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129 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, more than twice as massive as all the others combined; it is made of the same ingredients as a star but never grew massive enough to ignite.
Q 02What is the fastest land animal?
The cheetah
The cheetah is the fastest land animal, sprinting at over 60 mph (about 100 km/h) in short bursts; its long, flexible spine bends and stretches to lengthen every stride.
Q 03Which is the tallest animal alive today?
The giraffe
The giraffe is the tallest living animal, at up to about 19 feet (5.7 m); extra valves and special blood vessels in its neck stop blood rushing to its brain when it lowers its head.
Q 04Which is the largest and deepest ocean?
The Pacific
The Pacific is the largest and deepest ocean, big enough to hold every continent; Magellan named it 'peaceful' because its waters seemed so calm after his stormy passage round South America.
Q 05Eight-legged spiders belong to which group of animals?
Arachnids
Arachnids include spiders, scorpions and ticks, all with eight legs where insects have six; a spider cannot swallow solid food, so it floods its prey with digestive juices and drinks it.
Q 06Which purpose-built city replaced Melbourne as the seat of Australia's Parliament?
Canberra
Canberra was laid out to a plan by American architect Walter Burley Griffin, who won a worldwide design competition; building began in 1913 but the First World War held it up.
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 09Which popular instrument normally has six strings?
The guitar
The guitar normally has six strings; a twelve-string guitar pairs each one with a second string, which gives its sound a fuller, more ringing tone.
Q 10Which bird lays the largest eggs of any living land animal?
The ostrich
The ostrich lays the largest eggs of any living bird, each about 1.4 kg (3 lb); several hens lay in one shared nest, where the dominant hen keeps her own eggs in the centre.
Q 11What is the largest animal known to have ever lived?
The blue whale
The blue whale is the largest animal known to have lived, reaching about 100 feet (30 m); yet it feeds almost entirely on krill, tiny shrimp-like animals it strains from the sea.
Q 12What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, an enclave inside Rome; it was created by a 1929 treaty in which the Pope recognised Italy and Italy recognised his rule over the tiny city.
Q 13How many bones does an adult human have?
206
An adult human has 206 bones; a newborn has dozens more, because many separate bones fuse together as the skeleton grows.
Q 21The 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 built in Paris, then taken apart, shipped across the Atlantic in crates and put back together on its pedestal.
Q 22Which planet is famous for its bright system of rings?
Saturn
Saturn is the planet famous for its bright rings, made mostly of chunks of water ice; they are enormously wide, yet the main rings are typically only about 10 metres thick.
Q 23Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the Moon, in July 1969; minutes before landing he had taken over the controls to steer the lander clear of a crater strewn with boulders.
Q 14Bees make honey mainly from what?
Flower nectar
Bees make honey mainly from flower nectar, which they carry in a honey sac and thicken in the hive by evaporating its water; the flowers they visit decide the honey's colour and flavour.
Q 15Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa; in 1911 a former Louvre workman walked out with it and hid it in a trunk in his Paris lodgings until he tried to sell it in Florence.
Q 16Which 1995 film was the first feature made entirely with computer animation?
Toy Story
Toy Story was the first feature film made entirely with computer animation; its director, John Lasseter, had been fired by Disney in 1983 for pushing that very technology.
Q 17Which sport is played with a shuttlecock?
Badminton
Badminton is played with a shuttlecock, traditionally cork crowned with 16 goose feathers; the game is named after Badminton, the Duke of Beaufort's country estate in England.
Q 18Which race was invented for the first modern Olympics in 1896?
Marathon
The marathon was the idea of a Frenchman, Michel Bréal, who took it from the legend of an ancient messenger's run with news of a battle; it became the highlight of the 1896 Games.
Q 19In which city were the first modern Olympic Games held in 1896?
Athens
Athens hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, in an ancient stadium restored in white marble for the occasion with money from a wealthy benefactor, Georgios Averoff.
Q 20What is the largest hot desert in the world?
The Sahara
The Sahara is the largest hot desert, spanning most of North Africa; yet until roughly 5,000 years ago much of it was grassland dotted with lakes.
Q 24Leap days keep the calendar in step with what?
The seasons
The seasons follow Earth's orbit of the Sun, which takes about 365 and a quarter days, so without an extra day every four years the calendar would slowly drift away from them.
Q 25What is the currency of Japan?
The yen
The yen is Japan's currency; its name means 'round', after the shape of the coins, and comes from the same Chinese word as the yuan.
Q 26In 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 27Koalas 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 28Which green gemstone is the traditional birthstone for May?
Emerald
Emerald is the green variety of the mineral beryl, coloured by traces of chromium; tinted blue instead, the same mineral is sold as aquamarine.
Q 29Which of these usually come through last, from the late teens on?
Wisdom teeth
Wisdom teeth, the third molars, usually come through between 17 and 25, long after the rest, at an age when people are supposedly wiser; with all four, an adult has 32 teeth.
Q 30Which bird is the fastest animal on Earth when it dives?
The peregrine falcon
The peregrine falcon dives on its prey at more than 200 mph (320 km/h), then strikes with clenched feet, knocking the bird out of the sky by the sheer force of the blow.