Free Family Quiz Game About the Ocean

Hi, if your kids are bored play this fun ocean quiz with them. It’ll keep them busy for a few minutes and keep them sharp.

For the quiz you will need:

• Some people to play, in fact, as many or as few as you like.
• Some pencils and pieces of paper.
• And a quiz master….
• On the paper get the participants to write the numbers 1- 10 with and extra line below marked ‘p’ for points. Something like this will do:

This is how the quiz works:

The quiz master asks each question. If anyone knows the answer straight away, they write it down and mark 10 points in the line below and put their pencil down.

If anyone hasn’t got it, read out the the first letter of the answer. They write down the answer and 5 points in the line below and put the pencil down.

If anyone still hasn’t got it, read out the clue provided. Write down the answer, if they get it and 3 points in the line below then put the pencil down.

But if anyone still needs help, read out the A, B, C, D multiple choice answers. If they get it this time write down the answer and 1 point in the line below.

Read out the answer and see who was right, and how many points they got.

Here’s an example quiz question you can use it as a warm up or a bonus question or even a tie breaker:

Example Quiz Question:

For 10 points: What type of fish was Nemo in the Disney classic ‘Finding Nemo’?
For 5 points: The first letter of the fish’s name is C.
For 3 points: You find them in the circus, and they’re supposed to be funny.
And for 1 point: The multiple choice is…
A. Gnome Fish
B. Cray Fish
C. Goby
D. Clown Fish

Of Course, the answer is a Clown Fish, but I bet you knew that anyway. Now it’s on with the real quiz.

We’ll Start with an easy quiz question…

Quiz Question 1:

For 10 points: What kind of shark is Jaws?
For 5 points: The 1st letters are G and W.
For 3 points: You get a clue. It’s also a colour.
And for 1 point: The multiple choice is…
A. A Hammerhead Shark
B. A Bull Shark
C. A Blue Shark
D. A Great White Shark

The answer is… A Great White Shark or a White Pointer!

Check out some great great white shark facts and cool pics at NatGeoKids.

Well done if you got it! Make a note of the points you got and on to the next quiz question.

Quiz Question 2:

For 10 points: What is the biggest fish in the world?
For 5 points: The 1st letters are W and S.
For 3 points: You get a clue. It’s named after a huge ocean mammal.
And for 1 point: The multiple choice is…
A. Dolphin Shark
B. Whale Shark
C. Wobbegong Shark
D. Swordfish

The answer is… A Whale Shark!

Fun Fact: They may be huge, in fact, up to 10 metres long, but they only eat tiny krill in the world’s tropical oceans.

Woo Hoo! if you got it! Make a note of the points and on to the next quiz question.

Quiz Question 3:

For 10 points: What is the biggest type of whale?
For 5 points: The 1st letters are B and W.
For 3 points: You get a clue. It’s the biggest creature that has ever lived as far as we know.
And for 1 point: The multiple choice is…
A. Blue Whale
B. Sperm Whale
C. Beluga Whale
D. Humpback Whale

The answer is… The Blue Whale!

Fun fact: The colossal blue whale can grow up to 25 metres in length and live up to 110 years.

Yay! Well done you, if you got it! Make a note of the points you got and on to the next quiz question.

Quiz Question 4:

For 10 points: Which Ocean is the world’s biggest?
For 5 points: The 1st letter of its name is P
For 3 points: You get a clue. It rhymes with terrific
And for 1 point: The multiple choice is…
A. Arctic
B. Indian
C. Pacific
D. Atlantic

The answer is… The Pacific Ocean!

The Pacific Ocean is huge at 168,000,000 km2. That’s so big, it covers a third of the entire planet and all the land would fit easily inside it.

Woah that made a splash! Well done you if you got it! Make a note of the points you got. And it’s on to the next quiz question.

Quiz Question 5:

For 10 points: Which whale is otherwise known as a Killer Whale?
For 5 points: The 1st letter is O.
For 3 points: You get a clue. It rhymes with stalker
And for 1 point: The multiple choice is…
A. Southern Right Whale
B. Bow Whale
C. Orca Whale
D. Blue Whale

The answer is… An Orca Whale

Here are some cool facts about Orcas from live science.

5 questions gone, and 5 to go! Well done you, if you got it! Make a note of the points you got. And it’s on to the next quiz question.

Quiz Question 6:

For 10 points: Blue, Mako, Tiger and Greenland are all types of what?
For 5 points: The 1st letter is S.
For 3 points: You get a clue. The Aussie rhyming slang is a Noah’s Ark
And for 1 point: The multiple choice is…
A. Ships
B. Starfish
C. Crab
D. Shark

The answer is… Shark!

Fun fact: There are approximately 440 species of shark all over the world’s oceans. Though there are occasional attacks on humans, these are a case of mistaken identity with as few as 82 attacks on average per year. Whereas, Humans kill an estimated 100 million sharks a year! With many species being endangered.

Well, that took some deep thought! Well done you if you got it! Make a note of the points you got. And it’s on to the next quiz question.

Quiz Question 7:

For 10 points: Stone, Lion, Monk, Parrot and Angel are all types of what?
For 5 points: The 1st letter is F.
For 3 points: You get a clue. Some people keep them as pets.
And for 1 point: The multiple choice is…
A. Fish
B. Birds
C. Squid
D. Whales

The answer is… Fish!

That was a tough one! Well done you if you got it! Make a note of the points you got. And it’s on to the next quiz question.

Quiz Question 8:

For 10 points: What is the name of a boat that goes beneath the ocean?
For 5 points: The 1st letter of its name is S.
For 3 points: There’s a song about a yellow one.
And for 1 point: The multiple choice is…
A. Space Ship
B. Sailing Ship
C. Rowing Boat
D. Submarine

The answer is… A Submarine!

You can see some submarine footage in this awesome documentary of deep-sea creatures from National Geographic.

You had to use some brain waves to get that one! Well done you if you got it! Make a note of the points you got. And it’s on to the next quiz question.

Quiz Question 9:

For 10 points: How many oceans are there in the world?
For 5 points: The 1st letter is F.
For 3 points: You get a clue. You could count them on one hand.
And for 1 point: The multiple choice is…
A. One
B. Four
C. Five
D. Seven

The answer is… Five! Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific and Southern.

Don’t be confused there are seas too. A sea is completely surrounded by land whereas an ocean is not.

Great effort! Well done you if you got it! Make a note of the points you got. And it’s onto the next quiz question.

Quiz Question 10:

For 10 points: I have no heart and I have no brain, but I do have stinging tentacles, what am I?
For 5 points: The 1st letter is J.
For 3 points: You get a clue. It sounds a bit wobbly.
And for 1 point: The multiple choice is…
A. An Octopus
B. A Cray Fish
C. A Lobster
D. A Jellyfish

The answer is… A Jellyfish!

For some cool facts about jellyfish checkout treehugger.com. Or you might be interested in my short story for kids, What Jellyfish Talk About.

Wow the voyage of knowledge is over! Well done you if you got it! Make a note of the points you got. And then it’s time to add them up.

If you scored:

• 75-100 This quiz is too easy for one as clever as you. I’ll have to make a harder one next time.
• 50-74 Hey well done on the quiz, you’re sure to be a genius!
• 25-49 That was a tough quiz but well done to you. I’m sure you learned a lot and next time you’ll ace it.
• 0–24 This quiz is probably for older kids but I’m sure you’ll be able to do it soon. Well done for trying.

We’re not done with our fishy friends yet, so next week: Fun Facts About Sharks.

Barry S. Brunswick is an author. You can buy his books on Amazon: 
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