Free Printable Baby Shower Trivia Game
Think you know everything about babies? This free printable baby shower trivia game features 15 multiple-choice questions about pregnancy, newborns, and baby facts that will surprise even the most experienced parents. Each question has three answer options (A, B, or C), making it easy and fast to play. Print one sheet per guest, set a timer, and see who really knows their baby trivia. The answers might shock you.
How to Use This Printable
Baby shower trivia is a crowd-pleasing game because most of the answers are genuinely surprising. Even parents with multiple children are caught off guard by some of these facts. The multiple-choice format makes it accessible to everyone, including guests who do not have kids yet.
Playing the Game
- Print one sheet per guest. Regular printer paper works fine for trivia since guests only need to circle answers.
- Hand out sheets and pens. Give guests 5-8 minutes to answer all 15 questions. Play background music to keep the mood light.
- Read answers aloud. Go through each question and reveal the correct answer. Share the fun facts behind each answer to keep guests engaged.
- Score and announce the winner. Guests score one point per correct answer. Highest score wins a prize.
Answer Key (For the Host)
- B) 8-12 diapers per day
- B) 40 weeks
- B) 7.5 lbs (average is 7 lbs 8 oz)
- C) 300 bones (they fuse together as the baby grows)
- A) September (most popular birth month in the US)
- B) 12 months (most babies say their first word around 12 months)
- B) 14-17 hours per day
- A) 5% (only about 5% of babies arrive on their due date)
- B) 6-7 months
- C) More (newborns have about 10,000 taste buds vs. adults' 2,000-8,000)
- B) Blue/Gray (most Caucasian babies are born with blue-gray eyes; eye color may change by age 1)
- B) 2,500 diapers in the first year
- B) 5-7 months
- B) Tuesday (due to scheduled cesarean sections and induced labors)
- A) 8-12 inches (about the distance from a cradled baby to the parent's face)
Fun Facts to Share
Make the answer reveal more engaging by sharing these bonus facts with your guests:
- Newborns have 300 bones, but adults only have 206. Many bones fuse together as the baby grows during the first few years of life.
- A newborn's stomach is only the size of a cherry on day one, which is why they feed so frequently.
- Babies can recognize their mother's voice from birth because they have been hearing it in the womb for months.
- The soft spot on a baby's head (fontanelle) allows the skull to compress slightly during birth and gives the brain room to grow rapidly in the first year.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are good baby shower trivia questions?
Good baby shower trivia questions cover a mix of pregnancy facts, newborn care, and fun baby statistics. Questions about diaper usage, average birth weight, pregnancy duration, and popular baby names work well because they are relatable and often surprising. Include a mix of easy and hard questions so every guest gets at least a few right. The best trivia questions are ones where the correct answer surprises people.
How many trivia questions should a baby shower game have?
Between 10 and 15 questions is the sweet spot. This takes about 10-15 minutes to play through, which is long enough to be engaging but short enough to keep everyone's attention. Fewer than 10 questions feels too quick, while more than 20 can drag on and lose energy. Our printable includes 15 questions, which most groups complete comfortably in about 7 minutes.
When should you play trivia at a baby shower?
Trivia works best as a mid-shower game, after guests have eaten and are relaxed but before gift opening begins. It can also work well as a second game after an icebreaker like word scramble. The competitive element of trivia tends to energize the room, making it a great lead-in to the more interactive gift-opening portion of the shower.