The Jeopardy game show is a classic quiz game that has won the hearts of millions across the globe. It’s unique, engaging, and educational. The late Alex Trebek, the beloved host of the show, had a knack for making the complex seem simple, and the obscure seem familiar. He transformed Jeopardy into a platform where knowledge was celebrated, and learning was fun.
In the spirit of Jeopardy and the legendary Alex Trebek, we bring you a huge compilation of Fun Jeopardy Trivia Questions for you and the kids. These questions cover a wide range of topics—from science and geography to history and pop culture. So, gather around, it’s time for a Family Game Night!
Kids’ Jeopardy Questions!
1. What is the name of the smallest planet in our solar system? Answer: Mercury
2. Who is the main character in the story “The Jungle Book” by Rudyard Kipling?Answer: Mowgli.
3. What is the capital city of Japan? Answer: Tokyo.
4. Which animal has Panoramic Vision? Answer: Chameleon.
5. Who is the famous wizard in the series “The Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien? Answer: Gandalf.
6. What is the name of the famous ship that sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg? Answer: Titanic.
7. Which mammal can fly and sleep hanging upside down? Answer: Bat.
8. Who is the famous detective with a magnifying glass and deerstalker hat? Answer: Sherlock Holmes.
9. What is the capital city of Australia?Answer: Canberra.
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10. Which bird is known for pooping on their legs to keep cool? Answer: Turkey Vultures!
11. Who is the famous author of the “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” book? Answer: Roald Dahl.
12. What is the process called when a caterpillar changes into a butterfly? Answer: Metamorphosis.
13. Which country is famous for the pyramids in Giza?Answer: Egypt.
14. Who is the famous pirate in the book “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson?Answer: Long John Silver.
15. What is the capital city of Canada?Answer: Ottawa. (My Hometown!!)
16. Which planet is known as the “Red Planet” in our solar system? Answer: Mars.
17. Who is the main character in the story “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”?Answer: Alice.
18. What is the name of the 3 fairies in the Disney movie “Sleeping Beauty”?Answer: Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather.
19. Which animal has a hump on its back and is known as the “ship of the desert”?Answer: Camel.
Fun Trivia Questions
20. Who is the creator of the famous character, Winnie the Pooh? Answer: A.A. Milne.
21. What is the ocean that has the most shipwrecks? Answer: The Atlantic with over 25
22. Who is the king of the Greek gods in mythology? Answer: Zeus.
23. What is the color of flamingos when they are born? Answer: Gray
24. Which continent is home to the Amazon Rainforest? Answer: South America.
25. Who is the legendary outlaw known for stealing from the rich and giving to the poor? Answer: Robin Hood.
26. What is the smallest animal in the world answer: Etruscan shrew
27. Who is the famous young detective in the book series by Enid Blyton?Answer: The Famous Five or Secret Seven.
28. What is the name of the toy pig in the movie “Toy Story”?Answer: Hamm.
29. Which animal is known for having a long trunk and tusks? Answer: Elephant.
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30. Who is the Roman god of the sea? Answer: Neptune.
31. What is the name of the Wrestling character known as the 8th Wonder of the World? Answer: Andre the Giant
32. Which planet is closest to the Sun in our solar system? Answer: Mercury.
33. Who are the famous pizza-loving turtles that live in sewersAnswer: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
34. What is the capital city of Sweden?Answer: Stockholm.
35. What is the mix of languages that the Minions speak? Answer: French, Hindi, Korean, and Spanish.
36. Which big cat is known for its black fur with orange stripes? Answer: Tiger.
37. What is the name of the father in the Simpsons show? Answer: Homer
38. Who is the author of the “Percy Jackson & the Olympians” series? Answer: Rick Riordan.
39. What is the largest bone in the human body? Answer: Femur (thigh bone).
Various Topics
40. Who is the famous detective known for saying “Elementary, my dear Watson”?Answer: Sherlock Holmes.
41. What is the capital city of China? Answer: Beijing.
42. Who is the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare? Answer: Athena.
43. What is the process called when water vapor turns into liquid? Answer: Condensation.
44. Who is the famous character who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Answer: SpongeBob SquarePants.
45. What is the name of the tallest mountain in Africa?Answer: Mount Kilimanjaro.
46. Who has the strongest jaws in Africa?Answer: The Nile Crocodile
47. What is the capital city of Brazil? Answer: Brasília.
48. Who is the creator of ‘South Park”?Answer: Trey Parker and Matt Stone
49. What is the name of the currency used in the United Kingdom? Answer: Pound Sterling.
Random Trivia/Jeopardy Questions
50. Who is the famous fairy who grants wishes when rubbed from a lamp? Answer: Genie.
51. What is the name of the largest lake in the world? Answer: Caspian Sea
52. Who is the main character in the Dr. Seuss book “The Cat in the Hat”?Answer: The Cat in the Hat.
53. What is the capital city of India?Answer: New Delhi.
54. Which planet is known as the “ringed planet” in our solar system? Answer: Saturn.
55. Who is the famous boy in the Korean animated series “Hello Carbot”?Answer: Chatan
56. What is the name of the highest building on Earth? Answer: Burj Khalifa
57. Which bird is known for its ability to mimic various sounds and voices? Answer: Mockingbird.
58. Who is the legendary monster that is said to live in Loch Ness in Scotland?Answer: Loch Ness Monster (Nessie).
59. How many tears do humans produce a year? (in KG)Answer: 132kg!!!!
More Kids Jeopardy Questions
60. Who is the creator of the character Batman? Answer: Bob Kane and Bill Finger.
61. What is the capital city of Spain?Answer: Madrid.
62. Which ocean surrounds Antarctica?Answer: Southern Ocean.
63. Who is the famous cartoon character known for eating spinach to gain strength? Answer: Popeye the Sailor Man.
64. What is the name of the fairy tale character who turned into a swan by day and a princess by night? Answer: The Swan Princess.
65. Can you name 3 countries that start with the letter ‘J’?Answer: Jamaica, Japan, and Jordan
66. Which instrument does the main character play in the animated movie ‘Coco’?Answer: A guitar
67. What is the name of the coldest planet in our solar system? Answer: Uranus…Kids love saying this one… Maybe adults as well.
68. Who is the famous artist who painted the ‘Mona Lisa’?Answer: Leonardo Da Vinci
69. What is the capital city of Russia?Answer: Moscow.
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70. Where do French fries originate from? Answer: Belgium
71. Who is the Roman god of the sky and thunder? Answer: Jupiter (Zeus in Greek mythology).
72. What is the name of the fairy tale character who fell asleep for a hundred years after pricking her finger on a spindle? Answer: Sleeping Beauty.
73. Which planet is known as Earth’s twin due to its similar size and structure? Answer: Venus.
74. Who is the author of the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” book series? Answer: Jeff Kinney.
75. What is the capital city of South Korea?Answer: Seoul.
76. Which famous K-pop Super band is well known for hits such as ‘Dynamite’ and ‘Butter’?Answer: BTS
77. Which bird is known for its ability to fly backward? Answer: Hummingbird.
78. Which 3 oceans border the whole of Canada?Answer: The Pacific(West), Atlantic(East), and the Arctic(North)
79. Who is the famous playwright known for writing tragedies like “Othello” and “Macbeth”?Answer: William Shakespeare.
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80. What is the capital city of Germany?Answer: Berlin.
81. Who is the main character in the story “The Little Mermaid” by Hans Christian Andersen?Answer: The Little Mermaid (Ariel in the Disney adaptation).
82. Which cute Australian animal looks like a beaver/duck and is venomous? Answer: Platypus
83. Who was the richest king that has ever lived? Answer: Mansa Musa from Mali
84. What is the capital city of Argentina?Ans wer: Buenos Aires.
85. Who is the famous cartoon character known for his catchphrase “What’s up, Doc?”Answer: Bugs Bunny.
86. What is the largest continent on Earth? Answer: Asia.
87. Who is the author of the “Percy Jackson & the Olympians” series?Ans wer: Rick Riordan.
88. What is the name of the fairy in Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty”?Answer: Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather.
89. Who is the Norse god of thunder? Answer: Thor.
Kid’s Jeopardy Questions cont’
90. What is the capital city of South Africa? Answer: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (Legislative), Bloemfontein (Judicial).
91. Who is the famous 1980’s cartoon detective who is well-known for his crazy gadgets? Answer: Inspector Gadget
92. What is the name of the famous pirate who had a pet parrot on his shoulder? Answer: Long John Silver.
93. Who is the Greek goddess of love and beauty? Answer: Aphrodite.
94. What is the capital city of Egypt?Answer: Cairo.
95. Who is the character known for falling down a rabbit hole into a fantastical world in the book “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”?Answer: Alice.
96. What is the largest bone in the human body? Answer: Femur (thigh bone ).
97. Who is the famous wizard known for being the headmaster at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? Answer: Albus Dumbledore .
98. What is the name of the tallest mountain in Japan? Answer: Mount Fuji
99. Who is the creator of the cartoon character Mickey Mouse? Answer: Walt Disney.
Easy Questions
100. What is the capital city of Greece?Answer: Athens.
101. How Many Dwarfs did Snow White have? Answer: Seven
102. What was the Lion King’s name? Answer: Simba
103. How many vowels in are the English alphabet? Answer: Five A, E, I, O, U.
104. The Golden Gate Bridge is located in which state? Answer: California(San Francisco)
105. Name a Capital city of Europe that starts with the letter S. Answer: Sofia, Stockholm, Sarajevo, and Skopje
Science Trivia Questions
106. What is the closest star to Earth? Answer: The Sun.
107. What is the process by which plants make their own food called? Answer: Photosynthesis.
108. What is the hardest natural substance found on Earth? Answer: Diamond.
109. What force keeps us from floating away into space? Answer: Gravity.
110. What gas do humans breathe out that plants use to make their own food? Answer: Carbon dioxide ( CO2).
111. What is the study of stars and planets called? Answer: Astronomy.
112. What is the process of water turning into vapor due to heat called? Answer: Evaporation.
113. What is the largest island in the world? Answer: Greenland
114. What is the basic unit of life? Answer: Cell.
115. What is the force that pulls objects toward the center of the Earth? Answer: Gravity.
Questions about Actual Band Names
116. What band is known for their hit song “Uptown Funk” featuring Bruno Mars? Answer: Mark Ronson & Brun o Mars.
117. Which band’s album “Blurryface” included songs like “Stressed Out” and “Ride”?Answer: Twenty-One Pilots.
118. What band’s lead singer is Dan Reynolds and is famous for songs like “Radioactive” and “Demons”?Answer: Imagine Dragons.
119. Which British-Irish boy band had members Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and formerly Zayn Malik? Answer: One Direction.
120. Which South Korean boy band’s members include RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook?Answer: BTS (Bangtan Sonyeondan / Bulletproof Boy Scouts).
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121. What is the tallest mountain in the world? Answer: Mount Everest.
122. Which famous structure in Paris has a name that means “Iron Lady” in French?Answer: Eiffel Tower.
123. What is the capital city of Australia?Answer: Canberra.
124. Which city is known as the “Big Apple”?Answer: New York City.
125. Which desert is the largest hot desert in the world? Answer: Sahara Desert.
Name of the Dog
126. Name the famous dog who belongs to the Peanuts comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz.Answer: Snoopy.
127. What is the name of the dog that is famous for playing Dorothy’s companion in “The Wizard of Oz” movie? Answer: Toto.
128. Name the Disney animated character who is a female Dalmatian and the mother of the 101 Dalmatians. Answer: Perdita.
129. What is the name of the dog in the comic strip “Garfield” by Jim Davis, who is known for his cleverness and wit? Answer: Odie.
130. Name the famous dog who starred in a TV series as a highly intelligent and loyal collie. Answer: Lassie.
Animal Kingdom
131. What is the biggest animal on Earth? Answer: Blue Whale
132. What bird is known for its ability to mimic human speech? Answer: Parrot
133. Which is the fastest land animal? Answer: Cheetah
134. Which animal is the tallest in the world? Answer: Giraffe
135. What is the name of the largest fish in the ocean? Answer: Whale Shark
136. Which flightless bird is native to Antarctica?Answer: Penguin
137. What animal can change its skin color to blend with its surroundings? Answer: Chameleon
138. What mammal can fly? Answer: Bat
139. Which land animal can open its mouth the widest? Answer: Hippopotamus
140. What is an animal that eats both plants and animals, called? Answer: Omnivore
U.S. Geography
141. What is the largest state in the United States? Answer: Alaska
142. What famous canyon is located in Arizona and is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World? Answer: Grand Canyon
143. What is the capital city of the United States? Answer: Washington, D.C.
144. What state is known as the “Golden State” and is home to Hollywood?Answer: California
145. What is the tallest mountain in the United States? Answer: Mount Denali
146. Which city in Nevada is famous for its vibrant nightlife, casinos, and entertainment shows? Answer: Las Vegas
147. What is the largest city in Texas, known for its cowboy culture and NASA’s Space Center? Answer: Houston
148. What state is famous for its music scene in cities like Nashville and Memphis and the Great Smoky Mountains? Answer: Tennessee
149. What is the largest city in the United States? Answer: New York City
150. What state is home to the Rocky Mountains, Pikes Peak, and the Garden of the Gods? Answer: Colorado
Sports Trivia Questions
151. Where did the Olympic games originate? Answer: Greece
152. How many rings make up the Olympic rings? Answer: Five
153. In what sport can you get a hole-in-one?Answer: Golf
154. In what sport do you use a wooden ball and mallet? Answer: Croquet
155. How big is the diameter of a basketball hoop? Answer: 18 inches
Food Trivia
156. What food serves as the base for guacamole? Answer: Avocado
157. What food is the most ordered in America?Answer: Fried chicken
158. What is the world record for the number of hot dogs eaten in one sitting? Answer: 76
159. What contains more sugar, strawberries or lemons? Answer: Lemons
160. Can you name the largest chocolate manufacturer in the United States? Answer: Hershey’s
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Entertainment Trivia
161. Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Answer: SpongeBob SquarePants
162. What school did Harry Potter attend? Answer: Hogwarts
163. What’s the name of the toy cowboy in Toy Story? Answer: Woody
164. What is the name of the fairy in Peter Pan? Answer: Tinkerbell
165. Who is Mickey Mouse’s girlfriend? Answer: Minnie Mouse
Holiday Trivia
166. What sweet snack is typically left out for Santa?Answer: Cookies
167. What is the highest-grossing holiday movie of all time? Answer: Home Alone
168. How many nights is Hanukkah celebrated? Answer: Eight
169. What is the name of the little girl in The Nutcracker? Answer: Clara
170. What is the name of the marshmallow Easter treats that come in the shape of birds and bunnies? Answer: Peeps
Geography Trivia
171. What is the largest ocean on Earth? Answer: The Pacific Ocean
172. Which two countries share the longest border? Answer: The United States and Canada
173. What U.S. state houses the city that is the ice cream capital of the world? Answer: Iowa
174. What is the longest river in the world? Answer: The Nile River
175. What are the only two U.S. states that can grow coffee commercially? Answer: Hawaii and California
Weather Trivia
176. Stratus, cirrus, cumulus, and nimbus are types of what? Answer: Clouds
177. What does a thermometer measure? Answer: Temperature
178. During a thunderstorm, which comes first: lightning or thunder?Answer: Both. They occur at approximately the same time. However, we see lightning before we hear thunder because light travels much faster than sound.
179. What is a haboob? Answer: A type of sandstorm
Trivia Questions About Colors
180. What color is at the top of the rainbow? Answer: Red
181. What color are the stars in the American flag? Answer: White
182. What color are zebras’ strips when they are first born? Answer: Brown
183. What is the most popular color of car? Answer: White
Space Trivia
184. About how many stars are in the Milky Way?Answer: 150-250 billion
185. Which planet is closest to Earth? Answer: Mercury
186. What is the largest planet in our solar system? Answer: Jupiter
187. Which planet has a day that lasts almost eight months on Earth? Answer: Venus
Fun Jeopardy Questions for Kids
188. How many hours are in a year? Answer: 8760
189. What is the name of the pirate in Peter Pan? Answer: Captain Hook
190. Which movie is Prince Charming from? Answer: Cinderella
191. Which country did Justin Bieber come from? Answer: Canada
Hard Jeopardy Questions for Kids
192. What is the smallest state in America? Answer: Rhode Island
193. Two of the planets in our solar system begin with the letter M, can you name them? Answer: Mars and Mercury
194. What kind of tree do acorns come from? Answer: Oak
Final Jeopardy!
We hope you’ve enjoyed this extensive list of Jeopardy Trivia Questions for Kids! These questions not only provide a fun way to engage your children in learning but also enhance their critical thinking skills. For some Bonus Points make your own number of questions and I hope you enjoyed playing Jeopardy-Daddy Simply style!
