Come along as we answer a few interesting questions from children about various subjects such as the origin of the vampire legend and the process of bee nectar making.
Question 1: Which Person Wrote the Tale of the Vampire?
A young girl, age 8, questions: which author wrote the tale of Dracula?
- A popular children's author
- The Irish writer
- The creator of The Gruffalo
- William Shakespeare
Query 2: Why Do Bees and Wasps Sting?
A six-year-old, age 6, inquires: why do insects use their stinger?
- They sting if they think you are a flower
- They sting you if you smell nice
- Stinging occurs when they need food
- It's a defense mechanism when they feel in danger
Query 3: Who Formed the Earliest Government?
An eight-year-old, age 8, questions: which group created the very first governing system?
- People from Mesopotamia
- The ancient Greeks
- The ancient Egyptians
- The Mesoamerican culture
Question 4: How Do Bees Make Their Sweet Product?
A seven-year-old, aged 7, wonders: how do honeybees create their golden nectar?
- Flowers make honey, not bees – bees just collect it
- They are born in honey, which is produced in hive cells
- Bees take the nectar from flowers and reduce the water levels until it becomes honey
- Wasps make honey, then bees steal the honey from wasps
Question 5: What Language Do Infants Process Thoughts in Prior to They Talk?
An eleven-year-old, aged 11, questions: before infants can speak, which form of thought 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 don’t think at all
