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Book quiz for kids
Twenty questions on children’s books for ages 6 to 11, in four rounds: picture books, Roald Dahl, big adventures and who wrote what.
A shortened quiz, to play solo
20 questions to play on your own, online. Type your answers and get your score at the end. No PDFs and no group play.
Playing with other people? Get the full quiz
- 60 questions, none of them on this page
- Question and answer PDFs, with answer sheets and tie-breakers
- Host it live: a private game room, everyone answers on their phones
- Questions
- 20
- Rounds
- 4
- Difficulty
- Easy to hard
Round 01
Picture books
- Difficulty: medium
Who wrote and illustrated "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"?
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Eric Carle
- Difficulty: easy
Finish the title: "We're Going on a ... Hunt".
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Bear
- Difficulty: medium
In "Where the Wild Things Are", what is the name of the boy in the wolf suit?
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Max
- Difficulty: easy
Who wrote "The Cat in the Hat"?
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Dr Seuss
Also accept: Dr. Seuss, Doctor Seuss
- Difficulty: easy
In the picture books by David McKee, what kind of patchwork animal is Elmer?
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An elephant
Also accept: Elephant
Round 02
Roald Dahl
- Difficulty: easy
In which giant fruit does James cross the Atlantic?
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A peach
Also accept: A giant peach, Peach, Giant peach
- Difficulty: medium
In "Fantastic Mr Fox", the three farmers are Boggis, Bunce and who?
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Bean
- Difficulty: medium
In "The Twits", what does Mrs Twit put in Mr Twit's spaghetti?
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Worms
Also accept: Worm
- Difficulty: easy
Finish the title: "George's Marvellous ...".
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Medicine
- Difficulty: medium
In "The Witches", what do the witches plan to turn children into?
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Mice
Also accept: Mouse, A mouse
Round 03
Big adventures
- Difficulty: medium
In "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", how do the children get into Narnia?
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Through a wardrobe
Also accept: A wardrobe, The wardrobe, Wardrobe
- Difficulty: medium
In "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", whose garden does Peter sneak into?
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Mr McGregor's
Also accept: Mr McGregor, McGregor, Mr McGregor's garden
- Difficulty: medium
In "The Hobbit", what kind of creature is Smaug?
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A dragon
Also accept: Dragon
- Difficulty: easy
In Enid Blyton's Famous Five stories, what kind of animal is Timmy?
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A dog
Also accept: Dog
- Difficulty: hard
In "Treasure Island", what is the name of the one-legged pirate?
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Long John Silver
Round 04
Who wrote it?
- Difficulty: medium
Who wrote "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"?
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C.S. Lewis
Also accept: CS Lewis, C S Lewis, Lewis
- Difficulty: easy
Who wrote the Peter Rabbit stories?
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Beatrix Potter
Also accept: Potter
- Difficulty: easy
Who wrote "Gangsta Granny" and "The Boy in the Dress"?
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David Walliams
Also accept: Walliams
- Difficulty: medium
Who writes the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" books?
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Jeff Kinney
Also accept: Kinney
- Difficulty: medium
Who wrote "War Horse" and "Private Peaceful"?
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Michael Morpurgo
Also accept: Morpurgo
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Now play it with everyone
That was the free solo version. The Kids' Quiz has 60 brand-new questions in 6 rounds, with question and answer PDFs to print, or host it live with everyone on their phones. Instant download.
Solo is free. Playing with a group? That’s the full quiz.
Free version · this page
A shortened quiz, solo only
20 questions to play on your own, online
- 20 questions, marked for you
- Your score, answers and explanations at the end
- No PDFs: nothing to print or hand round
- No group hosting or live game room
- No team answer sheets or tie-breakers
- Anyone can look these questions up
Full version · £4.99
Everything you need to host a group
The Kids' Quiz
- A longer quiz: 60 questions (this page has 20), none of them on this site
- Host pack with questions and answers (PDF)
- Written for ages 6 to 11: animals, science, the world, stories, numbers and sport
- Team answer sheets and scoresheet
- Two tie-breakers
- Host it live for 30 days: a private game room with a join code, everyone answers on their phones, live leaderboard, up to 100 players
- For family and friends · instant download, and it never expires
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- All 24 quiz packs (1,680 questions) to download, plus every new one
- Host them online: players join on their phones with a QR code or link
- Play any quiz solo, game-show style
- Cancel any time
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How to run it
- A good one for World Book Day, a library club or a bedtime treat.
- Let each child ask one question about their own favourite book as a bonus round.
- Younger children do best on the first two rounds, older ones on the last two.