Babies
Big Kids
Children’s Lit
Teens
YA openers
100

Babies usually start to smile around this age. 

What is 6-8 weeks old? 

100

A four-year-old will do this around 437 times a day. 

What is ask a question? 

100

In Goldilocks, the bears were letting this food cool off.

What is porridge?

100

Teenagers need 9-10 of these each day. Just like toddlers!

What is hours of sleep? 

100

Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

What is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone?

200

 Babies are born without these bones. 

What are kneecaps? 

200

Until they are about this age, children do not know the difference between reality and fiction.

What is 8 years old? 

200

This classic features Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail.

What is The Tale of Peter Rabbit?

200

The brain regions associated with planning and decision-making develops last, which means this skill is not fully functioning in teenagers.

What is weighing risks and making balanced decisions? 

200

“Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,” grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.

What is Little Women?

300

By their first birthday, babies will have typically tripled this. 

What is their weight? 

300

Children often start to question adult authority and opinions at this age. 

What is middle school (10-12yo)?

300

This author wrote the Mary Poppins book series.

Who is P. L. Travers? 

300

This word means “growing toward maturity.”

What is adolescence?

300

When he was nearly thirteen my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.

What is To Kill a Mockingbird? 

400

80% of babies are born with this, though it usually disappears after a few years. 

What is a birthmark? 

400

This percentage of the brain is developed by age five. 

What is 90%?

400

Surname of Wendy, Michael, and John in Peter Pan. 

What is Darling? 

400

A study of 800 teens given specific tasks to perform, found that participants who had this in another room performed significantly better than those who had the same nearby.

What is their cell phone?

400

Late in the winter of my seventeenth year, my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house, spent quite a lot of time in bed, read the same book over and over, ate infrequently, and devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time to thinking about death.

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

500

Babies have this unique ability until around 7 months of age. 

What is swallow and breathe at the same time? 

500

“Children” is one of only three words in modern English which are plurals formed by adding the old suffix -en. The others are these two. 

What are brethren and oxen?

500

An instant hit, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published in this year. 

What is 1900?

500

According to UNICEF, humans between the ages of 10-19 make up this percentage of the world population – more than ever before.

What is 16%?

500

When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold.

What is The Hunger Games?

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