Kids' Trivia: Discovering this Tale of Dracula and the Way Bees Make Honey

Join us as we answer a few curious questions from kids regarding various subjects including the origin of this vampire myth and the process of honey making.

Question 1: Which Person Wrote the Story of the Vampire?

Freyja, age 8, asks: which author created the tale of Dracula?

• Michael Morpurgo
• Bram Stoker
• The creator of The Gruffalo
• William Shakespeare

Query 2: For What Reason Do Bees and Wasps Sting?

A six-year-old, aged 6, asks: why do bees and wasps sting?

• 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

Question 3: Which Civilization Formed the First Governing Body?

Nate, age 8, asks: who created the very first governing system?

• The ancient Mesopotamians
• Civilization from Greece
• The ancient Egyptians
• The Mesoamerican culture

Query 4: In What Way Do Honeybees Produce Honey?

Harry, age 7, asks: how do bees produce their golden nectar?

• Flowers make honey, not bees – bees just collect it
• Bees are born in honey – it’s made by all the cells in their hive
• 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: Which Way of Thinking Do Babies Think in Before They Can Talk?

An eleven-year-old, aged 11, questions: before babies are able to speak, what form of thought do they process in?

• They probably don't use words for thinking
• Their thoughts match their parents' language
• They think in a special language that only babies understand
• They don’t think at all