40 Fun Facts About Trivia for 3 Year Olds

Which British cartoon character loves jumping in muddy puddles with her little brother George?

Peppa Pig first appeared on British television in 2004, and her short adventures have since been broadcast in over 180 countries.

Which sound does a pet cat make when it wants food or attention from people?

Meow is a sound that grown-up cats rarely make to each other: they save it for people, much as kittens call out to their mothers.

Which sweet red fruit, often served with cream, wears its tiny seeds on the outside?

A strawberry is not a true berry to a botanist, and each little seed on its skin is really a tiny fruit with a seed inside.

Which furry red Sesame Street monster has a high voice and calls himself by his own name?

Elmo says he is three and a half years old, and he celebrates his birthday on February 3.

Which popular pet barks, wags its tail when happy and has babies called puppies?

A dog explores the world nose first: it has roughly forty times more smell receptors than a person does.

Which song about a family of sea creatures was the first YouTube video to reach ten billion views?

Baby Shark was a summer-camp sing-along for decades before the South Korean company Pinkfong released its hit video in 2016.

Which bright color are lemons, sunflowers and nearly every school bus in the United States?

Yellow was chosen for American school buses in 1939 because black lettering on it stays easy to read even in dim light.

Which hard white parts inside your mouth bite and chew food and need brushing twice a day?

Teeth come in two sets: children grow twenty baby ones first, and these fall out to make room for the grown-up set.

Which Australian cartoon puppy plays make-believe games with her little sister Bingo and dad Bandit?

Bluey lives in a world modelled on the real city of Brisbane, in the Australian state of Queensland where the cartoon is made.

Which nursery song about a light in the night sky shares its tune with the alphabet song?

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star takes its words from an 1806 poem by Jane Taylor and its tune from a French melody that Mozart also used.

Which farm animal says baa and has its thick fleece sheared off to make wool?

A sheep can remember the faces of fifty other sheep for more than two years, and it knows human faces too.

Which large animal neighs, gallops on four hooves and carries a rider in a saddle?

A horse can sleep standing up as well as lying down, a handy trick for an animal that may need to run from danger.

Which noisy farm bird crows cock-a-doodle-doo and wears a big red comb on its head?

A rooster crows to tell other males that this patch is taken, and also to sound the alarm when something startles him.

Which clever jungle animal swings through the trees and sometimes hangs from a branch by its tail?

A monkey usually has a tail, which is the quickest way to tell it from an ape such as a gorilla, because apes have none.

Which hopping animal has long ears and a fluffy tail and digs burrows known as warrens?

A baby rabbit is called a kit or a kitten, the same word people use for a baby cat.

Which big wild cat from Asia has orange fur marked with bold black stripes?

A tiger wears its stripes like a fingerprint: every animal has a pattern of its own, and no two are alike.

In Aesop's famous fable about a race, which slow and steady animal beats a speedy hare?

The tortoise plods on to win because the hare, sure of victory, lies down for a nap halfway through the race.

Which small, round beetle with a red back and black spots do gardeners love for eating aphids?

A ladybug wears bright red with black spots as a warning: the colors tell hungry birds that it tastes bad.

What do we call a fluffy baby bird that has just hatched from a hen's egg?

A chick does not need to eat for about two days after hatching, because it is still living off yolk it carries from the egg.

Which cozy home do most birds build from twigs and grass to keep their eggs safe?

A nest can be tiny: some hummingbirds build a cup that measures less than an inch across.

Which two body parts do you see with, blink all day long and close when you sleep?

Eyes blink around 17 times a minute in grown-ups, but a baby blinks only once or twice in that time.

Which color do you make by mixing red and white paint, the same shade as a flamingo?

Pink is not a flamingo's first color: the young hatch greyish and turn rosy from pigments in the tiny water creatures they eat.

Which shape stands for love and decorates cards and candy boxes on Valentine's Day?

The heart shape has stood for love in Europe since the late Middle Ages, and by the 1500s it was popular right across the continent.

How many fingers, counting the thumb, do most people have on each hand?

Five on each hand makes ten in all, and counting on them is thought to be why people count in tens.

Which crunchy fruit is baked into pies and comes in kinds called Gala and Granny Smith?

An apple comes in more than 7,500 different kinds, grown around the world for eating, cooking and making juice.

Which white drink comes from dairy cows and is turned into cheese, butter and yogurt?

Milk is the first food of every baby mammal, whether it is a calf, a kitten, a whale or a person.

Which sweet, sticky, golden food do bees make from flower nectar and store in their hive?

Honey starts out as thin, watery nectar, and it thickens inside the hive as the water slowly dries out of it.

Which sweet baked treat is topped with candles for you to blow out on your birthday?

Cake topped with candles is a custom often traced to Germany in the 1700s, where a count's birthday cake in 1746 held a candle for every year of his age.

Which vehicle with flashing lights and a loud siren rushes sick or hurt people to a hospital?

An ambulance often has its name painted backwards on the front, so drivers ahead can read it the right way round in their mirrors.

Which farm vehicle has two giant back wheels and pulls plows and trailers across fields?

A tractor is named for its job: the word comes from the Latin for "to pull".

Which tall machine blasts off from a launch pad to carry astronauts and satellites into space?

A rocket carries everything it burns, so unlike a jet it needs no air and can keep flying where there is none.

Which wet weather falls from the sky in drops and leaves puddles on the ground?

Rain does not fall as teardrops: big drops are flattened underneath, more like the shape of a hamburger bun.

Which cold, white flakes fall from the sky in winter and can be built into forts?

Snow crystals often grow six arms, because of the six-sided pattern that water makes when it freezes into ice.

Which round toy do you kick, throw, bounce and catch in games such as soccer and tennis?

A ball has been a plaything for a very long time: some found in China were made about 3,000 years ago.

Which cuddly bedtime toy was named after Theodore Roosevelt, a president of the United States?

The teddy bear got its name after a 1902 newspaper cartoon showed Roosevelt refusing to shoot a bear on a hunting trip.

In the nursery rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock, which small animal climbs a clock until it strikes one?

The mouse is thought to come from Exeter Cathedral in England, where the old clock's door has a hole cut in it for the cathedral cat.

In Little Red Riding Hood, which relative does the girl walk through the woods to visit?

Her grandmother is saved by a passing hunter in the Brothers Grimm telling, which the brothers called Little Red Cap.

Which freshly baked cookie leaps out of the oven and runs away from everyone in a classic tale?

The Gingerbread Man first appeared in print in an American children's magazine in 1875, and a sly fox catches him in the end.

Which jolly man in a red suit brings presents on Christmas Eve in a sleigh pulled by reindeer?

Santa Claus takes his name from Sinterklaas, the Dutch name for Saint Nicholas, a bishop remembered for secret gift-giving.

Which letter comes first in the English alphabet, just ahead of B and C?

A may have started out thousands of years ago as a little drawing of an ox's head with two horns.