How Well Do You Know Your Parents Quiz: 80 Questions

Andrew Ronald

Simirity Founder | Father of two

16th May, 2025

In this How Well Do You Know Your Parents quiz, we’ve deliberately avoided bland questions like “what’s their favourite colour?” Instead, we’ve included questions to ask your parents that dig deeper—exploring more intriguing parts of your Mom’s and Dad’s lives, from life-changing moments to hidden talents and philosophical outlooks. Each question opens a door to conversations you might never have otherwise, creating meaningful bonding experiences as you discover the people behind the parents you’ve always known.

Read on to explore our complete collection of 80 questions, carefully chosen to reveal the full story of your parents’ lives. Pick the questions that interest you most, or use our random spinner for a game-like experience.

Jump to section:

• Quiz Time! How Well Do You Know Mom and Dad?
• Randomly Select Your Quiz Questions
• 80 Questions: How Well Do You Know Your Parents?
• How to Preserve Your Parents’ Best Stories
• Save Stories While Strengthening Bonds in Simirity
• More Fun Family Conversation Starters
• FAQ About The Family Quiz Game

Quiz Time! How Well Do You Know Mom and Dad?

You’ve known them your entire life, but I bet there are countless stories about Mom and Dad you’ve yet to discover.

This How Well Do You Know Your Parents Quiz creates magical moments of family connection through simple gameplay. The questions work perfectly for moms and dads, covering everything from childhood adventures and hidden talents to life-changing moments and personal philosophies.

Instructions

The game can be played in person or remotely over video call. Here’s how to play:

• Step 1: Either handpick a question to answer from the list, or have one randomly selected for you using our question wheel.
• Step 2: Provide your answer while your parents listen.
• Step 3: Parents confirm, correct, or—best of all—expand on the answer.

What begins as a simple family quiz game often transforms into a treasure trove of family storytelling, with each question unlocking memories and insights about your Mom and Dad that you never knew existed.

Playing remotely

This game is perfect for families living apart. During your video call, simply share your screen with our digital question wheel (or take turns reading questions). You’ll be covering far broader topics than in your usual catch-up calls, that’s for sure!

Randomly Select Your Quiz Questions

Ready to play the How Well Do You Know Your Parents quiz? Instead of scrolling through all 80 questions, let our question wheel do the work for you. By spinning the wheel, you’ll save time deciding what to ask and can focus entirely on your answers.

The random nature of the wheel adds an exciting element of surprise to your family conversation. You might receive questions you wouldn’t usually choose—leading to unexpected discoveries and stories you might otherwise miss.

Wheel of Quiz Questions

If you’re the one answering these questions, good luck! Expect to be thoroughly challenged, then rewarded with priceless conversations.

Spin the wheel to have a question randomly selected for you.

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Capture your family’s history before it’s too late.

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80 Questions: How Well Do You Know Your Parents?

Sometimes you want to be more selective with your questions or focus on specific areas of your parents’ lives. This complete list allows you to handpick questions that match your interests and your parents’ personalities.

Childhood Years

1. What are their earliest childhood memories?
2. How would their parents have described them as a child?
3. What are their happiest childhood memories?
4. What books did they enjoy in their childhood?
5. What childhood holiday spot is most precious to them, and why?
6. How was their relationship with their siblings?
7. What games or activities did they love as a child?
8. What was their childhood home like?
9. What was their favourite toy or possession as a child?
10. Did they have any childhood pets?

School Years

11. What did they love and hate about school?
12. What subject captivated them most in school, and why?
13. Did any school teachers influence them significantly?
14. What did they dream of becoming when they grew up?
15. What was your parent’s favourite activity as a teenager?
16. Who were their closest friends growing up?
17. Did they ever get into trouble as a teenager?
18. What fashions or trends did they follow as a teenager?
19. What music did they listen to in their teenage years?
20. Would they change anything about their education?

Early Adulthood

21. What was their first ever job?
22. What career aspirations did they have?
23. How did they find their way to their career?
24. What skill or talent do they wish they had developed further?
25. Were there alternative career paths that they seriously considered?
26. Ignoring practicalities like money, what would’ve been their dream career path?
27. When did they push themselves most out of their comfort zone?
28. What was their first home away from family like?
29. Did any work colleagues have a meaningful impact on them?
30. Who has inspired them most as an adult?

Relationship & Family Formation

31. How did they meet your other parent?
32. What first drew them to your other parent?
33. How was their relationship with their own parents?
34. What recipes remind them of their parents?
35. How did they decide on your name?
36. How was their experience of preparing for your arrival?
37. How did they find becoming a parent for the first time?
38. What quality do they admire most in you?
39. What achievement of yours do they most respect?
40. What surprised them most about parenthood?

Adult Life Experiences

41. Can you name all the places they have called home?
42. Which countries have they visited that changed their perspective?
43. Which place in the world do they love the most?
44. What are their favourite travel memories?
45. Is there a place they’ve always longed to visit?
46. Has your parent ever been in danger?
47. What has been their greatest adventure?
48. What passion or hobby have they enjoyed over the years?
49. What is the hardest thing they’ve ever done?
50. What challenge in life has shaped them the most?

Personal Growth & Identity

51. What do they consider to be their most courageous moment?
52. What milestones changed the direction of their life?
53. What personal achievement makes them most proud?
54. What is their greatest claim to fame?
55. What do they feel most confident doing?
56. Who in the family do they most resemble?
57. What fork in the road of life makes them curious about the path not taken?
58. What did they learn from their parents that they have since taught you?
59. What family trait do they see being passed down through the generations?
60. Have they experienced any significant health challenges?

Present & Future Reflections

61. What keepsakes from their youth do they treasure, and why?
62. Which family heirloom means the most to them, and why?
63. Which purchases do they treasure the most and why?
64. What food or meals do they love the most?
65. What song or musician do they like the most?
66. What brings them genuine happiness?
67. What makes them feel guilty?
68. What are they scared of?
69. If they could be anyone for a day, who would they choose?
70. What does their perfect weekend look like these days?

Philosophical Reflections

71. How do they enjoy treating themselves these days?
72. How would they sum up the last year?
73. What do they miss most about the ‘good old days’?
74. Are there family traditions they would like to preserve?
75. What remains on their bucket list?
76. What period of their life would they most like to revisit and why?
77. How would they define a life well-lived?
78. If they won the lottery, how would they spend it?
79. What advice would they give their younger self?
80. What legacy do they hope to leave behind?

How did you do in this How Well Do You Know Your Parents quiz? When I tried answering these questions myself, I was surprised by how many details of my parents’ lives I’d never thought to ask about.

Families who get the most from this quiz are not the ones who will score the highest. Every incorrect answer represents a story you haven’t heard, a conversation you haven’t had with a loved one.

Now that you’ve discovered all these insights into your parents, consider preserving them so future generations can enjoy them too.

Connect every generation through the power of storytelling.

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How to Preserve Your Parents’ Best Stories

It would be a miracle if you don’t discover new things about your Mom and Dad during this game. Don’t let these precious memories slip away—capture them to share with relatives and revisit for years to come.

Need ideas for capturing family stories beyond this quiz? Discover 70 family story ideas that will ignite family conversations today, and help you preserve your family’s experiences for future generations.

Whether written down, typed up, or recorded, the real challenge isn’t collecting stories—it’s creating a system where remote family members can easily access these stories and where future generations will still discover them years from now.

This specific family need—creating a better way to share and preserve meaningful stories—led us to build Simirity…

Save Stories While Strengthening Bonds in Simirity

Simirity is a family business, offering all families a private space to share and preserve real-life stories.

Simirity is your family’s digital journal of cherished memories.

Beyond photos, videos and voice notes, Simirity app uses real-life stories from your family’s past and present to enrich family relationships while storing cherished memories for tomorrow.

Your stories blossom into rewarding conversations that take your family beyond everyday small talk—creating moments of genuine connection that you’ll treasure forever.

We created Simirity in the strong belief that family stories deepen bonds across generations.

If this How Well Do You Know Your Parents quiz has sparked meaningful conversations, create a free Simirity account where hundreds more carefully crafted questions await—designed not just for mom and dad, but for siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, and children too.

Browse our demo account to see how other families are preserving meaningful stories about their parents and extended family, strengthening connections with every shared memory.

More Fun Family Conversation Starters

Science has shown that asking meaningful questions is not only fun, but also strengthens bonds. Make the ‘How Well Do You Know Your Parents’ quiz just the beginning of many fun family conversations…

Continue this journey with fresh conversation starters designed to explore topics rarely discussed in daily life. And don’t limit it to your Mom and Dad—enjoy exploring everyone’s stories, from grandparents to grandkids.

• 350+ meaningful questions to ask your mom and dad—this is a great resource to step up from the ‘family conversation starter’ game and ask more traditional questions about your parents’ past.
• 70 family story ideas—this handpicked selection reveals interesting stories worth sharing and preserving within your family.
• 200+ thought-provoking ‘would you rather questions’—this is a fun and memorable game that can be played over a video call—guaranteed to result in a lively and laughter-filled conversation.
• Family conversation starter game—where a spinner with 200 object prompts will challenge family members of all ages to recall interesting stories from their past. 
• The ‘First Last Best Worst’ family bonding game—uses an interactive spinner with 100 prompts to unearth interesting stories about the first-last-best-and-worst moments in life.
• Get Closer Conversation card game for families—this physical pack of cards from Intelligent Change offers a great way to spend time together.

May you have many fun family conversations!

Family-friendly questions like those provided above are an excellent way to feel the importance of family storytelling. When you’re ready to take conversations further, explore a free Simirity account, where you’ll discover 100’s of story ideas and have the ability to preserve family memories for generations to come.

Not another chat app—Simirity is for deeper family connections.

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FAQ About The Family Quiz Game

How long does this family quiz game take to play?

The full 80-question How Well Do You Know Your Parents quiz can take anywhere from 1-2 hours to days. It all depends on the depth of your discussion. However, you don’t need to complete all questions in one sitting. Many families prefer to play for 30 minutes at a time and enjoy exploring each topic fully.

While this is a quiz, the focus is more on igniting family conversations than completing the list.

Can we play this quiz remotely over video call?

Absolutely! This How Well Do You Know Your Parents quiz works brilliantly for long-distance families. Simply share your screen to display the question wheel, or take turns reading questions aloud from the list. Just ensure everyone can see the questions, and consider recording the conversations if your parents share stories you want to preserve.

What if my parents can’t remember the answer to a question?

You might ask follow-up questions like “What was happening in your life around that time?” or “Who might remember this story?” Sometimes the search for an answer becomes more valuable than the answer itself, leading to phone calls with other relatives and the discovery of completely unexpected stories.

How do I keep score in this quiz?

While there’s no official scoring system required, many families enjoy tracking correct answers for fun. We recommend a simple approach: one point for each fully correct answer, half a point if you’re partially right.

Can I use these questions with other family members besides my parents?

Definitely! While these parent quiz questions were designed for your mom and dad, they work wonderfully for grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings, or even close family friends. You may need to adjust pronouns and relationships (changing “your parents” to “your grandparents,” for example), but the core questions about childhood, life experiences, and personal philosophies translate beautifully across generations.