Birth, Baby and Pregnancy Quiz for Baby Shower
Fun Party Trivia Game for a Blessingway or Pregnancy Shower
Jun 24, 2009
This fun quiz tests baby shower guests and mother-to-be on pregnancy trivia, medical facts and baby-related questions.
The game can be played in two ways. For a fun breaking-the-ice game, the MC can call out the questions and reward the person who first calls out the correct answer with a party favor or piece of candy. For a more sedate game, the guests can use pen and paper to answer all the questions, singly or in pairs, and then swap their papers for scoring while the MC reads out the correct answers. Guests with the highest scores may then receive a prize.
Pregnancy, Birth and Baby Trivia Questions
- Which type of twinning can be hereditary – identical (monozygotic) or fraternal (dizygotic)? Answer: Fraternal (dizygotic)
- The world’s first surviving identical quintuplets were known as...? Answer: The Dionne Quintuplets.
- What happens during the third stage of labour? Answer: The placenta is born.
- What is the name of the white substance that covers a baby’s skin at birth? Answer: Vernix.
- Finish the line from a famous children’s book: “In the light of the moon, a little egg...” Answer: “...lay on a leaf.” (From Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar)
- In medical jargon, “sleeping through the night” means sleeping for: a) 4 hours or more b) 5 hours or more c) 6 hours or more d) 8 hours or more Answer: b), 5 hours or more
- In the womb, a baby is covered with fine hair called..? Answer: Lanugo.
- Genetically, which parent determines the sex of the baby? Answer: The father.
- What’s the pregnancy-related link between ginger beer, crackers and lemons? Answer: They’re all home remedies for morning sickness.
- Which of these medical terms is not usually pregnancy- or birth-related? a) multipara b) epidural c) amniocentesis d) hematoma Answer: d), hematoma
- The rich food a mother produces before her milk comes in is called...? Answer: Colostrum
- What does it mean if a baby is born “in the caul”? Answer: The baby is born in the amniotic sac/ the waters never broke/the amniotic sac is intact.
- Which of the following is not a symptom of pregnancy? a) heartburn b) ears growing bigger c) sunburning more easily d) feet growing bigger Answer: b), ears growing bigger
- What is the condition in which pregnant women crave non-nutritive or inedible foods? Answer: Pica
- These two lines about motherhood were said by the same person: “An ugly baby is a very nasty object – and the prettiest is frightful.” and “I don’t dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting”. Who was this person? Answer: Queen Victoria. (Incidentally, she bore nine children.)
- True or false: A baby who is very active in the womb is more likely to be a boy. Answer: false
- A baby with perfect Apgar scores got how many points? Answer: 10 (or “10 and 10”, as Apgars are usually given twice)
- Name the celebrity or celebrities who named their baby: a) Apple (answer: Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin) b) Sunday Rose (answer: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban) c) Suri (answer: Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise) d) Shiloh (answer: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie)
- Which photographer is famous for her portraits of babies dressed as flowers and animals? Answer: Anne Geddes
- Finish the line from this famous children’s book: “Out of the gate and off for a walk went...” Answer: “Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy.”
For fun, personalise this quiz for the mother-to-be. Ask “What is the nickname Jane and Alec have given their baby?”, “What colour is the baby’s nursery?” or “Genetically, what colour eyes is Jane and Alec’s baby most likely to have?”
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