Kids Birthday Party Jeopardy

Easy questions about animals, cartoons, colors and treats for a birthday party of six-to-ten-year-olds. Copy it free; kids buzz in from a grown-up's phone.

6 categories · 30 clues · Final Jeopardy · everyone buzzes in from their phone

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Animal Friends

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This farm animal says "moo" and gives us milk.
What is a cow?
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This black-and-white bear from China loves to munch on bamboo.
What is a panda?
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This is the tallest animal in the world, with a very long neck.
What is a giraffe?
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This Australian animal hops on its strong back legs and carries its baby in a pouch.
What is a kangaroo?
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This giant ocean mammal is the biggest animal that has ever lived, even bigger than any dinosaur.
What is the blue whale?

Cartoons and Movies

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This Disney mouse with big round ears and red shorts is one of the most famous cartoon characters ever.
Who is Mickey Mouse?
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In "Frozen," this friendly snowman loves warm hugs.
Who is Olaf?
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This yellow sea sponge lives in a pineapple house in Bikini Bottom and works as a fry cook.
Who is SpongeBob SquarePants?
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In "Toy Story," this pull-string cowboy doll is Andy's favorite toy at the start.
Who is Woody?
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In "Finding Nemo," this forgetful blue fish helps Marlin search the ocean for his son.
Who is Dory?

Colors and Shapes

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Mixing blue paint and yellow paint makes this color.
What is green?
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This shape has three sides and three corners.
What is a triangle?
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Mixing red paint and white paint makes this light color.
What is pink?
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A stop sign is this shape, which has eight sides.
What is an octagon?
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Each little cell in a bees' honeycomb is this shape, which has six sides.
What is a hexagon?

Yummy Treats

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This cold, creamy treat is often served in a cone and comes in flavors like vanilla and chocolate.
What is ice cream?
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This round fried treat has a hole in the middle and is often covered in glaze or sprinkles.
What is a doughnut?
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Bees make this sweet, sticky food from the nectar of flowers.
What is honey?
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This fluffy candy made of spun sugar is sold at fairs and circuses.
What is cotton candy?
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Chocolate is made from the beans of this tropical tree.
What is the cacao (cocoa) tree?

Silly Science

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This invisible force pulls things down to the ground when you drop them.
What is gravity?
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Water turns into this solid when it gets cold enough to freeze.
What is ice?
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This star, the closest one to Earth, gives us daylight and warmth.
What is the Sun?
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Plants take in this gas from the air, the same gas we breathe out.
What is carbon dioxide?
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A rainbow is usually said to have this many colors, from red to violet.
What is seven?

Birthdays Around the World

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In many countries, people sing this song to the birthday person before the candles are blown out.
What is "Happy Birthday to You"?
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You are supposed to make one of these silently before blowing out your birthday candles.
What is a wish?
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At parties in Mexico, kids take turns hitting this candy-filled decoration with a stick.
What is a piñata?
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On birthdays in China, people often eat these extra-long noodles, which stand for a long life.
What are longevity noodles?
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Kids' parties in Australia often serve this treat: buttered white bread covered in rainbow sprinkles.
What is fairy bread?

Final Jeopardy — Animal Friends

A baby frog is called this while it swims with a tail and has not grown its legs yet.

What is a tadpole?

How to run this board

This board is pitched for a birthday party of children around six to ten. Questions cover animals, cartoons and movies, colors and shapes, food and treats, silly science, and birthdays around the world, all easy enough that most kids can answer something in every column.

Put the board on the TV and give each team a grown-up's phone to buzz in with. Teams of three or four work better than individual players at this age, since everyone gets to shout out an answer.

Keep it short: one round and Final Jeopardy fit comfortably before cake. Let the birthday child pick the first category and read the Final Jeopardy clue aloud if they are old enough.

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