50 Fun Facts About Trivia for 7 Year Olds

Which bird, the largest in the world, cannot fly but lays the biggest eggs of any land animal?

An ostrich egg weighs more than 20 chicken eggs put together. The ostrich is also the fastest animal on two legs, sprinting at about 43 miles per hour.

Which furry animal is the only mammal that can truly fly and rests hanging upside down?

Many kinds of bat catch insects in the dark by squeaking and listening for the echoes. Flying squirrels only glide, so they do not count as true fliers.

Which planet is nicknamed the Red Planet because rusty iron dust covers much of its surface?

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and has two tiny moons named Phobos and Deimos. Its red dust is iron oxide, the same stuff as rust on an old bike.

Which long-legged bird turns pink from the food it eats and often stands on just one leg?

A flamingo chick hatches with grayish feathers and only turns pink as it grows up. The color comes from the tiny shrimp and algae in its meals.

Which fairy-tale girl loses a glass slipper while running from a royal ball at midnight?

Cinderella has to leave by midnight because that is when her fairy godmother's spell is broken. The prince then uses the lost slipper to find her.

Which organ in your chest is about the size of your fist and pumps blood around your body?

The heart is a muscle that never rests, beating about 72 times a minute when a grown-up sits still. It is tucked between the two lungs.

Which colorful arc appears in the sky when sunlight passes through tiny drops of water?

A rainbow always shows up in the part of the sky opposite the Sun, so the Sun must be behind you to see one. Red sits on the outside of the main arc and violet on the inside.

Which bear from China's mountain forests eats almost nothing but bamboo shoots and leaves?

The giant panda has a thumb-like wrist bone that helps it hold bamboo stalks while it eats. Its black-and-white coat looks like no other bear's.

Which sweet, sticky food do bees make from flower nectar and store inside their hives?

Honey does not spoil when it is stored properly, because most germs cannot grow in something so sugary.

Which video game hero, a mustached plumber in a red cap, has a taller twin brother named Luigi?

Mario was a carpenter, not a plumber, when he first appeared in the arcade game Donkey Kong. He later became the mascot of Nintendo.

Which animal, the largest living on land, uses its huge ears to help keep its body cool?

An elephant's trunk is its nose and upper lip joined together. It works like a hand and a hose, grabbing food and bringing water to the mouth.

Which African relative of the horse has a coat pattern unique to each animal, like a fingerprint?

A zebra's stripes may be there to keep biting flies away, which is what most of the evidence supports. No two zebras wear exactly the same stripes.

Which sea animal usually has five arms and can grow a new one if an arm is lost?

A starfish creeps along the seabed on rows of tiny tube feet under its arms. Its mouth is in the middle of its underside.

Which word names a family group of lions, made up of related females, cubs and a few males?

A pride is built around mothers, daughters and sisters, who usually hunt together. A lion's roar can carry as far as five miles.

Which animal hatches from an egg as a tadpole with a tail and gills, then grows legs?

A frog tadpole breathes through gills like a fish, then grows lungs for life on land. Its tail slowly shrinks away as it becomes an adult.

Which word describes numbers like 2, 4, 6 and 8, which can be split into two equal groups?

Even numbers always end in 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8, so you can spot one of any size by its last digit. Zero counts as one too.

Which seabird cannot fly but uses its wings as flippers to swim fast underwater?

Almost every kind of penguin lives in the southern half of the world, and not only in icy places. Some live on warm coasts far from Antarctica.

Which slow-moving rainforest animal has green algae growing in its shaggy fur as camouflage?

A sloth spends most of its life hanging upside down from branches by its long, curved claws. On the ground it cannot walk and has to drag itself along.

Which ocean fish has a skeleton with no bones at all, only bendy cartilage?

A shark is held together by cartilage, the same bendy stuff found in your ears and nose. Rays and skates are built the same way.

Which burrowing marsupial is famous among scientists for leaving neat cube-shaped droppings?

The wombat piles up its square droppings to mark its territory, and the flat sides may stop them rolling away. Research into how they form won an Ig Nobel Prize in 2019.

Which plant-eating dinosaur had upright bony plates along its back and sharp spikes on its tail?

Stegosaurus means 'roofed lizard', because the scientist who named it first thought the plates lay flat on its back like roof tiles. The tail spikes were most likely for fighting off attackers.

Which word describes a kind of animal, like Tyrannosaurus rex, that has died out completely?

Extinct means the very last one of its kind has died. The big dinosaurs vanished about 66 million years ago, but birds are their living relatives.

In Eric Carle's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which insect does the caterpillar finally become?

A butterfly comes out only after the caterpillar munches through a week of food and gets a stomach ache. The pages have real holes where he 'ate' through.

What is the name of the imaginary line around the middle of Earth, halfway between the two poles?

The equator splits Earth into a northern half and a southern half. Days and nights along it stay almost the same length all year round.

Which hard body parts come in a first set of 20 that falls out during childhood?

Baby teeth make way for 32 grown-up teeth. Their shiny outer coating, called enamel, is the hardest substance in the whole body.

Which huge planet is famous for its bright rings, made mostly of chunks of ice?

Saturn is the second-largest planet, yet it is so light for its size that it is less dense than water. Its rings are so thin they seem to vanish when seen edge-on.

What is the job title of a person trained to fly in a spacecraft and work in space?

Astronaut comes from Greek words meaning 'star sailor'. Russian space travelers go by a different name: cosmonauts.

Which tool do stargazers point at the night sky to make faraway planets look bigger?

The word telescope was made up in 1611 to name one of Galileo's sky-watching instruments. Early ones used glass lenses, and many later ones use curved mirrors.

What is the name for the booming sound you hear a few moments after a flash of lightning?

Thunder reaches you after the flash because light travels much faster than sound. Lightning heats the air so suddenly that the air bursts outward with a bang.

What do we call a mountain with an opening where hot lava, ash and gases burst out?

A volcano is named after Vulcan, the Roman god of fire. Not all of them are pointy cones: that shape is just one of many types.

Which part of a plant grows down into the soil, holding it in place and soaking up water?

Roots can also be a plant's pantry, storing food for later. A carrot is one that the plant has packed with energy to use in its second year.

Which country's capital is Paris, the city where the Eiffel Tower stands?

France is home to the Eiffel Tower, which was the tallest structure in the world for 41 years. A skyscraper in New York City finally beat it in 1930.

Which country, home to koalas and the Sydney Opera House, shares its name with a whole continent?

Australia is the flattest and driest continent where people live. Its koalas are not bears at all, although many people call them koala bears.

Which famous building in Washington, D.C., is the home and office of the US president?

The White House has 132 rooms and 35 bathrooms, and every president since John Adams in 1800 has lived there. Its stone walls are painted to match its name.

Which continent, the largest on Earth, is home to more than half of all the world's people?

Asia holds roughly 60 percent of all the people on Earth, so about three in every five humans live there.

Which country is home to Mount Fuji, its highest mountain, and the Shinkansen bullet trains?

Japan is made up of more than 14,000 islands, and Mount Fuji stands on the biggest one, Honshu.

Which storybook bear lives in the Hundred Acre Wood with his friends Piglet, Eeyore and Tigger?

Winnie-the-Pooh was named after a teddy bear owned by the author's son, Christopher Robin. The boy's other toys became Piglet, Eeyore and Tigger.

Which Disney film follows Princess Anna on a journey with Kristoff and Olaf to find her sister Elsa?

Frozen was loosely inspired by 'The Snow Queen', a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Its song 'Let It Go' won an Academy Award.

Which space ranger toy in the Toy Story films is known for shouting 'To infinity and beyond'?

Buzz Lightyear was named after Buzz Aldrin, the second person to walk on the Moon. The toy was first planned as a one-man band called Tinny.

Which grumpy Dr. Seuss character sneaks into Whoville on Christmas Eve to steal all the presents?

The Grinch dresses up as Santa Claus and makes his dog, Max, pull the sleigh. He changes his mind when the Whos sing happily without any of their gifts.

In the tale of the Three Little Pigs, which material builds the one house the wolf cannot blow down?

Bricks beat all the wolf's huffing and puffing, so he tries climbing down the chimney instead. The third pig is ready with a pot of water heating on the fire.

Which big orange squash is carved into jack-o'-lanterns and baked into pies every fall?

A pumpkin is really a fruit, a type of berry known as a pepo. Its seeds are good to eat as well.

Which movie snack is made by heating dried kernels until steam makes them burst open?

Popcorn pops because a little water inside each kernel turns to steam and breaks the hard shell. A popped kernel swells to 20 to 50 times its first size.

Which shape has eight straight sides and is used for red stop signs on the road?

An octagon gets its name from Greek words for 'eight angles'. Many umbrellas have the same eight-sided outline when you look at them from above.

Which word describes two words that end with the same sound, like cat and hat?

Rhyme is very old: rhyming poems from China survive from about 3,000 years ago.

Which word means a group of twelve, the way eggs and doughnuts are often sold?

A dozen is twelve, but a 'baker's dozen' is thirteen, one more than the usual amount.

In which direction does the Sun come up each morning, because of the way Earth spins?

East gets its name from an ancient word tied to the dawn, because that is where the Sun first shows each morning. Earth's own spin toward that side makes the Sun seem to rise.

Which musical instrument usually has six strings that a player strums or plucks with one hand?

A guitar player changes the notes by pressing the strings against frets with the other hand. Electric ones, first patented in 1937, need an amplifier to be heard.

In which sport do two teams of 11 try to kick a ball into a goal without using their hands?

Soccer is the world's most popular sport, played in more than 200 countries. Only the two goalkeepers are allowed to handle the ball.

Which night-hunting bird can turn its head most of the way around to look behind itself?

An owl has to swivel its head, as far as 270 degrees, because its eyes are fixed in place and cannot roll around.