Here’s a quiz for you to take with your kids that ought to provide lots of good discussion about how well your family knows each other. The goals of this activity are to improve family communication, learn some new things about each other, and to laugh and have some fun as a family. Moms and Dads should take the “For Moms and Dads” portion of the quiz while the kids should take the “For Kids” portion of the quiz. After everyone completes the quiz, go over everyone’s answers and see just how well you know each other. There's only one rule: Have fun!

FOR MOMS AND DADS

1. My kids will say that the type of breakfast cereal that best describes me is:

A. Corn Flakes

B. Fruity Pebbles

D. Puffed Wheat

E. Just Right

2. My kids will say that I treat them as if:

A. They have H1N1 flu

B. They are like a bull in a china shop

C. They are in boot camp and I am the drill-sergeant

D. They are the most important thing in my world

3. My kids will say that the best description for my fashion style is:

A. Dancing With the Stars

B. Trying to look younger than I am

C. A real wardrobe malfunction

D. Stuck in the 90s

F. Casually elegant

4. My kids will say that I should wear a t-shirt that reads,

A. “Parent of the World’s Greatest Kid”

B. “Take My Kid – Please!”

C. “Wake Me Up When It’s Over”

D. “My Kid is Camp Gassy Belching Champion”

5. My kids will say that the television show title that best describes our family is:

B. Modern Family

C. The Middle

D. American Idol

E. Kitchen Nightmares

6. In your family who is the loudest snorer?

7. Our family’s favorite holiday of the year is?

8. My kid’s favorite television show is?

9. My favorite television show is?

10. List your kid’s closest three friends.

11. What’s your kid’s favorite band?

12. My favorite band is?

13. Your kids will say their favorite family vacation was?

14. My kid’s favorite food is?

15. My favorite food is?

1. The type of breakfast cereal that best describes my parents is:

A. Corn Flakes

B. Fruity Pebbles

D. Puffed Wheat

E. Just Right

2. My parents treat me as if:

A. I have the H1N1 flu

B. I am like a bull in a china shop

C. I am in boot camp and they are like drill-sergeant(s)

D. I am the most important thing in their world

3. The best description for my parents’ fashion style is:

A. Dancing With the Stars

B. Trying to look younger than they are

C. A real wardrobe malfunction

D. Stuck in the 90s

F. Casually elegant

4. My parents should wear a t-shirt that reads,

A. “Parent of the World’s Greatest Kid”

B. “Take My Kid – Please!”

C. “Wake Me Up When It’s Over”

D. “My Kid is Camp Gassy Belching Champion”

5. Which television show title best describes your family:

B. Modern Family

C. The Middle

D. American Idol

E. Kitchen Nightmares

6. In your family, who is the loudest snorer?

7. My family’s favorite holiday of the year is?

8. My favorite television show is?

9. My parents’ favorite television show is?

10. My closest three friends are?

11. My favorite band is?

12. My parents’ favorite band is?

13. My favorite family vacation was?

14. My favorite food is?

15. My parents’ favorite food is?

A portion of this quiz was adapted from Games, Crowdbreakers and Community Builders by Jim Burns, Mark Simone and Joel Lusz.