Finding the right questions to spark young minds can be tricky.
Teachers and parents often struggle to create engaging activities that both educate and entertain 5-6 year olds. Many resort to basic yes-no questions that don’t fully capture children’s imagination.
Here’s the good news: well-crafted trivia questions can turn learning into a fun game that keeps kindergarteners interested and eager to participate.
These questions help develop critical thinking skills while making education enjoyable.
This collection of 200 trivia questions is specifically designed for kindergarten students.
We’ve organized them by topics like animals, colors, numbers, and simple science, making it easy to pick questions that match your lesson plans or family game time.
Animals
- What animal says “meow”?
Answer: Cat - What animal is known as man’s best friend?
Answer: Dog - What is the largest land animal?
Answer: Elephant - What do ducks say?
Answer: Quack - What animal has a long neck and eats leaves?
Answer: Giraffe - What animal lives in the ocean and has eight legs?
Answer: Octopus - What do cows give us to drink?
Answer: Milk - What animal is covered in stripes and says “roar”?
Answer: Tiger - What is a baby sheep called?
Answer: Lamb - What bird is known for saying “hoot hoot”?
Answer: Owl
Colors
- What color is the sky on a sunny day?
Answer: Blue - What color are bananas?
Answer: Yellow - What color is a stop sign?
Answer: Red - What color are strawberries?
Answer: Red - What color are grass and leaves?
Answer: Green - What color are oranges?
Answer: Orange - What color is snow?
Answer: White - What color are carrots?
Answer: Orange - What is the color of the sun?
Answer: Yellow - What color are blueberries?
Answer: Blue
Numbers and Counting
- What number comes after 5?
Answer: 6 - How many legs does a spider have?
Answer: 8 - How many fingers do you have on one hand?
Answer: 5 - What is 2 + 2?
Answer: 4 - How many sides does a square have?
Answer: 4 - How many days are there in a week?
Answer: 7 - What is the smallest number?
Answer: 1 - What number comes after 9?
Answer: 10 - How many wheels does a car usually have?
Answer: 4 - How many eyes do you have?
Answer: 2
Shapes
- What shape has 4 equal sides?
Answer: Square - What shape looks like a ball?
Answer: Circle - What shape has 3 sides?
Answer: Triangle - What shape looks like an egg?
Answer: Oval - What shape is a slice of pizza?
Answer: Triangle - What shape has no corners and no edges?
Answer: Circle - What shape has 4 sides but not all are equal?
Answer: Rectangle - What shape is a stop sign?
Answer: Octagon - What shape has 5 sides?
Answer: Pentagon - What shape looks like a star?
Answer: Star
Food
- What food do bees make?
Answer: Honey - What is a vegetable that is orange and rabbits love to eat?
Answer: Carrot - What fruit is red and crunchy?
Answer: Apple - What fruit is yellow and monkeys like?
Answer: Banana - What food is made from milk?
Answer: Cheese - What food is round and has toppings like cheese and pepperoni?
Answer: Pizza - What food is sweet and comes in chocolate or vanilla flavors?
Answer: Ice Cream - What drink do cows give us?
Answer: Milk - What food is made from wheat and is used for sandwiches?
Answer: Bread - What fruit is green on the outside and red inside?
Answer: Watermelon
Everyday Items
- What do we use to brush our teeth?
Answer: Toothbrush - What do we wear on our feet?
Answer: Shoes - What do you use to write on paper?
Answer: Pencil - What do we wear on our heads to keep us warm?
Answer: Hat - What do you use to dry yourself after a bath?
Answer: Towel - What do you wear when it’s raining?
Answer: Raincoat - What do you use to drink water?
Answer: Glass - What do you use to tell the time?
Answer: Clock - What do you use to cut paper?
Answer: Scissors - What do you wear to see better?
Answer: Glasses
Seasons and Weather
- What season is it when leaves fall off trees?
Answer: Fall (Autumn) - What season is it when it’s very hot and sunny?
Answer: Summer - What season is it when it snows?
Answer: Winter - What season is it when flowers bloom?
Answer: Spring - What do you use to stay dry in the rain?
Answer: Umbrella - What do you build out of snow?
Answer: Snowman - What comes out in the sky after it rains?
Answer: Rainbow - What do we wear when it’s cold outside?
Answer: Coat - What falls from the sky in winter?
Answer: Snow - What do you hear when there’s a storm?
Answer: Thunder
Transportation
- What do people drive on the road?
Answer: Car - What flies in the sky and carries people?
Answer: Airplane - What goes on tracks and has a whistle?
Answer: Train - What has two wheels and you pedal it?
Answer: Bicycle - What floats on water and carries people or goods?
Answer: Boat - What do you ride to go to school?
Answer: School bus - What has four wheels and helps people move furniture?
Answer: Truck - What do firefighters use to travel?
Answer: Fire truck - What do astronauts use to go to space?
Answer: Rocket - What has three wheels and is often used in some countries to carry people?
Answer: Tricycle
Nature
- What do trees give us to breathe?
Answer: Oxygen - What is the name of the bright light in the sky during the day?
Answer: Sun - What is the name of the glowing object in the night sky?
Answer: Moon - What do you call water that falls from the sky?
Answer: Rain - What grows in the garden and smells nice?
Answer: Flowers - What are small drops of water on grass in the morning called?
Answer: Dew - What is the name of a tall plant with branches and leaves?
Answer: Tree - What is the name of the twinkling lights in the night sky?
Answer: Stars - What do you call land that is very dry and sandy?
Answer: Desert - What flows in rivers and fills lakes?
Answer: Water
Body Parts
- What do you use to see?
Answer: Eyes - What do you use to smell?
Answer: Nose - What do you use to hear?
Answer: Ears - What do you use to taste food?
Answer: Tongue - What do you use to hold things?
Answer: Hands - What do you use to walk and run?
Answer: Legs - What do you use to think?
Answer: Brain - What do you use to chew food?
Answer: Teeth - What pumps blood in your body?
Answer: Heart - What is the biggest organ of the body that covers it?
Answer: Skin
Fairy Tales and Stories
- Who had very long hair and lived in a tower?
Answer: Rapunzel - Who lost her glass slipper at the ball?
Answer: Cinderella - What big animal did the three little pigs run from?
Answer: Wolf - Who climbed a beanstalk and found a giant?
Answer: Jack - What is the name of the boy who never grows up?
Answer: Peter Pan - Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Answer: SpongeBob SquarePants - What did the princess kiss to turn into a prince?
Answer: Frog - What big bad animal tried to blow down the pigs’ houses?
Answer: Wolf - What girl met seven dwarfs in the forest?
Answer: Snow White - Who wore a red hood and visited her grandma?
Answer: Little Red Riding Hood
Miscellaneous
- What is the opposite of hot?
Answer: Cold - What is the opposite of big?
Answer: Small - What is the opposite of happy?
Answer: Sad - What do you call a person who flies a plane?
Answer: Pilot - What is the name of the place where books are kept?
Answer: Library - What is the day after Monday?
Answer: Tuesday - How many months are in a year?
Answer: 12 - What is the name of the holiday with Santa Claus?
Answer: Christmas - What do you call the shiny object you wear on your finger?
Answer: Ring - What is the name of the big, fluffy bear in the North Pole?
Answer: Polar bear
Jobs and Professions
- Who helps sick people get better?
Answer: Doctor - Who teaches kids in school?
Answer: Teacher - Who delivers letters and packages?
Answer: Mailman (or Postman) - Who fights fires and rescues people?
Answer: Firefighter - Who cooks food in a restaurant?
Answer: Chef - Who takes care of teeth?
Answer: Dentist - Who drives a bus?
Answer: Bus driver - Who cuts your hair?
Answer: Hairdresser - Who helps animals when they are sick?
Answer: Veterinarian - Who builds houses and buildings?
Answer: Builder (or Construction Worker)
Places
- Where do you go to see lots of animals?
Answer: Zoo - Where do you go to borrow books?
Answer: Library - Where do you go to watch movies?
Answer: Theater (or Cinema) - Where do airplanes take off and land?
Answer: Airport - Where do doctors and nurses work?
Answer: Hospital - Where do you sleep at night?
Answer: Bedroom - Where do you go to play with swings and slides?
Answer: Playground - Where do you keep your food cold?
Answer: Refrigerator - Where do you go to shop for groceries?
Answer: Supermarket - Where do people go to swim?
Answer: Swimming pool
School
- What do you use to color a picture?
Answer: Crayons - What do you write on in school?
Answer: Notebook (or Paper) - What do you sit on in class?
Answer: Chair - What do you use to cut paper in school?
Answer: Scissors - What do you use to erase pencil marks?
Answer: Eraser - What do you read stories from in school?
Answer: Book - What is the name of a round object you learn geography from?
Answer: Globe - What do you use to measure how long something is?
Answer: Ruler - What do you use to draw straight lines?
Answer: Ruler - What do you carry to school to hold your books?
Answer: Backpack (or School bag)
Technology
- What do you use to call someone?
Answer: Telephone (or Mobile Phone) - What do you use to watch cartoons?
Answer: Television (or TV) - What do you use to take a picture?
Answer: Camera - What do you use to type and browse the internet?
Answer: Computer - What do you use to listen to music?
Answer: Radio (or Headphones) - What do you play video games on?
Answer: Console (or Computer/Tablet) - What do you use to turn the lights on?
Answer: Light switch - What helps keep food frozen?
Answer: Freezer - What do you use to clean the floor?
Answer: Vacuum cleaner - What helps you tell the temperature outside?
Answer: Thermometer
Songs and Nursery Rhymes
- What did Jack and Jill go up the hill to fetch?
Answer: A pail of water - What did the itsy bitsy spider climb up?
Answer: The water spout - What was Mary’s little lamb’s fleece as white as?
Answer: Snow - What did the wheels on the bus do?
Answer: Go round and round - What twinkles in the sky in the nursery rhyme?
Answer: Star - What animal did Old MacDonald have on his farm that says “moo”?
Answer: Cow - What time did the mouse run up the clock?
Answer: 1 o’clock - What did the cat and the fiddle jump over?
Answer: The moon - What did Humpty Dumpty sit on?
Answer: A wall - Who baked a gingerbread man?
Answer: The little old woman
Simple Science
- What do plants need to grow?
Answer: Water and sunlight - What do fish use to breathe underwater?
Answer: Gills - What do you call water in the form of ice?
Answer: Solid - What do you call water in the form of steam?
Answer: Gas - What planet do we live on?
Answer: Earth - What color is the sun?
Answer: Yellow - What makes things stick to the ground?
Answer: Gravity - What do you call a scientist who studies stars?
Answer: Astronomer - What do you find at the end of a rainbow?
Answer: Nothing (or Gold in fairy tales) - What keeps us warm during the day?
Answer: The Sun
Fun and General Knowledge
- What sound does a lion make?
Answer: Roar - What do you use to blow up a birthday party decoration?
Answer: Balloon - What sweet treat is made from cocoa?
Answer: Chocolate - What do you blow out on your birthday cake?
Answer: Candles - What do you use to draw with that comes in many colors?
Answer: Markers (or Crayons) - What day comes after Saturday?
Answer: Sunday - What do you call a place where you can buy candy?
Answer: Candy store - What game uses a bat, ball, and bases?
Answer: Baseball - What sport uses a hoop and a ball?
Answer: Basketball - What do you win at the end of a race?
Answer: A medal (or Trophy)
Final Set
- What do bees collect from flowers?
Answer: Pollen - What do you call a group of fish swimming together?
Answer: School - What is the name of the red fruit with seeds on the outside?
Answer: Strawberry - What do birds use to fly?
Answer: Wings - What is the name of the house made of ice?
Answer: Igloo - What is something you can write on with chalk?
Answer: Blackboard - What kind of vehicle does Santa Claus ride in?
Answer: Sleigh - What month is Christmas in?
Answer: December - What day comes after Sunday?
Answer: Monday - What animal is the king of the jungle?
Answer: Lion
Conclusion
Trivia questions serve as excellent tools for making learning fun and memorable for kindergarten students.
By incorporating these questions into daily activities, you can help young children develop essential skills while they enjoy the process of discovery.
These 200 questions do more than just test knowledge – they create opportunities for conversations, spark curiosity, and build confidence in young learners.
When children engage with age-appropriate trivia, they learn to think critically and express their thoughts clearly.
Ready to put these questions to use? Start with just 5-10 questions during circle time or family meals.
Watch how your students or children light up as they share their answers. Remember to praise their efforts, not just correct responses.
