Five multiple-choice questions set by children are testing readers’ general knowledge, with an invitation to submit junior brainteasers for future quizzes.
The questions were posed by children aged 5 to 11 and cover emoji origins, animal litters, bee behaviour, insect eggs and tornado frequency in cities.
1. Itamar, 11, asks: who invented emojis?
- The companies SoftBank and NEC
- Japanese designer Shigetaka Kurita
- Steve Jobs
- Samsung
2. Ruaridh, 9, asks: is there always a runt of the litter?
- Yes, it’s just the weakest of the litter
- No, being a runt is caused by genetic factors and health traits
- No, only certain breeds have a runt
- No, runts don’t exist in real life
3. Frank, 6, asks: why do bees make honey?
- It attracts what they really want: bears
- They use it to glue the hive together
- They need it to maintain their energy levels
- They think it looks pretty
4. Devrim, 5, asks: what do bug eggs look like?
- Wet and slimy
- They are square-shaped
- It depends on the bug
- All bugs’ eggs are small and glow in the dark
5. Piran, 9, asks: why do tornadoes rarely happen in big cities?
- Tornadoes can’t form in cities because of the electrical signals
- Cities only cover a small proportion of land, so are hit by fewer tornadoes than the countryside
- Lack of space means the tornadoes can never build up and get dangerous
- Tornadoes only ever happen in small cities, not big ones
Molly Oldfield hosts Everything Under the Sun, a podcast answering children’s questions. She is the author of Everything Under the Sun and Everything Under the Sun: Quiz Book, as well as her new title, Everything Under the Sun: All Around the World.
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