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Celebrate older generations with the Grandparents Day trivia quiz!

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National Grandparents Day is celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day. This year, it falls on September 7. Anyone, at any age, can honor the holiday!

Grandparents, great-grandparents, great-aunts, great-uncles, and other elders can bring so much joy, care, and perspective to our families. Many grandparents today serve as primary or part-time caregivers for grandchildren, while for other families there is no living grandparent around anymore. But either way, we can still learn from older generations through the culture, stories, and memories they’ve imparted.

As our country’s aging population grows, Grandparents Day becomes even more important in our communities. You can celebrate by carving out time for grandparents to spend with grandchildren, sharing stories with older or younger generations, going through old photo albums or mementos, or creating something special for an older adult in your life. Or, try your hand at our trivia quiz below!

Take the grandparents and elders trivia quiz

Take this quiz with your family to learn some fun facts about grandparents and older generations. The questions and answers may even inspire you to ask an elder in your family or community about their experiences!

Grandparents' Day quiz (2025)
1. When and where was Grandparents Day first celebrated as a holiday?
Answer: B) In September of 1961, the first special day dedicated to grandparents was held at the Hebrew Home for the Aged in the Bronx, New York City. Within two years, it was officially celebrated in the whole borough of the Bronx. Interest for the holiday grew throughout the country, until President Jimmy Carter signed a proclamation in 1978 declaring the first Sunday after Labor Day as National Grandparents Day.
2. There are about 70 million grandparents in the United States. About how many of them live with their grandchildren?

Answer: C) About 6.7 million adults lived with their grandchildren in 2021, according to U.S. Census data. Almost a third of them were primary caregivers for the grandchildren they lived with. Alaska, Hawaii, and states in the Southeast and Southwest had a higher share of multigenerational households than the national average.

3. Which celebrity was raised by their grandparents?

Answer: D) All of the above celebrities spent significant portions of their childhoods under the care of their grandparents. Oprah Winfrey lived with her grandmother from babyhood until age 9, and then went back to live with her mother. Country singer Kellie Pickler lived on and off with her mother, and her paternal grandparents ended up raising her from age 12 until adulthood. The famed writer Maya Angelou lived with her grandmother after her parents divorced when she was 3 years old.

4. Which U.S. state is home to the oldest population on average?

Answer: D) Maine is home to the oldest population in the U.S., with a median age of 45. After Maine, these territories and states have the oldest populations: Puerto Rico, New Hampshire, Vermont, West Virginia, and Florida. On the other end of the spectrum, Utah is home to the youngest population, with a median age of only 32.

5. The oldest known person ever lived to age 122. Which country did she live in?

Answer: C) Jeanne Louise Calment of France was the oldest living person ever recorded at 122 years old. Before she died in 1997, she had outlived both her child and her grandchild.

6. Currently (as of summer 2025), the oldest verified living person is 116-year-old Ethel Caterham of the UK. How many grandchildren and great-grandchildren does she have?

Answer: A) Ethel Caterham has 3 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. She was born in 1909 and she loves gardening and listening to classical music.

7. In 1989, a family set a Guinness World Record for having the most generations alive in a single family at the same time. How many generations were there?

Answer: D) Augusta Bunge was the oldest of 7 generations. At age 109, she became a great-great-great-great-grandparent, while her 89-year-old daughter, her granddaughter, her great-granddaughter, her great-great granddaughter, and her great-great-great granddaughter were all still alive.

8. Which country’s population has the greatest percentage of seniors aged 65 and older?

Answer: C) At 28 percent, Japan has the highest proportion of people aged 65 and older in the world. Next up is Italy at 23 percent. However, because of population size, China, India, and the United States all have a much greater number of older adults than Japan does.

Happy Grandparents Day!

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Joanna Eng is a staff writer and digital content specialist at ParentsTogether. She lives with her wife and two kids in New York, where she loves to hike, try new foods, and check out way too many books from the library.

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