Family Quiz: 18 Questions Everyone Can Play

The trick with a family quiz is spread, not difficulty. Mix a question a seven-year-old will get with one only the oldest person in the room will, and nobody sits in silence for a whole round.

For the youngest players

1. What colour are ripe strawberries? — Red
2. How many legs does a spider have? — Eight
3. What do you call frozen rain? — Snow or hail
4. Which animal is the tallest? — The giraffe
5. How many sides does a square have? — Four
6. What do cows give us to drink? — Milk

For everyone

1. How many continents are there? — Seven
2. What is the largest planet in our solar system? — Jupiter
3. Which ocean is the largest? — The Pacific
4. How many players are in a football team on the pitch? — Eleven
5. What is the capital of Italy? — Rome
6. Which fruit keeps the doctor away, proverbially? — An apple

For the oldest in the room

1. In which decade did humans first walk on the Moon? — The 1960s
2. Which war ended in 1945? — The Second World War
3. What was the name of the first artificial satellite? — Sputnik 1
4. Which currency did France use before the euro? — The franc
5. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize? — Marie Curie
6. What did a rotary dial belong to? — A telephone

Score as teams rather than individuals and mix the ages across teams — a family quiz where the children lose every round does not get played twice.