Trivia Questions Every Kid Should Know

Knowledge is power, and these trivia questions for kids can help kids of all ages be more knowledgeable.

The more you know, the better. Knowledge is power. And you’re never too old to learn new things about the world.

These trivia questions for kids — from easy peasy to super tricky — can help kids of all ages be more knowledgeable. How many answers do you know?

Geography

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1. Trivia question: How many continents are there?
Answer: 7

2. Trivia question: What country has the largest population in the world?
Answer: China

3. Trivia question: What is the largest country in the world?
Answer: Russia

4. Trivia question: What is the tallest mountain in the world?
Answer: Mount Everest

5. Trivia question: What are the only two countries to have a land border with the U.S.?
Answer: Canada and Mexico

6. Trivia question: Which U.S. state is the biggest?
Answer: Alaska

7. Trivia question: What’s the largest sea on Earth?
Answer: The Caspian Sea

8. Trivia question: Which major river flows through London, England?
Answer: The Thames

9. Trivia question: Where is the world’s largest seaport located?
Answer: Shanghai, China

10. Trivia question: What volcano is the biggest in the world?
Answer: Mouna Loa in Hawaii

11. Trivia question: What’s the smallest country in the world?
Answer: The Vatican City

12. Trivia question: What’s the world’s largest island that isn’t a continent?
Answer: Greenland

13. Trivia question: How many time zones does Russia have?
Answer: 11

14. Trivia question: Which country is abbreviated by the letters “CH?”
Answer: Switzerland

15. Trivia question: What’s the Finnish word for Finland?
Answer: Suomi

Entertainment

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1. Trivia question: In “Sesame Street,” who lives in the trash can?
Answer: Oscar the Grouch

2. Trivia question: What type of animal is Squidward in “SpongeBob Squarepants”?
Answer: Octopus

3. Trivia question: Which “Star Wars” movie does Jar Jar Binks appear in first?
Answer: “Star Wars Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace”

4. Trivia question: What was the first name of the creator of Disney?
Answer: Walt

5. Trivia question: What are the names of Aurora’s parents in “Sleeping Beauty”?
Answer: King Stefan and Queen Leah

6. Trivia question: What was the first fully animated, full-length Disney movie produced?
Answer: “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”

7. Trivia question: What was the first movie Pixar came out with?
Answer: “Toy Story”

8. Trivia question: Which pop star has fans called “Little Monsters”?
Answer: Lady Gaga

9. Trivia question: What movie won the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film?
Answer: “Shrek” (2001)

10. Trivia question: Who played the voice of Anna in “Frozen”?
Answer: Kristen Bell voiced the adult Anna, but four other actresses voiced her younger self

11. Trivia question: How old did Rapunzel turn in “Tangled”?
Answer: 18

12. Trivia question: Which was the first member of One Direction to leave the group?
Answer: Zayn Malik

13. Trivia question: What is Rihanna’s full name?
Answer: Robyn Rihanna Fenty

14. Trivia question: Which rapper’s real name is Marshall Mathers?
Answer: Eminem

15. Trivia question: Which singer has a stage name that is also a color?
Answer: Pink

History

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1. Trivia question: Who invented the telephone?
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell

2. Trivia question: Who was the first U.S. president?
Answer: George Washington

3. Trivia question: Which country was the first to use paper money?
Answer: China

4. Trivia question: Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the U.S.?
Answer: France

5. Trivia question: Which city was the first capital of the U.S.?
Answer: Philadelphia

6. Trivia question: What year did women receive the right to vote in the U.S.?
Answer: 1920

7. Trivia question: Who invented the lightbulb?
Answer: Thomas Edison

8. Trivia question: Who first walked on the moon?
Answer: Neil Armstrong

9. Trivia question: Who was the British Prime Minister during World War II?
Answer: Winston Churchill

10. Trivia question: Who was the first person to climb Everest?
Answer: Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay (confirmed)

11. Trivia question: Where were the artists Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci from?
Answer: Italy

12. Trivia question: Which city was destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius?
Answer: Pompeii

13. Trivia question: Who invented the airplane?
Answer: The Wright brothers

14. Trivia question: Did the Stone Age or the Bronze Age come first?
Answer: The Stone Age

15. Trivia question: Which city had a great fire in 1666?
Answer: London, England

Literature

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1. Trivia question: How does Charlotte first greet Wilbur in “Charlotte’s Web”?
Answer: “Salutations!”

2. Trivia question: What is Meg’s little brother’s name in “A Wrinkle in Time”?
Answer: Charles Wallace

3. Trivia question: Where do the Berenstain Bears live?
Answer: Bear Country

4. Trivia question: What’s Hubie’s teacher’s name in “The Teacher From the Black Lagoon”?
Answer: Mrs. Green

5. Trivia question: What type of animal does the two-inch high boy, Stuart Little, look like?
Answer: A mouse

6. Trivia question: What was Matilda’s favorite book in the children’s section of the library?
Answer: “The Secret Garden”

7. Trivia question: What type of animal is Black Beauty in the famous children’s book?
Answer: A horse

8. Trivia question: Which veterinarian is best known for learning to talk to animals?
Answer: Dr. Doolittle

9. Trivia question: What did Alexander have for dinner in “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”?
Answer: Lima beans

10. Trivia question: Who wrote “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”?
Answer: Roald Dahl

11. Trivia question: What is the real name of Lemony Snicket, the author of “A Series of Unfortunate Events”?
Answer: Daniel Handler

12. Trivia question: When was the first Harry Potter book published?
Answer: 1997

13. Trivia question: Where did the dog Winn-Dixie get his name?
Answer: From a supermarket chain

14. Trivia question: What happens if you give a mouse a cookie?
Answer: He’ll ask for a glass of milk.

15. Trivia question: How many books did Dr. Seuss both write and illustrate?
Answer: 45

Science

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1. Trivia question: Which planet is closest to the sun?
Answer: Mercury

2. Trivia question: What is the rarest blood type?
Answer: AB-

3. Trivia question: At what temperature does water boil?
Answer: 212 degrees Fahrenheit

4. Which scientist proposed the three laws of motion?
Answer: Isaac Newton

5. Trivia question: The layers of gas surrounding Earth are called what?
Answer: The atmosphere

6. Trivia question: What are animals that eat both plants and meat called?
Answer: Omnivores

7. Trivia question: Does sound travel faster in air or water?
Answer: Water

8. Trivia question: What is the lifespan of a human red blood cell?
Answer: 120 days

9. Trivia question: What weather phenomenon is hotter than the sun?
Answer: Lightning

10. Trivia question: Which planet spins the fastest?
Answer: Jupiter

11. Trivia question: How many periodic elements are there?
Answer: 118

12. Trivia question: Which planet has the most moons?
Answer: Saturn

13. Trivia question: Where is the smallest bone in the human body located?
Answer: In the ear

14. Trivia question: Can sound be heard in outer space?
Answer: No, because there’s no air or other medium for sound to travel through

15. Trivia question: What type of animal was the first to be cloned?
Answer: A sheep

Nature

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1. Trivia question: What tree do acorns come from?
Answer: Oak trees

2. Trivia question: What’s the tallest type of grass?
Answer: Bamboo

3. Trivia question: How many bones do sharks have?
Answer: None

4. Trivia question: Where is the oldest tree located?
Answer: California

5. Trivia question: How many hearts does an octopus have?
Answer: Three

6. Trivia question: What is the green pigment called that allows plants to turn sunlight into energy?
Answer: Chlorophyll

7. Trivia question: What do bees collect and use to create honey?
Answer: Pollen

8. Trivia question: What is a female rabbit called?
Answer: A doe

9. Trivia question: What is a group of lions called?
Answer: A pride

10. Trivia question: How long can a snail sleep for?
Answer: Three years

11. Trivia question: What animal has the longest lifespan?
Answer: Arctic whale

12. Trivia question: What animal never sleeps?
Answer: Bullfrogs

13. Trivia question: What animal lives in a lodge?
Answer: A beaver

14. Trivia question: What kind of leaves can soothe the sting of the nettle plant?
Answer: Dock leaves

15. Trivia question: What is the record for the most tornados in one month in the U.S.?
Answer: 758

Sports

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1. Trivia question: Which are the four most popular sports in the U.S.?
Answer: Football, baseball, basketball and ice hockey

2. Trivia question: What’s the official winter sport of Canada?
Answer: Ice hockey

3. Trivia question: How many bases are on a baseball field?
Answer: Four

4. Trivia question: What color are the goalposts in football?
Answer: Yellow

5. Trivia question: In what sport would you find a pommel horse?
Answer: Gymnastics

6. Trivia question: How long is a marathon?
Answer: 26.2 miles

7. Trivia question: What’s the only sport to have been played on the moon?
Answer: Golf

8. Trivia question: What type of race is the Tour de France?
Answer: A bike race

9. Trivia question: What is it called when a bowler scores three strikes in a row?
Answer: Turkey

10. Trivia question: What three horse races make up the Triple Crown?
Answer: The Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes

11. Trivia question: Who has the most Olympic gold medals?
Answer: Michael Phelps

12. Trivia question: In which country did the Olympics start?
Answer: Greece

13. Trivia question: What were the first ice skates made of?
Answer: Animal bones

14. Trivia question: What team scored the most points in a Super Bowl?
Answer: San Francisco 49ers

15. Trivia question: In what game is “love” a score?
Answer: Tennis

Bonus: What is the oldest sport in the world?
Answer: Wrestling