Birthday Trivia Questions

Are you having a birthday party and looking for part games to play? Try these birthday trivia questions to get the guests interacting with each other. This birthday quiz is designed towards adults rather than children. Why not split your guests into teams and see who can be the winner!

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Birthday Trivia Questions Round 1

If your birthday is on March 30th, what’s your star sign?

Your star sign is Aries if you’re born on March 30th


What traditionally is placed on top of a birthday cake to show how old you are?

Candles are placed on top of birthday cakes


What is Happy Birthday in French?

Bon anniversaire


Which famous American Casablanca actor was born on Christmas Day?

Humphrey Bogart


What is a golden birthday?

A golden birthday is when you turn the same age as the date of your birthday. EG you turn 30 on 30th.


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Birthday Trivia Questions Round 2

What was Anne Frank given on her 13th birthday?

Anne Frank was given a diary 


What date in January is Martin Luther King’s birthday?

Martin Luther King’s birthday is January 15th


What number does a milestone birthday end in?

Milestone birthdays end in a zero


How many minutes are there in a year?

  • A – 500000
  • B – 525600
  • C – 568400

The answer is B 525600


The year of the what animal are you in the Chinese Zodiac when born in 1976?

The year of the dragon


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Birthday Trivia Questions Round 3

Who sang Happy Birthday Mr President to John F. Kennedy?

Marilyn Monroe


What famous English poet is thought to have died on his birthday in 1616?

William Shakespeare


If you are born on Valentines Day, what’s your star sign?

Your star sign is Aquarius if you’re born on Valentines Day


What item is popular at birthday parties which is filled with treats and hung from the ceiling?

A pinata 


In which country is Fairy Bread often served as a birthday cake?

Australia traditionally serves Fairy Bread as a birthday cake


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Birthday Trivia Questions Round 4

In what month in the UK does the Trooping of the Colour traditionally happen to mark the official birthday of the monarch?

Trooping of the Colour takes place in June


What year did Stevie Wonder write the song Happy Birthday 

Steve Wonder wrote Happy Birthday in 1981 


What are you wearing if you’re in your birthday suit?

Nothing!


What colour is considered bad luck to wear to a birthday party in China?

Black


What birthday tradition is completed with the birthday boy or girl being tossed into the air by others?

Birthday bumps


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Birthday Trivia Questions Round 5

What’s the name of the Irish singer known as “Chick with the Stick” who celebrates their birthday on March 17th?

Caroline Corr celebrates her birthday on March 17th which also happens to be St. Patrick’s Day


On what special day of the year does Annie Lennox celebrate her birthday?

Annie Lennox’s birthday is on Christmas Day


On which birthday does Harry Potter go to Hogwarts?

Harry Potter goes to Hogwarts on his 11th birthday


Which Disney Princess has a curse on her where she’ll fall into a deep sleep by the end of her 16th birthday?

Sleeping Beauty


If someone was born on 29th February 1976 how many birthdays have they had in 2020?

A person born on 29th February 1976 will have had 11 birthdays by 29th February 2020


Birthday Trivia Questions Round 6

What is the Latin word for birthday?

The Latin word for birthday is natalis


In what month does The Beatles member Sir Paul McCartney celebrate his birthday?

Sir Paul McCartney’s birthday is in June


In the Northern Hemisphere which month do all thoroughbred horses have their birthday?

Thoroughbred horses all have the same birthday on January 1st in the Northern Hemisphere


In what month is tennis star Roger Federer’s birthday?

Roger Federer’s birthday is in August


If your birthday was on Christmas Day, what would your star sign be?

Your star sign would be Capricorn if you were born on Christmas Day


Birthday Trivia Questions Round 7

Roald Dahl Day is celebrated in some countries on the author’s birthday. What month was Roald Dahl born?

Roald Dahl was born in November


What month are you born in if you have a dark green birthstone?

A May birthday has a dark green Emerald birthstone


Which artist released the song Birthday on her album titles Prism?

Katy Perry


In Toy Story, what do Sarge and his men use to spy on Andy when he’s opening his birthday presents in the first film?

They use a baby monitor


What country says feliz cumpleanos for Happy Birthday?

Feliz cumpleanos is Happy Birthday in Spanish


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