Baby Facts
What is the average weight of a newborn baby in the U.S.?
About 7.5 pounds
Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s firstborn daughter shares her name with a color. What is it?
Blue Ivy
This orange vegetable is one of the most common first purees given to babies because it’s naturally sweet and easy to digest.
Carrots
According to Roman mythology, these twin brothers were abandoned as babies and raised by a she-wolf before founding the city of Rome.
Romulus and Remus
Babies are born with how many bones — more or less than adults
More — about 300 bones, which fuse into 206 as adults
Prince William and Kate Middleton’s first child is the heir to the throne. What’s his name?
Prince George
Rice cereal is often recommended as a baby’s first solid food. True or False?
True
In the Bible, this baby was found floating in a basket on the Nile River and later led the Israelites out of Egypt.
Moses
At what age do most babies say their first recognizable word?
Bonus (100pts) - what is the most common word they say?
Around 12 months
"dada"
This child actor played Michelle Tanner on Full House — but it actually took two babies. Who were they?
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
Babies under 12 months should never be given this food because it can contain spores that cause infant botulism.
Honey
The world’s first “test-tube baby,” Louise Brown, was born in 1978 using what scientific procedure?
IVF
Which sense is least developed at birth: sight, hearing, taste, or smell?
Sight
Which celebrity couple’s baby was famously featured on the cover of People Magazine in 2006, with proceeds going to charity?
Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt’s daughter, Shiloh
The World Health Organization recommends that infants be exclusively breastfed or formula-fed for how many months before introducing solid foods?
6 months
This English monarch was born in 1533 and became queen at just 25 years old, reigning for 45 years during a “Golden Age.”
Elizabeth
What is the soft spot on a baby’s head called?
The fontanelle
In 2017, this tennis superstar won the Australian Open while secretly pregnant with her daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. Who is she?
Serena Williams
Name 2 of the 3 most popular gerber flavors
Apples, Bananas, sweet potatoes
In Greek mythology, this infant was dipped into the River Styx by his mother, Thetis.
Achilles