Welcome to our 6th Grade Trivia Challenge! This post is filled with 100 exciting and educational trivia questions designed specifically for 6th graders. They cover a range of topics including geography, history, science, literature, and much more. Whether you’re a student wanting to test your knowledge, a teacher seeking a fun way to engage your students, or a parent looking for a creative learning tool, this trivia is for you. Dive in and see how many questions you can answer correctly. Good luck and most importantly, have fun while learning!
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1. What is the largest planet in our solar system? Reveal Answer Jupiter 2. Who wrote the novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’? Reveal Answer Harper Lee 3. What is the capital of Australia? Reveal Answer Canberra 4. In what state is the Grand Canyon located? Reveal Answer Arizona 5. What is the square root of 64? Reveal Answer 8 6. What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere? Reveal Answer Carbon Dioxide 7. What is the freezing point of water in Fahrenheit? Reveal Answer 32 8. Who is known as the ‘Father of the Constitution’? Reveal Answer James Madison 9. What is the basic unit of life? Reveal Answer Cell 10. Which gas is most abundant in Earth’s atmosphere? Reveal Answer Nitrogen 11. What type of animal is a komodo dragon? Reveal Answer Reptile 12. What is the smallest prime number? Reveal Answer 2 13. What is the largest continent by land area? Reveal Answer Asia 14. Who discovered penicillin? Reveal Answer Alexander Fleming 15. What is the capital of Spain? Reveal Answer Madrid 16. In what year did the American Revolutionary War end? Reveal Answer 1783 17. What chemical element is represented by the symbol ‘O’? Reveal Answer Oxygen 18. Who wrote the ‘Iliad’ and the ‘Odyssey’? Reveal Answer Homer 19. What is the first element on the periodic table? Reveal Answer Hydrogen 20. What is the primary source of energy for life on Earth? Reveal Answer The Sun 21. What is the largest organ of the human body? Reveal Answer Skin 22. What do you call a shape with five sides? Reveal Answer Pentagon 23. What is the capital of Canada? Reveal Answer Ottawa 24. Who painted the ‘Mona Lisa’? Reveal Answer Leonardo da Vinci 25. Which bird is known as the symbol of peace? Reveal Answer Dove 26. What is the longest river in the world? Reveal Answer The Nile 27. What is the largest ocean? Reveal Answer Pacific Ocean 28. Who was the first president of the United States? Reveal Answer George Washington 29. Which planet is known as the ‘Red Planet’? Reveal Answer Mars 30. What is the formula for the area of a rectangle? Reveal Answer Length times width 31. Which language is most widely spoken in South America? Reveal Answer Spanish 32. What are the three primary colors? Reveal Answer Red, Blue, Yellow 33. Who was the 16th President of the United States? Reveal Answer Abraham Lincoln 34. What is the longest bone in the human body? Reveal Answer Femur 35. Who wrote ‘Pride and Prejudice’? Reveal Answer Jane Austen 36. What do you call a group of fish? Reveal Answer School 37. What is the capital of Japan? Reveal Answer Tokyo 38. Who developed the theory of general relativity? Reveal Answer Albert Einstein 39. What does the ‘www’ in a website’s URL stand for? Reveal Answer World Wide Web 40. What is the closest star to Earth? Reveal Answer The Sun 41. What are the three states of matter? Reveal Answer Solid, Liquid, Gas 42. Who invented the light bulb? Reveal Answer Thomas Edison 43. What is the capital of Germany? Reveal Answer Berlin 44. What is the currency of Japan? Reveal Answer Yen 45. What is the highest mountain in the world? Reveal Answer Mount Everest 46. Who wrote the ‘Harry Potter’ series? Reveal Answer J.K. Rowling 47. Which element has the atomic number 1? Reveal Answer Hydrogen 48. What is the capital of Egypt? Reveal Answer Cairo 49. Which planet is closest to the sun? Reveal Answer Mercury 50. Who is known as the ‘King of Pop’? Reveal Answer Michael Jackson 51. What do you call a baby kangaroo? Reveal Answer Joey 52. What is the primary greenhouse gas? Reveal Answer Carbon Dioxide 53. Who was the first man to walk on the moon? Reveal Answer Neil Armstrong 54. What are the four main points of the compass? Reveal Answer North, East, South, West 55. Which is the smallest continent by land area? Reveal Answer Australia 56. What is the boiling point of water in Celsius? Reveal Answer 100 57. Who is the author of ‘The Jungle Book’? Reveal Answer Rudyard Kipling 58. What is the largest animal that has ever lived? Reveal Answer Blue Whale 59. What is the capital of Russia? Reveal Answer Moscow 60. What do you call a scientist who studies weather? Reveal Answer Meteorologist 61. Who invented the telephone? Reveal Answer Alexander Graham Bell 62. Which is the most populated country in the world? Reveal Answer China 63. What is the chemical symbol for gold? Reveal Answer Au 64. What is the tallest animal in the world? Reveal Answer Giraffe 65. What is the capital of Italy? Reveal Answer Rome 66. Who was known as the ‘Maid of Orleans’? Reveal Answer Joan of Arc 67. What is the sum of angles in a triangle? Reveal Answer 180 degrees 68. What gas do humans breathe out? Reveal Answer Carbon Dioxide 69. Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean? Reveal Answer Amelia Earhart 70. What is the largest country by land area? Reveal Answer Russia 71. Who wrote the ‘Adventures of Tom Sawyer’? Reveal Answer Mark Twain 72. What is the largest bird in the world? Reveal Answer Ostrich 73. What is the chemical symbol for Silver? Reveal Answer Ag 74. What is the capital of France? Reveal Answer Paris 75. Which planet is known for its rings? Reveal Answer Saturn 76. What is the basic unit of length in the metric system? Reveal Answer Meter 77. Who was the first African American to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State? Reveal Answer Colin Powell 78. Who is the author of ‘Moby Dick’? Reveal Answer Herman Melville 79. What is the tallest tree in the world? Reveal Answer The Coast Redwood 80. What are the four main blood types? Reveal Answer A, B, AB, O 81. What is the capital of India? Reveal Answer New Delhi 82. What is the speed of light in vacuum? Reveal Answer 299,792 kilometers per second 83. What is the chemical symbol for Iron? Reveal Answer Fe 84. Who was the first American astronaut to orbit Earth? Reveal Answer John Glenn 85. Who invented the computer mouse? Reveal Answer Douglas Engelbart 86. What is the capital of Brazil? Reveal Answer Brasilia 87. What are the three types of rocks? Reveal Answer Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic 88. What is the main ingredient in hummus? Reveal Answer Chickpeas 89. What is the chemical symbol for Sodium? Reveal Answer Na 90. What is the capital of China? Reveal Answer Beijing 91. What language is spoken in Brazil? Reveal Answer Portuguese 92. Who is the author of ‘Alice in Wonderland’? Reveal Answer Lewis Carroll 93. What do you call a baby rabbit? Reveal Answer Kit, Kitten 94. What is the largest mammal on land? Reveal Answer Elephant 95. What is the capital of South Korea? Reveal Answer Seoul 96. Who is the fastest man in the world? Reveal Answer Usain Bolt 97. What is the world’s largest island? Reveal Answer Greenland 98. What are the three branches of the United States government? Reveal Answer Legislative, Executive, Judicial 99. Who discovered America? Reveal Answer Christopher Columbus 100. 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