TL;DR. Here are 96 general knowledge quiz questions for 9-11 year olds, with answers, in eight rounds of twelve: science, geography, history, maths, animals, books, sport and music. Each round runs from easy to medium to hard, so you can pick the level that suits a class, a party or a family quiz night.
How to use these questions
Each round has four easy (E), four medium (M) and four hard (H) questions. For a mixed-ability group, play the easy ones first and save the hard ones for a bonus or tie-breaker. Every answer below is a stable fact rather than a current record, so the quiz will not go out of date next year.
Tips for this age group:
Teams of three or four keep everyone involved and stop one confident child answering everything.Write answers down rather than calling out, so slower thinkers get a chance.Explain the answer after each question. Children remember the surprising ones.Mix in a picture or "true or false" round if energy dips.Round 1: Science
(E) What gas do humans need to breathe in to live? Answer: Oxygen(E) What is the closest star to Earth? Answer: The Sun(E) What is frozen water called? Answer: Ice(E) Which planet do we live on? Answer: Earth(M) What gas do plants take in from the air to make food? Answer: Carbon dioxide(M) What force pulls objects towards the ground? Answer: Gravity(M) Which planet is known as the Red Planet? Answer: Mars(M) At what temperature in Celsius does water boil at sea level? Answer: 100°C(H) What is the largest planet in our solar system? Answer: Jupiter(H) What is the process by which plants make food using sunlight called? Answer: Photosynthesis(H) What organ pumps blood around the body? Answer: The heart(H) What is the chemical symbol for gold? Answer: AuRound 2: Geography
(E) What is the largest ocean on Earth? Answer: The Pacific Ocean(E) How many continents are there? Answer: Seven(E) What is the capital city of France? Answer: Paris(E) In which country are the pyramids of Giza? Answer: Egypt(M) What is the capital of Japan? Answer: Tokyo(M) What is the longest river in South America? Answer: The Amazon(M) What is the highest mountain in the world above sea level? Answer: Mount Everest(M) Which continent is the Sahara Desert on? Answer: Africa(H) What is the capital of Australia? Answer: Canberra(H) Which country has the largest land area in the world? Answer: Russia(H) What is the smallest continent by land area? Answer: Australia (Oceania)(H) Which line of latitude divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres? Answer: The EquatorRound 3: History
(E) Which ancient people built the pyramids at Giza? Answer: The ancient Egyptians(E) What were the Viking boats called that had a long, narrow shape? Answer: Longships(E) Who was the first person to walk on the Moon? Answer: Neil Armstrong(E) What did the Romans build to carry water into their towns? Answer: Aqueducts(M) In which year did the Titanic sink? Answer: 1912(M) In which year did the first Moon landing happen? Answer: 1969(M) Which famous wall was built across northern England by the Romans? Answer: Hadrian's Wall(M) Who was the first President of the United States? Answer: George Washington(H) In which year did World War II end? Answer: 1945(H) Which English king had six wives? Answer: Henry VIII(H) Which ancient city was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79? Answer: Pompeii(H) Who invented the telephone, receiving the first US patent for it in 1876? Answer: Alexander Graham BellRound 4: Maths
(E) What is 7 x 8? Answer: 56(E) How many sides does a hexagon have? Answer: Six(E) What is half of 50? Answer: 25(E) How many minutes are in an hour? Answer: 60(M) What is 12 x 12? Answer: 144(M) How many degrees are in a right angle? Answer: 90(M) What is 3/4 as a percentage? Answer: 75%(M) How many centimetres are in a metre? Answer: 100(H) What do the angles inside a triangle add up to? Answer: 180 degrees(H) What is the next prime number after 7? Answer: 11(H) What is 15% of 200? Answer: 30(H) What is the Roman numeral for 50? Answer: LRound 5: Animals
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(E) Who wrote "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"? Answer: Roald Dahl(E) In "Peter Pan", what is the name of the fairy? Answer: Tinker Bell(E) What is the name of the boy wizard who goes to Hogwarts? Answer: Harry Potter(E) In "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", what does the caterpillar become? Answer: A butterfly(M) In "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", what is the name of the lion? Answer: Aslan(M) Who wrote "Matilda"? Answer: Roald Dahl(M) What is the name of the bear in "The Jungle Book"? Answer: Baloo(M) In "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", what does Alice follow down the hole? Answer: A White Rabbit(H) Who wrote "Charlotte's Web"? Answer: E. B. White(H) In "Charlotte's Web", what kind of animal is Charlotte? Answer: A spider(H) Who wrote "The Hobbit"? Answer: J. R. R. Tolkien(H) What is the name of the pig in "Charlotte's Web"? Answer: WilburRound 7: Sport
(E) How many players are on the pitch for one football (soccer) team? Answer: 11(E) In which sport do you hit a shuttlecock? Answer: Badminton(E) What colour medal is given for first place at the Olympics? Answer: Gold(E) In which sport would you score a "try"? Answer: Rugby(M) How many rings are on the Olympic flag? Answer: Five(M) How many players are on court for one basketball team? Answer: Five(M) In tennis, what word means a score of zero? Answer: Love(M) How often are the Summer Olympic Games normally held? Answer: Every four years(H) In which country did the ancient Olympic Games begin? Answer: Greece(H) How many holes are played in a standard round of golf? Answer: 18(H) What is the maximum score with three darts in one turn? Answer: 180(H) In cricket, how many balls are in a standard over? Answer: SixRound 8: Music
(E) How many strings does a standard guitar have? Answer: Six(E) Which instrument has black and white keys? Answer: The piano(E) What do you call a group of musicians who sing together? Answer: A choir(E) Which family of instruments do drums belong to? Answer: Percussion(M) How many lines are in a musical stave? Answer: Five(M) Which instrument is played with a bow and held under the chin? Answer: The violin(M) Which British band had members called John, Paul, George and Ringo? Answer: The Beatles(M) What does "forte" mean in music? Answer: Loud(H) Which composer kept writing music after becoming deaf? Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven(H) Which composer wrote "The Four Seasons"? Answer: Antonio Vivaldi(H) What is the largest instrument in the string family of an orchestra? Answer: The double bass(H) Which composer wrote "The Magic Flute"? Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartRunning the quiz in class or at a party
For a classroom, one round per day makes a good five-minute starter, and the hard questions make a good extension for fast finishers. For a party, play two or three rounds and finish with a tie-breaker such as "How many degrees in a right angle?" for teams on equal points.
If you want rounds on a specific topic the class is studying, a quiz maker can draft questions from a topic or from your own notes. The free plan gives 5 generations a month of up to 10 questions each; check every generated answer before you read it out, the same way we checked the ones above.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are good GK questions for kids aged 9 to 11?
Questions about planets, continents and capital cities, famous inventions and historical events, times tables and shapes, animal facts, well-known children's books, sport rules and musical instruments. Stable facts work better than current ones such as record holders.
How many questions should a kids quiz have?
For 9-11 year olds, a common setup is four to eight rounds of ten to twelve questions, with a break in the middle. Shorter is better for a classroom starter; longer works for a party.
How do I make a quiz fair for mixed ages?
Use teams that mix ages, and mark questions easy, medium and hard. You can give easy questions to younger players or award more points for hard ones.
Are these answers checked?
Yes. We included only facts that are settled and not time-sensitive, and dropped anything ambiguous. If your local curriculum uses a different convention (for example, how many continents), go with your class's version.
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