First and Second Grade Trivia
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79 free First and Second Grade trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
75 free First and Second Grade trivia questions with answers. This is trivia for first graders and second graders, which means every question is about something a six- to eight-year-old has met at school, at home or in a picture book: how many legs a spider has, which planet is the Red Planet, what a caterpillar turns into, why the Three Little Pigs' brick house survived, and what colour a school bus is. Nothing needs reading skills beyond an early chapter book, and a grown-up can read the questions aloud for the youngest players. The set works as a rainy-day family game, a classroom warm-up, a car-ride quiz or a birthday party round. Questions get gently harder as you go, so early ones are for the first grader and the last few will make second graders (and a few parents) think. Every answer has been checked against a reference source, and each question shows a short explanation after you answer so kids learn a little something even when they miss.
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Q 01How many legs does a spider have?
Eight
That is two more than an insect, and each leg has seven separate parts.
Q 02How many legs does an insect such as an ant or a beetle have?
Six
An insect such as an ant or a beetle has six legs, all attached to the thorax, the middle section of its body.
Q 03What does a caterpillar turn into?
A butterfly
It happens inside a chrysalis, and the whole life cycle from egg to adult has four stages.
Q 04A tadpole grows up to become what animal?
A frog
A tadpole grows into a frog: it starts with a tail and gills like a fish, then grows legs and lungs and loses the tail.
Q 05What is the tallest animal in the world?
Giraffe
The giraffe is the tallest animal: adult males can stand over 5 metres tall, and they fight by swinging their long necks, called necking.
Q 06What is the fastest land animal?
Cheetah
The cheetah is the fastest land animal, sprinting at over 90 kilometres per hour thanks to long legs and a very flexible spine.
Q 07What is the biggest animal that has ever lived?
The blue whale
The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever lived, reaching about 30 metres long and weighing more than any known dinosaur.
Q 08What is the largest animal that lives on land?
Elephant
The elephant is the largest land animal: an adult African elephant weighs several tonnes, as much as a large truck, and its trunk carries food and water to its mouth.
Q 09A baby kangaroo, called a joey, grows up inside its mother's what?
Pouch
The pouch is called a marsupium, and kangaroos come from Australia and New Guinea.
Q 10Which bird cannot fly but is a great swimmer?
Penguin
Its wings have become flippers, and almost all penguins live in the Southern Hemisphere.
Q 11Which of these animals is a mammal that can truly fly?
Bat
A bat's wing is really a hand with very long fingers covered by thin skin.
Q 12What do giant pandas mostly eat?
Bamboo
Giant pandas eat mostly bamboo, around 99 percent of their diet, and an extra thumb-like wrist bone helps them grip the stalks.
Q 13A polar bear has white fur, but what colour is its skin underneath?
Black
The dark skin and a thick layer of fat help keep it warm in the Arctic.
Q 14Which sea creature has three hearts?
Q 21Which planet has big, bright rings around it?
Saturn
Saturn has the big, bright rings; they are made mostly of chunks of ice, and Saturn is the second-biggest planet in the Solar System.
Q 22What is the largest planet in our Solar System?
Jupiter
Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System: more than 1,300 Earths could fit inside it, and it is a giant ball of gas, mostly hydrogen and helium.
Q 23Which planet is closest to the Sun?
Mercury
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun; it is also the smallest planet, and with almost no air its days are scorching and its nights freezing.
The Sun is actually a giant what?
Octopus
The octopus is the sea creature with the extra hearts: two serve its gills and the third serves its organs, and its blood is blue from a copper-based pigment.
Q 15A group of lions is called a what?
Pride
A group of lions is called a pride, usually a few related females, their cubs and one or two adult males.
Q 16What is a baby horse called?
Foal
A foal can stand up and run within hours of being born.
Q 17What is a baby sheep called?
Lamb
A baby sheep is a lamb; it is usually born in spring, and a grown female sheep is a ewe and a male a ram.
Q 18Which animal is known for being very slow and hanging upside down in trees?
Sloth
The sloth hangs upside down in the rainforests of Central and South America and moves so slowly that algae can grow on its fur.
Q 19What does a camel store in its hump?
Fat
A camel's hump stores fat, not water; the camel breaks the fat down for energy when food is scarce, so the hump shrinks and flops over.
Q 20Which planet is called the Red Planet?
Mars
Mars earned that nickname because iron in its dusty soil has rusted, giving the whole surface a rusty orange colour.
Star
The Sun is a star, a huge ball of hot glowing gas, and it is the closest star to Earth.
Q 25Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong was first onto the Moon, in July 1969 on Apollo 11; Buzz Aldrin followed him while Michael Collins circled overhead in the command ship.
Q 26How many sides does a triangle have?
Three
It also has three corners, and its name comes from 'tri', meaning three.
Q 27A shape with six sides is called a what?
Hexagon
The shape is a hexagon: honeycomb cells are hexagons, and its name comes from hex, the Greek word for that number of sides.
Q 28How many things are in a dozen?
Twelve
A dozen is twelve; eggs are often sold by the dozen, and twelve dozen, or 144, is called a gross.
Q 29How many letters are in the English alphabet?
26
The English alphabet has 26 letters, from A to Z; five of them, A, E, I, O and U, are vowels.
Q 30How many colours are usually listed in a rainbow?
Seven
A rainbow is usually said to have seven colours; Isaac Newton picked that number, and the made-up name Roy G. Biv gives their order.