BOOK TRIVIA

HOW MANY BOOKS DOES THE AVERAGE PERSON READ PER YEAR?

•A. 5

•B. 7

•C. 12

C. 12 •HOWEVER, THIS NUMBER IS INFLATED BY

AVID READERS

•MOST LIKELY, THE NUMBER IS CLOSER TO 4

PER YEAR

WHO READS MORE?

•A. WOMEN

•B. MEN

A. WOMEN

•ON AVERAGE, WOMAN READ

5 MORE BOOKS PER YEAR

THAN MEN.

•A. OLDER

PEOPLE

•B. YOUNGER

PEOPLE

WHO READS MORE?

B. YOUNGER PEOPLE

•PEOPLE TEND TO READ LESS

AS THEY AGE, ESPECIALLY

AFTER AGE 69

DO AMERICANSREAD MORE OR LESS THAN OTHER COUNTRIES?

•A. MORE

•B. LESS

B. LESS • THE USA RANKS 23 OUT OF 30 COUNTRIES WHEN IT

COMES TO READING

• NUMBER 1 IS INDIA

• NUMBER 2 IS THAILAND

• NUMBER 3 IS CHINA

EDGAR ALLEN POE WROTE THE POEM “THE RAVEN.” WHAT BIRD DID HE WANT TO WRITE ABOUT

INSTEAD?

•A. CARDINAL

•B. BLUE JAY

•C. PARROT

C. PARROT

•POE DECIDED A RAVEN

SOUNDED BETTER SAYING

“NEVERMORE”

• A. HARRY POTTER

• B. ADVENTURES

OF HUCK FINN

C. TO KILL A

MOCKINGBIRD

WHAT IS THE MOST BANNED BOOK IN AMERICA?

A. HARRY POTTER

•BECAUSE OF RELIGIOUS

COMPLAINTS

• A. FRANKENSTEIN

• B. HULK

• C. HE DOESN’T

HAVE A NAME

WHAT IS THE MONSTER’S NAME IN THE BOOK “FRANKENSTEIN?”

C. HE DOESN’T HAVE A NAME

•HOWEVER, DURING A BOOK READING,

THE AUTHOR, MARY SHELLEY, REFERRED

TO THE MONSTER AS “ADAM”

WHO HAS SOLD MORE CHILDREN’S BOOKS THAN ANY OTHER AUTHOR?

•A. SUZANNE COLLINS – THE HUNGER

GAME

•B. J.K. ROWLING – HARRY POTTER

•C. R.L. STINE- GOOSEBUMPS

C. R.L. STINE • MORE THAN 220 MILLION OF HIS BOOKS HAVE

SOLD SINCE 1992, WHEN THE FIRST

BOOK, WELCOME TO THE DEAD HOUSE, WAS

PUBLISHED. IT’S NOT SURPRISING SINCE STINE

PRODUCES ABOUT TWO BOOKS EVERY MONTH.

WHAT PAGE DO MOST READERS LOSE INTEREST AT?

•A. 1

•B. 18

•C. 33

B. 18 • OFTEN PEOPLE GIVE UP ON A BOOK IF ITS TOO SAD, HAPPY, TOO

PREDICTABLE, TOO PREACHY, TOO ANYTHING

• IT’S SLOW OR CONFUSING

• LACK OF INTEREST

• WEAK WRITING

• IT’S NOT WHAT A PERSON EXPECTED

TRUE OR FALSE

• BOOKS USED

TO BE CHAINED

TO THE

BOOKSHELVES

IN LIBRARIES

TRUE• THE PURPOSE WAS TO KEEP BOOKS FROM BEING STOLEN AND WAS

TYPICALLY ONLY DONE ON MORE VALUABLE BOOKS. A CHAINED LIBRARY IS

A LIBRARY WHERE THE BOOKS ARE ATTACHED TO THEIR BOOKCASE BY

A CHAIN, WHICH IS SUFFICIENTLY LONG TO ALLOW THE BOOKS TO BE TAKEN

FROM THEIR SHELVES AND READ, BUT NOT REMOVED FROM

THE LIBRARY ITSELF.

HOW MANY NEW BOOKS ARE PUBLISHED EACH MONTH?

•A. 10,000

•B. 15,000

•C. 20,000

C. 20,000

WHAT IS THE BEST-SELLING BOOK OF ALL TIME?

•A. THE LORD OF THE RINGS

•B. GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES

•C. THE BIBLE

C. THE BIBLE

•OVER 5

BILLION

COPIES HAVE

SOLD

WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL TITLE OF “WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE?” BY MAURICE SENDAK?

• A. “WHERE THE WILD

WOLVES ARE”

• B. “WHERE THE WILD

HORSES ARE”

• C. “WHERE THE WILD

KOALAS ARE”

B. WHERE THE WILD HORSES ARE

• THE REASON FOR THE CHANGE WAS THAT MAURICE

SENDAK COULDN'T DRAW HORSES. SO, WHEN HIS

EDITOR ASKED WHAT HE COULD DRAW, HIS REPLY

WAS "THINGS." THINGS ARE EXACTLY WHAT ENDED

UP IN THE BOOK.

WHAT’S THE MOST RELAXING ACTIVITY?

•A. DOING NOTHING

•B. TAKING A NATURE WALK

•C. READING

C. READING

"LOOK, I DIDN'T WANT TO BE A HALF-BLOOD."

•A. PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTNING THIEF

•B. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD

PRINCE

•C. COVENANT BY JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT

A. PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTNING THIEF

"THERE IS NO LAKE AT CAMP GREEN LAKE."

•A. HOLES

•B. A LONG WALK TO WATER

•C. BEYOND THE BRIGHT SEA

A. HOLES

“THERE IS ONLY ONE MIRROR IN MY HOUSE”

•A. DIVERGENT

•B. MIRROR, MIRROR

•C. THE MIRROR KING

A. DIVERGENT

"I HAD JUST COME TO ACCEPT THAT MY LIFE WOULD BE ORDINARY WHEN EXTRAORDINARY

THINGS BEGAN TO HAPPEN."

•A. ORDINARY GIRLS

•B. MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR

CHILDREN

•C. THE PECULIAR PEGGS

B. MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN

"SOMETIMES IT SEEMS LIKE ALL I EVER DO IS LIE."

•A. THE PRINCESS DIARIES

•B. THE SELECTION

•C. THE RED QUEEN

IN THE NOVEL THE PIGMAN WHAT ANIMAL AT THE ZOO DID MR. PIGNATI, THE PIGMAN, LIKE TO FEED?

•A. JOJO, THE ORANGUTAN

•B. LILO, THE KOALA BEAR

•C. BOBO, THE BABOON

C. BOBO, THE BABOON