Do reindeers like carrots and what is snow made of? Try our kids’ quiz

1. Nutkin, 5, asks: do reindeers like carrots?

   1. Yes, they think carrots are delicious!

   2. Only Rudolph likes to eat carrots

   3. No, they like lichen

   4. No, they only like to eat bananas

2. Annabella, 8, asks: why do Christmas pyjamas exist?

   1. They get everyone in the Christmas mood, and they’re cosy and comfy

   2. So shops and brands can make more money

   3. Social media and advertising have encouraged the trend of wearing Christmas pyjamas

   4. All the above

3. Sam, 12, asks: what is myrrh?

   1. It’s made from the roots of a tree from Lapland

   2. It’s sap-like resin that comes from a tree

   3. It’s made by insects

   4. It’s a kind of honey

4. Sophie, 7, asks: what is snow made of?

   1. It’s made of ice-cream

   2. It’s made of frozen wool

   3. It’s made of bits of cloud

   4. It’s made of air and water

5. Flora, 5, asks: what makes Christmas crackers go bang?

   1. Two overlapping cardboard strips inside the cracker are treated with gunpowder, which goes BANG! when the strips are pulled apart

   2. An elf inside each cracker makes the bang sound

   3. It’s the ghost of Christmas past trapped inside a cracker, yelling “BANG!”

   4. Scientists aren’t sure

Solutions

1:C - Reindeers can’t chew carrots properly because they don’t have the right teeth. If you want to leave them a snack for Christmas Eve, they love moss, lichen, herbs, grasses and the shoots and leaves of trees., 2:D - Christmas pyjamas exist because someone had the idea that it would be cosy, fun and festive to wear them. Through advertising they’ve become more and more popular. But don’t feel you need to wear them – you can wear whatever you like!, 3:B - Myrrh is a resin from trees that originally grew in east Africa as well as Oman and Saudi Arabia. In olden times it was used as a perfume and was believed to have healing properties., 4:D - Snow is made of frozen water crystals, surrounded by air. It contains more air than water., 5:A - Christmas crackers contain two cardboard strips treated with a tiny amount of gunpowder – nitrate, charcoal and sulphur. When you pull a cracker, the force makes friction between the strips that generates heat to set off the gunpowder. The shape of the cracker makes the noise louder, so you get a big BANG!

Scores

1. 5 and above.

2. 4 and above.

3. 3 and above.

4. 2 and above.

5. 0 and above.

6. 1 and above.

Molly Oldfield hosts Everything Under the Sun, a podcast answering children’s questions. Do check out her books, Everything Under the Sun and the new Everything Under the Sun: Quiz Book.

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