How many teeth does a jaguar have, and what causes a stitch? Try our kids’ quiz

1. 1 Eira, 9, asks: how many teeth does a jaguar have?

   1. 12 teeth and two fangs

   2. 15

   3. 120

   4. 30

2. Laurie, 6, asks: what causes a stitch when you run?

   1. Your heart

   2. We don’t know

   3. Your ribs – one of them gets stuck

   4. Being short of breath

3. Iris, 9, asks: how many types of miaow does a cat have?

   1. Three

   2. Cats can create more than 60 miaows, each with a specific meaning

   3. Cats have only one miaow but lots of purrs

   4. Each species of cat has its own kind of miaow

4. Maya, 10, asks: what is the longest someone has done a handstand for?

   1. 59.23 seconds for a one-arm handstand

   2. Four and a half minutes

   3. Fiveminutes and 6 seconds

   4. 12 minutes and 20 seconds

5. Josie, 10, asks: how much cheese is eaten by people in the UK in one year?

   1. On average, a person in the UK eats 1kg of cheese in one year – the same weight as a pineapple

   2. On average, a person in the UK eats 5kg of cheese a year: about the same weight as a male cat

   3. On average, a person in the UK eats over 10kg of cheese in one year: about the same weight as a medium-sized dog

   4. It’s impossible to count the amount of cheese eaten each year as it is so much!

Solutions

1:D - Jaguars have 30 teeth, which they use for attacking and eating prey. They have very strong jaw muscles and a more powerful bite than any other big cat. They can even bite through crocodile skin and turtle shells., 2:B - Scientists aren’t sure. One theory is that when you run, your stomach and liver pull on little things called ligaments which connect them to the diaphragm, the muscle that separates the stomach from the heart and lungs. Some scientists think eating a big meal right before exercising causes bad digestion, leading to a stitch., 3:B - Experts believe each cat can create more than 60 miaows. Kittens use them to communicate with their mothers; older cats miaow at humans to tell them if they are, say, hungry or unhappy, 4:A - The Guinness World Record for longest one-arm handstand is 59.23 seconds. There is no category for a two-arm handstand, but some claim the record could be hours or even a whole day! , 5:C - On average, people in the UK eat 30g of cheese a day, more than 10kg a year. In 2019, the countries that at the most cheese per person were the Czech Republic, Germany and France

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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