Quiz questions for kids: 100+ questions by age (with answers!)
Looking for quiz questions to entertain kids? From animals to fairy tales, we’ve rounded up 100+ fun and age-appropriate questions for children aged 3–11 – answers included.
Looking for perfect family quiz night ideas? Whether you're entertaining a curious 5 year old or challenging a savvy 10 year old, we’ve got you covered with easy quiz questions for kids, organised by age and theme.
From silly animal facts to space, history and everything in between, this list of kids quiz questions and answers will help everyone get involved and have fun — no matter their age or ability.
So grab your pens, call the family together and get ready for a round of laughs, learning, and a little bit of competition with these age-appropriate questions for kids!
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Quiz questions for 3–5 year olds
These simple and fun questions are perfect for pre-schoolers and early learners. Each round includes 10 questions, grouped by theme.
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- Animal questions
- Colours and shapes questions
- Food and everyday objects questions
- Fairy tales and characters questions
Animal quiz questions
1. What sound does a cow make?
A: Moo
2. Which animal has a long trunk?
A: Elephant
3. What animal says "meow"?
A: Cat
4. Which animal is known for hopping?
A: Kangaroo
5. What pet purrs when it's happy?
A: Cat
6. What colour is a duck's beak?
A: Orange
7. What animal is black and white and eats bamboo?
A: Panda
8. Which bird can talk?
A: Parrot
9. What is a baby dog called?
A: Puppy
10. Which sea creature has eight legs?
A: Octopus
Colours and shapes quiz questions
11. What colour is the sky on a sunny day?
A: Blue
12. What colour are bananas?
A: Yellow
13. What shape has three sides?
A: Triangle
14. What colour is grass?
A: Green
15. What shape is a football?
A: Circle
16. What shape has four equal sides?
A: Square
17. What colour is a stop sign?
A: Red
18. What colour do you get when you mix red and yellow?
A: Orange
19. What shape is a penny?
A: Round
20. What is the colour of snow?
A: White
Food and everyday objects quiz questions
21. What food do bees make?
A: Honey
22. What do you use to brush your teeth?
A: Toothbrush
23. What do you wear on your feet?
A: Shoes
24. What do you add to cereal?
A: Milk
25. What do you use to eat soup?
A: Spoon
26. What food is round and comes with cheese and tomato?
A: Pizza
27. What fruit is red and has seeds on the outside?
A: Strawberry
28. What do you put on toast?
A: Butter or Jam
29. What comes out of a kettle?
A: Steam
30. What do you use to cut paper?
A: Scissors
Fairy tales and characters quiz questions
31. Who had very long hair and was locked in a tower?
A: Rapunzel
32. What is the name of the wooden puppet who wanted to be a real boy?
A: Pinocchio
33. What does Cinderella ride to the ball?
A: A pumpkin carriage
34. Who is the girl who visits a house of three bears?
A: Goldilocks
35. What did the Big Bad Wolf say he would do to the little pigs’ houses?
A: "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down!"
36. In Jack and the Beanstalk, what does Jack trade for magic beans?
A: A cow
37. What kind of shoes did the Wicked Witch of the East wear in The Wizard of Oz?
A: Ruby slippers
38. What does Pinocchio’s nose do when he tells a lie?
A: It grows longer
39. Who lives in a house made of gingerbread?
A: The witch from Hansel and Gretel
40. In Beauty and the Beast, what does Belle love to do?
A: Read books
Quiz questions for 5–7 year olds
These fun and easy quiz questions for kids aged 5 to 7 include a mix of everyday knowledge, early school facts and storytime favourites — perfect for a Year 1 or Year 2 quiz.
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Animal quiz questions
41. Which animal is the tallest in the world?
A: Giraffe
42. What do pandas mostly eat?
A: Bamboo
43. What animal lives in a shell and moves slowly?
A: Snail
44. Which sea animal has five arms?
A: Starfish
45. What do you call a baby cat?
A: Kitten
46. What do frogs start life as?
A: Tadpoles
47. Which bird delivers babies in fairy tales?
A: Stork
48. What do you call a group of lions?
A: A pride
49. What do camels store in their humps?
A: Fat
50. Which animal is famous for its black and white stripes?
A: Zebra
School and learning quiz questions
51. What letter comes after H?
A: I
52. What number comes after 19?
A: 20
53. What do you call the person who teaches you?
A: A teacher
54. How many legs does a spider have?
A: Eight
55. What do you use to write on a whiteboard?
A: A marker
56. What’s the opposite of “up”?
A: Down
57. What’s 10 minus 3?
A: 7
58. What is the colour of the school crossing sign in the UK?
A: Red and white
59. Which day comes after Thursday?
A: Friday
60. What is the first month of the year?
A: January
Weather and nature quiz questions
61. What do you use when it rains?
A: Umbrella
62. What is frozen water called?
A: Ice
63. What colour are leaves in spring?
A: Green
64. What does the sun give us?
A: Light and warmth
65. What do we wear when it’s cold?
A: A coat
66. What do you see in the sky if it's sunny after it rains?
A: A rainbow
67. What season comes after autumn?
A: Winter
68. What do flowers grow from?
A: Seeds
69. What do you call water that falls from the sky?
A: Rain
70. What do trees lose in the autumn?
A: Their leaves
Fairy tale quiz questions
71. Who wore a red cloak and visited her granny?
A: Little Red Riding Hood
72. Who left a glass slipper behind at a ball?
A: Cinderella
73. What did Jack climb in the story “Jack and the Beanstalk”?
A: A beanstalk
74. What kind of creature is Shrek?
A: An ogre
75. Who spun straw into gold?
A: Rumpelstiltskin
76. What animal tricked the gingerbread man?
A: A fox
77. What did the three bears eat in their house?
A: Porridge
78. What did the ugly duckling turn into?
A: A swan
79. Who had a glass slipper?
A: Cinderella
80. What did Hansel and Gretel drop to find their way home?
A: Breadcrumbs
Quiz questions for 9–11 year olds
These slightly trickier quiz questions for 9–11 year olds are perfect for upper primary school children and cover everything from science to books, space and history.
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- General knowledge questions
- Science questions
- Space questions
- Books and authors questions
- History and geography questions
General knowledge quiz questions
81. What is the capital city of Italy?
A: Rome
82. What is the tallest mountain in the world?
A: Mount Everest
83. Which ocean is the largest?
A: Pacific Ocean
84. How many sides does a hexagon have?
A: Six
85. What is the main ingredient in guacamole?
A: Avocado
86. What’s the currency of the UK?
A: Pound sterling
87. Which two colours make purple?
A: Red and blue
88. What instrument has 88 keys?
A: A piano
89. How many bones are in the adult human body?
A: 206
90. What is the name of the hero in the game Minecraft?
A: Steve
Science quiz questions
91. What gas do humans breathe in from the air?
A: Oxygen
92. What planet is known as the Red Planet?
A: Mars
93. What part of your body pumps blood?
A: The heart
94. What do bees collect from flowers?
A: Nectar
95. What is H2O more commonly known as?
A: Water
96. What natural force keeps us on the ground?
A: Gravity
97. What are animals with a backbone called?
A: Vertebrates
98. Which organ helps you breathe?
A: Lungs
99. What is the freezing point of water?
A: 0°C
100. What’s the name for animals that only eat plants?
A: Herbivores
Space quiz questions
101. What is the name of Earth’s galaxy?
A: The Milky Way
102. What is the closest planet to the Sun?
A: Mercury
103. How many planets are in our solar system?
A: Eight
104. What planet has rings around it?
A: Saturn
105. What’s the name of the first person to walk on the Moon?
A: Neil Armstrong
106. Which planet is famous for its big red spot?
A: Jupiter
107. What time of day is it when the Moon is out?
A: Night
108. What do astronauts wear in space?
A: A spacesuit
109. What is the Sun – a star, a planet or a moon?
A: A star
110. What do we use to look at stars in the sky?
A: A telescope
Books and authors quiz questions
111. Who wrote the Harry Potter series?
A: J.K. Rowling
112. What’s the name of the boy who never grows up?
A: Peter Pan
113. In Roald Dahl’s story, who visits a chocolate factory?
A: Charlie Bucket
114. Who is the bear who loves honey?
A: Winnie the Pooh
115. What colour is the cat in The Cat in the Hat?
A: Black and white
116. Who wrote Matilda?
A: Roald Dahl
117. What’s the name of the girl who falls down a rabbit hole?
A: Alice
118. Who is the Greek hero with a lightning bolt in a book series?
A: Percy Jackson
119. What’s the name of the diary-writing schoolboy created by Jeff Kinney?
A: Greg Heffley
120. In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, what magical land do the children enter?
A: Narnia
History and geography quiz questions
121. Who was the first President of the United States?
A: George Washington
122. What year did the Titanic sink?
A: 1912
123. What ancient wonder is found in Egypt?
A: The Pyramids
124. What’s the name of the wall built by Romans in the UK?
A: Hadrian’s Wall
125. Which country is home to the Great Wall?
A: China
126. What’s the capital of Australia?
A: Canberra
127. In which country would you find the Eiffel Tower?
A: France
128. What’s the name of the largest desert in the world?
A: The Sahara
129. Which continent is the UK part of?
A: Europe
130. What do we call people who lived thousands of years ago and made tools from stone?
A: Cavemen or Stone Age people
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