Family Quiz Questions for Kids: 80 Fun Q&As by Age

Family · 8 min read

A mother, father and their two young children cuddled together on the sofa at home, smiling and playing a quiz on a phone

A family quiz is one of the easiest ways to get everyone off their own screen and into the same game — grandparents, parents and little ones all in it together. The trick is questions that stretch across the ages: easy enough that a five-year-old lands a few, tricky enough that the older kids (and the grown-ups) still have to think.

So here are 80 free questions and answers, sorted into eight rounds that climb gently from very easy to properly tricky. Read them out at the dinner table, on a car journey or on a rainy afternoon — the answers stay hidden until you want them.

How to use this: tap Show answerunder any question to reveal it. If you’re the quizmaster, don’t peek — just read the question aloud and keep the answer to yourself.

🌟Round 1 — Easy Warm-Up (ages 5–7)

  1. 1.What colour do you get when you mix blue and yellow?

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    Green

  2. 2.How many legs does a spider have?

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    Eight

  3. 3.What do bees make?

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    Honey

  4. 4.What do we call the star at the centre of our solar system?

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    The Sun

  5. 5.How many days are there in a week?

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    Seven

  6. 6.What shape has three sides?

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    A triangle

  7. 7.What do you call a baby dog?

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    A puppy

  8. 8.Which season comes after winter?

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    Spring

  9. 9.What do you call frozen water?

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    Ice

  10. 10.How many colours are there in a rainbow?

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    Seven

🐾Round 2 — Animals

  1. 1.What is the tallest animal in the world?

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    The giraffe

  2. 2.Which animal is known as the “King of the Jungle”?

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    The lion

  3. 3.What is the fastest land animal?

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    The cheetah

  4. 4.Do penguins live in hot deserts or cold places?

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    Cold places

  5. 5.What do you call a baby kangaroo?

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    A joey

  6. 6.Which is the largest animal on Earth?

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    The blue whale

  7. 7.How many humps does a Bactrian camel have?

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    Two

  8. 8.What do caterpillars turn into?

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    Butterflies (or moths)

  9. 9.Which large bird cannot fly but can run very fast?

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    The ostrich

  10. 10.What do we call a group of wolves?

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    A pack

🎬Round 3 — Cartoons & Films

  1. 1.In “Frozen”, what is the name of Elsa’s sister?

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    Anna

  2. 2.What kind of animal is Peppa?

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    A pig

  3. 3.In “Finding Nemo”, what type of fish is Nemo?

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    A clownfish

  4. 4.What is the name of the cowboy in “Toy Story”?

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    Woody

  5. 5.What colour is SpongeBob SquarePants?

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    Yellow

  6. 6.What is the name of the snowman in “Frozen”?

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    Olaf

  7. 7.In “Shrek”, what kind of creature is Shrek?

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    An ogre

  8. 8.What food does Paddington the bear love most?

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    Marmalade

  9. 9.Which superhero is known for climbing walls and shooting webs?

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    Spider-Man

  10. 10.In “The Lion King”, what is the name of Simba’s father?

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    Mufasa

🔬Round 4 — Science & Nature

  1. 1.What gas do we breathe in to stay alive?

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    Oxygen

  2. 2.How many planets are there in our solar system?

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    Eight

  3. 3.Which planet is known as the “Red Planet”?

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    Mars

  4. 4.What is the name of the force that pulls things down to the ground?

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    Gravity

  5. 5.What do we call an animal that only eats plants?

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    A herbivore

  6. 6.Which part of a plant is usually underground?

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    The roots

  7. 7.What is a baby frog called?

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    A tadpole

  8. 8.What do plants need from the Sun to help them grow?

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    Light (sunlight)

  9. 9.How many legs does an insect have?

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    Six

  10. 10.What is the largest planet in our solar system?

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    Jupiter

🌍Round 5 — Geography & The World

  1. 1.What is the capital city of England?

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    London

  2. 2.Which is the largest ocean on Earth?

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    The Pacific Ocean

  3. 3.How many continents are there?

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    Seven

  4. 4.Which country is shaped like a boot?

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    Italy

  5. 5.What is the tallest mountain in the world?

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    Mount Everest

  6. 6.Which country is famous for the Eiffel Tower?

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    France

  7. 7.In which country would you find the Great Wall?

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    China

  8. 8.What do we call the frozen continent at the very bottom of the Earth?

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    Antarctica

  9. 9.Which country is home to kangaroos and koalas?

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    Australia

  10. 10.What is the capital city of Scotland?

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    Edinburgh

🍎Round 6 — Food & Drink

  1. 1.Which yellow, curved fruit do monkeys love?

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    A banana

  2. 2.Which vegetable can make you cry when you chop it?

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    An onion

  3. 3.What drink is made by squeezing oranges?

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    Orange juice

  4. 4.What do chickens lay?

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    Eggs

  5. 5.Which round Italian food has a base, cheese and toppings?

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    Pizza

  6. 6.What colour is a ripe tomato?

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    Red

  7. 7.What sweet treat is made from cocoa beans?

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    Chocolate

  8. 8.What frozen, creamy treat do we eat on a hot day?

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    Ice cream

  9. 9.Which white drink comes from a cow?

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    Milk

  10. 10.What is a baby sheep called?

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    A lamb

⚽Round 7 — Sport & Games

  1. 1.How many players from one team are on a football pitch?

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    Eleven

  2. 2.In which sport do you score a “try”?

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    Rugby

  3. 3.How many rings are on the Olympic flag?

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    Five

  4. 4.In football, which player is allowed to use their hands?

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    The goalkeeper

  5. 5.Which swimming stroke is named after an insect?

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    Butterfly

  6. 6.What sport is played at Wimbledon?

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    Tennis

  7. 7.In which sport might you do a “slam dunk”?

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    Basketball

  8. 8.How often are the Summer Olympic Games held?

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    Every four years

  9. 9.What do you need to ride when cycling?

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    A bicycle (bike)

  10. 10.In tennis, what word means a score of zero?

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    Love

🧠Round 8 — Trickier Ones (ages 10–12)

  1. 1.What is the chemical formula for water?

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    H₂O

  2. 2.How many sides does a hexagon have?

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    Six

  3. 3.Who wrote the “Harry Potter” books?

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    J.K. Rowling

  4. 4.What is 7 × 8?

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    56

  5. 5.What is the capital city of Japan?

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    Tokyo

  6. 6.Which is the smallest ocean on Earth?

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    The Arctic Ocean

  7. 7.What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

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    Diamond

  8. 8.How many minutes are there in a full day?

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    1,440

  9. 9.Which scientist is famous for the theory of gravity?

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    Isaac Newton

  10. 10.How many bones are there in the adult human body?

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    206

The tie-breaker

If two teams finish level, settle it with a “nearest wins” question — a number for an answer, closest guess takes the trophy, no arguing:

How many spots does a typical ladybird have?

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The common seven-spot ladybird has seven — but any “nearest wins” number works.

How to run a family quiz everyone can win

With a big age gap around the table, the goal isn’t to find the cleverest person — it’s to keep everyone in it. A few small tricks make that happen:

1. Mix up the teams

Don’t put all the grown-ups on one side and the kids on the other — that only ends one way. Pair a younger child with an older one or an adult, so every team has a shot at every round and the little ones feel part of the win.

2. Let the youngest answer first

On the easy rounds, give the five- and six-year-olds first go. Getting a couple right early keeps them hooked for the whole game — and there’s nothing cuter than a small child triumphantly shouting “banana!”

3. Keep the rounds short and the pace up

Kids’ attention drifts fast. Eight to ten questions a round, read each one clearly once or twice, then move on. More rounds means more little moments of “we got it!” — and that reaction is the whole point.

4. Add a silly round

Slip in a daft one — best animal impression, who can name the most ice-cream flavours in ten seconds, a “would you rather”. It levels the playing field completely and it’s usually the bit everyone remembers.

Turn it into a live game

Reading questions off a page is lovely. But if you want the scoreboard, the buzz of everyone answering on their own phone or tablet, and the marking done for you, that’s exactly what Yippito is for. Pop in a topic — or these very questions — and it builds a live quiz the whole family joins from a PIN, no app to install. Little ones pick a goofy avatar, scores update in real time, and nobody has to keep track on a scrap of paper.

However you play it, the recipe is the same: mix the ages, keep it moving, let the small ones shine — and always finish on the silly round.

Turn family night into a game show.

Everyone plays from their own device. Scores keep themselves.

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