50 free Taylor Swift Trivia for Kids trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Taylor Swift trivia quiz is written for kids. If you know the words to 'Shake It Off', have watched the Eras Tour movie or have a favourite era, you already know a lot of these answers. The questions cover her childhood on a Christmas tree farm, her move to Nashville as a teenager, her albums from Fearless to The Life of a Showgirl, her biggest songs, her three cats, her lucky number, her record-breaking tour and her movies. Everything here is a fun fact a Swiftie aged eight and up can enjoy: which singer she was named after, what her brother does, which album she wrote entirely by herself, how many shows the Eras Tour played and which Disney movie she wrote a song for. There is nothing about grown-up gossip, just music, records and friendship bracelets. Grown-ups who want a tougher test can try our main Taylor Swift trivia quiz. Every answer was checked against a reliable source before publishing, so you can trust the results when you play with friends, family or a classroom.
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Q 01In which US state was Taylor Swift born?
Pennsylvania
She was born in West Reading, Pennsylvania, on December 13, 1989. Her middle name is Alison.
Q 02Swift's parents named her after which famous singer-songwriter?
James Taylor
Her parents chose a name that works for boys and girls because they thought it would help her succeed in business.
Q 03As a child, Taylor spent her holiday seasons on a family farm that grew what?
Christmas trees
In summer the family went to Stone Harbor, New Jersey, where she sometimes sang at a local coffee shop.
Q 04What does Taylor's younger brother Austin do for a living?
An actor who manages her film projects
Their dad Scott was a stockbroker and their mum Andrea worked in marketing.
Q 05How old was Taylor when she moved to Nashville to chase a country music career?
14
The same year, 2004, she became the youngest person ever signed by the Sony/ATV music publishing company.
Q 06At what age did Taylor start learning to play the guitar?
12
A computer repairman and local musician helped her, and she wrote an original song with his help.
Q 07At 11, Taylor Swift gave Nashville labels demo tapes of her singing karaoke by which two acts?
Dolly Parton and the Dixie Chicks
Every label said no, so she decided to focus on writing her own songs instead.
Q 08What was the title of Taylor's very first single, released in 2006?
'Tim McGraw'
It is named after a country singer, and Rolling Stone later listed it among the greatest debut singles ever.
Q 09Which record label released Taylor's first album in 2006?
Big Machine Records
The album, simply called Taylor Swift, spent 24 weeks at number one on the country albums chart.
Q 10'Love Story', from the album Fearless, was inspired by which Shakespeare play?
Romeo and Juliet
The music video, set in olden times, won Video of the Year at two country music award shows in 2009.
Q 11In the music video for 'You Belong with Me', Taylor plays how many characters?
Two
She is both the popular brunette cheerleader and the blonde girl next door. The video won Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Q 12How did Taylor write her third album, Speak Now?
Entirely by herself, with no co-writers
She wrote it while touring in 2009 and 2010. Its singles include 'Mine' and 'Back to December'.
Q 13Taylor's album 1989 is named after what?
The year she was born
The album marked her big switch from country music to pop, with 1980s-style synthesizers.
Q 21What inspired Taylor to write 'Anti-Hero'?
Her own insecurities
It spent eight weeks at number one in the US and topped the Billboard Global 200.
Q 22'Cruel Summer' became a number-one hit in 2023, four years after it came out, because of what?
Fans loved it on the Eras Tour and it went viral
The song from Lover was written with Jack Antonoff and St. Vincent and topped the US chart for four weeks.
Q 23What was the double edition released two hours after The Tortured Poets Department called?
The Anthology
Q 14What is the message of 'Shake It Off'?
Not caring what critics say about her
Taylor wrote the words herself and made the melody with producers Max Martin and Shellback. It turned her into a full-blown pop star.
Q 15How many weeks did 'Blank Space' spend at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100?
Seven
The music video, shot in a huge mansion, won Best Pop Video and Best Female Video at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards.
Q 16Which member of Panic! at the Disco sings with Taylor on 'Me!'?
Brendon Urie
The bouncy song, driven by a marching-band drumline, was the first single from the album Lover in 2019.
Q 17Where did Taylor record her singing for the surprise 2020 album Folklore?
Her home studio in Los Angeles
She worked with the producers over the internet during the pandemic. Its sister album Evermore came out five months later.
Q 18The song 'Cardigan' is sung from the point of view of a made-up character. What is her name?
Betty
Folklore tells stories about invented characters. Taylor wrote, directed and styled the cosy cabin-in-the-woods video herself.
Q 19In the music video for 'Willow', what guides Taylor through the woods?
A golden thread
The video continues the story from the 'Cardigan' video. Taylor directed it herself and compared the song to casting a love spell.
Q 20Taylor said the album Midnights was inspired by what?
Her sleepless nights
She revealed the song titles in a 13-part TikTok series called Midnights Mayhem with Me. The album won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 2024.
She wrote the songs with Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner while touring America in 2023.
Q 24In which country did Taylor record The Life of a Showgirl with Max Martin and Shellback?
Sweden
She recorded it during the European part of the Eras Tour in 2024 and announced it on the New Heights podcast in August 2025.
Q 25'The Fate of Ophelia', from The Life of a Showgirl, is named after a character in which Shakespeare play?
Hamlet
The dance-pop song went to number one in the US, as did the follow-up single 'Opalite'.
Q 26How many never-before-heard 'From the Vault' songs were included on Fearless (Taylor's Version) in 2021?
6
It was her first re-recorded album and became the first re-recording ever to reach number one in the US.
Q 27By mid-2026, how many of her first six albums had Taylor re-recorded and released?
4
Fearless, Red, Speak Now and 1989 all got Taylor's Versions by 2023. She moved to Republic Records in 2018 and bought back her original masters in 2025.
Q 28In which US city did the Eras Tour begin in March 2023?
Glendale, Arizona
It ended in Vancouver, Canada, in December 2024 after 149 shows in 51 cities across five continents.
Q 29How many shows did the Eras Tour play in total?
149
It became the highest-grossing tour of all time and the first ever to make more than one billion dollars.
Q 30Taylor described her 2023-24 world tour as a journey through what?
The musical eras of her career
She announced it on Good Morning America in November 2022 while promoting Midnights.