Easy Quiz Questions: 18 Starters Anyone Can Answer

Every good quiz opens easy. The first round is not there to separate the field — it is there to get everybody talking, so that the people who came reluctantly stay. These eighteen are deliberately gettable, drawn from every category.

Round one

1. How many days are in a week? — Seven
2. What colour is a banana when ripe? — Yellow
3. How many continents are there? — Seven
4. What is the capital of France? — Paris
5. How many minutes are in an hour? — Sixty
6. What animal says ‘moo’? — A cow

Round two

1. How many sides does a triangle have? — Three
2. What is frozen water called? — Ice
3. Which planet do we live on? — Earth
4. How many letters are in the English alphabet? — Twenty-six
5. What is the opposite of hot? — Cold
6. How many legs does a cat have? — Four

Round three

1. What do you call a baby dog? — A puppy
2. Which season comes after winter? — Spring
3. How many months are in a year? — Twelve
4. What shape is a football? — Round, or a sphere
5. What do we breathe in to stay alive? — Oxygen
6. How many hours are in a day? — Twenty-four

Open with a round like this and save the hard questions for round three — quizzes that start difficult lose the table that most needed convincing.