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Name Sorting Game for Kids Trivia Quiz

This quiz is based on a kindergarten language arts/graphing project that helps kids get to know classmates' names. It also helps them learn letter sounds.

A multiple-choice quiz by robynraymer. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
robynraymer

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
209,259

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
12827

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

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This quiz has 2 formats: you can play it as a or as shown below.
Scroll down to the bottom for the answer key.

1. Which name has the greatest number of letters? Hint

Anaztazia

Alexandra

Annabelle

Antoinette

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2. Which name has the fewest letters? Hint

Leon

Lionel

Liam

Leo

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3. Which names begin with the CH sound in CHOCOLATE and CHIN? Hint

Charlotte and Shawn

Charlie and Chandler

Carrie and Corey

Cameron and Camelia

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4. Which names end with the long E sound that you hear at the end of HURRY? (Hint: The long E sound can be spelled different ways.) Hint

Carrie, Katy, Shelby, Shari, Mimi, and Aimee

Collette, Annette, Babette, and Antoinette

Robyn, Macon, Lynne, Martin, and Madeline

Samantha, Alexa, India, Eliza, and Emma

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5. What is the same about all of these names? Alexander, Alexa, Max, Alexis, Roxy, Alexandra. Hint

Each has the word AND.

Each has the letter X.

Each begins with the letter A.

Each has the letter E.

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6. What is the same about all of these names? Derry, Danny, Dory, Denny, and Dotty. Hint

Each has five letters and begins with D.

Each ends with the NEE or REE sound.

Each has double letters in the middle.

Each begins with D and ends with Y.

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7. What is the same about all of these names? Jack, Jill, John, Jen, Jim, Joe, Jon, Joy, June, Jem. Hint

Each begins with J and has three letters.

Each begins with J and has only one vowel.

Each begins with J and has four letters.

Each begins with J and has one syllable.

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8. What is the same about all of these names? Jennifer, Julia, Samantha, McKenna, Maria, Monica, Alexa, Elijah, Elena, Eliza, Andrea, Roberto. Hint

Each ends with the letter A.

Each begins with E, M, or R.

Each has three syllables.

Each is a girl's name.

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9. What is the same about all of these names? Harper, Taylor, McKenna, Shelby, Tyler, Whitney. Hint

Each has the letter Y.

Each has the letter L.

Each can be a first name OR a last name.

Each can be a last name, but not a first name.

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10. Which is true of these names? Anaztazia, Annabelle, Cameron, Eliza, Freddy, Henry, Lorelei, Matty, Pablo, Robyn, Whitney. Hint

They are in order from longest to shortest.

They are in alphabetical order.

They are all girls' names.

Each contains the letters A and L.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which name has the greatest number of letters?

Answer: Antoinette

ANTOINETTE has ten letters. Each of the others has nine letters. Anaztazia Nina is the name of my newest niece.

2. Which name has the fewest letters?

Answer: Leo

LEO has only three letters. Leo is my good friends' little son.

3. Which names begin with the CH sound in CHOCOLATE and CHIN?

Answer: Charlie and Chandler

CHARLOTTE and SHAWN both begin with the SH sound in SHIRT and SHORT. (Sometime CH sounds like SH.)

4. Which names end with the long E sound that you hear at the end of HURRY? (Hint: The long E sound can be spelled different ways.)

Answer: Carrie, Katy, Shelby, Shari, Mimi, and Aimee

The long E sound can be spelled Y as in HURRY, IE as in CARRIE, EA as in FLEA, I as in MIMI, and EE as in AIMEE.

5. What is the same about all of these names? Alexander, Alexa, Max, Alexis, Roxy, Alexandra.

Answer: Each has the letter X.

If you line the names up like this, you can tell see a column of X's:

*ALEXANDER
*ALEXA
**MAX
*ALEXIS
**ROXY
*ALEXANDRA

6. What is the same about all of these names? Derry, Danny, Dory, Denny, and Dotty.

Answer: Each begins with D and ends with Y.

I know people named Derry, Danny, Dory, and Denny, but I don't know anyone named Dotty--do you? Dotty can be a nickname for Dorothy.

7. What is the same about all of these names? Jack, Jill, John, Jen, Jim, Joe, Jon, Joy, June, Jem.

Answer: Each begins with J and has one syllable.

Many, many girls' and boys' first names begin with J. How many can you think of?

8. What is the same about all of these names? Jennifer, Julia, Samantha, McKenna, Maria, Monica, Alexa, Elijah, Elena, Eliza, Andrea, Roberto.

Answer: Each has three syllables.

How many syllables does your name have? My niece Anaztazia's has four: her name is pronounced AN-NA-STAY-SHAW. My niece Taylor's name has two syllables: it is pronounced TAY-LER.

9. What is the same about all of these names? Harper, Taylor, McKenna, Shelby, Tyler, Whitney.

Answer: Each can be a first name OR a last name.

Taylor and Shelby are my nieces. Harper and McKenna are their friends. Tyler is my friend's son, and Whitney is a grown-up woman whom I knew when we were kids.

10. Which is true of these names? Anaztazia, Annabelle, Cameron, Eliza, Freddy, Henry, Lorelei, Matty, Pablo, Robyn, Whitney.

Answer: They are in alphabetical order.

Pablo is my nephew. He has written several funtrivia.com quizzes, including a very popular one on Pokemon.

You can play these sorting games with your classmates. It is fun to sort names in all different ways.

Source: Author robynraymer

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