Are you ready to give your kids a little fun with some trivia questions? It’s time to roll up your sleeves, gather your kids in the living room, and create a night of fun and excitement. With 120 questions of easy, challenging, and hard trivia, your kids will need to wrack their brains, answer to the best of their knowledge, and gather points to take the lead.
With so many categories at your disposal, you don’t need to do tons of research to set up a game night. Test their knowledge, teach them a few general things, and play to their competitive side. Now, are you ready for the best trivia night of your lives?
Let’s get this trivia started!
Trivia Questions for the Beginners
Difficulty: Easy
What is the largest animal in the world?
Answer: The Blue Whale
If they say “whale” alone, give them the point!
Where is the Empire State Building?
Answer: New York City
What is the capital of France?
Answer: Paris
Who is Mickey Mouse’s wife?
Answer: Minnie Mouse
Who discovered America?
Answer: Christopher Columbus
Jack and Jill were going up what?
Answer: The hill
How many continents are there in the world?
Answer: 7
How many tentacles does an Octopus have?
Answer: 8
Cheetahs are the fastest animals on the planet. True or false?
Answer: True
Who is SpongeBob’s best friend?
Answer: Patrick Star
How many sides does a pentagon have?
Answer: 5
What is the name of Harry Potter’s father?
Answer: James Potter
Where do penguins live?
Answer: Antarctica
How many quarters are in a dollar?
Answer: 4
Which Disney princess lost her shoe?
Answer: Cinderella
Who is Batman’s sidekick?
Answer: Robin
San Francisco is in which state?
Answer: California
Which Pixar film has Woody and Buzz Lightyear?
Answer: Toy Story
Which bridge is in San Francisco?
Answer: The Golden Gate Bridge
What did Queen Elsa sing in Frozen?
Answer: Let it go
How many states are in the United States of America?
Answer: 50
What does a thermometer measure?
Answer: Temperature
How many Dwarves lived with Snow White?
Answer: 7
At what temperature does water freeze?
Answer: 0°C or 32°F
When is the US independence day?
Answer: The 4th of July
What is a three-wheeled bicycle called?
Answer: A tricycle
Which continent is India located on?
Answer: Asia
Alice in Wonderland fell down the what?
Answer: Rabbit hole
Where is Sydney?
Answer: Australia
What animals are Tom & Jerry?
Answer: A cat and a mouse
What is the name of Santa Clause’s reindeer with the red nose?
Answer: Rudolph
Who is the evil woman who wanted to steal all the Dalmatians?
Answer: Cruella De Vil
Who is the villain in Aladdin?
Answer: Jafar
Which country is also a continent?
Answer: Australia
In Sesame Street, who is obsessed with cookies?
Answer: The Cookie Monster
What is SpongeBob Squarepants?
Answer: A Sponge
Which “Wonder of the World” is found in Egypt?
Answer: The Pyramids
Who is Ash Ketchum’s yellow Pokémon?
Answer: Pikachu
What is Mozilla Firefox?
Answer: A Web Browser
Which travels faster, light or sound?
Answer: Light
Challenge the Kids with these Trivia Questions
Difficulty: Challenging
Which planet is closest to the sun?
Answer: Mercury
How many rings are there in the Olympics logo?
Answer: 5
Which cereal brand has a brown bunny on it?
Nesquik
Who sang “Thank u, next”
Answer: Ariana Grande
Who is the God of Thunder?
Answer: Thor
Where is the Leaning Tower of Piza?
Answer: Italy
The Little Mermaid had a pet fish named what?
Answer: Flounder
What language, other than English, do they speak in Canada?
Answer: French
Cleopatra was the queen of which country?
Answer: Egypt
Who invented the telephone?
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
What is the largest country in the world?
Answer: Russia
Who started his speech with “I had a dream…”?
Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.
What is the tallest mountain in the world?
Answer: Mount Everest
What is the chemical name for H?
Answer: Helium
What do astronomers study?
Answer: The stars
What did Julius Caesar rule?
Answer: Rome
Which bone is in your head?
Answer: The skull
What do you call a baby cow?
Answer: A calf
Which animal was considered sacred in Ancient Egypt?
Answer: Cats
Who was the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?
Answer: Albus Dumbledore
What is the capital of Canada?
Answer: Ottawa
How many hours does it take the Earth to make one complete spin?
Answer: 24 hours
What do you call a shape with 6 sides?
Answer: A hexagon
Who attacked Pearl Harbor?
Answer: The Japanese
Which country has the most population?
Answer: China
What is the capital of India?
Answer: New Delhi
Who sang “I Will Always Love You”?
Answer: Whitney Houston
Who was the leader of the Greek Gods?
Answer: Zeus
Who wrote Harry Potter?
Answer: J.K. Rowling
How many legs does a spider have?
Answer: 8
Who are the three Jonas brothers?
Answer: Joe, Nick, and Kevin
What is the national animal of the United States of America?
Answer: The Bald Eagle
What sport did Tiger Woods play?
Answer: Golf
What secret military base is located in Nevada?
Answer: Area 51
What country is Dubai located in?
Answer: United Arab Emirates
What is the chemical name for H?
Answer: Helium
What are the three states of matter?
Answer: Solid, gas, and liquid
What animal is on the logo of Twitter?
Answer: A bird
In what sport can you score a three-pointer?
Answer: Basketball
What does KFC stand for?
Answer: Kentucky Fried Chicken
Trivia Questions — The Thinking Questions!
Difficulty: Hard
Which American President freed the slaves?
Answer: President Abraham Lincoln
What is the national sport of the United Kingdom?
Answer: Cricket
Which animal never forgets?
Answer: Elephants
Who painted “The Starry Night”?
Answer: Vincent Van Gogh
What is the name for “a fear of spiders”?
Answer: Arachnophobia
Who played Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
Answer: Johnny Depp
Who founded the Ford Motor Company?
Answer: Henry Ford
Who wrote “Pride and Prejudice”?
Answer: Jane Austen
What do you call a group of lions?
Answer: A pride
Which dinosaur could fly?
Answer: Pterodactyl
What is the speed of light?
Answer: 300,000 km/sec or 186,000 miles/sec
What are the three stars in a straight line?
Answer: Orion’s belt
Which mythical creature is half an eagle and half a lion?
Answer: A Griffin
What is the name of the dog that always chased Tom in Tom & Jerry?
Answer: Spike
After which holiday do you never wear white?
Answer: Labor Day
What language is most commonly spoken in China?
Answer: Mandarin (No, it’s not “Chinese”)
Which animal can turn their heads a maximum of 270 degrees?
Answer: Owls
Which bird is known to eat dead animals?
Answer: Vultures
Where does the Pope live?
Answer: Vatican City
What is the name of a baby kangaroo?
Answer: A Joey
In which US city did Jazz start?
Answer: New Orleans
What does the acronym TTYL stand for?
Answer: Talk to you later
What year did World War 2 begin?
Answer: 1939
How far away is the Sun from the Earth?
Answer: 150 million km or 93 million miles
Who is the messenger of the Greek Gods?
Answer: Hermes
How many chambers does the heart have?
Answer: 4
Who discovered Radium?
Answer: Marie Curie
Which country won the most FIFA World Cups?
Answer: Brazil
What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Mercury
What is the color of a sapphire?
Answer: blue
Which river runs through London?
Answer: River Thames
What is a group of crows called?
Answer: A murder
Where was Jesus born?
Answer: Palestine
Which is the tallest building in the world?
Answer: Burj Khalifa
Which country is Leonardo Da Vinci from?
Answer: Italy
Who wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird”?
Answer: Harper Lee
Who did David fight in the bible?
Answer: Goliath
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Answer: Michelangelo
Who was the first James Bond?
Answer: Sean Connery
How long did it take to build the Great Wall of China?
Answer: Over 2,000 years