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National Book Lover's Trivia
National Book Lover's Trivia
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National Book Lover's Day is August 9th. Let's see how much random book trivia you know!
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1
The father of this singer co-founded Simon and Schuster publishing.
Paul Simon
Carly Simon
Neil Simon
Lucy Simon
2
A copy of this book is sold every minute.
Harry Potter
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Oh, the Places You Will Go
The Bible
3
Gabriel Garcia Marquez did not want who cast as a main character in One Hundred Years of Solitude?
Robert Downey, Jr
Robert Duvall
Robert De Niro
Robert Redford
4
Edgar Allen Poe originally wanted the Raven to be what animal
Cat
Parrot
Eagle
Dog
5
Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes never actually used the now-famous line “Elementary, my dear Watson”.
True
False
6
What year were the first Pulitzer Prizes awarded?
1894
1904
1887
1917
7
How did George come to America?
He rode in a boat
The man in the yellow hat captured him
He flew in a plane
He was born here
8
This bestselling novel of all time has sold over 500 million copies
How to Kill a Mockingbird
Bible
Romeo and Juliet
Don Quixote
9
Jim Grant was born in England in 1954, and has published many popular crime thrillers. What is his pen name?
Lee Child
John Sandford
David Baldacci
James Burke
10
Dr Seuss' editor bet him that he couldn't write a book using only _______ words. Dr Seuss won.
50
100
75
30
11
In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, to which superstition does Huck attribute most of his bad luck?
Not knocking on wood
Touching a rattlesnake skin
Breaking a Mirror
Stepping on a Crack
12
The most banned book because of religious complaints is
The Bible
Lolita
Harry Potter
50 Shades of Gray
13
What copyright will never expire because the author gifted his rights to the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children?
Charlotte's Web
Peter Pan
Winnie the Pooh
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
14
Complaining about the lack of relatable young adult books, this author was only 15 when they became a published author
Christopher Paolini
Anne Frank
Harper Lee
SE Hinton
15
What book has NOT been taken to space?
A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Adams
London Bridges by Patterson
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Verne
16
The original title for this Jane Austen book was
First Impressions
Emma
Persuasion
Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
17
Which book was NOT written by the author as a bedtime story for their children
Mrs Piggle-Wiggle's Farm
Winnie the Pooh
The Hobbit
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
18
What is the name of the monster in Frankenstein
It didn't have a name
Adam
Monster
Frankenstein
19
Which British prime minister was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Margaret Thatcher
Winston Churchill
Tony Blair
James Ramsay MacDonald
20
The longest sentence ever printed is 823 words. What book is it in?
THE SOUND AND THE FURY
Ulysses
Don Quixote
Les Miserables