2022 Twinkl Australia Book Week Quiz

Question 1

In what month is Book Week typically held?

Accepted Answer

August

Question 2

Which author wrote the novel 'War Horse'?

Accepted Answer

Michael Morpurgo

Question 3

In Roald Dahl's, James and the Giant Peach, James had to live with his cruel Aunts. How did his parents die?

Accepted Answer

Eaten by a rhinoceros

Question 4

What other name does J K Rowling publish books under?

Accepted Answer

Robert Galbraith

Question 5

Eric Carle died in 2021. How old was he?

Accepted Answer

91

Question 6

"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."

Accepted Answer

Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban

Question 7

"A person's a person no matter how small." Which Dr. Seuss classic is this quote from?

Accepted Answer

Horton Hears a Who!

Question 8

In the Roald Dahl classic, Matilda, what was Matilda's favourite book?

Accepted Answer

The Secret Garden

Question 9

Which of these is the title of a 2022 Book Of The Year nominee?

Accepted Answer

Tiger Daughter

Question 10

"The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease to be able to do it." Which JM Barrie book is this from?

Accepted Answer

Peter Pan

Question 11

How many publishers rejected 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' before JK Rowling was accepted by Bloomsbury?

Accepted Answer

12

Question 12

What was Julia Donaldson's sequel to The Gruffalo?

Accepted Answer

The Gruffalo's Child

Question 13

What was the theme for CBCA book week in 2020?

Accepted Answer

Curious Creatures, Wild Minds

Question 14

How many publishers rejected 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' before JK Rowling was accepted by Bloomsbury?

Accepted Answer

12

Question 15

Book Week is run by the CBCA. What does CBCA stand for?

Accepted Answer

Children's Book Council of Australia

Question 16

Which Roald Dahl classic is this quote: “We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.”

Accepted Answer

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Question 17

How many books have been shortlisted in this year's Younger Readers category for Book of the Year?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 18

How many books have been shortlisted in this year's Younger Readers category for Book of the Year?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 19

"Who in the world am I? Ah, that's a great puzzle." is from which book?

Accepted Answer

Alice in Wonderland

Question 20

How do schools traditionally celebrate Book Week?

Accepted Answer

Dress Up Day

Question 21

Whose porridge did Goldilocks find 'just right'?

Accepted Answer

Mama Bear

Question 22

"If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely." Roald Dahl

Accepted Answer

The Twits

Question 23

Who wrote 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'?

Accepted Answer

Eric Carle

Question 24

In Beverly Cleary's 'Ramona' books, what was the nickname of Ramona's older sister?

Accepted Answer

Beezus

Question 25

Which of these novels from The Chronicles of Narnia was the second in the series to be published?

Accepted Answer

Prince Caspian

Question 26

Where did Roald Dahl do most of his writing?

Accepted Answer

His Garden Shed

Question 27

Who wrote the book 'Storm Boy'?

Accepted Answer

Colin Thiele

Question 28

Which book is this quote from? "Let the wild rumpus start!"

Accepted Answer

Where the Wild Things Are

Question 29

Which of these authors would have turned 106 on 13th September of this year?

Accepted Answer

Roald Dahl

Question 30

What year was the first Book Week held?

Accepted Answer

1945

Question 31

What was the theme for CBCA book week in 2021?

Accepted Answer

Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds

Question 32

What is this year's theme for Book Week?

Accepted Answer

Dreaming with eyes open

Question 33

In the BFG, by Roald Dahl, which food is associated with the giants' name for humans.

Accepted Answer

Bean

Question 34

Who designed the artwork for the CBCA Book Week 2022 official poster?

Accepted Answer

Jasmine Seymour

Question 35

In Julia Donaldson's animation of Room on The Broom, the witch is voiced by Gillian Anderson. What sci-fi was she in?

Accepted Answer

The X Files

Question 36

"His most prized possesions had been given away, yet he was happy."

Accepted Answer

The Rainbow Fish

Question 37

In E.B. White's 'Charlotte's Web' who said "You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing."

Accepted Answer

Charlotte

Question 38

Who wrote the book 'The Velveteen Rabbit' and published it in 1922?

Accepted Answer

Margery Williams

Question 39

What did Hagrid give Harry as a birthday gift in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?

Accepted Answer

An owl

Question 40

How many books did Roald Dahl publish?

Accepted Answer

49

Question 41

Who is Dog Man's sidekick in the Dav Pilkey series?

Accepted Answer

Cat Kid

Question 42

What was Julia Donaldson's sequel to The Gruffalo?

Accepted Answer

The Gruffalo's Child

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