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130 free Family trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
This family trivia quiz is built to be played online together: on the sofa, at the dinner table, on a video call with grandparents, or passed around the car on a long drive. It is trivia for families in the plain sense: 72 kid friendly trivia questions on animals, space, geography, the human body, food, sport, music and family movies, and every one of them is safe for children while still being fun for adults. The early questions are pitched so that a nine-year-old can get them; the middle ones give teenagers a chance to show off; and a handful near the end will make the adults think. Play it as one long round on family trivia night, or split it into teams and race for the highest score at family game night. Nothing here is a trick question, and each answer comes with a short explanation so everyone learns something. Every answer was checked against encyclopaedia entries and other primary references before publishing, so you can settle the arguments and get straight to the next question.
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Q 01Which is the largest planet in our Solar System?
Jupiter
Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System: about 1,300 Earths would fit inside it, and it outweighs all the other planets combined.
Q 02What is the fastest land animal?
The cheetah
The cheetah is the fastest land animal, sprinting at roughly 60 to 70 mph in short bursts thanks to a flexible spine and long legs.
Q 03Which is the tallest animal alive today?
The giraffe
The giraffe is the tallest living animal; adult males stand about 18 feet (5.5 m), and it is also the largest ruminant, chewing its cud like a cow.
Q 04Which is the largest and deepest ocean?
The Pacific
The Pacific is the largest and deepest ocean: it covers more area than all of Earth's land combined and holds the Mariana Trench, nearly 11 km down.
Q 05How many legs does a spider have?
8
A spider has 8 legs, each built from seven segments; insects have only six legs, which is the quickest way to tell the two apart.
Q 06What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra
Canberra is Australia's capital; it was purpose-built as a compromise between rivals Sydney and Melbourne, and Parliament moved there in 1927.
Q 07Which planet is nicknamed the Red Planet?
Mars
Mars is the Red Planet; its surface dust is rich in iron oxide, the same rusty mineral that gives it a reddish-orange colour.
Q 08What is the hardest natural material?
Diamond
Diamond is the hardest natural material, a 10 on the Mohs scale; its carbon atoms bond in a rigid tetrahedral lattice that resists scratching.
Q 09How many strings does a standard guitar have?
6
A twelve-string guitar doubles each of them up in pairs.
Q 10Which bird lays the largest eggs of any living land animal?
The ostrich
The ostrich lays the largest eggs of any living animal, each about 1.4 kg (3 lb); it is also the heaviest bird, at up to about 145 kg (320 lb).
Q 11What is the largest animal that has ever lived?
The blue whale
The blue whale is the largest animal known to have lived, reaching around 100 feet (30 m) and up to about 200 tonnes, heavier than any dinosaur.
Q 12What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, covering about 109 acres (0.44 km2) with fewer than 900 residents, entirely surrounded by Rome.
Q 13How many bones does an adult human have?
206
An adult human has 206 bones; babies are born with about 270, and many of them fuse together as the skeleton grows.
Q 21What is the largest hot desert in the world?
The Sahara
The Sahara is the largest hot desert, covering about 9 million km2 of North Africa; only the polar deserts of Antarctica and the Arctic are bigger.
Q 22The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from which country?
France
France gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States; it was dedicated in 1886, and its iron framework was engineered by Gustave Eiffel, of tower fame.
Q 23Which planet is famous for its bright system of rings?
Saturn
Saturn is the planet famous for its bright rings, which are made mostly of water ice and span more than 280,000 km across yet are mostly less than a kilometre thick.
Q 14Bees make honey mainly from what?
Flower nectar
Bees make honey mainly from flower nectar, which they regurgitate and fan dry in the comb; a little honey also comes from honeydew, the sugary secretions of aphids.
Q 15Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa, probably beginning around 1503; the sitter is thought to be Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of a Florentine merchant.
Q 16How many keys does a full-size piano have?
88
A full-size piano has 88 keys, 52 white and 36 black, spanning a little over seven octaves from A0 up to C8.
Q 17Which 1995 film was the first feature made entirely with computer animation?
Toy Story
Toy Story (1995) was the first feature film made entirely with computer animation and Pixar's first feature; Tom Hanks and Tim Allen voiced Woody and Buzz.
Q 18Which sport is played with a shuttlecock?
Badminton
Badminton is played with a shuttlecock; a smashed shuttle can leave the racquet at over 400 km/h, faster than any ball in racquet sport.
Q 19How many rings are on the Olympic flag?
5
The Olympic flag carries 5 interlocking rings, designed by Pierre de Coubertin in 1913 to stand for the inhabited continents, with the Americas counted as one.
Q 20In which city were the first modern Olympic Games held in 1896?
Athens
Athens hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, organised by the newly founded International Olympic Committee of Pierre de Coubertin.
Q 24Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the Moon, on 20 July 1969; he and Buzz Aldrin spent about two and a half hours outside the Apollo 11 lunar module.
Q 25How many days are there in a leap year?
366
A leap year has 366 days; the extra day, 29 February, keeps the calendar lined up with Earth's roughly 365.24-day orbit and so with the seasons.
Q 26What is the currency of Japan?
The yen
The yen is Japan's currency, adopted in 1871; its symbol is ¥ and its ISO code is JPY.
Q 27In Frozen, what is the name of Elsa's younger sister?
Anna
Anna is Elsa's younger sister in Frozen; she sets off with Kristoff, Sven the reindeer and Olaf the snowman to bring Elsa back from the North Mountain.
Q 28Koalas eat almost nothing but the leaves of which tree?
Eucalyptus
Koalas eat almost nothing but eucalyptus leaves, which are so low in energy that koalas sleep for up to 20 hours a day.
Q 29What colour is an emerald?
Green
An emerald is green; the colour comes from tiny traces of chromium or vanadium in the mineral beryl, which is colourless when pure.
Q 30How many permanent (adult) teeth do humans usually have?
32
Humans usually have 32 permanent teeth, including four wisdom teeth; children first grow 20 baby teeth, all of which are replaced.