Baby Shower Trivia Questions
Fun and fascinating trivia questions that are all about babies.
If you’re organizing a baby shower, you gotta have at least one or two party games. Trivia is a great choice because the rules are simple, the competition is low-pressure, and the game allows everyone to get involved. And as a bonus, your baby shower guests might actually learn something new.
Trivia Game Rules: The Complete Guide
As for the baby shower trivia questions, I think I’ve got you covered on that score. I’ve put together a list of questions that all have something to do with babies and motherhood. As always, I’ve also created a couple of different printables that you might find useful depending on how you want to run your big baby shower trivia challenge.
Printables
There are at least a couple of different ways to run a game of baby shower trivia, so I have multiple printables for you. Here’s a simple one-sheet PDF to hand out to guests to see how many questions each person can get right:
Here are the questions on slips of paper that you can cut out and draw from the proverbial hat. These are perfect for team trivia games.
Baby Shower Trivia Questions
Here’s the list of baby-related trivia questions, starting with the easy stuff and moving to the real brain-busters.
Easy
Q: The modern form of what sanity-preserving baby item was developed in 1901 by Christian W. Meinecke?
A: The pacifier.
Q: What condition, also known as momnesia, is known to cause women to become forgetful during or soon after pregnancy?
A: Baby brain.
Q: According to a legend of Ancient Rome, what two figures were suckled by a she-wolf as infants?
A: Romulus and Remus.
Q: In what Disney classic is the titular character shown being delivered by the Stork?
A: Dumbo.
Q: Roughly what percentage of babies are born on their due date: 5%, 10%, 15%, or 20%?
A: 5%.
Q: According to an English legend, a woman who lived in a yew tree inspired what lullaby?
A: Rock-a-bye Baby.
Q: An early version of what product was marketed as “Destroyable Babies Napkins”?
A: Disposable diapers.
Q: Lanugo refers to what feature that often covers the bodies and limbs of newborn babies?
A: Hair.
Q: In what classic 1968 movie is a mother horrified to see that her newborn baby has his father’s eyes?
A: Rosemary’s Baby.
Q: Wet nurses became a lot less common after the invention of what in the late 19th Century?
A: Formula.
Q: What’s the name of the scheming baby in the animated series Family Guy?
A: Stewie.
Medium
Q: How many baby teeth does a child get: 20, 24, 28, or 32?
A: 20.
Q: What land mammals have the longest pregnancies?
A: Elephants (18-22 months).
Q: What 2007 comedy is about an unlikely couple dealing with an unexpected pregnancy?
A: Knocked Up.
Q: About how many diapers does the average baby go through in their first year: 500, 1000, 1500, or 2500?
A: 2500!
Q: Before growing up to become a mystery novelist, Ann Turner Cook was the model for the original what?
A: Gerber baby.
Q: What common skin condition causes white or yellow scales on a baby’s scalp?
A: Cradle cap.
Q: The creepy “Dancing Baby” of the 1990s was an early example of what?
A: A viral video.
Hard
Q: What was the most popular baby boy’s name of 1900 according to the Social Security Administration: Oliver, John, George, or Jethro?
A: John.
Q: What was the most popular baby girl’s name of 1900 according to the SSA: Sophia, Petunia, Helen, or Mary?
A: Mary.
Q: What’s the name for a mother’s first form of breastmilk, which is informally known as “liquid gold”?
A: Colostrum.
Q: Roughly what percentage of people end up with outie belly buttons: 10%, 20%, 30%, or 40%?
A: 10%.
Q: What is Baby Yoda’s real name?
A: Grogu.
Q: What has the “bell and pad” alarm been used for ever since the 1930s?
A: Potty training.
Q: In a major medical breakthrough, the first one of these was born in Britain in 1978.
A: Test tube baby.
Q: What is the fontanelle? Hint: The answer isn’t hard.
A: The soft spot on the baby’s head.
