It is that time of year when school is DONE and kids are itching to spend a couple of months having fun. As a parent to kids who are interested in everything and want to know more about the world, I know how exhausting it is to keep their minds occupied. Well, I am here to provide a little bit of help. I’ve put together 50 trivia questions that work perfectly for kids and adults! The questions are split into three rounds – Easy (great for younger players), Medium (the whole family should get a crack at these), and Tricky (even the adults might struggle). Want to download these as handouts? Click this link for the Question Handout and this link for the Answer Handout.

Easy Questions 1–20

#1 What color is a school bus? Answer: Yellow #2 How many legs does a spider have? Answer: Eight #3 What do bees make? Answer: Honey #4 What is the name of the toy cowboy in Toy Story? Answer: Woody #5 What planet do we live on? Answer: Earth #6 How many days are in a week? Answer: Seven #7 What animal says “moo”? Answer: A cow #8 What is the largest animal in the world? Answer: The blue whale #9 What shape has three sides? Answer: A triangle #10 Who lives at the North Pole? Answer: Santa Claus #11 What fruit is yellow and curved? Answer: A banana #12 What do you use to write on a blackboard? Answer: Chalk #13 How many fingers does a human have? Answer: Ten #14 What is the color of the sky on a clear day? Answer: Blue #15 What animal is known for its black and white stripes? Answer: A zebra #16 What sound does a duck make? Answer: Quack #17 What do caterpillars turn into? Answer: Butterflies (or moths) #18 Which is tallest — a house, a skyscraper, or a tree? Answer: A skyscraper #19 What meal do most people eat in the morning? Answer: Breakfast #20 What is Mickey Mouse’s pet dog called? Answer: Pluto

Medium Questions 21–35

#21 What is the capital of France? Answer: Paris #22 How many players are on a soccer team? Answer: Eleven #23 What is the fastest land animal? Answer: The cheetah #24 Who wrote the Harry Potter series? Answer: J.K. Rowling #25 What gas do plants absorb from the air? Answer: Carbon dioxide (CO₂) #26 What is the largest planet in our solar system? Answer: Jupiter #27 In which country were the first Olympic Games held? Answer: Greece #28 What is the chemical symbol for water? Answer: H₂O #29 What do you call a baby kangaroo? Answer: A joey #30 How many strings does a standard guitar have? Answer: Six #31 Which ocean is the largest? Answer: The Pacific Ocean #32 What is the hardest natural substance on Earth? Answer: Diamond #33 Who painted the Mona Lisa? Answer: Leonardo da Vinci #34 What year did the Titanic sink? Answer: 1912 #35 What is the name of the ship in Moby Dick? Answer: The Pequod

Tricky Questions 36–50

#36 How many bones are in the adult human body? Answer: 206 #37 What is the smallest country in the world? Answer: Vatican City #38 Which element has the symbol “Au”? Answer: Gold #39 What is the only mammal capable of true flight? Answer: The bat #40 What year did the Berlin Wall fall? Answer: 1989 #41 Which country has the most natural lakes? Answer: Canada #42 What is the largest desert in the world? Answer: The Antarctic Desert #43 How many moons does Mars have? Answer: Two (Phobos and Deimos) #44 Who invented the World Wide Web? Answer: Tim Berners-Lee #45 What is the only country that borders both Spain and France? Answer: Andorra #46 Which language is most widely spoken in the world? Answer: Mandarin Chinese #47 What year did the first iPhone launch? Answer: 2007 #48 In Greek mythology, who was the god of the sea? Answer: Poseidon #49 What is the approximate speed of light? Answer: 299,792 km/s #50 Which planet is known as the Red Planet? Answer: Mars