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49 free Cocomelon trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Cocomelon started in September 2006 as a YouTube account called 'checkgate', run as a hobby by a couple in Orange County who uploaded two versions of the ABC song for their own kids. Twelve years, one rebrand and one 3D toddler named JJ later it was the most-watched children's channel on Earth, overtaking PewDiePie and selling — via Moonbug — to Candle Media in a $3 billion deal. These 49 questions cover the channel and the empire around it: JJ, Cody, Cece, Nina, Bella, Nico, TomTom, YoYo and Miss Appleberry; the 'Yes Yes' Bedtime Song and the Bath Song; the checkgate and ABC Kid TV eras; Jay Jeon, Treasure Studio and Moonbug; Netflix's Cocomelon Lane, JJ's Animal Time, It's Cody Time and Nina's Familia; the toys, the Puma sneakers, the Riyadh theme park, the BabyBus lawsuit and the DreamWorks movie due in 2027. Easy questions cover the characters and the colours; the hard tier asks about analytics estimates, FTC fallout and the first 3D video. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss. Play it solo or print it for a parents'-night round.
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Q 01What is the name of JJ's playful pet dog in Cocomelon?
Bingo
Bingo: Cocomelon gave him its own version of the spelling song B-I-N-G-O, a 2018 video where the family plays with him as the letters drop out one by one.
Q 02Cocomelon describes JJ's single curl of blond hair as looking like which sweet treat?
An ice cream swirl
An ice cream swirl: the curl arrived in 2017, when the channel rebuilt its videos around one toddler and saw its monthly views nearly double within two months.
Q 03A studio rule bans what from every object drawn in Cocomelon's world?
Sharp edges
Sharp edges: every corner is rounded so that nothing on screen looks able to hurt, and each scene is drawn from the eye level of a small child.
Q 04What toy does Cocomelon's JJ use to start a game of pretend?
A ladybug light
A ladybug light: when JJ uses it, imaginary scenes appear around the children, letting them act out something new before they try it for real.
Q 05What is the name of the preschool the Cocomelon kids attend?
Melon Patch Academy
Melon Patch Academy: JJ's first day there came in a 2019 video, which gave a show about one family a whole class of friends.
Q 06Who is the teacher at the Cocomelon preschool?
Ms. Appleberry
Ms. Appleberry: when the franchise made a live-action spin-off in 2024, it cast a real US National Teacher of the Year, Juliana Urtubey, to play her.
Q 07Which Cocomelon character wears green and likes dinosaurs?
Cody
Cody: JJ's best friend got a storyline of his own when the two played detective around his house and worked out that a baby sister was on the way.
Q 08Which Cocomelon girl loves the colour yellow and playing soccer?
Nina
Nina: her mother is a firefighter and her father a pilot, and her creators say that adventurous streak is where she gets the courage to try big, bold things.
Q 09Which Cocomelon character wears purple and loves unicorns?
Bella
Bella: she seems shy at first but opens up through art, and is happiest when she is drawing and painting.
Q 10Which Cocomelon classmate is the loud, goofy class clown?
Nico
Nico: he lives with his dad Evan and his papa Max, and one episode turns on him struggling to choose an outfit for the family photo.
Q 11What are the names of JJ's older brother and sister in Cocomelon?
TomTom and YoYo
TomTom and YoYo: the builder and the creative one of the family, they are both glad to help their little brother learn and try new things.
Q 12Which Cocomelon character loves cats and wears pink?
Cece
Cece: a ballet lover, she breaks into a little spin whenever she gets excited.
Q 13Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Cocomelon released a song teaching children to do what?
Wash their hands
Wash their hands: its founder called it one of several themed videos made to stay relevant to families stuck at home, alongside songs about things to do indoors.
Q 21Cocomelon's monthly views nearly doubled in two months of 2017 after which change?
3-D animation
3-D animation: by the end of 2018 the rebuilt channel was drawing about two billion views a month.
Q 22Which famous Japanese character joins JJ for sing-alongs in a Cocomelon 'Playdates' series?
Hello Kitty
Hello Kitty: their crossover even gave Cocomelon a J-pop-style song, 'Peekaboo', to sit beside its usual nursery rhymes.
Q 23Which Cocomelon video was the most recommended in a 2018 Pew Research study of YouTube?
Bath Song
Bath Song: YouTube's algorithm suggested it more often than any pop video in the study, and it has since been watched more than seven billion times.
Q 14Moonbug, the company that bought Cocomelon in 2020, is headquartered in which city?
London
London: researchers there tested episodes on toddlers beside a second screen showing dull everyday scenes, noting each moment a child looked away.
Q 15What kind of animal is Jellybean, the pet of JJ's preschool class in Cocomelon?
A hamster
A hamster: she arrived in the 2020 Class Pet Song, and a follow-up video sent her home with JJ for a sleepover.
Q 16Created in 2006, Cocomelon's channel hit which subscriber mark only in 2016?
1 million
1 million: the channel began as a couple's hobby and took almost ten years to get there, then under five more to pass 100 million.
Q 17Before Cocomelon took off, what did its founder Jay Jeon direct for a living?
TV commercials
TV commercials: the advertising money from his home-made cartoons eventually let him quit that job and work on the channel full time.
Q 18What is the name of the bear who is JJ's 'cuddly bestie' in Cocomelon?
Boba
Boba: he and the other animal friends introduce themselves to the children one by one in My Name Song, a video with more than a billion views.
Q 19Cocomelon's founders first made cartoons to entertain whom?
Their sons
Their sons: the couple ran it as a hobby at first, and for years after it became one of YouTube's biggest channels their identities stayed a mystery.
Q 20What did Cocomelon's first two YouTube videos teach?
The alphabet
The alphabet: both were versions of the ABC song, and the channel went by ABC Kid TV until 2018, when its founder decided that name felt 'limiting'.
Q 24About how many people worked at the studio that made Cocomelon when it was sold in 2020?
About 20
About 20: that small team, posting roughly one new video a week, was running the most-watched YouTube channel in the United States.
Q 25Where is JJ's grandpa Ernest happiest working with his hands in Cocomelon?
On his farm
On his farm: he loves teaching his grandchildren about the land, and a 2021 walk-through attraction rebuilt the farm with planting and camping for visitors.
Q 26Which YouTuber released a diss track called 'Coco' as Cocomelon closed in on his subscriber count?
PewDiePie
PewDiePie: YouTube took the video down for breaking its harassment and child-safety rules, and Cocomelon overtook him two months later, in April 2021.
Q 27Cocomelon was the third YouTube channel to reach 100 million subscribers; which Indian music label was first?
T-Series
T-Series: the Bollywood label got there in May 2019, and Cocomelon's turn in December 2020 earned it YouTube's Red Diamond award, made for channels of that size.
Q 28Which streaming service added three hour-long Cocomelon episodes in June 2020?
Netflix
Netflix: with only three episodes, the show became one of the service's most-watched in the United States within months, reaching families who avoid YouTube.
Q 29Which 2023 Cocomelon spin-off has JJ speak directly to viewers for the first time?
Cocomelon Lane
Cocomelon Lane: instead of a string of songs, each episode follows the children through a milestone such as a first haircut, and the feelings that come with it.
Q 30Which spin-off focuses on Latine culture and bilingual content?
Nina's Familia
About 70% of its episodes are in English and 30% use some Spanish.