Join us while we answer a few curious queries posed by children regarding various topics including the origin of the vampire legend and the process of honey making.
Query 1: Which Person Created the Story of Dracula?
Freyja, age 8, questions: which author penned the legend of Dracula?
- Michael Morpurgo
- Bram Stoker
- The creator of The Gruffalo
- William Shakespeare
Question 2: Why Do Bees and Wasps Use Their Stinger?
Gilbert, aged 6, questions: for what reason do bees and wasps use their stinger?
- They sting if they think you are a flower
- They sting you if you smell nice
- They sting when they are hungry
- They sting when they feel threatened
Question 3: Who Formed the Earliest Government?
Nate, aged 8, inquires: who formed the first governing system?
- The ancient Mesopotamians
- Civilization from Greece
- The ancient Egyptians
- The Mesoamerican culture
Query 4: How Do Honeybees Produce Honey?
A seven-year-old, aged 7, asks: how do honeybees produce their golden nectar?
- 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
Question 5: What Way of Thinking Do Babies Think in Before They Speak?
Ivy, age 11, questions: prior to babies are able to talk, what form of thought do they think in?
- They probably don't use words for thinking
- Their thoughts match their parents' language
- They use a unique baby language
- They don’t think at all
