Two cereal bowls are
placed on a table. In one of these there is a handful of small
sugar-coated sweets which are generally round in shape. Examples of
suitable sweets currently sold in the US are "M & M's", "Skittles" and "Joosters".
A child who answers a quiz question correctly is given a clean drinking
straw and, using suction, they have to transfer as many sweets to the
empty cereal bowl as they can within a set time limit. They get to keep
all the sweets they successfully transfer. The time limit could be
varied depending on the age of the child - e.g. 15 seconds for young
children, and 10 seconds for older ones. Very young children, who might
find this too difficult, could be allowed to nominate an older child to
act on their behalf.
The straws used should
not be too small in diameter - about 5 mm is ideal -and not too long (if
necessary they can be cut shorter).
This game can be used
as a scoring system for a team quiz - the number of points scored is the
number of sweets transferred.
