Jeopardy has long been a beloved game show with its unique answer-and-question format. Call me old, but I grew up watching and answering these fun trivia questions at least once a week. It was a great and educational past time. Introducing children to “Jeopardy!” is a great way to spark their curiosity and encourage a love for knowledge across various subjects, from history and science to literature and pop culture. My guess is most kids, including mine, won’t grow up with the same love of these old quiz questions.
That’s when I decided to create a fun game with my own list of 100 best kids’ fun Jeopardy questions! Whether in an educational setting, at a party, or during a family game night, children and adults can appreciate the joy and excitement brought about by a friendly game with a fun Jeopardy game show. Also, don’t forget to make the game extra fun with final Jeopardy too!
Table of Contents
100 Kids Jeopardy Questions
Animals
Question: This mammal is the fastest land animal.
Answer: What is a cheetah?
Question: This nocturnal mammal is known for its ability to hang upside down.
Answer: What is a bat?
Question: What mammal is known for its black and white stripes and is native to Africa and parts of Asia?
Answer: What is a zebra.
Question: Which mammal is the largest land animal and has a long trunk and tusks?
Answer: What is an elephant.
Question: What mammal can swing from trees using its long arms and is often found in the rainforests of Asia and Africa?
Answer: What is a monkey or specifically a gibbon.
Question: Which mammal is known for its loud roar and is often referred to as the “king of the jungle”?
Answer: What is a lion.
Question: What mammal is known for its ability to fly and is the only mammal capable of sustained flight?
Answer: What is a bat.
Question: This bird is known for its unique ability to mimic human speech.
Answer: What is a parrot?
Question: This flightless bird is the fastest on land.
Answer: What is an ostrich?
Question: Which bird is the largest bird of prey and is known for its keen eyesight and powerful talons?
Answer: What is an eagle.
Question: Which bird is known for its long, curved beak and is often associated with tropical regions and bright, colorful feathers?
Answer: What is a toucan.
Question: What bird is known for its ability to swim and dive underwater, and is often found near coastal areas?
Answer: What is a penguin.
Question: This marine creature has eight arms and is known for its intelligence.
Answer: What is an octopus?
Question: This fish is known for its clown-like appearance in popular movies.
Answer: What is a clown fish?
Question: This insect is known for its ability to produce light through bioluminescence.
Answer: What is a firefly?
Question: This social insect is known for its complex colonies and foraging behavior.
Answer: What is an ant?
Around The World
Question: Stretching thousands of miles, it was built to protect Chinese states against invasions.
Answer: What is the Great Wall of China?
Question: This river, which is the longest in the world, flows through multiple countries in Africa. What is the name of this longest river?
Answer: What is the Nile River?
Question: This is an iconic symbol of France located in Paris, originally constructed for the 1889 World’s Fair.
Answer: What is the Eiffel Tower?
Question:This country in South America is the world’s largest coffee producer and is home to the Amazon rainforest.
Answer: What is Brazil?
Question: In which international sporting event do athletes from around the world compete for gold, silver, and bronze medals?
Answer: What are the Olympic Games?
Question: What is the symbol of the United States that features 13 horizontal stripes alternating red and white, and a blue field with 50 white stars?
Answer: What is the American Flag?
Question: She was the Egyptian queen known for her beauty and her love affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
Answer: Who is Cleopatra?
Question: What is the largest state in the United States by land area?
Answer: What is Alaska?
Question: What state houses the Golden Gate Bridge?
Answer: What is California?
Question:This iconic building, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States.
Answer: What is the White House
Question: What is the smallest state in the United States by land area?
Answer: What is Rhode Island?
Question: This island is the largest island in the United States.
Answer: What is Hawaii?
Question: What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Answer: What is the Pacific Ocean?
Question: What is the largest continent by land area?
Answer: What is Asia?
Question: What is the tallest mountain in the world, located in the Himalayas?
Answer: What is Mount Everest?
Question: What is the largest country in the world by land area?
Answer: What is Russia?
Question: This group of five large freshwater lakes located in North America is known for their stunning natural beauty and important ecological role. What are they called?
Answer: What are the Great Lakes?
Question: This famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci is housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris and is known for its enigmatic smile. What is the name of this iconic artwork?
Answer: What is the Mona Lisa?
US Presidents
Question: He was the 16th president of the United States and delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863.
Answer: Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Question: The only president to serve more than two terms, he led the country through the Great Depression and World War II.
Answer: Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Question: This president was known for his tall stovepipe hat and his role in leading the country during the Civil War. Who was he?
Answer: who is Abraham Lincoln?
Question: This president was often referred to as “Teddy” and was known for his conservation efforts.
Answer: Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Question: Which president was born in a log cabin in Kentucky and later became known as the “Great Emancipator” for his role in abolishing slavery?
Answer: Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Question: Which president delivered the famous line “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country” during his inaugural address?
Answer: Who is John F. Kennedy?
Question: This president was a famous actor before becoming the 40th President of the United States. Who was he?
Answer: Ronald Reagan
World Leaders
Question: This South African president won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for his efforts to dismantle the country’s apartheid system.
Answer: Who is Nelson Mandela?
Question: As the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II, he famously vowed, “We shall never surrender.”
Answer: Who is Winston Churchill?
Science and Nature
Question: What planet is known as the “Red Planet”?
Answer: What is Mars?
Question: Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Answer: Who is Neil Armstrong?
Question: This planet is known for its bright rings and has the most moons in our solar system. What is the name of this planet?
Answer: What is Saturn?
Question: This organ in the human body is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body.
Answer: What is the heart?
Question: This is the name of our galaxy, which contains our solar system. What is it?
Answer: What is the Milky Way?
Question: What is the name of the closest star to the Earth?
Answer: What is the Sun?
Question: What process do plants use to convert sunlight into food?
Answer: What is photosynthesis?
Question: Which type of tree is known for having bark that peels off in strips?
Answer: What is a Birch tree?
Question: What meteorological phenomenon is characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud?
Answer: What is a tornado?
Question: Which instrument measures atmospheric pressure?
Answer: What is a barometer?
Literature, Mythology and Movies
Question: Who is the author of this classic children’s book about a pig named Wilbur and his spider friend Charlotte?
Answer: Who is “Charlotte’s Web” by E.B. White
Question: What is the title of the book that lists the world’s records and achievements in various fields?Answer: What is the Guinness Book of World Record?
Questions: Which series follows the young wizard and his friends at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?
Answer: What is “Harry Potter” Series by J.K. Rowling
Question: What is the name of the toy cowboy known for his iconic hat and boots?
Answer: Who is Woody?
Question: What is the name of the dog who is clumsy and lovable in this Disney’s animated movie and TV show?
Answer: Who is “Goofy”?
Question: In this classic fairy tale, what is the name of the young woman who lives with her wicked stepmother and stepsisters?
Answer: Cinderella
Question: What color is the hood that the main character wears in this famous story called Red Riding Hood?
Answer: Red
Question: What is the name of the fairy known for her magical abilities and shimmering wings?
Answer: Who is Tinker Bell?
Question: This Disney princess is known for her kindness and beauty, and she famously befriends seven dwarfs. Who is this princess?
Answer: Who is Snow White?
Question: In mythology, what is the name of the horse-like creature that has a single horn on its forehead?
Answer: What are Unicorns?
Question: Which fire-breathing creatures are often depicted as guarding treasure?
Answer: What are Dragons?
Sports and Recreation
Question: Which sport includes disciplines like the balance beam and uneven bars?
Answer: What is Gymnastics?
Question: In the Olympics, what color medal is awarded for third place?
Answer: What is Bronze?
Question: How many players from each team are on the basketball court at any one time?
Answer: Five
Question: In soccer, what is it called when a player uses their head to hit the ball?
Answer: A header
Question: What is the term for knocking all ten bowling pins down with the first ball?
Answer: A strike
Question: Which recreational activity involves players hitting a small plastic disc into an elevated metal basket?
Answer: Disc golf
Pop Culture
Question: This character is known as the “Man of Steel” and originates from which planet?
Answer: Who is Superman and Krypton
Question: Who is the friendly neighborhood superhero known for climbing walls and shooting webs to catch bad guys in New York City?
Answer: Who is Spider-Man?
Question: Who is the famous wizard with a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead, known for attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and battling the dark wizard Voldemort?
Answer: Who is Harry Potter?
Question: A central character from the Disney movie “Frozen,” she has what magical ability?
Answer: Who is Elsa and to create ice and snow
Question: “Old Town Road”, which blends country and rap, is performed by which artist featuring Billy Ray Cyrus?
Answer: Who is Lil Nas X?
Question: This viral children’s song about a family of sharks, “Baby Shark”, originated from which country?
Answer: South Korea
Question: What is the name of the song by a popular children’s entertainer that encourages kids to engage in physical activity and has a corresponding dance that has taken social media by storm?
Answer: What is “The Gummy Bear Song” by Gummibär?
Question: SpongeBob SquarePants, This animated series is set in which fictional underwater city?
Answer: It was set in Bikini Bottom
Question: The series “Stranger Things” featuring a group of friends encountering supernatural forces is set during which decade?
Answer: 1980s
Question: What is the name of the famous mouse who loves cheese and is always being chased by a cat?
Answer: Who is Jerry from “Tom and Jerry”?
Question: In this animated TV show, a young boy and his magical dog go on adventures in the Land of Ooo, encountering various quirky characters and creatures along the way.
Answer: What is “Adventure Time”?
Question: In this TV show, a young girl explores a mysterious and magical world with her talking backpack and map, solving puzzles and helping others along the way.
Answer: What is “Dora the Explorer”?
Question: This TV show follows the adventures of a young boy and his friend pups as they go on rescue missions, solve problems, and learn valuable lessons while living in a colorful and vibrant community.
Answer: What is “Paw Patrol”?
Question: In this TV show, a young boy and his best friend, a talking dog, go on various misadventures and get into all sorts of trouble in their imaginative and surreal world.
Answer: What is “The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius”?
Math and Logic
Question: If Lucy has 5 apples and she gives 2 to Mark, how many apples does Lucy have left?
Answer: Lucy has 3 apples left.
Question: How many legs do four dogs have in total?
Answer: Four dogs have 16 legs in total (4 dogs x 4 legs each).
Question: What is one-half of 20?
Answer: One-half of 20 is 10.
Question: If a pencil costs $0.50 and Lucy buys two, how much does she spend in total?
Answer: Lucy spends $1.00 in total (2 x $0.50).
Question: In the number 372, which digit is in the tens place?
Answer: The digit 7 is in the tens place.
Question: What comes next in the sequence: 2, 4, 6, 8, …?
Answer: The next number is 10 (even numbers).
Question: If the pattern is red, red, blue, red, red, blue, what color is next?
Answer: The next color is red.
Question: How many edges does a cube have?
Answer: A cube has 12 edges.
Question: If a clock shows 3:15, what angle is formed between the hour and the minute hand?
Answer: The angle is 7.5 degrees.
Question: I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
Answer: The number is seven (remove the ‘s’ and it becomes “even”).
Food and Cuisine
Question: What vegetable is also known as a courgette?
Answer: What is Zucchini?
Question: Which fruit is known to keep the doctor away if eaten daily?
Answer: What is an Apple?
Question: What is the main ingredient in traditional guacamole?
Answer: What is an Avocado?
Question: Which berry is the primary ingredient in traditional jam at Wimbledon?
Answer: What is a Strawberry?
Question: Name the Japanese dish that consists of vinegared rice with various toppings, often including seafood.
Answer: What is Sushi?
Question: Originating from Mexico, this dish is made with a corn tortilla filled with various ingredients such as meat, beans, cheese, and vegetables, and is typically topped with salsa and guacamole.
Answer: What are Tacos?
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