Children's Trivia: Learning About the Legend of Dracula and How Honeybees Make Honey
Join us while we answer some curious questions posed by young ones about different subjects including the origin of the vampire legend and this method of honey production.
Question 1: Who Created the Tale of the Vampire?
A young girl, age 8, questions: who penned the legend of Dracula?
- Michael Morpurgo
- The Irish writer
- Julia Donaldson
- William Shakespeare
Query 2: Why Do Insects Use Their Stinger?
A six-year-old, aged 6, asks: why do insects use their stinger?
- They might mistake you for a flower
- They are attracted to pleasant scents
- They sting when they are hungry
- They sting when they feel threatened
Query 3: Who Formed the First Governing Body?
An eight-year-old, age 8, inquires: which group established the very first government?
- People from Mesopotamia
- Civilization from Greece
- The ancient Egyptians
- The Mesoamerican culture
Query 4: How Do Honeybees Produce Their Sweet Product?
Harry, age 7, wonders: how do honeybees produce honey?
- Flowers make honey, not bees – bees just collect it
- They are born in honey, which is produced in hive cells
- They collect nectar and evaporate water to form honey
- Wasps make honey, then bees steal the honey from wasps
Query 5: What Language Do Infants Think in Before They Can Talk?
An eleven-year-old, aged 11, inquires: before babies are able to speak, what language do they process in?
- They probably don't use words for thinking
- They think in whatever language their parents speak in
- They think in a special language that only babies understand
- They may not think in a structured way
