Baby Trivia

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Share our fascinating baby trivia with your friends at your next gathering. Baby tips and tidbits are fun to use in baby shower games, too! Bet we've found out a few facts that you didn't know!

Baby trivia is great to use at baby showers and other gatherings.

Trivia for Baby Showers

Planning your next baby shower? We've got some great baby shower game ideas for you to use! Just take the following trivia questions and print them out on a sheet of paper. Don't print the answers though! Next, copy the baby trivia sheets so that each guest can use one. Once guests are seated, pass out the trivia sheets, and let the guests take a stab at answering each question. After everyone has finished writing down her answers, call out the correct answers for each question. The person or persons who answered the most questions correctly wins. You can purchase a few inexpensive favors to give to the winners.

Trivia Questions

1. How much did the lightest baby at birth weigh? 6 ounces, 10 ounces, 12 ounces, 14 ounces, 1 pound

2. How much did the heaviest baby at birth weigh? 12 pounds, 14 pounds, 16 pounds, 20 pounds, or 24 pounds

3. What are the most surviving multiple births for one pregnancy? 4 babies, 5 babies, 6 babies, 7 babies, 8 babies, 9 babies

4. How old is the oldest documented mother? 46 years, 56 years, 66 years

5. What is the largest number of children born to one woman? 15 children, 24 children, 32 children, 48 children, 57 children, 69 children

6. How big does the uterus get during pregnancy? 100 times, 200 times, 300 times, 400 times, 500 times

7. How many diapers does an average baby go through in one year? 2,500; 2,500; 5,000; 7,500

8. How many steps will the average toddler take in one minute? 78 steps, 95 steps, 120 steps, 176 steps

9. How many other people does the average child share his/her birthday with? 1 Billion; 225 Million; 300,000; 9 Million

10. What can a baby do up until 7 months that an adult cannot? Cross its eyes while sticking out its tongue; Breathe and swallow at the same time; Curl up into a ball and suck its thumb

Trivia Answers

10 ounces
24 pounds
7 babies
66 years
69 children (In the 1700's, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadruplets.)
500 times its regular size
7,500 diapers
176 steps
9 million
Breathe and swallow at the same time

Random Baby Trivia

The following baby trivia might be interesting to know. You can also adjust these questions to use at baby showers or parties as well.

Babies have 300 bones at birth, but adults only have 206.
Every three seconds a baby is born.
Hearing is the first fully developed sense.
In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed the order that made Mother's Day a national holiday.
There are approximately 15-19 sets of quintuplets born each year in the US.
A newborn baby's head accounts for about one-quarter of his or her entire weight.
It takes 500 years for a disposable diaper to decompose.
A baby gets his or her fingerprints as a three month old fetus.

More Trivia Resources

Still looking for more fun, baby trivia? Check out the following sites for information on downloading and ordering trivia games. You might be surprised at what you learn!

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