120+ Road Trip Trivia Questions for Kids and Families with Answers (Free Printable)
These trivia questions hit the sweet spot between tricky and fun, making them the perfect on-the-road entertainment for the whole family.
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If you’re loading up the car to head out cross-country, you’ll need plenty of activities to keep everyone busy along the way! These road trip trivia questions are perfect for preschool and elementary kids and cover a range of topics. Print them out (with or without answers) to take along on your next vacation, and you’ll have something to do besides answer, “Are we there yet?” for the millionth time!
Easy Road Trip Trivia for Kids (Ages 4–6)
What are the four cardinal (main) directions on a map?
- Answer: North, south, east, west
How many wheels does a motorcycle have?
- Answer: 2
Which of these is NOT another word for “road”?
- A. Avenue
- B. Street
- C. Sidewalk
- D. Highway
True or False? Cars can fly.
- Answer: False
What does the driver turn on to keep the front window clear when it starts to rain?
- Answer: Windshield wipers
Where might you go if your car gets dirty?
- Answer: Car wash
Which of these vehicles could you drive in on a road trip?
- A. Boat
- B. Airplane
- C. Hot Air Balloon
- D. Truck
What does the driver turn on at night to help them see the road better?
- Answer: Headlights
True or False? It’s okay to throw your trash out of the car window.
- Answer: False. That’s littering!
What is the word for a car that’s able to put its top down?
- Answer: Convertible
Road Trip Trivia for Elementary Kids (Ages 7–9)
What is an HOV lane?
- Answer: High Occupancy Vehicle lane, for vehicles with more than one person in them.
How old do you have to be to get a license to drive a car by yourself?
- Answer: 16
True or False? Some cars run on electricity instead of gasoline.
- Answer: True
What word do we use to measure distance on a road trip (in the U.S.)?
- Answer: Miles
What do we call a 3D model of the Earth?
- A. Map
- B. GPS
- C. Globe
- D. Atlas
What does MPH stand for?
- Answer: Miles per hour
What is the word that describes a place where two or more streets meet?
- A. Stop
- B. Intersection
- C. Merge
- D. Station
What is a sport utility vehicle more commonly called?
- Answer: SUV
Before GPS, what did people use to find their way on a road trip?
- Answer: Paper roadmap or road atlas
What does MPG stand for?
- Answer: Miles per gallon
True or False? Cars with low MPG ratings are better for the environment.
- Answer: False
What does a dotted line down the middle of a road mean?
- A. Okay to pass or change lanes
- B. Bumpy road
- C. Road under construction
- D. Its shows construction companies where to cut when repairing the road
Do more countries/territories drive on the right side of the road or the left side of the road?
- Answer: The right side. Approximately 165–174 countries/territories drive on the right compared to the 75-78 that drive on the left.
Road Trip Trivia: U.S. States
How many states are there in the United States of America?
- Answer: 50
What are the colors of the flag of the United States of America?
- Answer: Red, white, and blue
Which two states are not directly connected to the other 48?
- Answer: Alaska and Hawaii
Which U.S. state capital is known as the Mile High City?
- A. Denver
- B. Juneau
- C. Albany
- D. Montpelier
True or False? Florida is the southernmost state of the continental U.S.
- Answer: True
What is the largest U.S. state?
- Answer: Alaska
What is the smallest U.S. state?
- Answer: Rhode Island
Which state ratified the U.S. Constitution first, earning it the nickname, “The First State?”
- A. Massachusetts
- B. Virginia
- C. New York
- D. Delaware
True or False? There are no U.S. states whose names begin with the letter B.
- Answer: True
Where will you find the oldest city in the United States?
- Answer: St. Augustine, Florida
In what state will you find the highest paved road in the United States?
- Answer: Colorado (Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway (formerly Mount Evans Scenic Byway), around 14,130 feet)
What state is shaped like a mitten?
- A. Ohio
- B. Michigan
- C. Virginia
- D. Nevada
True or False? The Grand Canyon is in Colorado.
- Answer: False. The Grand Canyon is in Arizona.
What state is famous for growing potatoes?
- Answer: Idaho
In what state are you if you’re visiting the Liberty Bell?
- Answer: Pennsylvania
True or False? The Outer Banks of North Carolina are famous for their wild horses.
- Answer: True
How many states have the word “New” in their name?
- Answer: 4 (New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York)
Which of these is NOT a New England state?
- A. Vermont
- B. Maine
- C. Virginia
- D. Connecticut
Route 66 is a famous highway that starts in Chicago. What state does it end in?
- Answer: California (Santa Monica)
True or False? At its widest point, Texas stretches 950 miles from east to west.
- Answer: False. The distance is around 775 miles.
Road Trip Trivia: Landmarks
What country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
- Answer: France
True or False? The Grand Canyon is over a mile deep in some places.
- Answer: True
Where will you find the Golden Gate Bridge?
- A. San Francisco
- B. New York City
- C. Chicago
- D. Miami
What state is home to Disneyland?
- Answer: California
Which famous waterfall lies on the border between the United States and Canada?
- Answer: Niagara Falls
In what city will you find the Space Needle?
- A. Houston
- B. Cleveland
- C. Seattle
- D. Toronto
Where will you find four U.S. presidents carved into the side of a mountain?
- Answer: Mount Rushmore
True or False? Times Square is in Chicago.
- Answer: False. It is in New York City.
What do we call the place where the president of the United States lives?
- Answer: The White House
Which of these is NOT located in Washington D.C.?
- A. Washington Monument
- B. Statue of Liberty
- C. Jefferson Memorial
- D. Lincoln Memorial
True or False? The famous Hollywood sign is found in New York City.
- Answer: False. It’s in Los Angeles, California.
Which of these is not one of the Great Lakes? A. Tahoe B. Erie C. Huron D. Michigan
- Answer: A. Tahoe
True or False? In Darwin, Minnesota, you can see a ball of twine that is 12 feet tall and weighs almost 9 tons.
- Answer: True
Where will you find the Gateway Arch?
- A. Detroit
- B. El Paso
- C. St. Louis
- D. New York City
Which is taller, the Rocky Mountains or the Appalachian Mountains?
- Answer: Rocky Mountains
Road Trip Trivia: National Parks
What national park would you visit to see Old Faithful?
- Answer: Yellowstone
Visitors gather to see Old Faithful put on a show several times a day. What is it?
- A. Volcano
- B. Waterfall
- C. Geyser
- D. Avalanche
Biscayne National Park is almost entirely underwater! Where will you find it?
- Answer: Florida
True or False? Temperatures in Death Valley National Park can be higher than 130 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Answer: True
What is the most visited national park in the U.S.?
- A. Yellowstone
- B. Grand Canyon
- C. Florida Everglades
- D. Great Smoky Mountains
What California national park has some of the largest trees on Earth, including General Sherman?
- A. Yosemite
- B. Sequoia
- C. King’s Canyon
- D. Channel Islands
Where will you find a park with active volcanoes like Kilauea and Mauna Loa?
- Answer: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Each fall, people gather at Katmai National Park to watch what animals gorge themselves on salmon before they hibernate?
- Answer: Grizzly bears
What national park in Kentucky contains the world’s longest cave system?
- Answer: Mammoth Cave
True or False? Florida Everglades National Park is the largest swamp in the world.
- Answer: False. It’s not a swamp! It’s a very shallow, wide, slow-moving river.
Road Trip Trivia: Road Signs & Safety
What color is a stop sign?
- A. Red
- B. Green
- C. Blue
- D. Rainbow
True or False? In the United States, cars drive on the right side of the road.
- Answer: True
What color traffic light means it’s safe to go?
- Answer: Green
What does a yellow sign with a deer on it mean?
- A. Zoo
- B. Park
- C. Deer crossing
- D. Animal Shelter
What does it mean if a road is a toll road?
- Answer: It costs money (a toll) to drive on it.
What should you do before you walk across a road?
- Answer: Look left, look right, and look left again
What color are signs showing directions and exits on the highway in the United States?
- Answer: Green
True or False? The law says only kids are required to wear seatbelts in a car.
- Answer: False. Everyone must wear a seatbelt when the car is moving.
Where is the safest place to walk across a busy road?
- Answer: A crosswalk.
What is a speed limit?
- A. The maximum speed you’re allowed to drive
- B. The minimum speed you’re allowed to drive
- C. The recommended speed for drivers
- D. The average speed of drivers
Road Trip Trivia: Math-on-the-Road
How many wheels do most cars have?
- Answer: 4
What shape is a steering wheel?
- Answer: Circle
How many wheels does a semi-truck have?
- A. 8
- B. 12
- C. 18
- D. 22
Ana, Ben, and Carter take turns choosing music to listen to in the car on the way to school. Ana’s turn was Monday, Ben’s turn was Tuesday, and Carter’s turn was Wednesday. Whose turn will it be on Friday?
- Answer: Ben
If a car is traveling 30 miles an hour, how far will it go in 3 hours?
- Answer: 90 miles
A person is driving at 47 miles per hour. If the speed limit is 25 miles per hour, how much is the driver going over the speed limit?
- Answer: 22 miles per hour
If an SUV can hold 2 people in the front row, 2 people in the middle row, and 3 people in the back row, how many people can ride in it altogether?
- Answer: 7
Paulo’s family is driving to visit the Grand Canyon, which is 143 miles from their house. They have already traveled 13 miles. How far do they have left to go?
- Answer: 130
A parking lot has 38 parking spaces altogether. There are only 5 empty spaces. How many vehicles are already parked there?
- Answer: 33
Lin’s mom is driving on a toll road that costs 50 cents per mile. If she drives on it for 4 miles, how much will she have to pay?
- Answer: $2.00
Road Trip Trivia: Reading & Words
What U.S. state comes first, alphabetically?
- Answer: Alabama
What U.S. state comes last, in alphabetical order?
- Answer: Wyoming
True or False? “Highway” rhymes with “byway.”
- Answer: True
What is the only state with a one-syllable name?
- Answer: Maine
How many adjectives are in this sentence: “The tired children slept on the long, bumpy road trip.”
- Answer: 3 (tired, long, bumpy)
True or False? The state with the longest name is Massachusetts.
- Answer: True
Spell Mississippi.
- Answer: M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I
Which letter of the alphabet is only sometimes used as a vowel?
- Answer: Y
What kind of animal is Curious George?
- Answer: Monkey
Name the classic bedtime story where a young rabbit says goodnight to objects in a “great green room.”
- Answer: Goodnight Moon
In the book Charlotte’s Web, what is the pig’s name?
- Answer: Wilbur
What popular series of books and movies features a main character with a lightning bolt on his forehead?
- Answer: Harry Potter
How many syllables are in the question “Are we there yet?”
- Answer: 4
How many vowels are in the word “automobile”?
- Answer: 5
Road Trip Trivia: Science & Geography
What fossil fuel do many cars use?
- Answer: Petroleum (gasoline)
True or False? The Atlantic is the largest ocean.
- Answer: False. The largest ocean is the Pacific.
What is the longest river in the United States?
- A. Ohio River
- B. Rio Grande River
- C. Mississippi River
- D. Missouri River
Why do some power lines have orange balls on them?
- A. To help low-flying planes or helicopters see them
- B. To give squirrels something to play with
- C. They glow in the dark to light up the road at night
- D. They’re actually giant eggs laid by a very confused bird
True or False? The Great Lakes contain salt water.
- Answer: False. They are freshwater lakes.
Which of these is NOT a way for a vehicle to get from one side of a river to the other?
- A. Ferry
- B. Tunnel
- C. Bridge
- D. Elevator
True or False? In some places, you can see self-driving cars on the road, with riders but no drivers.
- Answer: True
What are car windows usually made of?
- Answer: Glass
Does it take more energy for a vehicle to go uphill or downhill?
- Answer: Uphill
True or False? Riding your bike is better for the environment than driving a car.
- Answer: True
Road Trip Trivia: Animals
Where is the only place on Earth where alligators and crocodiles live together?
- Answer: Florida Everglades
Greyhound buses are one way to travel. What is a greyhound?
- A. Cat
- B. Dog
- C. Bird
- D. Elephant
Ford Mustangs are very popular sports cars. What kind of animal is a mustang?
- Answer: Horse
True or False? A roadrunner is a type of wildcat.
- Answer: False. A roadrunner is a bird.
Many places have signs warning drivers to look out for deer. What is a baby deer called?
- Answer: Fawn
What state is nicknamed The Beehive State?
- A. Utah
- B. Vermont
- C. Nevada
- D. Georgia
Before cars were popular, what animal often helped people travel long distances?
Answer: Horse
What state is known as The Pelican State?
- A. Florida
- B. South Carolina
- C. Texas
- D. Louisiana
Oregon is nicknamed for this animal, known for building dams. What is it?
- Answer: Beaver
Wisconsin is The Badger State. Where do badgers (an animal) spend most of their time?
- A. In trees
- B. In water
- C. Underground
- D. At Packer games
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