Ah, baby showers: the joyous celebration of new life!
If you’re searching for fun games to add excitement to your upcoming baby shower, then you have come to the right place.
Trivia questions are an enjoyable part of any baby shower.
Not only do they serve as an icebreaker but they make the party more fun for everyone – from grandparents to little ones in attendance.
Don’t believe us?
Here are some baby shower trivia questions sure to delight your guests and keep them entertained for hours!
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Baby Shower Trivia Questions and Answers
Are you throwing a baby shower? If so, read on this baby shower trivia questions list to use them as part of your baby shower festivities!
1. Which sense is first developed in a baby?
Answer: The sense of touch.
2. At what age can a baby recognize the taste of salt?
Answer: Five to six months old.
3. How many bones does a newborn have?
Answer: 300 bones.
4. When does the fingerprint appear on a baby’s finger?
Answer: Fingerprints of a newborn are shallow but become prominent when they are six months old.
5. How far is the eyesight of a newborn?
Answer: Eight to 14 inches.
6. Which color is first recognized by a newborn baby?
Answer: Red.
7. At what age does a baby have actual tears?
Answer: Between one and three months of age.
8. What percentage of babies are born on their actual date?
Answer: About 4 to 5%.
9. What is the proportion of a baby’s head to its body at birth?
Answer: One-quarter.
10. What is another name for a pacifier in England?
Answer: A pacifier is also known as a dummy.
11. Who holds the record for most children?
Answer: Valentine Vassilyev holds the record with 69 children
12. What is the Japanese word for the term ‘baby’?
Answer: Akachan.
13. When does a baby’s eye color get permanent?
Answer: Nine months old, but it differs from one baby to another
14. When can newborns recognize themselves in the mirror?
Answer: 18 months to two years of age.
15. At what age do the babies start crawling?
Answer: Six to 10 months, but it varies from one baby to another.
16. At which age do the babies double their birth weight?
Answer: Six to 12 months old.
17. When does the umbilical stump of a baby fall off?
Answer: Within one to three weeks after birth.
18. When does a baby start sitting and holding its head?
Answer: Around four to six months of age.
19. What is the first poo of a baby known as?
Answer: Meconium.
20. When does a baby start smiling?
Answer: Around six to eight weeks of age.
21. What is the size of a newborn baby at the time of birth?
Answer: 20 inches is the average size.
22. What do you call a baby shower party in South Africa?
Answer: A stork party.
23. What is the average amount of steps that a toddler can take in an hour?
Answer: A toddler can take approximately 2400 steps in an hour.
24. At what age the baby doubles his or her birth weight?
Answer: It is around 5 months of age.
25. What was the weight of the lightest baby ever born and survived?
Answer: Saybie was the lightest baby ever born with a birth weight of 245 grams, in the US.
26. Which is the evil mythological character that is not used in a lullaby?
Answer: Lilith.
27. Which music group composed the famous song ‘Baby Love’?
Answer: The music group was ‘The Supremes’.
28. Who usually organizes or hosts a baby shower for the mommy-to-be?
Answer: Close friends or family members.
29. What is the approximate rate of cesarean deliveries in the United States?
Answer: Approximately 31 percent.
30. How long does an average pregnancy last?
Answer: Approximately 40 weeks.
Baby Shower Trivia Questions for Mothers
Are you ready to test your Mom knowledge? Check out this list of baby shower trivia questions – perfect for any future or expecting mom!
1. What excites you the most about becoming a mother?
2. What kind of food are you craving during the pregnancy? How do you feel about the cravings?
3. What kind of baby shower games were you anticipating?
4. How did you break the news about the pregnancy to the father? How did it go?
5. What is the exact due date for the baby?
6. Have you been reading up on babies?
7. What are you considering naming the baby?
8. What is the color you picked for the baby’s room?
9. What is your favorite stress food, and how much of it have you eaten since you realized the child was on its way?
10. What did your mom crave during her pregnancy?
11. What was the first thing you did after knowing you were pregnant?
12. What was the first item the father bought for you?
13. How many kids do you want to have?
14. What is your favorite TV show during pregnancy?
15. What do you like to do when you are alone?
16. How much did you weigh when they were born?
17. Who is more likely to get up in the middle of the night with the baby?
18. How nervous are you about the labor?
19. What’s an activity you and the father really love to do together?
20. Do your favorite food change during pregnancy?
21. Do you have any baby names in mind? Why did you pick those?
22. What kind of baby were you when you were young?
23. What was your favorite nursery rhyme as a child?
24. What was the naughtiest thing you used to do when you were a kid? Did you get admonished for it?
25. What phrase do you say the most while having the baby?
26. What was your favorite book as a child? Have you bought the book for the baby?
Baby Shower Trivia Questions for Fathers
If you’re planning a baby shower quiz, why not challenge the fathers-to-be with a few trivia questions? Get everyone excited and see how they fare against each other!
1. What excites you the most about becoming a father?
2. What about the baby’s arrival are you most excited about?
3. What can you not wait to do with your child?
4. How do you think the baby will change your relationship with your partner?
5. Do you think you’ll have the Answer: to all of your baby’s numerous questions?
6. Who do you think would be stricter on the kid, and why?
7. Who is the better singer between the two of you, and who will be singing the baby to sleep?
8. Who do you think would sacrifice their sleep to take care of the baby?
9. Were you nervous about the baby shower? How did you pick out all the baby shower games?
10. What are baby shower and trivia games like in your culture?
11. How do you think you have changed after you realized the baby was on its way?
12. What’s your earliest memory of when you were a baby?
13. What was your favorite toy as a baby? Do you have it ready for your baby?
14. What is the first baby item you have bought for the baby? Why that?
15. Who do you want the baby to look like?
Baby Shower Trivia Questions for Guests
A quiz for baby shower can be a great way to get everyone talking and let your guests show off their knowledge of all things about baby. Try it!
1. How long does it take for a baby to recognize/differentiate between familiar people?
Answer: Approximately 3 months of age.
2. At what age is a child considered a toddler?
Answer: 1 year old.
3. How many diapers do you think a baby uses on a daily average?
Answer: Every day you would need to change the diaper 8-12 times.
4. At what age would a baby smile at others in recognition?
Answer: Around six to eight weeks old.
5. What is the hormone called that your body starts producing when you’re pregnant?
Answer: HCG.
6. How much does the average baby girl weigh at 6 months?
Answer: 16 lbs 1 oz.
7. How much does the average baby boy weigh at 12 months?
Answer: 21 lbs 4 oz.
8. How much does the average baby girl weigh at 12 months?
Answer: 19 lbs 12 oz.
9. On average, a baby doubles its birth weight at which age?
Answer: 5 months.
10. Which body part are babies born without?
Answer: Kneecaps.
11. What is the highest number of babies a single woman has birthed?
Answer: One woman gave birth to sixty-nine babies in her lifetime!
12. When do babies begin to crawl?
Answer: Six to ten months.
13. What is the one thing a baby can do that you as an adult cannot?
Answer: Swallowing and breathing at the same time.
14. Is a baby’s eye color permanent, or do you think it changes as they grow up?
Answer: Babies’ eye colors become permanent only after a year or so.
15. What is the first color babies can recognize?
Answer: Red! As they grow older, babies adapt to recognize every color on the spectrum.
16. Which land animal has the shortest gestation period?
Answer: Opossums at about 14 days.
17. There is a scientific term for when a sperm and egg unite, what is it called?
Answer: It is called a zygote.
18. How long does it take for a baby’s eye colour to get fixed or permanent?
Answer: It may take up to 1 year for a baby’s eye colour to become permanent!
19. What was the birth weight of the heaviest baby born to date?
Answer: The heaviest baby born was 22 pounds.
20. How long did the heaviest baby survive?
Answer: The boy survived only for 11 hours.
21. When did the heaviest baby born?
Answer: in 1879.
22. When can babies recognize themselves in the mirror?
Answer: From 18 months to two years of age.
23. What is the most essential ingredient required to make a ‘diaper cake’?
Answer: It is the Diapers!
24. What is the highest number of teeth a baby is ever born with?
Answer: Sean Keaney of the UK was born with 12 teeth!
26. What is the tentative age when babies start crawling?
Answer: Most babies start crawling anywhere between 6 to 10 months of age.
27. What can babies do that is almost impossible for adults?
Answer: Babies can swallow and breathe at the same time.
28. How much does the average baby boy weigh at birth?
Answer: 7 lbs 6 oz.
29. At what distance can a newborn baby see the most clearly?
Answer: 8-12 inches.
30. How long is a baby considered a newborn?
Answer: 2 months.
Final Thoughts
So, there you have it – our top baby shower trivia questions. How’d you do?
Babies are the cutest things ever!
The baby shower questionnaire is a great way to have fun.
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