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Kids trivia questions and answers
20 questions for children aged 7 to 12: animals, fairy tales, the Sun, rainbows and a few near the end that make the grown-ups think too.
Easy 20 questions 30 s each · about 15 min Checked against two sources
Made for a classroom, a birthday party or a rainy afternoon with cousins, with children aged about 7 to 12 in mind. The first questions are easy enough for the youngest player, and a few near the end will make the grown-ups think. Twenty questions take about 15 minutes with the answers read out between them.
How to run it
- Put children in pairs or small teams with one phone each, so nobody is stuck on their own.
- Read each question out loud as it comes up on the screen. Younger players need the time.
- Treat question 1 as a practice round so everyone sees how answering works before it gets competitive.
Questions and answers
1How many sides does a triangle have?Easy
- ATwo
- BThree
- CFour
- DFive
Reveal answer
B. Three
A triangle is a shape with three straight sides and three corners. Its name comes from the Latin for three angles.
2How many colours are in a rainbow, by the usual count?Easy
- AFive
- BSix
- CSeven
- DTen
Reveal answer
C. Seven
The usual list is red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Isaac Newton chose seven, although the colours really blend into each other.
3In Peter Pan, what is the name of the fairy?Easy
- ATinker Bell
- BWendy
- CTiger Lily
- DNana
Reveal answer
A. Tinker Bell
Tinker Bell arrives with Peter in the Darling nursery at the start of J. M. Barrie's 1904 play. Wendy is a child and Nana is the family's dog.
4How many legs does an insect have?Easy
- AFour
- BSix
- CEight
- DTen
Reveal answer
B. Six
Adult insects have three pairs of legs on the middle part of the body, the thorax. That is why scientists also call the group Hexapoda, six feet.
5Which of these animals is a mammal?Medium
- AShark
- BCrocodile
- CPenguin
- DDolphin
Reveal answer
D. Dolphin
Dolphins breathe air, are warm-blooded and feed their young milk, so they are mammals even though they live in the sea. Sharks are fish, crocodiles reptiles and penguins birds.
6What do bees make from the nectar they collect from flowers?Easy
- AHoney
- BButter
- CJam
- DSyrup
Reveal answer
A. Honey
Honeybees collect nectar with their tongues, pass it between hive mates and fan it with their wings until it thickens into honey stored in the comb.
7Which gas do plants take in from the air to make their food?Medium
- AOxygen
- BCarbon dioxide
- CNitrogen
- DHelium
Reveal answer
B. Carbon dioxide
In photosynthesis, plants use sunlight to turn carbon dioxide and water into sugar. Oxygen is what they give off, the opposite of what we breathe.
8In the fairy tale, what does Cinderella leave behind when she runs from the ball?Easy
- AA golden ring
- BA pumpkin
- CA glass slipper
- DA silk glove
Reveal answer
C. A glass slipper
In Charles Perrault's 1697 version she loses one of her glass slippers on the palace steps at midnight, and the prince uses it to find her.
9True or false: spiders are insects.Medium
- ATrue
- BFalse
Reveal answer
B. False
Spiders are arachnids. They have eight legs and a body in two parts, while insects have six legs, three body parts and antennae.
10What is a baby frog called?Easy
- AA tadpole
- BA puppy
- CA chick
- DA cub
Reveal answer
A. A tadpole
A tadpole hatches from the egg and lives in water with a tail and gills. It grows legs, loses the tail and becomes a frog.
11Which continent is the largest by land area?Medium
- AAfrica
- BEurope
- CAsia
- DNorth America
Reveal answer
C. Asia
Asia covers about 30 percent of the world's land and has more people than any other continent. Africa is the second largest.
12Which is the longest river in Africa?Hard
- AThe Congo
- BThe Nile
- CThe Niger
- DThe Zambezi
Reveal answer
B. The Nile
The Nile flows north for about 6,650 kilometres to the Mediterranean Sea. It is usually counted as the longest river in the world as well.
13In the Harry Potter books, what is the name of Harry's owl?Medium
- AErrol
- BCrookshanks
- CFawkes
- DHedwig
Reveal answer
D. Hedwig
Hedwig is a snowy owl, a gift from Hagrid for Harry's eleventh birthday. Errol is the Weasleys' owl, Crookshanks is Hermione's cat and Fawkes is a phoenix.
14True or false: the Sun is a star.Easy
- ATrue
- BFalse
Reveal answer
A. True
The Sun is the star at the centre of our Solar System. It looks so much bigger and brighter than the others because it is so much closer to us.
15What is the name of the lion cub in The Lion King?Medium
- ASimba
- BMufasa
- CScar
- DTimon
Reveal answer
A. Simba
Simba is the cub who grows up to take his place as king. Mufasa is his father, Scar his uncle and Timon the meerkat who befriends him.
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Questions about this template
What age are these kids trivia questions for?
They are written for children aged about 7 to 12. Younger children can play in a team with an older sibling or an adult, and the last few questions give teenagers and parents something to think about.
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Yes. Press Go live, show the join code on the board, and children answer on tablets or phones. The leaderboard appears after each question. The free plan covers 100 players in a session.
Do the children need to install anything?
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Sources
Every answer shown here was checked against two sources, listed below. Links last checked 22 October 2026.
- Triangle - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Triangle -- from Wolfram MathWorldmathworld.wolfram.com
- Rainbow - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- Tinker Bell - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- Insect - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- Dolphin - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Dolphins & Porpoises | NOAA Fisheriesfisheries.noaa.gov
- Honey - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- What is honey and why do bees make it? | Natural History Museumnhm.ac.uk
- Photosynthesis - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Photosynthesisgrc.nasa.gov
- Cinderella - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, by Charles Perrault, et algutenberg.org
- Spider - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- Tadpole - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Interactive: Frog life cycle, from egg to adult - The Australian Museumaustralian.museum
- Asia - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Asia: Physical Geographyeducation.nationalgeographic.org
- Nile - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- List of Harry Potter characters - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Hedwig | Official Harry Potter Encyclopediaharrypotter.com
- Sun - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Sun - NASA Sciencescience.nasa.gov
- The Lion King - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- The Lion King | Disney Moviesmovies.disney.com
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