Trivia questions are terrific for icebreakers, morning meetings, bell ringers, and any time you need to pep up your class. We’ve got questions for every age and ability, from very easy trivia questions for young learners to tricky questions that may even stump the experts! Take a look at our full collection, plus get ideas for using them with your students.
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Easy Trivia Questions for Kids in Grades Pre-K to 2
These trivia questions are simple enough that you can use them with even the youngest learners. They’ll love finding out just how much they know!
How many legs does a spider have?
What is something you hit with a hammer?
If you freeze water, what do you get?
What is the color of an emerald?
What color are the stars on the American flag?
What do caterpillars turn into?
How many sides does a triangle have?
How many teeth does an adult human have?
32.
Where does the president of the United States live while in office?
Which state is famous for Hollywood?
What is a brontosaurus?
How many colors are there in a rainbow?
Who does Alice follow into a hole in Wonderland?
How many sides does an octagon have?
What color is a ruby?
Which month has 28 days?
All 12 months have at least 28 days.
Raisins come from which fruit?
How many days are there in a year?
What is another name for the 4th of July holiday?
What do you call a baby goat?
How many arms does an octopus have?
How many arms does a starfish have?
Most starfish have five (but some species can have as many as 50!).
Where do polar bears live?
What do bees make?
What’s a lucky object that you can find in the grass?
What do you call a house made of snow?
What is the shape of a stop sign?
How many days are in a week?
What color are the leaves in autumn?
Red, orange, yellow, and brown.
What kind of animal is a penguin?
What do we call a baby cow?
Fun Trivia Questions for Kids in Upper Elementary
Older elementary kids are ready for a bit more of a challenge, but these questions still give them plenty of opportunity to show off their knowledge.
How many planets are in our solar system?
Which ocean is off the California coast?
How many zeros are there in a million?
Six (1,000,000).
How many pairs of wings do bees have?
Two.
Where is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
What is a doe?
What is a group of lions called?
Which is the fastest land animal?
In which capital city of Europe would you find the Eiffel Tower?
Which planet in our solar system is known for having rings?
Saturn. (Jupiter, Neptune, and Uranus also have rings, but these are faint and much harder to see.)
Why do things fall when you drop them?
What are animals that eat both meat and plants called?
In what country did the Olympic Games originate?
What bird is the symbol of the United States?
What does the white dove symbolize?
Who was the first president of the United States?
What is the world’s largest land animal?
The elephant.
Which bird has the largest wingspan?
The albatross.
In which country is the Great Barrier Reef?
What is the aurora borealis commonly known as?
The northern lights.
What is the largest mammal in the world?
The blue whale.
Who was the first man to step on the moon?
Which scientist invented the light bulb?
Thomas Edison (but it’s more complicated than that!).
What building is on the back of the $20 bill?
The White House.
What color is a giraffe’s tongue?
Which planet is closest to the sun?
How many continents are there?
What is the largest desert in the world?
What is the smallest prime number?
Two.
What is the freezing point of water in Fahrenheit?
What does a barometer measure?
How many legs does a crab have?
Ten.
What’s the highest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest, but Mauna Kea is the tallest when measured from under the ocean’s surface.
What class of animal is a dolphin?
How many hours are there in two days?
48 hours (2 x 24).
What is the capital city of Japan?
General Trivia Questions for Kids in Middle School
Encourage middle school kids to dig deep and find the answers for these trivia questions. They cover a wide range of topics, so there should be something here for every kind of student.
Who wrote Hamlet?
Where is the Taj Mahal?
What is the world’s largest ocean?
Which was the first country to use paper money?
Who wrote a famous diary while hiding from Nazis in Amsterdam?
In which year did the Titanic sink?
1912.
What are the Wright brothers famous for?
Who discovered gravity?
What holiday celebrates the end of slavery in the United States?
What is the most widely spoken language in Brazil?
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
What is the first letter of the Greek alphabet?
How many milligrams make a gram?
What color is chlorophyll?
In which city is the Notre Dame cathedral?
What color is the middle stripe of the French flag?
What is the national sport of Japan?
In which galaxy do we live?
Which metal is heavier, silver or gold?
Gold.
How many chambers are there in the human heart?
Four.
What is the tallest building in the United States?
What is the longest bone in the human body?
The femur, aka the thigh bone.
True or false: There is gravity on the moon.
True, but it’s one-sixth the gravity we experience on Earth.
What is the largest city in the world by population?
Which classical composer was deaf?
What is the capital of Canada?
Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
Mars.
What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Au.
How many strings does a standard guitar have?
Six.
What is the powerhouse of a cell?
What’s the main gas in the air we breathe?
What’s the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Diamond, but that is changing.
Hard Trivia Questions for Teens in High School
Teens are ready to take on the trickiest trivia! See if your students can rock this set of difficult (but not too difficult) trivia questions.
How many elements are in the periodic table?
118.
What is the hardest substance in the human body?
Name the smallest country in the world.
What is the chemical symbol for table salt?
NaCl.
Where can you find the Petronas Towers?
What was the first planet to be discovered using the telescope?
Which athlete has appeared on Wheaties cereal boxes more than any other?
Which planet has the most gravity?
Who named the Pacific Ocean?
Which volcano destroyed the city of Pompeii in AD 79?
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (in 1903)?
What is the largest internal organ in the human body?
What is the rarest M&M color?
What is the fastest-flying bird in the world?
The peregrine falcon.
In what year did World War II start?
1939.
What is the national sport of the United Kingdom?
Which Dutch painter cut off a part of his ear?
Which is the rarest blood type in humans?
Name the top three causes of death in the United States.
Heart disease, cancer, and preventable injury (accidents).
What is another word for a lexicon?
What is the speed of light?
300,000 km per second / 186,000 miles per second.
Which country has won the most FIFA World Cups?
Which is the tallest building in the world?
How long did it take to build the Great Wall of China?
In which hand is the Statue of Liberty’s torch?
Who wrote The Odyssey?
What is the Pythagorean theorem used for?
Calculating the sides of a right triangle in geometry.
What is the second-largest country in the world by land area?
What gas do plants absorb from the air?
What is the capital city of South Korea?
Fun and Funny Trivia Questions for Kids of All Ages
These trivia questions rely more on luck than knowledge, since these weird but true facts are sure to stump all but the brainiest of folks!
What is Scotland’s national animal?
Where will you find a beach famous for its swimming pigs?
How many hearts does an octopus have?
How many state names have just one syllable?
Maine is the only state name with just one syllable.
What is the word for a group of flamingos?
What animal’s tongue can weigh as much as a baby elephant?
True or false: A chicken once lived for a year without its head.
What animal has black skin and transparent fur?
Where in the world will you find spaghetti and fried chicken on the menu at McDonald’s?
Which former president once kept a pet alligator in the White House?
What plant can grow nearly 3 feet in one day?
Which of the planets in our solar system spin clockwise?
Who has won the most Academy Awards?
What is the only part of the human body that can’t heal itself?
Do identical twins have identical fingerprints?
What famous artist designed the Chupa Chups logo?
What is the formal name for the hashtag sign (#)?
What was the last letter added to the English alphabet, in 1524?
How many different ways are there to make a U.S. dollar using coins?
Where will you find a nurdle?
On a toothbrush—it’s the name for the wave-shaped blob of toothpaste shown in advertisements.
What is the longest time between two twins being born?
How To Use These Trivia Questions With Your Students
There are lots of fun ways to use trivia questions in the classroom. Try these creative ideas from science teacher Sarah Donovan.
1. Make trivia question fortune tellers
These folded creations have been popular with students for ages, so they’ll love getting to make them in class. Start by labeling the four outer flaps with a category like History or Science. “On each inner flap, students can write a trivia question from the Google Slides,” Sarah says. “Inside, they’ll include the answer. They can take turns asking each other their trivia questions!” Learn how to fold these paper fortune tellers here.
2. Hold a trivia relay race
“Select 10 to 20 trivia questions from the list and print them onto a single worksheet,” Sarah instructs. “Cut the worksheet up into strips so that each student will receive a section with 2 to 5 questions.” Divide students into teams, and give each student on the team part of the worksheet.
Starting with the first strip of questions, teams write down their answers, then send the first player up to the teacher to check their answers. If they’re right, the team can move on to the next player and their set of questions. If not, they’ll need to keep on trying. The first group to get all their answers correct wins the race.
3. Play trivia bingo
Kids are never too old to enjoy a game of bingo! Follow Sarah’s instructions: “On a blank bingo card, fill in each box with a trivia question from the list. Students move around the room and find a classmate that knows the answer to each question. They write the name of the classmate under the fact, along with the answer. The first person to fill in five boxes in a row wins!”
4. Create DIY trivia board games
This activity really gives students a chance to be creative. “They can develop the rules, design the board, and turn the trivia questions into tasks that players must answer in order to advance and win the game,” Sarah explains. If kids are feeling a little hesitant, let them take inspiration from your own collection of classroom board games.
5. Set up a trivia question trail
“This activity is similar to a scavenger hunt,” Sarah notes. “Select a set of 15 to 20 trivia facts from the Google Slides and type them up as multiple-choice questions to be posted around the classroom.”
Let students play individually or in groups: “Students can start at any question station. After answering each question, students will be directed to the next station. If students answer all questions correctly, they will visit each station without repeating! If not, they will have to backtrack and find the correct order for the question trail.”
Here’s an example:
How many colors are there in a rainbow?
a. Seven (Move to question #4)
b. Six (Move to question #3)
c. Eight (Move to question #10)
d. Ten (Move to question #12)
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