Baby Shower Trivia: 50 Fun Questions All About Babies!

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Think you know everything there is to know about babies?

Whether you’re hosting a baby shower or just love a good trivia challenge, this baby-themed quiz is here to test your knowledge of all things baby — from biology and bizarre newborn facts to pop culture babies, celebrity name picks, and even the baby names of animals.

We’ve mixed in straight Q&A and multiple choice formats to keep things fun, easy to play, and great for groups.

You can grab your team (or go solo) and see how much you really know about the tiniest humans — and the baby animals, too.

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Here’s a trivia quiz to get you started. You’ll find way more baby-related trivia questions below!

Table of Contents

All About Babies: Warm-Up Round

What do you call a baby cat?

A) Calf
B) Pup
C) Kitten
D) Cub

Answer: C) Kitten

What is a baby chicken called?

A) Chick
B) Poult
C) Hatchling
D) Peep

Answer: A) Chick

What is a baby goat called?

A) Calf
B) Kid
C) Foal
D) Lamb

Answer: B) Kid

What is a baby sheep called?

A) Cub
B) Kid
C) Lamb
D) Chick

Answer: C) Lamb

What do you call a baby horse?

A) Foal
B) Calf
C) Joey
D) Chick

Answer: A) Foal

What’s the name for a baby kangaroo?

A) Cub
B) Joey
C) Pup
D) Calf

Answer: B) Joey

What do you call a baby pig?

A) Piggy
B) Shoat
C) Pup
D) Foal

Answer: B) Shoat

What’s a baby duck called?

A) Chick
B) Duckling
C) Gosling
D) Poult

Answer: B) Duckling

How many bones are babies born with, compared to the typical adult, who has about 206 to 213?

A) About 150
B) About 200
C) About 300
D) About 350

Correct Answer: C) About 300. Many of these fuse together as they grow into adulthood,

Which bones do adults have that babies are born without?

A) Elbow bones
B) Wrist bones
C) Shoulder blades
D) Kneecaps

Correct Answer: D) Kneecaps. Newborns don’t have kneecaps made of bone — just cartilage. These harden into bone as they grow.

Why don’t newborn babies produce tears when they cry?

A) Their tear ducts are blocked
B) They don’t feel strong emotion yet
C) Their tear glands aren’t fully developed
D) They are faking when they cry

Correct Answer: C) Their tear glands aren’t fully developed. Newborns cry, but real tears don’t show up until about 2 to 3 months, once the lacrimal glands are fully functioning.

Which organ delivers oxygenated blood to the fetus?

A) Umbilical artery
B) Umbilical vein
C) Placenta
D) Amniotic sac

Correct Answer: B) Umbilical vein

Which reflex causes a baby’s toes to fan out and uncurl when the sole of their foot is stroked?

A) Moro reflex
B) Grasp reflex
C) Rooting reflex
D) Babinski reflex

Correct Answer: D) Babinski reflex

Which sense is most developed in a newborn baby?

A) Sight
B) Hearing
C) Taste
D) Smell

Correct Answer: B) Hearing

According to a 2009 study, what unusual trait might be present in a baby’s cry?

A) It mimics the rhythm of nearby music
B) It reflects the language spoken at home
C) It changes depending on the weather
D) It imitates animal sounds

Correct Answer: B) It reflects the language spoken at home

Trivia Fun Fact

Babies may cry with an accent!

In a 2009 study, researchers recorded 60 French and German babies crying and found that subtleties in their cries mimicked each language. French cries had a slight lilt, while German babies abruptly started and dropped off at the end. This means that not only can babies recognize and mimic the musicality of their parents’ language, but they likely pick it up while still in the womb.

What is the Moro reflex in infants?

A) Laughing when tickled
B) Flailing arms when startled
C) Kicking when laid down
D) Coughing when fed

Correct Answer: B) Flailing arms when startled

What musical ability were newborn babies shown to have in a 2009 study using EEGs?

A) Recognizing lyrics
B) Singing in tune
C) Detecting rhythm disruptions
D) Matching pitches

Correct Answer: C) Detecting rhythm disruptions. Babies showed adult-like brain responses when a drumbeat rhythm was disrupted, showing they could detect when a beat was off.

All About Babies: Pop Culture Baby Knowledge

Which Disney movie features a baby elephant who can fly?

A) Bambi
B) Dumbo
C) The Jungle Book
D) Fantasia

Correct Answer: B) Dumbo

What is the name of Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s first daughter?

A) Blue Ivy
B) North West
C) Stormi
D) Chicago

Correct Answer: A) Blue Ivy

Which celebrity couple named their child “Apple”?

A) Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
B) Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow
C) David and Victoria Beckham
D) Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

Correct Answer: B) Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow

What is the name of the baby in the animated series “The Simpsons”?

A) Lisa
B) Maggie
C) Marge
D) Bart

Correct Answer: B) Maggie

Who are the parents of a child named North?

A) Jay-Z and Beyoncé
B) Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
C) Kanye West and Kim Kardashian
D) Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel

Correct Answer: C) Kanye West and Kim Kardashian

Which Disney character is known for saying, “I’m a real boy!”?

A) Simba
B) Pinocchio
C) Peter Pan
D) Aladdin

Correct Answer: B) Pinocchio

Which celebrity named their child “X Æ A-12”?

A) Elon Musk and Grimes
B) Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
C) Beyoncé and Jay-Z
D) Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes

Correct Answer: A) Elon Musk and Grimes

In the Nickelodeon TV show “Rugrats,” what is the name of the main baby character?

A) Tommy Pickles
B) Chuckie Finster
C) Phil DeVille
D) Dil Pickles

Correct Answer: A) Tommy Pickles

All About Babies: Random Knowledge

How long is the average pregnancy in weeks — from conception to delivery?

Correct Answer: 38 weeks

How many diapers does the average newborn go through in a day?

Correct Answer: 8 to 12 diapers

Other than black and white, what color can babies see first?

Correct Answer: Red. Because red has the longest wavelength (at 700 nanometers), the color doesn’t scatter easily, and it’s the first hue capable of being detected by a baby’s reduced visual range.

In the U.S., which celebration features a cinnamon-like cake with a plastic baby hidden in the center?

Correct Answer: Mardi Gras.

True or false: Pink was once considered a color for baby boys, while blue was for baby girls.

Correct Answer: True.

What do you call a baby cow?

Correct Answer: A calf.

Which animal warms its baby eggs on its feet?

Correct Answer: Emperor penguins.

Which fruit is often used to compare the size of a fetus at 20 weeks?

Correct Answer: Banana

What’s the soft spot on a baby’s head called?

Correct Answer: Fontanelle

What is the average weight of a newborn baby in the U.S.?

Correct Answer: Around 7.5 pounds

What is the first sense a baby develops in the womb?

Correct Answer: Touch

In The Mandalorian, the character is known as Baby Yoda, or even just “The Child”, but it turns out he actually goes by what name?

Correct Answer: Grogu.

What did Zach Galifianakis call the baby in The Hangover?

Correct Answer: Carlos.

Which grunge band’s album, called Nevermind and featuring a naked baby on the cover, turned 30 in 2021?

Correct Answer: Nirvana.

Which of these mighty warriors was dipped in the River Styx as a baby, making him nearly invulnerable — Achilles, Hercules, Hermes, or Odysseus?

Correct Answer: Achilles.

What message does the idiom “don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater” convey?

A) Don’t overreact to a small problem.
B) Don’t lose something valuable while trying to get rid of something undesirable.
C) Don’t let emotions cloud your judgment.
D) Don’t rely too heavily on outdated methods.

Correct Answer: B) Don’t lose something valuable while trying to get rid of something undesirable.

In traditional South Korean culture, how old is a baby considered to be at birth?

A) 0 years old
B) 1 year old
C) 9 months old
D) 2 years old

Correct Answer: B. 1 year old

Trivia Fun Fact

In Korea, babies are considered 1 year old at birth.

In South Korea, babies are already considered 1 year old at birth. Korean culture calculates age in three different ways, and the oldest and most traditional way (often called “Korean age”) may have gotten its start by accounting for the time spent in utero, rounding up a nine-month gestation to a full year.

All About… Baby Names!

Which of the following was NOT a top boy name in the 1920s?

A) William
B) Charles
C) David
D) Robert

Correct Answer: C) David

Patricia skyrocketed into the top five girl names in the 1930s. What is one likely reason?

A) A popular Hollywood actress
B) Influence from Irish-American families
C) A famous song called “Patricia”
D) It was Queen Elizabeth’s middle name

Correct Answer: B) Influence from Irish-American families

Which of these names was a new addition to the top girl names list in the 1940s, likely due to seasonal associations?

A) Carol
B) Mary
C) Holly
D) Valentina

Correct Answer: A) Carol

Trivia Fun Fact

Often given to wintertime babies, Carol was considered an uplifting holiday name that honored the season’s musical hymns. It peaked during the 1940s and fell from the top-10 list by 1951.

What name held the top girl spot for decades until it was finally unseated in the 1950s?

A) Patricia
B) Susan
C) Mary
D) Deborah

Correct Answer: C) Mary

Lisa’s popularity in the 1960s may have been boosted by which of the following events?

A) A popular TV show character
B) A royal baby announcement
C) The U.S. tour of the “Mona Lisa” painting
D) A bestselling baby name book

Correct Answer: C) The U.S. tour of the “Mona Lisa” painting

What helped boost the popularity of the name Michael throughout the 1990s?

A) The popularity of a Disney character
B) Numerous celebrities with the name
C) A royal baby
D) A TV show titled Michael

Correct Answer: B) Numerous celebrities with the name

Trivia Fun Fact

In its last decade of acclaim, the name was boosted by a number of celebrities: singers Michael Jackson and Michael Bolton, basketball great Michael Jordan, and actors Michael Keaton and Michael J. Fox.

Which of these was NOT a top girl name in the 1980s?

A) Jessica
B) Amanda
C) Sarah
D) Rebecca

Correct Answer: D) Rebecca

Which of the following girl names was not in the top five in the 2000s?
A) Madison
B) Olivia
C) Hannah
D) Isabella

Correct Answer: D) Isabella

Trivia Fun Fact

The top boy names of the 2000s were: Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew, and Daniel.

The top girl names of the 2000s were: Emily, Madison, Emma, Olivia, Hannah.

In the 2010s, what contributed to a wider variety of baby names compared to previous decades?

A) Science fiction books and TV shows
B) Baby name lotteries
C) Increased use of social media and baby name websites
D) New laws about unique baby names

Correct Answer: C) Increased use of social media and baby name websites

Additional Baby Shower Ideas

Other Baby Shower Game Ideas

1. Baby Item Price Is Right – Guests guess the price of common baby items (diapers, wipes, pacifiers, etc.). Closest without going over wins! Pro tip: Buy the items ahead of time so the parent-to-be can keep them.

2. Don’t Say “Baby” Game – Hand each guest a clothespin or sticker at the start. If they say “baby,” another guest can steal it. The person with the most by the end wins a prize! Fun twist: Pick another taboo word like “cute” or “mom” to make it more challenging.

3. Guess the Baby Food Flavor – Remove the labels from jars of baby food and have guests guess what they’re tasting. It’s always harder (and funnier) than it sounds.

4. Who’s That Baby? – Ask guests to bring a baby photo of themselves. Tape them up and have everyone guess who’s who. Pro tip: Number the photos and give out answer sheets; the guest who gets the most right wins a prize!

5. Diaper Messages – Set out a stack of diapers and permanent markers. Ask guests to write funny or encouraging messages for those late-night changes. Give these to the parents-to-be without letting them read the messages until after the baby is born!

6. Baby Name Race – Give guests a letter (or set a timer) and see who can come up with the most baby names starting with that letter in 60 seconds.

7. Baby Predictions Card – Have guests guess baby’s birth date, weight, length, hair color, and more. Collect and give to the parents as a keepsake. For even more laughs: Have them draw out what they think the baby will look like. You’re guaranteed some ridiculous-looking drawings!