Space
Space quiz for kids
Twenty space questions for children of about 6 to 11, in four rounds: the planets, the Sun and the Moon, space travel and what’s out beyond.
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
The planets
- Difficulty: medium
Which is the smallest planet in our solar system?
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Mercury
- Difficulty: medium
Which planet is named after the Roman god of the sea?
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Neptune
- Difficulty: hard
Which planet has a huge moon called Titan?
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Saturn
- Difficulty: medium
What are the rings of Saturn mostly made of?
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Ice and rock
Also accept: Ice, Ice and dust, Rock and ice, Lumps of ice, Ice, rock and dust
- Difficulty: hard
Which two planets have no moons at all?
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Mercury and Venus
Also accept: Venus and Mercury
Round 02
The Sun and the Moon
- Difficulty: medium
About how long does the Moon take to travel once around the Earth?
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A month
Also accept: About a month, 27 days, 28 days, About 27 days, Four weeks, About four weeks, 29 days
- Difficulty: medium
What is it called when the Moon passes in front of the Sun and blocks it out?
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A solar eclipse
Also accept: Solar eclipse, An eclipse, Eclipse
- Difficulty: easy
What are the round dents on the Moon called?
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Craters
Also accept: Crater
- Difficulty: hard
About how long does light from the Sun take to reach the Earth?
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8 minutes
Also accept: Eight minutes, About 8 minutes, About eight minutes
- Difficulty: medium
What causes the tides in the sea?
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The pull of the Moon
Also accept: The Moon, The Moon's gravity, Gravity from the Moon, The Moon and the Sun, Moon
Round 03
Space travel
- Difficulty: medium
What kind of animal was Laika, the first animal to orbit the Earth?
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A dog
Also accept: Dog
- Difficulty: medium
What do we call the floating feeling astronauts have in orbit?
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Weightlessness
Also accept: Zero gravity, Microgravity, Being weightless, Zero-g, Free fall
- Difficulty: easy
What is the name of the space station that astronauts live on as it orbits the Earth?
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The International Space Station
Also accept: International Space Station, ISS, The ISS
- Difficulty: hard
Who was the first person to travel into space, in 1961?
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Yuri Gagarin
Also accept: Gagarin
- Difficulty: medium
Which NASA programme landed astronauts on the Moon?
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Apollo
Also accept: The Apollo programme, Apollo 11
Round 04
Far out
- Difficulty: medium
What is a shooting star really?
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A piece of space rock burning up
Also accept: A meteor, Meteor, A meteoroid, Space rock, A rock burning up, A meteorite, Space dust burning up
- Difficulty: medium
What do we call a huge group of billions of stars?
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A galaxy
Also accept: Galaxy
- Difficulty: medium
What do we call a pattern of stars in the sky, like Orion or the Plough?
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A constellation
Also accept: Constellation
- Difficulty: medium
Which icy object grows a long glowing tail when it gets near the Sun?
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A comet
Also accept: Comet
- Difficulty: medium
Why is there no sound in space?
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There is no air
Also accept: No air, There is no air to carry it, It is a vacuum, Because there is no air, There's no air
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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.
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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
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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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How to run it
- Play it outside on a clear night and see who can spot a planet.
- The last question of each round is the hard one. Make it worth double.
- Ask the winner to name all eight planets in order for a bonus point.