60 Family Feud Questions for Kids With Answers, Points, and a Kids’ Fast Money Round

Survey says: most Family Feud question lists were not actually surveyed. The point values on almost every list online are invented, and nobody tells you. We are telling you, because the secret of a great living room Feud is not pretending the numbers are real. It is knowing how the numbers work so the game feels fair, fast, and funny.

We make Who Smarted?, the podcast that turns real facts into laugh-out-loud learning for kids, so we care a lot about the difference between a real number and a made-up one. Every question below comes with answers and point values. Ours are editorial estimates, tuned so common kid answers score big and oddball answers still score something. And in the first section we hand you The Living Room Survey, our recipe for making point values that ARE real, from your own family or class.

When we say Family Feud for kids, we mean both the living room version, with two rival teams of cousins arguing about rainbow colors, and the classroom version, where a teacher needs five teams and a countdown clock. If you are a parent building a game night, a teacher turning Friday afternoon into review time, or a kid who just wants to out-guess your big sister, this is your host kit.

Here is the plan: how the points actually work, how to run the game, 60 questions with answers and points sorted by age and theme, a full kids’ Fast Money round, and a classroom mode for big groups. Grab a pencil for the score. Let’s start with the part every other list skips.

How Family Feud Points Actually Work

The direct answer: on the TV show, producers ask a survey question to a panel of 100 people, and each answer’s point value is simply the number of people who gave it. Say “name a breakfast food” gets pancakes from 30 people out of 100: pancakes is worth 30 points. That is the whole system. Points are popularity, not correctness.

Online lists skip the survey and invent the numbers, which is fine for casual play as long as somebody sanity-checks them. Ours are calibrated so the most common kid answer lands between 30 and 45, the sum of a question’s answers never tops 100, and every reasonable answer scores something. When you want the real thing, run the survey yourself:

The Living Room Survey

1. Pick 5 questions from this page a day before game night.
2. Poll 10 people, one question at a time. Text the grandparents, ask the carpool, poll the class. First answer only, no lists.
3. Count and multiply by 10. If 4 of your 10 people said pizza, pizza is worth 40 points. Write the top 4 or 5 answers on an index card, and you have a genuine survey board no website can match.

Say you are prepping your kid’s ninth birthday party on a Wednesday. You text “name something you’d find in a backpack” to the class group chat and 10 parents reply by bedtime. Thursday you make three index cards. Saturday, when a kid yells “BOOKS!” and you flip the card showing books at 40 because four actual classmates said it, the table erupts. Real numbers from people the kids know beat any list on the internet, including ours.

Why bother with any of this? Game night is not just noise: the American Academy of Pediatrics reports that play builds children’s planning, cooperation, and emotional regulation skills, which is a fancy way of saying arguing about rainbow colors with a scoreboard is developmental gold. Their overview of the power of play is worth a read while the pizza is in the oven.

How to Play Family Feud at Home

You need a host who can see the answers, two teams, and something to write scores on. That is it. Here is the round structure:

1. Face-off. One player from each team hears the question; first to answer picks whether their team plays or passes.
2. Play the board. The playing team guesses one answer per player. Revealed answers score their points for the round.
3. Three strikes. Three wrong guesses and the other team gets one chance to steal everything revealed so far with a single correct answer.
4. Award and rotate. Round points go to the winning team. Rotate the face-off players and play the next question. First team to 300 wins, or play a set number of rounds.

Branch the setup to your group. With 4 to 6 players, skip teams entirely: everyone plays every question and keeps a personal score, which keeps little kids engaged instead of waiting for turns. With 8 or more, run true teams and appoint a kid as scorekeeper. With mixed ages, alternate question difficulty by round instead of benching the little ones: easy round, big-kid round, repeat.

The host’s judging rule: rule generously and instantly. Picture a 6 year old answering “toast” when the board says “pancakes, cereal, eggs, waffles.” Toast is not up there, but it is a real breakfast, so give it one strike, a big dramatic buzzer noise, and a “GREAT answer, the survey disagrees!” The show’s host never makes the guesser feel dumb, and that is the actual skill of hosting. Kids learn to lose a round without losing the plot, which the child-health folks at Nemours call good sportsmanship: kids handle winning and losing better when the adults around them model it, as their sportsmanship guide for parents lays out.

Easy Family Feud Questions for Ages 5 to 7

Concrete things little kids know cold: colors, animals, snacks, bedtime. Top answers score 30 to 45, and every board lists its answers highest first with their point values.

1. Name a color of the rainbow.

Answer: Red 30 · Blue 28 · Yellow 18 · Green 14 · Purple 6

 

2. Name something you do before bed.

Answer: Brush teeth 40 · Read a story 22 · Put on pajamas 18 · Say goodnight 12 · Drink of water 5

 

3. Name an animal you might see at the zoo.

Answer: Lion 32 · Elephant 24 · Monkey 18 · Giraffe 14 · Zebra 8

 

4. Name something cold.

Answer: Ice cream 34 · Snow 28 · Ice cubes 18 · Popsicles 10 · Winter 6

 

5. Name something that flies.

Answer: Bird 36 · Airplane 30 · Butterfly 14 · Bee 9 · Kite 6

 

6. Name a food you eat with your hands.

Answer: Pizza 30 · Sandwich 22 · French fries 20 · Tacos 13 · Chicken nuggets 9

 

7. Name something yellow.

Answer: The sun 34 · Banana 30 · School bus 16 · Lemon 10 · Rubber duck 5

 

8. Name a farm animal.

Answer: Cow 34 · Pig 24 · Chicken 20 · Horse 12 · Sheep 6

 

9. Name something you take to the beach.

Answer: Towel 26 · Sunscreen 24 · Bucket and shovel 20 · Swimsuit 16 · Snacks 8

 

10. Name a sound a baby makes.

Answer: Crying 40 · Laughing 24 · Goo goo ga ga 18 · Burps 10

 

11. Name something round.

Answer: Ball 36 · The sun 20 · Wheel 16 · Pizza 14 · Cookie 8

 

12. Name something that gets sticky.

Answer: Candy 28 · Glue 26 · Syrup 20 · Little hands 13 · Tape 8

 

Family Feud Questions for Everyone Ages 8 to 12

Bigger boards, funnier arguments, and questions where the obvious answer might not be the top answer.

13. Name a superpower kids wish they had.

Answer: Flying 36 · Invisibility 26 · Super speed 18 · Super strength 10 · Talking to animals 7

 

14. Name something kids love about recess.

Answer: Playing with friends 35 · Swings and slides 25 · Running around 20 · No school work 12 · Snack time 5

 

15. Name something you’d find in a backpack.

Answer: Books 30 · Pencils 24 · Lunch or snacks 18 · Homework 14 · Water bottle 9

 

16. Name a pet a kid might beg for.

Answer: Dog 42 · Cat 28 · Fish 12 · Hamster 9 · Bird 5

 

17. Name a place families go on vacation.

Answer: The beach 36 · Theme park 28 · Grandma’s house 14 · Camping 11 · The mountains 6

 

18. Name something kids do in the car on a long trip.

Answer: Sleep 28 · Play games 26 · Ask are we there yet 20 · Look out the window 12 · Sing 9

 

19. Name a reason a kid might be late for school.

Answer: Overslept 38 · Missed the bus 26 · Couldn’t find shoes 16 · Slow breakfast 11 · Traffic 6

 

20. Name something you’d find at a birthday party.

Answer: Cake 34 · Balloons 26 · Presents 22 · Games 10 · Pizza 6

 

21. Name a chore kids get asked to do.

Answer: Clean their room 34 · Dishes 22 · Take out the trash 18 · Feed the pet 14 · Make the bed 9

 

22. Name something that lives in the ocean.

Answer: Fish 30 · Shark 26 · Dolphin 16 · Whale 14 · Octopus 9

 

23. Name an excuse for not doing homework.

Answer: I forgot 36 · The dog ate it 22 · Too tired 18 · Left it at school 14 · Didn’t get it 7

 

24. Name something you’d wish for from a genie.

Answer: A million dollars 30 · More wishes 26 · A puppy 16 · To fly 14 · Candy forever 8

 

25. Name a game you play outside.

Answer: Tag 32 · Hide and seek 28 · Soccer 18 · Basketball 12 · Jump rope 7

 

26. Name something grown-ups drink in the morning.

Answer: Coffee 52 · Tea 20 · Orange juice 14 · Water 8 · Smoothies 4

 

27. Name something that would ruin a picnic.

Answer: Rain 38 · Ants 30 · Bees 14 · Wind 9 · Forgetting the food 6

 

The Animal Round

28. Name an animal with a really long neck.

Answer: Giraffe 58 · Swan 14 · Ostrich 12 · Llama 8 · Flamingo 5

 

29. Name an animal that sleeps a lot.

Answer: Cat 34 · Sloth 28 · Dog 16 · Koala 12 · Bear 7

 

30. Name an animal you might see in your backyard.

Answer: Squirrel 30 · Bird 24 · Rabbit 18 · Raccoon 12 · Deer 9

 

31. Name a really fast animal.

Answer: Cheetah 46 · Horse 18 · Rabbit 12 · Falcon 10 · Deer 6

 

32. Name an animal that lives somewhere cold.

Answer: Penguin 36 · Polar bear 30 · Seal 14 · Arctic fox 9 · Walrus 6

 

33. Name a bug kids think is cool.

Answer: Butterfly 28 · Ladybug 24 · Firefly 20 · Beetle 11 · Grasshopper 8

 

34. Name an animal with big teeth.

Answer: Shark 36 · Lion 20 · Crocodile 18 · Tiger 12 · Beaver 8

 

35. Name an animal that hops.

Answer: Rabbit 40 · Kangaroo 34 · Frog 16 · Grasshopper 6

 

Smarty Fact for the host: after question 3 or this round, hit the table with this: the famous Bronx Zoo’s very first animals were not lions or elephants. They were a pair of prairie dogs. Then settle the inevitable bird argument with the episode Are Owls Super Strong?

The Food Round

36. Name a food kids ask for at a birthday party.

Answer: Pizza 38 · Cake 30 · Ice cream 15 · Chips 9 · Hot dogs 5

 

37. Name a topping people put on ice cream.

Answer: Sprinkles 32 · Chocolate syrup 26 · Whipped cream 18 · Cherries 12 · Hot fudge 7

 

38. Name a breakfast food.

Answer: Pancakes 30 · Cereal 26 · Eggs 18 · Waffles 12 · Toast 8

 

39. Name a fruit that is red.

Answer: Apple 42 · Strawberry 30 · Cherry 14 · Watermelon 8

 

40. Name a food that is messy to eat.

Answer: Spaghetti 30 · Tacos 24 · Ribs 16 · Ice cream 14 · Wings 9

 

41. Name something you put on a sandwich.

Answer: Cheese 28 · Ham 22 · Peanut butter 18 · Lettuce 12 · Turkey 10

 

42. Name a vegetable kids actually like.

Answer: Carrots 32 · Corn 26 · Broccoli 16 · Cucumbers 12 · Potatoes 8

 

43. Name a snack you’d find in a lunchbox.

Answer: Chips 28 · Fruit snacks 24 · Crackers 18 · Granola bar 14 · Cookies 10

 

Smarty Fact for the host: when cake beats cupcakes on board 36, tell them cupcakes got their name because early bakers baked them in teacups and small cups called ramekins. And before the drinks round anybody suggests, there is a whole episode on which came first, lemonade or iced tea.

The School Round

44. Name something a teacher says every day.

Answer: Quiet please 30 · Sit down 24 · Raise your hand 18 · Line up 14 · Do your homework 9

 

45. Name a school subject.

Answer: Math 34 · Reading 24 · Science 18 · Art 12 · Gym 8

 

46. Name something kids trade at lunch.

Answer: Snacks 36 · Cookies 20 · Chips 16 · Fruit 10 · Sandwiches 7

 

47. Name something kids lose at school.

Answer: Pencils 30 · Jackets 24 · Water bottles 18 · Homework 14 · Lunch money 8

 

48. Name a reason kids love field trips.

Answer: No class 32 · The bus ride 22 · Being with friends 20 · Seeing cool stuff 16 · The gift shop 6

 

49. Name something in a pencil case.

Answer: Pencils 34 · Erasers 24 · Markers 16 · Crayons 12 · Sharpener 9

 

50. Name a job kids want when they grow up.

Answer: Teacher 24 · Doctor 22 · Athlete 18 · YouTuber 16 · Veterinarian 12

 

Smarty Fact for the host: for the brainiacs at the table: your brain is about 75 percent water, which means every right answer tonight came from a very wet computer.

The Kids’ Fast Money Round

Fast Money is the show’s finale, and no kids’ list on the internet covers it, so here are the real rules sized for a living room. The winning team picks two players. Player one gets 60 seconds to answer five quick questions while player two waits out of earshot. Then player two answers the same clock on a second set. If an answer repeats, the host says “try again.” Score both players with the point values below. Hit 200 combined points and Fast Money is won.

Fast Money Set A

51. Name something you eat for breakfast.

Answer: Cereal 34 · Pancakes 26 · Eggs 20 · Toast 12 · Waffles 8

 

52. Name an animal with four legs.

Answer: Dog 36 · Cat 30 · Horse 14 · Cow 10 · Elephant 5

 

53. Name something you’d find in a classroom.

Answer: Desks 30 · Teacher 22 · Whiteboard 18 · Books 16 · Pencils 9

 

54. Name a sport kids play.

Answer: Soccer 36 · Basketball 24 · Baseball 18 · Football 12 · Tennis 5

 

55. Name something that is cold.

Answer: Ice 30 · Snow 26 · Ice cream 22 · Popsicles 12 · Winter 5

 

Fast Money Set B

56. Name something you wear in winter.

Answer: Coat 36 · Gloves 22 · Hat 18 · Scarf 14 · Boots 8

 

57. Name a fruit.

Answer: Apple 36 · Banana 26 · Orange 16 · Strawberry 12 · Grapes 7

 

58. Name something you see in the sky.

Answer: Clouds 30 · The sun 24 · Birds 16 · Stars 14 · Airplanes 10

 

59. Name a job grown-ups have.

Answer: Teacher 26 · Doctor 24 · Police officer 18 · Firefighter 14 · Nurse 9

 

60. Name something really noisy.

Answer: Fire truck 26 · Thunder 22 · Babies crying 18 · Dogs barking 16 · Vacuum 10

 

Run it with the timer below, and for the record: gaming has come a long way since the first home video game console, the 1972 Magnavox Odyssey, which had no color and no music. Your Fast Money board has both.

Classroom Feud: Running It with 3 to 5 Teams

Teachers buy paid templates for exactly this, so here is the free version. Two changes make Feud classroom-sized. First, run 3 to 5 teams instead of 2, with the face-off as a whole-team huddle: every team writes one answer on a mini whiteboard, all boards flip at once, and every team that hit the board scores those points. No benches, no waiting. Second, time-box rounds at 3 minutes with a visible timer so one board never eats the period.

Say it is Friday, sixth period, and 27 seventh graders have zero interest in reviewing anything. Five teams, five whiteboards, and “name something kids lose at school” on the projector, and suddenly the kid who has not spoken since September is pounding the desk because his team wrote jackets and jackets is up there at 24. Swap in review questions (“name a planet,” “name a fraction smaller than one half”) every third round and they will not even notice they are studying. For a quieter warm-up alternative, our this or that questions for kids run the same team energy with zero prep.

FAQ

Are these real Family Feud survey results?

No, and neither are the numbers on any other list you’ll find online. Ours are editorial estimates calibrated to how kids actually answer, the sums never top 100, and we teach you the Living Room Survey above so you can make genuinely real numbers from your own crew. We think saying this out loud beats pretending.

How many people do you need to play?

Four works: two tiny teams and a host who plays judge. Six to ten is the sweet spot. Twelve or more, switch to the classroom format with 3 to 5 teams so nobody spends the night waiting.

What do I do when a kid gives an answer that is not on the board?

Rule fast and rule kindly. Real but unlisted answers earn a strike plus loud host praise. Nonsense answers earn a strike plus a laugh. Never debate a 7 year old about whether a penguin counts as a farm animal. You are the host, and the host’s ruling is final, dramatic, and cheerful.

What ages does this work for?

Questions 1 to 12 play clean at ages 5 to 7, and the rest of the list is built for 8 to 12. Mixed group? Alternate rounds between the two sets so every kid gets boards built for their brain. Younger crowds also love our Would You Rather questions for kids as a no-scoring cool-down after the Feud.

Can I use these questions for trivia night instead?

Feud questions reward popular answers, not correct ones, so they make weird trivia. For actual right-answer trivia, start with our 125 best trivia questions for kids, which comes with answers on every question.

Turn Game Night Smart with Who Smarted

The best part of Feud is the arguing, and the best arguing is the kind where somebody learns something. Who Smarted? is the funny, fact-packed podcast that gives curious kids ages 5 to 11 something amazing to bring to the next game night, from zoo history to why your brain runs on water. Put an episode on during cleanup and browse all Who Smarted? episodes to find your family’s next obsession.