265 Fun Questions to Ask Kids on Long Road Trips

Smiling kids buckled in the backseat of a car for a long road trip.

Family road trips and car rides can be a great way to travel. The key is to figure out ways to pass the time on your long drive. You can try using a portable dvd player or even listen to music with your fellow travelers.

In between these activities, try chatting to make a long road trip fly by. Not sure what to talk about? Here’s a comprehensive list of road trip questions for kids of all ages. You’ll probably be surprised at some of the answers your kids give.

Favorite People

Who is your favorite person?
Who is your favorite villain?
Who is your favorite super hero?
Who is your favorite famous actor?
Who is your favorite famous singer?
Who is your favorite famous comedian?
Who is your best friend?
What are your favorite names?

Favorite Movies, Shows, Music

What is your favorite tv show?
What are your favorite bands?
What is your favorite movie?
What is your favorite holiday movie?
What is your favorite movie soundtrack?
What is your favorite thing to watch when you have screen time?
What is your favorite kind of music?
What is your favorite song?
What is your favorite podcast?
What is your favorite instrument?

Favorite Things

What is your favorite toy?
What was your favorite gift you’ve received?
What is your favorite cell phone app?
What is your favorite outfit?
What is your favorite thing to spend money on?

Favorite Games, Play, Movement

What is your favorite board game?
What is your favorite card game?
What are your favorite video games?
What is your favorite thing to do at the park?
What is your favorite game to play with friends?
What is your favorite thing to do at the playground?
What is your favorite type of exercise?
What is your favorite dance?
What is your favorite sport?
What is your favorite hobby?
What is your favorite thing to craft or create?

Favorite Seasons, Senses, and Colors

What is your favorite season?
What is your favorite smell?
What is your favorite sound?
What is your favorite color?
What is your favorite winter activity?
What is your favorite time of day?
What is your favorite summer activity?
What is your favorite holiday?
What was your favorite Halloween costume?

Favorite Animals and Characters Questions

What is your favorite animal?
What is your favorite name for a pet?
What is your favorite dinosaur?
What is your favorite prince or princess?
What is your favorite stuffed animal?
What is your favorite Disney character?

Favorite Memories Questions

What is your favorite family story?
What is your favorite thing to do in your hometown?
What is your favorite thing you’ve done with family?

Favorite Words and Phrases Questions

What is your favorite saying or quote?
What is your favorite joke?
What is your favorite compliment you’ve received?

Favorite Books and School Topic Questions

What are your favorite types of books?
What is your favorite book?
What is your favorite fairy tale?
What is your favorite subject?
Who is your favorite teacher?
What is your favorite book you’ve read at school?
What is your favorite memory from school?

Least Favorite Questions

What is your least favorite season?
What is your least favorite holiday?
What is your least favorite kind of music?
What is your least favorite food?
What is your least favorite chore?
What is your least favorite word?
What is your least favorite sound?

Travel Questions

What is your favorite place you’ve visited?
What new places would you like to visit?
What was your favorite vacation?
What is your favorite city you’ve been to?
How many states have you visited?
Have you been on a train before?
Where was the first place you flew to?
Have you been to any other countries?
What’s the first thing you think of when you think of the word vacation?
What is the most beautiful place you’ve been to?
Who are your favorite travel companions?

Food Questions

What is your favorite meal?
What is your favorite restaurant?
What was the best meal you ever ate?
What is your favorite item to bake?
What is your favorite kind of doughnut?
What is your favorite dessert?
What is your favorite candy?
What is your favorite breakfast?
What is your favorite fruit?
What is your favorite pasta dish?
What is your favorite type of takeout?
What is your favorite thing to cook?
What is your favorite cereal?
What is your favorite snack?
What is your favorite pizza topping?
What is your favorite fast food?
What is your favorite fair or amusement park food?
Do you have any special food traditions or foods you eat on special occasions?
Do you like tomatoes?
Do you like cilantro?
Do you like pickles?
How do you like your eggs cooked?
Would you rather eat the same dinner food daily or eat something you hate for dinner 3 time per week?

Thoughtful Questions

Who has the best style?
Who has the best taste in music?
Who tells the best stories?
Who is the calmest grownup you know?
Who is the funniest person you know?
Who is the smartest person you know?
Who is the best helper you know?
Who is the coolest person you know?
Who has the best memory of the people you know?
Who would you invite to dinner if you could invite anyone?
How many jump ropes can you do in a row?
What character (Disney, Harry Potter, etc.) would you like to spend time with?
What do you wish would be invented?
What animal represents your personality or spirit?
What is your astrology sign? Does it describe you?
What is your dream house like?
Do you know any words in other languages?
What makes you annoyed?
What is your biggest fear?
What do you like most about your friends?
What job would you like to do?
What job would you never want to do?
What is your worst habit?
What is your best habit?
What is the best thing about school?
What is the worst thing about school?
What would your perfect day be like?
What’s the best book you’ve read this year so far?
What is one skill you’d like to learn or know?
If you could choose a new name, what would it be?
If you could choose a new middle name, what would it be?
If you could choose a superpower, what would it be?
If you could live in a new place, where would it be?
If you could live at a friend’s house, which friend’s house would you choose?
If you could travel back in time, what time period would you choose?
If you were principal for a day, what would you do?
If you could make a new holiday, what would it celebrate?
If you could run the school cafeteria for week, what would you serve?
What are you top 5 most important things you own?
What are 3 things you’re good at?
What is one of the hardest things you’ve ever done?
What type of pet do you wish you had?
How many bones have you broken?
What do you think it will be like in the future?
If you could do a science experiment right now, what would it be?
At what age are you considered old?
Who is your favorite person that is old?
What’s your favorite birthday you’ve had?
What is your your favorite family tradition?
Would you rather be in a movie or on a podcast?

Comparison Questions

Salty or Sweet?
Pancakes or Waffles?
Oreos or Reeses?
Vanilla or Chocolate?
Mayonnaise or Mustard?
Movie Popcorn or Movie Candy?
Hotdogs or Hamburgers?
Pizza or Tacos?
Ice Cream or Cake?
Cake or Pie?
Apples or Oranges?
Buttered Noodles or Noodles with Sauce?
Minty or Fruity?
Snow Cone or Slushee?
Hard Ice Cream or Soft Ice Cream?
Ketchup or Mustard?
Sparklers or Water Balloons?
Pool or Lake?
Go Karts or Bumper Cars?
Summer Olympics or Winter Olympics?
Disney or Universal Studios?
Spring or Fall?
Bath or Shower?
Slinky or YoYo?
Jump Rope or Hopscotch?
Chess or Checkers?
Tic Tac Toe or Hangman?
Beach Vacation or City Vacation?
Dishes (as a chore) or Garbage (as a chore)?
City or Country?
Hot Drinks or Cold Drinks?
Airplane or Car Ride?
Tent or Camper?
Doctor or Dentist?
Fire or Ice?
Loud or Quiet?
Energized or Calm?
Apple Festival or Pumpkin Farm?
Cats or Dogs?
Morning Person or Night Owl?
Elevator or Escalator?
Paper Books or Electronic Books?
Halloween or Valentine’s Day?
TV or Movie?
1980s or 2000s?
Taylor Swift or Olivia Rodrigo?
Walk or Hike?
High Five or Peace Sign?
Truck or Car?
Computer Mouse or Computer Pad?
Motorcycle or Snowmobile?
Playground Slide or Playground Swings?
Dodgeball or Capture the Flag?
Paintball or Laser Tag?
Frog or Turtle?
Spider or Snake?
Sun or Shade?
Kayak or Paddle Boat?
Pen or Pencil?
Black Ink or Blue Ink?
Markers or Crayons?
Bike or Scooter?
Roller Skating or Ice Skating?
Hat or Sunglasses?
Water Park or Amusement Park?
Sports in Person or Sports on TV?
Bare Feet or Socks and Shoes?
Swim goggles or Snorkel?

Pick 5 Family Members (or Friends)… Questions

Of the 5 family members, who is the best singer?
Of the 5 family members, who is the best dancer?
Of the 5 family members, who snores the most?
Of the 5 family members, who is best at trivia?
Of the 5 family members, who is the most athletic?
Of the 5 family members, who always gets away with things?
Of the 5 family members, who would win in a water balloon or squirt gun war?
Of the 5 family members, who would you want to go on an adventure with?
Of the 5 family members, who would you take to a deserted island?

What if… Questions

What if you won the lottery?
What if you could add a new room to your house?
What if you controlled the internet for a day?
What if you controlled Disney World for a day?
What if you had a butler for a week?
What if you could talk to animals?
What if you could explore space?
What if your closet was a time machine?
What if your fridge could talk?
What if your floor at home was lava?
What if you could visit outer space?
What if we had no power for a year?
What if you could see people’s thoughts printed above their heads?
What if you could learn a new skill in one day?
What if you could live until you were 200?
What if you could stay up all night and not be tired?
What if you memorize what you read?
What if you could build a new town?
What if you owned a restaurant?
What if you school was 1 day a week, but you had to work the rest of the week?
What if you had a bigger bedroom?
What if you could ride inside a tornado?
What if you could change your hair color whenever you wanted to?
What if you hung out with a professional sports team for a week?
What if you got to test out toys before they went to stores?
What if you could star in any YouTube video or channel you want?
What if you could transport yourself to any place just by thinking of it?
What if you wore mismatched shoes to school?
What if you switched bodies with an adult?
What if you had 4 eyes?
What if you could have a robot?
What if you could design your own treehouse and have it built?
What if you could design a new amusement park?
What if you could choose one thing that you never have to do for the rest of your life?

Last but not least

What question do you wish I would’ve asked you?

You made it! I hope you were able to ask some or all of these 265 questions on your long car ride and that it helped pass the time. May you have a fun time connecting with your family! Safe travels!