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Children's Day quiz
How well do you really know Children's Day? These 8 questions start easy and end with a Boss round. There are no multiple choice options: you type what you know, and every answer is checked against the key facts.
60 seconds a question, one 2x boost, and a leaderboard. Playing with friends writes a fresh set of Children's Day questions for your group.
The questions
- Medium
Where was Jawaharlal Nehru born, and in what year?
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- He was born in Allahabad, now called Prayagraj
- He was born in 1889
- His birth date was November 14
- Medium
When is World Children’s Day marked internationally, and what child-rights milestone does the date recall?
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- 20 November
- The UN adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989 on this date
- Medium
A Delhi institution gives children room to explore beyond class: what is it called, and what sort of learning does it encourage?
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- It is National Bal Bhavan.
- It was established in New Delhi in 1956.
- It encourages children’s creativity and learning through activities outside the regular classroom.
- Its activities include areas such as arts, crafts, science, and physical activity.
- Hard
Before India switched to 14 November, what date did it use for Children’s Day, and whose death prompted the change?
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- 20 November
- The death of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964
- Hard
Which Indian film body began in 1955, and what audience was it created to serve?
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- The Children’s Film Society of India was established in 1955.
- It was created to make films for children.
- Hard
A movie-making group for young audiences took shape in Nehru-era India: what was it called, when was it founded, and what kind of films did it aim to make?
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- Children’s Film Society India
- Founded in 1955
- Aimed to produce films for children
- Hard
Which UN body created Universal Children’s Day, and what year did it do so?
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- The United Nations General Assembly
- 1954
- Boss
Dig into India’s child-welfare history: what was the name of its first national policy for children, and in what year was it adopted?
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- It was the National Policy for Children.
- It was adopted in 1974.
- It was India’s first national policy specifically for children.
- It set out a commitment to children’s welfare and development.
How scoring works
- Each question has 2 or 3 key facts. Each one earns full, half or no credit, so a wrong answer scores zero.
- Later questions are worth more, fast answers earn a bonus, and great answers in a row build a streak.
- A famous myth or a clear factual error halves the points.
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