Kids Quiz – Printable Version
20 multiple-choice questions with an explained answer key, ready to print.
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- What is the biggest animal in the world?
- A. The elephant
- B. The blue whale
- C. The giraffe
- D. The great white shark
- What do bees make from flower nectar?
- A. Honey
- B. Milk
- C. Jam
- D. Icing sugar
- What does a caterpillar turn into?
- A. A butterfly
- B. A bee
- C. A ladybird
- D. A dragonfly
- Which animal sleeps upside down, hanging by its feet?
- A. The owl
- B. The bat
- C. The cat
- D. The parrot
- Which gas do plants produce using sunlight, the gas we breathe?
- A. Helium
- B. Smoke
- C. Carbon dioxide
- D. Oxygen
- What is the largest ocean on Earth?
- A. The Pacific Ocean
- B. The Atlantic Ocean
- C. The Indian Ocean
- D. The Arctic Ocean
- How many sides does a triangle have?
- A. 3
- B. 4
- C. 5
- D. 6
- How many legs does an insect have?
- A. 6
- B. 8
- C. 4
- D. 10
- What is the tallest animal in the world?
- A. The giraffe
- B. The elephant
- C. The ostrich
- D. The camel
- How many minutes are there in an hour?
- A. 60
- B. 100
- C. 30
- D. 24
- What is a baby horse called?
- A. A puppy
- B. A calf
- C. A lamb
- D. A foal
- Which animal is famous for being able to change colour?
- A. The chameleon
- B. The crocodile
- C. The tortoise
- D. The snake
- Which little animal carries its house on its back?
- A. The ant
- B. The snail
- C. The earthworm
- D. The grasshopper
- What is the longest river that flows entirely within France?
- A. The Loire
- B. The Seine
- C. The Rhône
- D. The Garonne
- Which plant does chocolate come from?
- A. The cacao tree
- B. The coffee plant
- C. The vanilla plant
- D. Sugar cane
- What do we call an animal that is active at night, like the owl?
- A. Herbivorous
- B. Diurnal
- C. Aquatic
- D. Nocturnal
- How many legs does a crab have, counting its two claws?
- A. 12
- B. 6
- C. 8
- D. 10
- In which country are the famous pyramids of Giza?
- A. China
- B. Mexico
- C. Egypt
- D. Greece
- What does the brown bear do for much of the winter?
- A. It goes to live in Africa
- B. It sleeps in its den
- C. It swims in the sea
- D. It changes colour
- How does a snake smell what's around it?
- A. With its tail
- B. With its ears
- C. With its scales
- D. With its tongue
Answer key — Kids Quiz
- B. The blue whaleA blue whale can be more than 30 metres long, as long as three buses!
- A. HoneyTo make a single jar of honey, bees must visit millions of flowers!
- A. A butterflyA caterpillar eats lots of leaves, then shuts itself inside a chrysalis.
- B. The batThe bat is the only mammal that can really fly. It sleeps hanging upside down, which lets it take off very quickly by simply dropping.
- D. OxygenUsing light, leaves turn water and carbon dioxide into sugar to feed the plant, and release oxygen.
- A. The Pacific OceanThe Pacific is so big that all the continents together could fit inside it!
- A. 3‘Tri’ means three: a triangle has three sides and three corners.
- A. 6All insects have 6 legs and a body in three parts: the head, the thorax and the abdomen.
- A. The giraffeAn adult giraffe can be more than 5 metres tall, taller than two adults standing on each other's shoulders!
- A. 60An hour has 60 minutes, and a minute has 60 seconds. The habit of counting in 60s comes from a very ancient people, the Babylonians, who lived more than 4,000 years ago.
- D. A foalJust a few hours after birth, a foal can already stand up and walk to follow its mother.
- A. The chameleonA chameleon changes colour mainly depending on its mood, the temperature or to impress a rival, more than to hide.
- B. The snailA snail's shell grows with it, all its life. It moves by gliding on a kind of slime that protects it: it can even crawl along the edge of a blade without getting cut!
- A. The LoireAbout 1,000 kilometres long, the Loire crosses France from the Massif Central to the Atlantic Ocean.
- A. The cacao treeChocolate is made from the beans of the cacao tree, which grows in hot countries.
- D. NocturnalNocturnal animals, like the owl, the bat or the hedgehog, sleep during the day and hunt at night.
- D. 10A crab has 10 legs, the first two being claws for catching food and defending itself.
- C. EgyptThe Great Pyramid of Giza was built about 4,500 years ago for the pharaoh Khufu, using more than 2 million stone blocks.
- B. It sleeps in its denIn winter, when food is scarce, the brown bear takes shelter in its den and lives off its fat reserves.
- D. With its tongueWhen a snake flicks out its forked tongue, it picks up tiny scent particles from the air and carries them to a special organ in its mouth.