Polar bear
What are an elephant's tusks?Answer: Very long teeth. Source: Wikipedia: Elephant
What do giant pandas eat almost all of the time?Answer: Bamboo. Source: Wikipedia: Giant panda
What do honey bees collect from flowers to make honey?Answer: Nectar. Source: Wikipedia: Honey
What do male deer grow on their heads and shed every year?Answer: Antlers. Source: Wikipedia: Antler
What do we call animals that have a backbone?Answer: Vertebrates. Source: Wikipedia: Vertebrate
What do you call an animal that eats only plants?Answer: A herbivore. Source: Wikipedia: Herbivore
What does a snake use to pick up smells?Answer: Its forked tongue. Source: Wikipedia: Snake
What is a baby goat called?Answer: A kid. Source: Wikipedia: Goat
What is a baby horse called?Answer: A foal. Source: Wikipedia: Horse
What is a baby kangaroo called?Answer: A joey. Source: Wikipedia: Kangaroo
What is a baby swan called?Answer: A cygnet. Source: Wikipedia: Swan
What is a female deer called?Answer: A doe. Source: Wikipedia: Deer
What is a group of lions called?Answer: A pride. Source: Wikipedia: Lion
What is a group of wolves called?Answer: A pack. Source: Wikipedia: Wolf
What is a large group of fish swimming together in the same direction called?Answer: A school. Source: Wikipedia: Shoaling and schooling
What is stored inside a camel's hump?Answer: Fat. Source: Wikipedia: Camel
What is the biggest animal known ever to have lived?Answer: Blue whale. Source: Wikipedia: Blue whale
What is the breathing hole on top of a dolphin's head called?Answer: A blowhole. Source: Wikipedia: Blowhole (anatomy)
What is the fastest animal on land?Answer: Cheetah. Source: Wikipedia: Cheetah
What kind of animal is a Komodo dragon?Answer: A lizard. Source: Wikipedia: Komodo dragon
What type of animal is a frog?Answer: An amphibian. Source: Wikipedia: Frog
What word describes animals that are active at night and sleep in the day?Answer: Nocturnal. Source: Wikipedia: Nocturnal animal
Which animal builds dams across streams?Answer: Beaver. Source: Wikipedia: Beaver
Which animal's name comes from Greek words meaning "river horse"?Answer: Hippopotamus. Source: Wikipedia: Hippopotamus
Which bird is named after the sound its fast-beating wings make?Answer: Hummingbird. Source: Wikipedia: Hummingbird
Which continent has no native ants?Answer: Antarctica. Source: Wikipedia: Ant
Which is the largest fish alive today?Answer: Whale shark. Source: Wikipedia: Whale shark
Which is the only kind of mammal that can truly fly?Answer: Bat. Source: Wikipedia: Bat
Which is the tallest and heaviest penguin?Answer: Emperor penguin. Source: Wikipedia: Emperor penguin
Which is the tallest animal living on land?Answer: Giraffe. Source: Wikipedia: Giraffe
Which living bird lays the largest eggs?Answer: Ostrich. Source: Wikipedia: Common ostrich
Which of these animals is a reptile?Answer: Turtle. Source: Wikipedia: Turtle
Space 45
A "shooting star" is not a star. What is it really?Answer: A bit of space rock glowing hot in the air. Source: Wikipedia: Meteorite
About how long does Earth take to travel once around the Sun?Answer: 365 days. Source: Wikipedia: Earth
About how long does sunlight take to reach Earth?Answer: 8 minutes. Source: Wikipedia: Sun
About how often does Halley's Comet come back past Earth?Answer: Roughly every 74 to 79 years. Source: Wikipedia: Halley's Comet
The asteroid belt lies between which two planets?Answer: Mars and Jupiter. Source: Wikipedia: Asteroid belt
The Big Dipper is part of which constellation?Answer: Ursa Major, the Great Bear. Source: Wikipedia: Big Dipper
The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is a giant what?Answer: Storm. Source: Wikipedia: Great Red Spot
How many planets are in our solar system?Answer: Eight. Source: Wikipedia: Solar System
In which year did people first land on the Moon?Answer: 1969. Source: Wikipedia: Apollo 11
The Moon does not make its own light. Why does it shine?Answer: It reflects sunlight. Source: Wikipedia: Moonlight
Olympus Mons is the tallest what on the planet Mars?Answer: Volcano. Source: Wikipedia: Olympus Mons
Pluto was called a planet until 2006. What is it called now?Answer: A dwarf planet. Source: Wikipedia: Pluto
The Sun is mostly made of which two gases?Answer: Hydrogen and helium. Source: Wikipedia: Sun
What are Saturn's rings mostly made of?Answer: Ice. Source: Wikipedia: Rings of Saturn
What causes the seasons on Earth?Answer: Earth's tilt. Source: Wikipedia: Season
What do we call a place in space where gravity is so strong that not even light can escape?Answer: A black hole. Source: Wikipedia: Black hole
What do we call a rock from space that lands on Earth's surface?Answer: A meteorite. Source: Wikipedia: Meteorite
What do we call the path a planet follows around the Sun?Answer: An orbit. Source: Wikipedia: Orbit
What happens during a lunar eclipse?Answer: Earth's shadow falls on the Moon. Source: Wikipedia: Lunar eclipse
What happens during a solar eclipse?Answer: The Moon passes between the Sun and Earth. Source: Wikipedia: Solar eclipse
What is a light-year?Answer: The distance light travels in a year. Source: Wikipedia: Light-year
What is a pattern of stars in the night sky called?Answer: A constellation. Source: Wikipedia: Constellation
What is a space traveler from Russia called?Answer: A cosmonaut. Source: Wikipedia: Astronaut
What is the name for the dark, flat plains on the Moon?Answer: Maria. Source: Wikipedia: Lunar mare
What is the name of the galaxy we live in?Answer: The Milky Way. Source: Wikipedia: Milky Way
What is the North Star also called?Answer: Polaris. Source: Wikipedia: Polaris
What is the Sun?Answer: A star. Source: Wikipedia: Sun
What shape is the Milky Way galaxy?Answer: A spiral with a bar across the middle. Source: Wikipedia: Milky Way
What was the first human-made satellite, launched in 1957?Answer: Sputnik 1. Source: Wikipedia: Sputnik 1
What was the first rover to drive on Mars, in 1997?Answer: Sojourner. Source: Wikipedia: Sojourner (rover)
What was the name of the dog that orbited Earth in 1957?Answer: Laika. Source: Wikipedia: Laika
What was the name of the program that flew astronauts to the Moon?Answer: Apollo. Source: Wikipedia: Apollo program
Which moon is the solar system's largest?Answer: Ganymede. Source: Wikipedia: Ganymede (moon)
Which planet is closest to the Sun?Answer: Mercury. Source: Wikipedia: Mercury (planet)
Which planet is farthest from the Sun?Answer: Neptune. Source: Wikipedia: Neptune
Which planet is known as the Red Planet?Answer: Mars. Source: Wikipedia: Mars
Which planet is the solar system's hottest?Answer: Venus. Source: Wikipedia: Venus
Which planet is the solar system's largest?Answer: Jupiter. Source: Wikipedia: Jupiter
Which planet is the third one from the Sun?Answer: Earth. Source: Wikipedia: Earth
Which planet spins tilted over on its side?Answer: Uranus. Source: Wikipedia: Uranus
Which space telescope was launched into orbit around Earth in 1990?Answer: The Hubble Space Telescope. Source: Wikipedia: Hubble Space Telescope
Which two planets are called the gas giants?Answer: Jupiter and Saturn. Source: Wikipedia: Gas giant
Who was the first human who went to space, in 1961?Answer: Yuri Gagarin. Source: Wikipedia: Yuri Gagarin
Who was the first person on the Moon to walk there?Answer: Neil Armstrong. Source: Wikipedia: Apollo 11
Why do we have day and night?Answer: Earth spins. Source: Wikipedia: Earth's rotation
Human body 40
How many baby teeth, also called milk teeth, does a child have?Answer: 20. Source: Wikipedia: Deciduous teeth
How many bones does an adult human have?Answer: 206. Source: Wikipedia: Human skeleton
How many chambers does the human heart have?Answer: Four. Source: Wikipedia: Heart
How many pairs of ribs do most people have?Answer: 12. Source: Wikipedia: Rib cage
How many teeth are in a full set of adult teeth?Answer: 32. Source: Wikipedia: Human tooth
In what part of the body is the biceps muscle?Answer: The upper arm. Source: Wikipedia: Biceps
What are the small bones that make up your spine called?Answer: Vertebrae. Source: Wikipedia: Spinal column
What connects muscles to bones?Answer: Tendons. Source: Wikipedia: Tendon
What connects one bone to another at a joint?Answer: Ligaments. Source: Wikipedia: Ligament
What do the taste buds on your tongue do?Answer: Sense flavors. Source: Wikipedia: Taste bud
What does the soft marrow inside some bones make?Answer: Blood cells. Source: Wikipedia: Bone marrow
What is another name for the kneecap?Answer: The patella. Source: Wikipedia: Patella
What is the colored part of the eye called?Answer: The iris. Source: Wikipedia: Iris (anatomy)
What is the dark circle in the middle of the eye called?Answer: The pupil. Source: Wikipedia: Pupil
What is the human body's hardest substance?Answer: Tooth enamel. Source: Wikipedia: Tooth enamel
What is the human body's largest muscle?Answer: The gluteus maximus. Source: Wikipedia: Gluteus maximus
What is the human body's largest organ?Answer: The skin. Source: Wikipedia: Human skin
What is the human body's longest bone?Answer: The femur, or thigh bone. Source: Wikipedia: Femur
What is the largest organ inside the human body?Answer: The liver. Source: Wikipedia: Liver
What is the main job of the small intestine?Answer: Taking nutrients out of food. Source: Wikipedia: Small intestine
What is the medical name for the windpipe?Answer: The trachea. Source: Wikipedia: Trachea
What is the natural pigment that gives skin, hair and eyes their color?Answer: Melanin. Source: Wikipedia: Melanin
What is the usual temperature of a healthy person's body?Answer: About 37 °C (98.6 °F). Source: Wikipedia: Human body temperature
What is the voice box also called?Answer: The larynx. Source: Wikipedia: Larynx
When you swallow, which tube carries food down to your stomach?Answer: The esophagus. Source: Wikipedia: Esophagus
Where is the smallest bone in the human body?Answer: In the ear. Source: Wikipedia: Stapes
Which blood cells carry oxygen around the body?Answer: Red blood cells. Source: Wikipedia: Red blood cell
Which blood cells help the body fight germs?Answer: White blood cells. Source: Wikipedia: White blood cell
Which blood vessels carry blood back to the heart?Answer: Veins. Source: Wikipedia: Vein
Which blood vessels take blood from the heart outward?Answer: Arteries. Source: Wikipedia: Artery
Which bones form a cage around the heart and lungs?Answer: The ribs. Source: Wikipedia: Rib cage
Which bones protect the brain?Answer: The skull. Source: Wikipedia: Skull
Which gas does your body take from the air you breathe in?Answer: Oxygen. Source: Wikipedia: Breathing
Which grow faster, your fingernails or your toenails?Answer: Fingernails, about twice as fast. Source: Wikipedia: Nail (anatomy)
Which muscle under your lungs does most of the work when you breathe?Answer: The diaphragm. Source: Wikipedia: Thoracic diaphragm
Which pair of organs cleans your blood and makes urine?Answer: The kidneys. Source: Wikipedia: Kidney
Which part of the ear helps you keep your balance?Answer: The inner ear. Source: Wikipedia: Inner ear
Which tiny parts of the blood clump together to help a cut stop bleeding?Answer: Platelets. Source: Wikipedia: Platelet
Which vitamin can your skin make when sunlight shines on it?Answer: Vitamin D. Source: Wikipedia: Vitamin D
Who has more bones, a newborn baby or an adult?Answer: A newborn baby. Source: Wikipedia: Human skeleton
Geography 45
Angel Falls is the tallest waterfall in the world with a single unbroken drop. Which country is it in?Answer: Venezuela. Source: Wikipedia: Angel Falls
By today's usual count, how many major oceans does Earth have?Answer: Five. Source: Wikipedia: Ocean
The city of Venice in Italy is famous for having what in place of streets?Answer: Canals. Source: Wikipedia: Venice
The Great Barrier Reef lies off the coast of which country?Answer: Australia. Source: Wikipedia: Great Barrier Reef
How many states are there in the United States?Answer: 50. Source: Wikipedia: United States
In which country are the pyramids of Giza?Answer: Egypt. Source: Wikipedia: Giza pyramid complex
In which country is the ancient mountain city of Machu Picchu?Answer: Peru. Source: Wikipedia: Machu Picchu
In which country is the Great Wall?Answer: China. Source: Wikipedia: Great Wall of China
In which country is the Taj Mahal?Answer: India. Source: Wikipedia: Taj Mahal
Lines of latitude measure how far a place is from what?Answer: The Equator. Source: Wikipedia: Latitude
Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in which country?Answer: Japan. Source: Wikipedia: Mount Fuji
Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest mountain. Which country is it in?Answer: Tanzania. Source: Wikipedia: Mount Kilimanjaro
Niagara Falls lies on the border between which two countries?Answer: Canada and the United States. Source: Wikipedia: Niagara Falls
On which continent are the Himalaya mountains?Answer: Asia. Source: Wikipedia: Himalayas
On which continent is the South Pole?Answer: Antarctica. Source: Wikipedia: Antarctica
The Panama Canal links which two oceans?Answer: The Atlantic and the Pacific. Source: Wikipedia: Panama Canal
The Prime Meridian, the line of zero degrees longitude, runs through Greenwich. Which city is Greenwich in?Answer: London. Source: Wikipedia: Prime meridian (Greenwich)
What is the capital city of Egypt?Answer: Cairo. Source: Wikipedia: Cairo
What is the capital city of France?Answer: Paris. Source: Wikipedia: Paris
What is the capital city of Italy?Answer: Rome. Source: Wikipedia: Rome
What is the capital city of Japan?Answer: Tokyo. Source: Wikipedia: Tokyo
What is the deepest part of the ocean called?Answer: The Mariana Trench. Source: Wikipedia: Mariana Trench
What is the imaginary line around the middle of the Earth called?Answer: The Equator. Source: Wikipedia: Equator
What is the largest island in the world?Answer: Greenland. Source: Wikipedia: Greenland
What is the lowest place on land on Earth?Answer: The shore of the Dead Sea. Source: Wikipedia: Dead Sea
Which city is Canada's capital?Answer: Ottawa. Source: Wikipedia: Ottawa
Which country is directly south of the United States?Answer: Mexico. Source: Wikipedia: Mexico
Which country is the world's largest by area?Answer: Russia. Source: Wikipedia: Russia
Which country is the world's smallest?Answer: Vatican City. Source: Wikipedia: Vatican City
Which desert covers parts of northern China and southern Mongolia?Answer: The Gobi. Source: Wikipedia: Gobi Desert
Which European country is shaped like a boot?Answer: Italy. Source: Wikipedia: Italian Peninsula
Which freshwater lake is the world's largest by area?Answer: Lake Superior. Source: Wikipedia: Lake Superior
Which hot desert is the world's largest?Answer: The Sahara. Source: Wikipedia: Sahara
Which is the largest continent?Answer: Asia. Source: Wikipedia: Asia
Which is the largest ocean on Earth?Answer: The Pacific Ocean. Source: Wikipedia: Pacific Ocean
Which is the largest rainforest in the world?Answer: The Amazon. Source: Wikipedia: Amazon rainforest
Which is the longest mountain range on land?Answer: The Andes. Source: Wikipedia: Andes
Which is the smallest continent?Answer: Australia. Source: Wikipedia: Australia (continent)
Which is the smallest ocean?Answer: The Arctic Ocean. Source: Wikipedia: Arctic Ocean
Which lake is the world's deepest?Answer: Lake Baikal. Source: Wikipedia: Lake Baikal
Which mountain rises highest above sea level on Earth?Answer: Mount Everest. Source: Wikipedia: Mount Everest
Which ocean lies between North America and Europe?Answer: The Atlantic Ocean. Source: Wikipedia: Atlantic Ocean
Which river carved the Grand Canyon?Answer: The Colorado River. Source: Wikipedia: Grand Canyon
Which U.S. state is a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean?Answer: Hawaii. Source: Wikipedia: Hawaii
Which U.S. state is largest by area?Answer: Alaska. Source: Wikipedia: Alaska
History 20
About 1,000 years ago, long before Columbus, which seafaring people built a settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada?Answer: The Vikings (Norse). Source: Wikipedia: L'Anse aux Meadows
Early jigsaw puzzles of the 1700s were called dissections. What was stuck to a sheet of wood and cut into pieces to make them?Answer: Maps. Source: Wikipedia: Jigsaw puzzle
English settlers reached Roanoke Island in 1587. In 1590 a ship found their colony abandoned. What is that colony known as?Answer: The Lost Colony. Source: Wikipedia: Roanoke Colony
From the 1840s to the 1860s, many families moving west rode in wagons with a white canvas top. What were these wagons called?Answer: Covered wagons. Source: Wikipedia: Covered wagon
In 1873 Chester Greenwood of Farmington, Maine invented something warm to wear. He was 15. What was it?Answer: Earmuffs. Source: Wikipedia: Earmuffs
In which building in Washington, D.C. does the United States Congress meet?Answer: The Capitol. Source: Wikipedia: United States Capitol
Juneteenth is a holiday held on June 19. What does it mark?Answer: When slavery ended in the United States. Source: Wikipedia: Juneteenth
The Latin words E pluribus unum appear on United States coins. What do they mean?Answer: Out of many, one. Source: Wikipedia: E pluribus unum
Long ago, which worker heated iron in a fire and hammered it into shape on an anvil?Answer: A blacksmith. Source: Wikipedia: Blacksmith
Memorial Day honors members of the United States military who died while serving. When is it held?Answer: On the last Monday of May. Source: Wikipedia: Memorial Day
One old kind of butter churn was a barrel with a plunger moved by hand. What is shaken up inside a churn to make butter?Answer: Cream. Source: Wikipedia: Churning (butter)
The penny-farthing, with one very large wheel and one small one, was popular in the 1870s and 1880s. What was it?Answer: An early bicycle. Source: Wikipedia: Penny-farthing
The Pilgrims founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. In which present-day state is the town of Plymouth?Answer: Massachusetts. Source: Wikipedia: Plymouth Colony
Settlers often built a small first home from logs laid flat and notched together at the ends. What is it called?Answer: A log cabin. Source: Wikipedia: Log cabin
What is the name of the United States national anthem?Answer: The Star-Spangled Banner. Source: Wikipedia: The Star-Spangled Banner
When James Naismith invented basketball in 1891, what did the players throw the ball into?Answer: Peach baskets. Source: Wikipedia: James Naismith
Which cone-shaped tent did peoples of the Great Plains make from animal hides stretched over wooden poles?Answer: A tipi. Source: Wikipedia: Tipi
Which French explorer founded a settlement in 1608 that grew into Quebec City, Canada?Answer: Samuel de Champlain. Source: Wikipedia: Quebec City
Which kind of mill uses a wheel turned by flowing water to grind grain into flour?Answer: A watermill. Source: Wikipedia: Watermill
Which make-believe character in a top hat with stars on it and striped trousers stands for the United States?Answer: Uncle Sam. Source: Wikipedia: Uncle Sam
Science and nature 30
A seesaw is an example of which simple machine?Answer: A lever. Source: Wikipedia: Lever
About how long ago did the last non-bird dinosaurs die out?Answer: 66 million years ago. Source: Wikipedia: Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
At what temperature does water boil at sea level, in degrees Celsius?Answer: 100 degrees. Source: Wikipedia: Celsius
At what temperature does water freeze on the Celsius scale?Answer: 0 degrees. Source: Wikipedia: Celsius
H2O is the chemical formula for what?Answer: Water. Source: Wikipedia: Water
How many colors are in the traditional list of rainbow colors?Answer: Seven. Source: Wikipedia: Rainbow
In which type of rock are most fossils found?Answer: Sedimentary rock. Source: Wikipedia: Sedimentary rock
Lava is melted rock that has reached the surface. What is melted rock called while it is still under the ground?Answer: Magma. Source: Wikipedia: Magma
Rain, snow, sleet and hail are all kinds of what?Answer: Precipitation. Source: Wikipedia: Precipitation
What causes thunder?Answer: Lightning heating the air very fast. Source: Wikipedia: Thunder
What do we call a scientist who studies fossils?Answer: A paleontologist. Source: Wikipedia: Paleontology
What force slows down a sled as it slides across the ground?Answer: Friction. Source: Wikipedia: Friction
What is it called when liquid water turns into water vapor?Answer: Evaporation. Source: Wikipedia: Evaporation
What is it called when water vapor in the air turns back into drops of liquid?Answer: Condensation. Source: Wikipedia: Condensation
What is the center of an atom called?Answer: The nucleus. Source: Wikipedia: Atom
What is the green substance in leaves that soaks up sunlight?Answer: Chlorophyll. Source: Wikipedia: Chlorophyll
What is the hardest natural material known?Answer: Diamond. Source: Wikipedia: Diamond
What type of rock forms when melted rock cools and hardens?Answer: Igneous rock. Source: Wikipedia: Igneous rock
What unit is used to measure how loud a sound is?Answer: The decibel. Source: Wikipedia: Decibel
Which gas do green plants give off when they make food in sunlight?Answer: Oxygen. Source: Wikipedia: Photosynthesis
Which gas do plants take in from the air to make their food?Answer: Carbon dioxide. Source: Wikipedia: Photosynthesis
Which gas makes the fizz when you mix baking soda and vinegar?Answer: Carbon dioxide. Source: Wikipedia: Sodium bicarbonate
Which gas makes up most of the air around us?Answer: Nitrogen. Source: Wikipedia: Atmosphere of Earth
Which metal is a liquid at room temperature?Answer: Mercury. Source: Wikipedia: Mercury (element)
Which of these materials lets electricity flow through it most easily?Answer: Copper. Source: Wikipedia: Electrical conductor
Which of these metals does a magnet pull on strongly?Answer: Iron. Source: Wikipedia: Magnet
Which part of a plant takes in water from the soil?Answer: The roots. Source: Wikipedia: Root
Which scientist is famous for working out the law of gravity in the 1600s?Answer: Isaac Newton. Source: Wikipedia: Isaac Newton
Which travels faster, light or sound?Answer: Light. Source: Wikipedia: Thunder
Why is there no sound in outer space?Answer: Sound needs something to travel through. Source: Wikipedia: Sound
Baseball 10
Because of its shape, a baseball infield is often called what?Answer: A diamond. Source: Wikipedia: Baseball field
How many bases are on a baseball field, counting home plate?Answer: Four. Source: Wikipedia: Baseball field
How many innings are in a standard game of baseball?Answer: Nine. Source: Wikipedia: Baseball
How many outs does a baseball team get in its half of an inning?Answer: Three. Source: Wikipedia: Baseball
How many players does a baseball team have on the field at one time?Answer: Nine. Source: Wikipedia: Baseball
In baseball, how many pitches called a "ball" let the batter walk to first base?Answer: Four. Source: Wikipedia: Base on balls
In baseball, how many strikes put the batter out?Answer: Three. Source: Wikipedia: Baseball
In baseball, what is a home run hit with a runner on every base called?Answer: A grand slam. Source: Wikipedia: Grand slam (baseball)
In baseball, what is the player who throws the ball to the batter called?Answer: The pitcher. Source: Wikipedia: Baseball
On a full-size baseball field, how far apart are the bases?Answer: 90 feet. Source: Wikipedia: Baseball field
Soccer 10
How is a soccer match restarted after the ball crosses the touchline at the side of the field?Answer: With a throw-in. Source: Wikipedia: Throw-in
How long is a standard adult soccer match, not counting added time?Answer: 90 minutes. Source: Wikipedia: Association football
How many players does a soccer team have on the field, counting the goalkeeper?Answer: Eleven. Source: Wikipedia: Association football
In soccer, how far is the penalty spot from the goal line?Answer: 12 yards (11 meters). Source: Wikipedia: Penalty kick (association football)
In soccer, the defending team kicks the ball over its own goal line. How does play restart?Answer: A corner kick. Source: Wikipedia: Corner kick
In soccer, what does a yellow card mean?Answer: A caution. Source: Wikipedia: Penalty card
In soccer, which color card sends a player off the field?Answer: Red. Source: Wikipedia: Penalty card
In soccer, which player may handle the ball inside their own penalty area?Answer: The goalkeeper. Source: Wikipedia: Association football
In which country were the first official rules of soccer written down, in 1863?Answer: England. Source: Wikipedia: Association football
What is it called when one player scores three goals in the same match?Answer: A hat-trick. Source: Wikipedia: Hat-trick
Football 10
An American football game is divided into how many quarters?Answer: Four. Source: Wikipedia: American football
How long is an American football field from one goal line to the other?Answer: 100 yards. Source: Wikipedia: American football field
How many players does an American football team have on the field at one time?Answer: Eleven. Source: Wikipedia: American football
In American football, how many downs does the offense get to move the ball 10 yards?Answer: Four. Source: Wikipedia: American football
In American football, how many points is a field goal worth?Answer: Three. Source: Wikipedia: American football
In American football, how many points is a safety worth?Answer: Two. Source: Wikipedia: American football
In American football, how many points is a touchdown worth?Answer: Six. Source: Wikipedia: American football
In American football, what is the pass backward between the center's legs that starts a play called?Answer: The snap. Source: Wikipedia: Snap (gridiron football)
In American football, which player usually throws the passes?Answer: The quarterback. Source: Wikipedia: Quarterback
What is the scoring area at each end of an American football field called?Answer: The end zone. Source: Wikipedia: End zone
Fall 10
A pumpkin is a type of what?Answer: Squash. Source: Wikipedia: Pumpkin
In the northern half of the world, fall begins in which month?Answer: September. Source: Wikipedia: September equinox
What do we call the long trips many birds make to warmer places each fall?Answer: Migration. Source: Wikipedia: Bird migration
What do we call trees that drop all their leaves in fall?Answer: Deciduous trees. Source: Wikipedia: Deciduous
What is the deep winter sleep that some animals get ready for in fall?Answer: Hibernation. Source: Wikipedia: Hibernation
What is the first day of fall called, when day and night are close to the same length?Answer: The autumn equinox. Source: Wikipedia: Equinox
What is the full moon closest to the first day of fall called?Answer: The harvest moon. Source: Wikipedia: Full moon
What is the red and purple pigment that some leaves make in fall?Answer: Anthocyanin. Source: Wikipedia: Autumn leaf color
Which nut grows on oak trees?Answer: The acorn. Source: Wikipedia: Acorn
Why do many leaves turn yellow and orange in fall?Answer: The green chlorophyll fades away. Source: Wikipedia: Autumn leaf color
Summer 10
A watermelon is mostly made of what?Answer: Water. Source: Wikipedia: Watermelon
In the far north in summer, the Sun can stay up all night. What is this called?Answer: The midnight sun. Source: Wikipedia: Midnight sun
In the northern half of the world, which month has the longest day of the year?Answer: June. Source: Wikipedia: June solstice
On a sunscreen bottle, what does SPF stand for?Answer: Sun protection factor. Source: Wikipedia: Sunscreen
Sunscreen protects your skin from which kind of light?Answer: Ultraviolet light. Source: Wikipedia: Sunscreen
What causes the tide at the beach to rise and fall each day?Answer: Mostly the pull of the Moon. Source: Wikipedia: Tide
What is the year's longest day called?Answer: The summer solstice. Source: Wikipedia: Summer solstice
When it is summer in the United States, what season is it in Australia?Answer: Winter. Source: Wikipedia: Season
Which insects flash lights from their bodies on summer nights?Answer: Fireflies. Source: Wikipedia: Firefly
Why is it warmer in summer?Answer: Your half of the Earth leans toward the Sun. Source: Wikipedia: Season
How this list was compiled: Written for this site; nothing was copied from another list. Every question, wrong choice and explanation is our own wording. Each answer was checked on 2026-09-18 against the English Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org) named and linked beside the question: the article text was fetched that day and the sentence that states the fact was read before the question was kept. Questions were dropped when the article hedged or did not state the fact plainly (the largest living cat, the fastest animal of any kind, whether hummingbirds fly backwards, the longest river in the United States, the color of the hottest stars). Left out on purpose: records and rankings that change, populations, moon counts, living people, and film, TV, brand and league names. The three sports topics cover the rules of each game only. Levels are our estimate: easy suits ages 5 to 7, medium ages 8 to 10, hard ages 10 and up. On 2026-09-19 one science question was changed so that the pack no longer asks for lava twice; it now asks for magma and was checked that day against Wikipedia's Magma article. Some of the best-known questions here (the closest planet to the Sun, how many hearts an octopus has) are worded the same way in the site's random trivia deck, because the plain wording of a well-known fact is the same wherever it is asked. On 2026-09-19 the question on what fingernails are made of was replaced, because the rhino horn question in Animals already gives keratin as its answer; the new question (fingernails grow faster than toenails) was checked that day against the Wikipedia article Nail (anatomy). On 2026-09-20 a History topic of 20 questions was added for grades 2 to 5 (life long ago, symbols and holidays, explorers and early settlements, inventions). Each of its answers agrees with a sentence in the Wikipedia article linked under it, read that day, and none repeats a question in the site's other grade, crowd, subject or occasion trivia packs as they stood that day. Licence: own work
Grown-ups' questions: all 60 questions with answers
Animals and nature 12
An axolotl looks like a fish with legs. What kind of animal is it?Answer: A salamander. Source: Wikipedia: Axolotl
Bamboo can grow as tall as a tree. What kind of plant is it?Answer: A grass. Source: Wikipedia: Bamboo
How do honey bees tell each other where to find flowers?Answer: They dance. Source: Wikipedia: Waggle dance
The Venus flytrap grows wild in only one country. Which one?Answer: The United States. Source: Wikipedia: Venus flytrap
What are the nearest living kin of the hippopotamus?Answer: Whales and dolphins. Source: Wikipedia: Hippopotamus
What is a baby echidna called?Answer: A puggle. Source: Wikipedia: Echidna
What is the largest living reptile?Answer: The saltwater crocodile. Source: Wikipedia: Saltwater crocodile
What is the largest rodent in the world?Answer: The capybara. Source: Wikipedia: Capybara
Which bird makes the longest migration, flying between the Arctic and the Antarctic each year?Answer: The Arctic tern. Source: Wikipedia: Arctic tern
Which living bird has the longest wingspan?Answer: The wandering albatross. Source: Wikipedia: Snowy albatross
Which of these mammals lays eggs?Answer: The platypus. Source: Wikipedia: Monotreme
Which tree species grows taller than any other?Answer: The coast redwood. Source: Wikipedia: Sequoia sempervirens
Space and science 12
About how fast does light travel through empty space?Answer: 300,000 kilometers a second. Source: Wikipedia: Speed of light
On the pH scale, which number means neutral, like pure water at room temperature?Answer: 7. Source: Wikipedia: PH
Titan is the biggest moon of which planet?Answer: Saturn. Source: Wikipedia: Titan (moon)
What are the names of the two moons of Mars?Answer: Phobos and Deimos. Source: Wikipedia: Moons of Mars
What is absolute zero, the coldest possible temperature, in degrees Celsius?Answer: Minus 273.15. Source: Wikipedia: Absolute zero
What is the chemical formula for table salt?Answer: NaCl. Source: Wikipedia: Sodium chloride
What is the chemical symbol for gold?Answer: Au. Source: Wikipedia: Gold
What is the most common element in the universe?Answer: Hydrogen. Source: Wikipedia: Hydrogen
Which large galaxy is the nearest to our own Milky Way?Answer: The Andromeda Galaxy. Source: Wikipedia: Andromeda Galaxy
Which particle in an atom carries a negative electric charge?Answer: The electron. Source: Wikipedia: Electron
Which scientist worked out the general theory of relativity, the modern description of gravity?Answer: Albert Einstein. Source: Wikipedia: General relativity
Which spacecraft was the first to cross into the space between the stars?Answer: Voyager 1. Source: Wikipedia: Voyager 1
World geography 12
The Ring of Fire, a belt of volcanoes and earthquakes, surrounds most of which ocean?Answer: The Pacific. Source: Wikipedia: Ring of Fire
The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to which other sea?Answer: The Red Sea. Source: Wikipedia: Suez Canal
What is the highest mountain in North America?Answer: Denali. Source: Wikipedia: Denali
Which city is Australia's capital?Answer: Canberra. Source: Wikipedia: Canberra
Which city is Brazil's capital?Answer: Brasília. Source: Wikipedia: Brasília
Which city is New Zealand's capital?Answer: Wellington. Source: Wikipedia: Wellington
Which city is Turkey's capital?Answer: Ankara. Source: Wikipedia: Ankara
Which country has the longest coastline in the world?Answer: Canada. Source: Wikipedia: Canada
Which is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?Answer: Sicily. Source: Wikipedia: Sicily
Which narrow strait separates Europe from Africa?Answer: The Strait of Gibraltar. Source: Wikipedia: Strait of Gibraltar
Which river is Europe's longest?Answer: The Volga. Source: Wikipedia: Volga
Which two countries in South America have no coast?Answer: Bolivia and Paraguay. Source: Wikipedia: Landlocked country
Human body 12
How many bones are in one human hand, counting the wrist?Answer: 27. Source: Wikipedia: Hand
How many chromosomes are in most human cells?Answer: 46. Source: Wikipedia: Chromosome
That tingle from bumping your "funny bone" comes from hitting what?Answer: A nerve. Source: Wikipedia: Ulnar nerve
What are the body's smallest blood vessels called?Answer: Capillaries. Source: Wikipedia: Capillary
What do the letters DNA stand for?Answer: Deoxyribonucleic acid. Source: Wikipedia: DNA
What is the biggest artery of the human body?Answer: The aorta. Source: Wikipedia: Aorta
What is the clear, curved front layer of the eye called?Answer: The cornea. Source: Wikipedia: Cornea
What is the medical name for the collarbone?Answer: The clavicle. Source: Wikipedia: Clavicle
Which bone in the neck is not joined directly to any other bone?Answer: The hyoid. Source: Wikipedia: Hyoid bone
Which organ makes insulin?Answer: The pancreas. Source: Wikipedia: Pancreas
Which part of the brain fine-tunes movement and helps you keep your balance?Answer: The cerebellum. Source: Wikipedia: Cerebellum
Which protein in red blood cells carries oxygen?Answer: Hemoglobin. Source: Wikipedia: Hemoglobin
History and inventions 12
In which year did the Berlin Wall come down?Answer: 1989. Source: Wikipedia: Berlin Wall
In which year did the ocean liner Titanic sink?Answer: 1912. Source: Wikipedia: Titanic
What is the picture writing of ancient Egypt called?Answer: Hieroglyphs. Source: Wikipedia: Egyptian hieroglyphs
What was the name of the ship that carried the Pilgrims to North America in 1620?Answer: The Mayflower. Source: Wikipedia: Mayflower
Which brothers made the first powered airplane flights in 1903?Answer: The Wright brothers. Source: Wikipedia: Wright brothers
Which German inventor built the movable-type printing press in the 1400s?Answer: Johannes Gutenberg. Source: Wikipedia: Johannes Gutenberg
Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is still standing?Answer: The Great Pyramid of Giza. Source: Wikipedia: Great Pyramid of Giza
Who led the first expedition to reach the South Pole, in 1911?Answer: Roald Amundsen. Source: Wikipedia: Roald Amundsen
Who painted the Mona Lisa?Answer: Leonardo da Vinci. Source: Wikipedia: Mona Lisa
Who was awarded the first United States patent for the telephone, in 1876?Answer: Alexander Graham Bell. Source: Wikipedia: Alexander Graham Bell
Who was the first U.S. president?Answer: George Washington. Source: Wikipedia: George Washington
Who was the first woman who won a Nobel Prize?Answer: Marie Curie. Source: Wikipedia: Marie Curie
How this list was compiled
Written for this site; nothing was copied from another list. Every question, wrong choice and explanation is our own wording. Each answer was checked on 2026-09-18 against the English Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org) named and linked beside the question: the article text was fetched that day and the sentence that states the fact was read before the question was kept. Questions were dropped when the article did not state the fact plainly (the mammal with the longest pregnancy, the gland nicknamed the master gland). Left out on purpose: records and rankings that change, populations, living people, and film, TV, brand and league names. No question repeats one in the kids' bank. Licence: own work
How it works
How many hearts does an octopus have? What is stored in a camel's hump? These 320 fun trivia questions for kids come in 12 topics, from easy starters to the rules of baseball, and every answer shows a line on why.
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What the 12 topics hold
Easy starters for young kids holds 40 questions with three choices, such as what frozen water is called. Animals has 50, Space and Geography 45 each, Human body 40, Science and nature 30, and History 20, from log cabins to the first basketball hoops. Five topics of ten finish the set: Fall, Summer, and Baseball, Soccer and Football, which ask the rules only.
Kids against grown-ups
For trivia questions for kids and adults, take turns. For an adult, press Grown-ups' questions: 60 hard ones on capitals, chemistry and history, such as what DNA stands for. Kids' questions switches back. Pick Scored round below the question, then Start the round. It marks up to 20 questions from your topic at the end.
For trivia questions for students in grades 3 to 5, pick Geography or Human body. Soccer, with ten questions, fills a lesson's last five minutes.
Fall suits an October hayride, and Summer (fireflies, the solstice) suits the camp bus.
For printable trivia questions for kids, pick a round under Start from, below the question, play a set, then press Print and tick With answer key.
Questions and answers
What ages are these quiz questions for?
Ages 5 to 12. Easy starters for young kids holds the trivia questions for young kids of 5 to 7, and Animals comes next. Human body, Space and Geography are the toughest by our estimate, with 10 or 11 hard questions each.
What do the three sports topics ask?
Rules only. Baseball covers innings, strikes and grand slams, soccer covers cards, throw-ins and the hat-trick, and football covers touchdowns, downs and the snap. No team, league or player is named.
Can I check an answer a child disputes?
Yes. Each answer was read between September 18 and 20, 2026 in the Wikipedia article linked under it, so you can open the page and show it. Questions were dropped where the article hedged: there is no largest cat.
Are there history questions for 3rd graders?
Yes. Pick History under Start from: 20 questions for grades 2 to 5 on life long ago, national symbols and holidays, explorers and early settlements, and inventions. None of them repeats a question in the 3rd or 4th grade pack.