Trivia questions Australian kids can actually answer

Family trivia night has a familiar failure mode: the grown-ups are having a great time, and the eight-year-old is quietly deflating because every card assumes thirty years of adult general knowledge — usually from another country's adult, at that. Kids don't need easier applause; they need questions written for what they actually know.

That's why QuokkaQuiz has a dedicated kids deck: 200 Australian trivia cards written for ages 8 and up. Same six categories as the adults deck — Arts & Literature, Geography, History, Sports & Leisure, Science & Nature, Entertainment — but pitched at what a bright primary-schooler in Australia genuinely has a shot at: their books, their shows, their animals, their country.

A taste of the kids deck

How families use it at the table

• Keep your favourite trivia board game's board, pieces and rules exactly as they are.
• Open QuokkaQuiz on a phone — it replaces the card box, nothing else.
• Flick the deck toggle to Kids 8+ whenever it's a young player's turn, and back to Adults for the grown-ups. Everyone answers questions pitched at their world.
• Tap a question to flip the card and reveal the answer; draw the next card and the old one shuffles to the back of the pile.

Prefer to see what the adults get? Have a look at our Australian trivia questions for grown-ups.