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Hello, fabulous Squiz Kids listeners and welcome to the kids versus adult road trip quiz on the human body.
I'm Christy Kidgerina.
All through this term in the Squiz Kids daily news podcast, We've been bringing you the big news stories of the day, run through our kid-friendly filter to make sure that you know all you need to know about the world around you.
And at the end of every week we've tested how much you've retained in the Kids vs Adults Weekly News Squiz.
Now, because it's the holidays, we're presenting a couple of road trip quizzes on some fun topics to help you pass the time on those big school holiday road trips or just while whiling away those long hours during the school halls.
The object of these kids versus adult quizzes is simple to see who's smarter, kids or adults.
Here's how this quiz works.
We've got 10 questions for kids to test your knowledge on the human body, and then 10 questions for adults.
Whoever answers the most correct questions wins.
Easy peasy.
Are you ready?
Let's do this.
All right kids, here are your 10 questions.
Question number one the main job of your blood is to do what?
And without it you would die very quickly.
Is it A To keep you inflated?
You would shrivel up without it.
B. To carry messages from your brain to your muscles, without it you'd just go all floppy.
Or C. To transport oxygen, nutrients and waste products to where they need to go.
That's right.
The answer is C to transport oxygen nutrients, waste products, all sorts of things around your body to where they need to get to.
Question number two your tongue helps you talk, taste and swallow, but what type of tissue is your tongue made from?
Is it A, cartilage, B, cartilage?
Muscle or C, skin.
How'd you go with that one?
Have you got a strong tongue?
Your tongue is B, it's made of muscle tissue.
Question number three, this one's true or false.
After you've been in the bath for a while, your fingers become wrinkly.
This can become dangerous if you stay in the bath for too long, because water is leaking through your skin, from your body, into the bath water.
Is this true or is it false?
That is in fact false.
You're fine.
Just need to get out of the bath when you're cold.
Question number four.
This one's a true or false question as well.
The goosebumps that humans get are caused by the same sort of reaction that causes a cat's fur to stand on end when it's scared or angry.
Is this true or is it false?
Yep, you're a bit like your kitty.
That is true.
It's called pillow erection.
Question number five.
How many breaths does the average person take in one day?
Is it A, around 2,000, B, around 20,000 or C, around 200,000?
If you said B, around 20,000 you would be correct.
It ranges between about 12 and 20 breaths per minute, depending on what you're doing.
Question number six.
Most people don't get their wisdom teeth until they're much older than when they get their other teeth.
If all your wisdom teeth come through, how many will you usually have?
Great work if you knew that the answer is four.
Question number seven.
The smallest bone in your body is only about the size of a grain of rice.
Where is it found?
Is it A, in your little finger, B, in your little toe or C, in your ear?
Music You're killing it.
If you said C, it's in your ear.
It's called the stirrup bone or the stapes because its shape reminded people of a horse rider's stirrup.
It's part of a system that works to amplify sound vibrations from the eardrum through to the inner ear.
Question number eight.
What actually causes the disease with itchy red little bumps called chickenpox?
Is it A, chickens, B, going to too many birthday parties or C, a virus?
Music.
We couldn't trick you if you said c, it's a virus called varicella zoster virus.
It can also cause a disease that adults get called shingles.
Question number nine before you were born, you were connected to your mum by the umbilical cord that delivered you food and oxygen.
What tiny reminder of that connection do you still have today?
Is it A, your belly button, B, your armpits, or C, your earlobes?
And the answer is A, your belly button is where you used to be connected to your mum.
Question number 10.
Last one today, kids.
Let's finish with an important scientific question.
About how many times does the average person fart in a day?
Is it A, 2 to 4 times?
Is it B, 10 to 20 times?
Or is it C, more than 50 times?
Hmm, for some people I think it's more than 50 times, but the answer is in fact B, 10 to 20 times.
How did you go, kids?
How many did you get right out of 10?
Reckon you're going to beat the adults?
Ooh, I reckon so too.
Alrighty adults, now it's your turn.
Fire up that grey matter, because here we go.
Question number one.
I'm assuming that most of you have these, so you should get this one.
Which grows faster, your fingernails or your toenails?
Music Yeah, of course it's your fingernails.
They actually grow twice as fast as your toenails.
Question number two.
Babies are born with around 270 of these, but most adults are left with only around 206.
What am I talking about?
Music I am in fact talking about bones.
Lots of the bones we have when we're born actually fuse together as we age, so we end up with less overall.
Question number three.
If you could unwrap every bit of DNA inside just one of your body's cells and stretch it out, How long would it be?
Would it be A about as long as a pencil, B about two metres long, or C about as long as a football field?
Great work, adults, if you knew that it would be B, about two metres long.
Question number four, and another fingernail question.
This one's a true or false one.
Hair and fingernails continue to grow after we die.
Is that true or is it false?
And that is false.
Some people have said that it appears that way, but it's not actually true.
Question number five, roughly how many bacteria live inside and on the average human body?
Is it A, millions, B, billions, or C, trillions of bacteria?
The answer, incredibly, is C, trillions.
Most are pretty helpful and play an important role in digestion and immunity.
Question number six, about how much saliva does the average person produce each day?
Is it A, about one cup?
B, about half a litre, or C, about one to two litres?
Oh, I wouldn't want to do this experiment.
And yep, the answer is C, about one to two litres.
Question number seven.
It's all a bit icky.
Earwax might seem a bit yucky, but it actually has an important job.
What does it do?
Does it A, helps protect your ears from dirt, germs and insects?
B, it stops your eardrums from drying out and stiffening or C, it helps keep your brain warm.
Great work, adults.
If you knew that the answer is A, it helps to protect your ears from dirt, germs and most importantly, insects.
Question number eight.
Which bone is the longest in the human body?
Music Okay, you get half a point if you said your leg bone but the answer actually is the femur.
It's the bone in the top part of your leg.
Question number nine.
That little dangly bit hanging at the back of your throat has a name.
What is it called?
Is it A, the uvula?
Is it B, the lingulon?
Or C, the denticus?
I love all those names, but it is A, It's the uvula, and apparently it helps stop food going up your nose when you swallow.
That is useful.
Question number 10, last one for you today, adults, and it's true or false.
People only use 10% of their brains.
Is that true or is it false?
Nice work, adults, if you knew that the answer is false.
Brain scans show that we use virtually all the parts of our brain, just not all at once.
How did you go, adults?
How many did you get right?
Did you beat the kids this time?
Who took home the crown this week?
Alrighty, we've given our brain cells a workout, so now it's time for...
Shout out.
And it's a very happy birthday to these squiz kids celebrating a birthday today and over the past week.
And because it's a Friday, let's crack out that old birthday reggae tune.
Hit it.
And it's a very happy birthday to Koda from Gladstone, Freya from Melbourne, Jamal from Wagga Wagga, Connor and Hamish from Exeter, Jake and Mila from Belmont.
Annabel from Campbelltown.
Ben from Parabadoo.
Amara, Alicia and William from Vermont South.
Jess from Yass.
Zephyr from Canberra.
Gunna from Ashmont.
Ari from Five Dog.
Skye from Forest Lake, Mitchell from Womberool, Charlie from Miranda, Sophie from Goolwa, Kaden from Oran Park, Aiden from Greystains and Henry listening all the way over there in Chicago, USA.
And belated birthday shoutouts this week go to Alexander from Brunswick, Quinn from Macquarie and, lastly but definitely not leastly, Leo from Cheltenham.
Well, that's all we have time for.
I hope you've been enjoying these quizzes and if you're hanging out for something to do over the holidays, we have a whole back catalogue for you to listen to.
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And we're going to see you back here on Monday with Squiz Kids today.
We're back from our holiday break with your very own daily news podcast for kids.
Fun, free and fresh.
For now though, this is Christy Kidgerina signing off and reminding you all to get out there and have a most excellent day.
Over and out.
Thank you.
