ASU Library Banned Books Trivia!

Question 1

Among the following books, which one has not been banned due to LGTBQ+ content?

Accepted Answer

Sold by Patricia McCormick

Question 2

According to nonprofit PEN America, about how many states have experienced the current banned book crisis?

Accepted Answer

41

Question 3

When was Banned Books Week launched as an annual awareness campaign by Amnesty International & ALA?

Accepted Answer

1982

Question 4

Name the book: To make sense of herself, her crush, religion, & the world, a teen girl slams words in her notebook.

Accepted Answer

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Question 5

Name the book: A young indigenous woman gets roped into an investigation about a death and a drug.

Accepted Answer

The Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Question 6

As of 2023, who is the current most banned U.S. author, with works like Crank under fire for drug use and explicit sex?

Accepted Answer

Ellen Hopkins

Question 7

According to ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom, how many unique book titles were targeted for censorship in 2023?

Accepted Answer

4,240

Question 8

Name the book: A man narrowly gets away with adultery & defiance of Big Brother until his fear of rats betrays him.

Accepted Answer

1984 by George Orwell

Question 9

Name the book: After getting kicked out of school, a teen boy curses & complains about everything being phony.

Accepted Answer

Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

Question 10

Which book is a personal record of events during WWII & was banned, amongst other reasons, for being "too depressing?"

Accepted Answer

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Question 11

Name the book: A human girl encounters a vampire coven and plays baseball in the woods.

Accepted Answer

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Question 12

Utah banned 13 books of "indecent material" from all public schools & libraries in 2024, even this Sarah J. Maas series:

Accepted Answer

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Question 13

An attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group, is considered a:

Accepted Answer

Challenge

Question 14

Which title has been the #1 most challenged title from 2021 to 2023?

Accepted Answer

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

Question 15

The actual removal of materials, following the objections of a person or group, is considered a:

Accepted Answer

Banning

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