WONDER #1352: Why Do People Walk and Talk in Their Sleep?

Question 1 of 3

The scientific term for speaking during sleep is what?

  1. somniloquy
  2. nightspeech
  3. moontalking
  4. snoring

Question 2 of 3

Which of the following is NOT a common cause of sleepwalking?

  1. heredity
  2. fever
  3. not enough sleep
  4. aliens

Question 3 of 3

If there were 100 kids in a grade school, about how many of them would sleepwalk regularly?

  1. 50
  2. 15
  3. 25
  4. 85

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