How dangerous is a slow loris bite, and what is the world’s longest road? Try our kids’ quiz

Illustration: Hennie Haworth/The Guardian

1. Finn, 7, Megan and Zoe, both 4, ask: how dangerous is the bite of a slow loris, like the one pictured above?

   1. They do bite, but it doesn’t hurt and they are not dangerous

   2. They don’t bite at all – how could something so cute-looking bite?

   3. They have sharp teeth but small mouths, so their bites are only really dangerous to small animals

   4. Their bites are very dangerous, with flesh-rotting venom

2. Esin, 7, asks: how many trees are there in the world?

   1. 3tn

   2. 12bn

   3. 480bn

   4. 600tn

3. Bailey, 9, asks: which animal doesn’t sleep?

   1. A jaguar

   2. A particular species of bullfrog

   3. All creatures need to sleep

   4. An owl

4. Ada, 6, asks: how deep is the deepest part of the ocean?

   1. 10,020ft

   2. 60,400ft

   3. 36,000ft

   4. 49,300ft

5. Rex, 5 and a half, asks: what is the longest road in the world?

   1. The Pan-American Highway

   2. The Golden Quadrilateral Highway in India

   3. Highway 1 in Australia

   4. The Trans-Siberian Highway in Russia

Solutions

1:D - They may look cute but they bite to defend their territory and their bites are loaded with venom. The loris lifts its arms and licks glands that make the venom. It collects in canines so sharp that they can slice bone!, 2:A - Satellite images show around 3tn trees on Earth: nearly 400 per person. A lot are in the same place, such as the Amazon rainforest. Before humans arrived, there were double the number – billions are cut down every year and we have to stop this, fast., 3:C - Some studies ages ago suggested that bullfrogs don’t, but scientists think more experiments are needed and say they sleep when they hibernate in winter., 4:C - Challenger Deep is the deepest part of the Mariana Trench, seven miles down in the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and the Philippines. If you put Mount Everest at the bottom, its top would still be 7,000ft below sea level. Only three people have ever been down there., 5:A - The Guinness World Record goes to the Pan-American Highway. It’s nearly 30,000 miles, from North Alaska to Argentina. Sounds like a fun road trip!

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 weekly podcast answering children’s questions, out now as a book.

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