Birth and Baby Science
Baby world records
Around the World
with Baby Traditions
with Baby Traditions
"Baby" songs
Raven trivia
100
Babies start out with around 300 bones at birth, which eventually fuse together to form this specific number of bones in most humans by adulthood.
What is 206
100
The record number for most children delivered at a single birth with all of them surviving.
What is 9 (nonuplets)
Note: The record goes to Halima Cisse (Mali) in the Ain Borja clinic in Casablanca, Morocco.
100
In Jewish tradition, a male baby is circumcised after this number of days.
What is eight (8) days
100
The name of the Company/Youtube channel that owns/posted the viral 2016 Youtube hit Baby Shark that currently has 16.5 billion views.
What is Pinkfong
100
The name of an American sitcom that showed on Disney Channel from 2003-2007.
What is That's So Raven
200
These are “practice contractions” that may occur that don’t contribute to actual labor contractions (yet)
What are Braxton-Hicks contractions
200
In 2019, this country broke the record for the most babies born on New Year’s Day, with over 69,000 births (69,385 to be exact)
What is India
200
In the Philippines, this is the term for a baby born breech (feet first). Traditionally, a baby born this way is said to bring good luck, and has the ability to remove tinik stuck in people’s throats by touching their neck.
What is suhi
200
The title of this holiday duet written by Frank Loesser in 1944 whose lyrics depict a playful conversation between two people, with one trying to convince the other to stay inside.
What is Baby It’s Cold Outside
200
If there is a murder of crows, there is a _____ of ravens.
What is conspiracy
(Due to technicalities, will also accept unkindness)
300
These are an anatomical feature of the infant human skull comprising soft membranous gaps between the cranial bones of an infant. Infants usually have two of them, one at the front and one in the back.
What are fontanelles
300
The most premature (surviving) baby according to the Guinness world record was born at ____ weeks of age.
What is 21 weeks
Note: This is Nash Keen, who was born on July 5, 2024 in Iowa, USA, and is now celebrating his first birthday.
300
The age (in months) where the Korean tradition called doljanchi is done/celebrated. This includes an activity wherein babies choose objects that determine their fate in life.
What is 12 months
300
The rapper who sang the bridge of the hit song Baby by Justin Bieber.
Who is Ludacris
300
Chapter of the bible where the raven was first mentioned.
(+100 points if you could give the verse)
What is Genesis 8:7
400
This is a creamy, waxy white substance babies are covered in at birth.
What is vernix caseosa
400
The country of birth of the heaviest baby was born in.
What is Italy
Note: This baby weighed 10.2 kg (22 lb 8 oz) and was born to Sig. Carmelina Fedele in 1955.
400
This country is known for giving a maternity package to all newborn children since the 1930s. This package is most known for having all the baby essentials placed in a box, including a mattress. The box with mattress serves as the baby’s first bed for many households.
What is Finland
400
The album which Mariah Carey’s 1995 hit Always Be My Baby was a part of.
What is Daydream
400
Poet who wrote a poem entitled “The Raven” that became so popular, it became his nickname?
Who is Edgar Allan Poe
500
At 6-9 months, babies develop this concept that objects or people exist even if they’re out of sight.
What is object permanence
500
The age of Dawn Brooke (UK), who became the oldest natural mother when she gave birth to a son by Caesarian section in 1977.
What is 59 years
500
The name for the traditional Chinese postpartum confinement
(Will accept English, Mandarin, or Hokkien name).
What is: Sitting the month (English), Zuò yuè zi (Mandarin), or Ge Lai (Hokkien)
Note: Many Asian (and non-Asian) countries follow a period of confinement for the mother to stay home with the baby and fully rest after childbirth. In Chinese tradition, this normally takes place for 30 days (45 days if CS) with a set of strict rules, including avoiding certain foods and activities.
500
The number of times the word “baby” was mentioned in Britney Spears’ hit song Baby One More Time.
What is 24
500
This American state has the Ravens as their team name in the NFL.
What is Maryland (Baltimore)