Looking for a new Back to School Ice Breaker Game? Look no further! This game is great for teachers and students alike, as long as the questions are age-appropriate. This could also be a good travel game, assuming someone other than the driver is “hosting” the game.

Trivia Game for Teachers & Students

The Goal –

Be the person/team with the most correct answers per round. The player/team with the most correct answers wins!

elimination –

The participant/team with the lowest number of correct answers per round will be eliminated. When two people/teams are remaining, they will compete against one another.

How to Play –

1. Create teams (individuals or multiple person teams)
2. Decide on a game host.
3. The game host will pose seven (7) questions to the each person/team. If a timer is desired, it will be started after the first question has been read in its entirety.)
4. Passes are allowed and you can come back to the question. The first answer is the accepted answer.
5. After the questions are answered, the host will tell the player/team how many questions were answered correctly and give the answers.
6. The host will then ask seven new questions to the next person/team.
7. Repeats step five and six until all the players/teams have participated in the first round.
8. The team with the lowest number of answers is eliminated and round two begins.
9. Continue each round like the first until there are only two people/teams remaining.
10. The player/team with the most correct answers in the last round wins!!

customize the ice breaker game –

Because this is a trivia game, there are no wrong categories! You could do any/all trivia topics, Space-themed, Christmas-themed, etc.

It may even be fun to do a 3-question version where you use your staff’s personal lives (ex: “__ has a cat named Jinx”) so your staff can get to know one another!

trivia questions & answers to get you started –

• • Which is the hottest planet in the solar system? Venus (with a temperature of 460 degrees C)
  • Who appears on a 10 dollar bill? Hamilton
  • What is the state bird of Oklahoma? Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
  • What shape is used for stop signs? Octagon
  • What year did Disneyland open? 1955
  • What did the Taco Bell chihuahua say? “Yo Quiero Taco Bell”
  • Where does Spongebob Squarepants live? Pineapple under the Sea
• What is the Denver football team’s mascot? Broncos!
• What is Joey Tribbiani’s famous line? “What YOOOOUUUU doing”
• Where in the body is blood produced? Bone Marrow
• In Tangled, what’s Rapunzel’s chameleon’s name? Pascal
• What’s the largest animal on earth? Blue Whale
• What football team’s fans are known as ‘cheese heads’? Green Bay Packers
• The Bermuda Triangle is located in which ocean? North Atlantic
  • What does SEO stand for? Search Engine Optimization
  • How many bones does the human body have? 206
  • In what land can you find Big Thunder Mountain? Frontierland
  • How many teeth does an adult have? 32
  • What is the capital city of Italy? Rome
  • Kingston, Zuma, and Apollo are the sons of which musician? Gwen Stefani
  • In the UK, what is the day after Christmas known as? Boxing Day
• ‘When You Wish Upon a Star’ is from what movie? Pinocchio
• What is the lowest army rank of a US soldier? Private
• What do you call a large group of stars, dust, and gas? A Galaxy
• What did the Crocodile swallow in Peter Pan? Clock
• What’s the hardest rock? Diamond
• The Statue of Liberty was given by which country? France
• What does Hakuna Matata mean? “No Worries”
  • What was the name of Walt Disney’s first cartoon character? Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
  • What was the first Pixar Movie? Toy Story
  • What is the name for the hashtag symbol on a phone? Pound or Number Sign
  • Which planet has the largest ocean? Jupiter
  • Area 51 is located in which state? Nevada
  • What is the common name for dried plums? Prunes
  • How many stars make up the Big Dipper? 7

Does this sound like an ice breaker game you’d play?!