Kornflakes, Kids and Knowledge

Yeah. I eat cornflakes (cheerios too).

And I even sometimes don’t eat them at breakfast (I know. crazy, huh?).

Regardless I don’t eat them sitting around a kitchen table staring at the box with nothing else to do.

So. When I went to throw the box away I happened to see the back of the box.

Book Trivia for kids.

Good stuff. Not really easy stuff.  Stuff that not only teases out some curiosity but I would imagine it actually generates some conversation over breakfast (gosh. What’s that?).

Some of them were a short description followed by a question and some were multiple choice.

The trivia:

–          What name is this author better known by? (and it was Theodor Geisel).

–          Can you name this famous one-time author? (and it was Harper Lee).

–          Solve the mystery and guess who this author is? (and it was Agatha Christie).

–          Which of the following books was not written by Mark Twain (they used Last of the Mohicans as the ‘odd book out’).

–          Which title below was written by Ernest Hemingway?

• The Grapes of Wrath
• To Kill a Mockingbird,
• The Great Gatsby,
• The Sun Also Rises.

–          Which of the following is not a play written by Shakespeare? (and I loved how sneaky they were on this one with using the title styles to confuse you)

• The Barber of Seville
• The Merchant of Venice
• The Merry Wives of Windsor
• The Taming of the Shrew

Okay.

This isn’t exactly NY Times crossword puzzle tough but this is really good stuff for kids.

And it’s not silly easy.

And it’s on the back of a cereal box.

And at minimum it keeps us adults on our toes with our literature.

That alone may make it worthwhile. Kudos to the cereal company for not wasting space on some ‘cross sell.’