Duplicate of Bradley Trivia Questions

Andrew Carnegie spent $55 million of his own fortune to build libraries. How many libraries did he build?

Which children’s book was banned in America because talking animals were seen as ungodly?

Sidney Poitier was the first African American nominated for an Academy Award. For which film was he first nominated?

Which of these Toni Morrison novels have not been banned?

Who are the prime initiators of book challenges?

What year was Black History first recognized?

Which Doctor Seuss book was banned because it offended forestry workers?

Who or what does the Caldecot award recognize?

Who was the first African American female engineer at NASA and worked on the agency’s SCOUT Launch Vehicle Program?

Who was the first African American woman billionaire?

Which book series was challenged for having a protagonist that “acted out” and “didn’t use the Queen’s English?”

What campus building is the former Second Church of Christ Scientist, built in 1915?

Which literary classic was banned under the Comstock Law of 1873(for obscene/filthy material)?

The numbers and letters on the spines of books are called what?

The NAACP was formed in 1909 due mostly to race riots in what U.S. city in 1908?

Which artist surpassed Elvis Presley in 2003 as the artist with the most No. 1 albums on the Billboard charts?

Who is the most frequently challenged author of the 21st century?

The first African American to win an Olympic gold medal, John Taylor, competed in what sport?

The tallest library in the world has 60 floors. Where is it?

Reflecting the original mission of Bradley, what was Westlake Hall first known as?

This is the classification system for organizing books at the Cullom-Davis Library:

Which of the following is a line from a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks?

There are more public libraries than McDonalds in the United States

What is the largest library in the world?

Who established America’s first library in Philadelphia in 1731?

Who was the first Black dancer with the New York City Ballet?

Buck O’Neil, named the first Black coach for a Major League Baseball team in 1962. For which team did he work?

Which of these was NOT invented by an African American?

The most frequent reason someone challenges a book is?

How many questions do academic libraries answer a year?

Who created the printing press with moveable type?

Which of these is NOT a former nickname of the Bradley athletic teams?

Where do the majority of book challenges take place?

Which of the following are reasons given for attempting to ban “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak?

Americans check out an average of how many books a year?

Which of these titles is NOT on the top 10 most challenged books of 2019?

Bridge to Terabithia was banned because of “profanity, disrespect for adults, and ____.”

Running under the slogan “Unbought and Unbossed,” who was the first African American woman elected to the US Congress?

John Chavis was the first Black man to attend college in the United States. What year did he earn his license to preach?

During World War II, the Student Center was located inside Westlake Hall. What did students refer to it as?

What is the setting of Lorraine Hansbery's play A Raisin in the Sun?

What is the term for an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group?

How many total materials were affected in censorship attempts in 2019?

Which musical artist and owner of the beauty brand Fenty recentl became the youngest Black Billionaire in the world?

Which 80s movie takes place almost exclusively in a school library?

In the early 1900s, a Bradley carpentry class built “the Dog House” on campus. What was this building for?

The main entrance of the NYC Library is guarded by two marble lions. What are their names?

Madame C. J. Walker's net worth was $600,000 in 1919. What is the approximate equivalent in 2023 money?

Who holds the record for the female artist with the most Grammy nominations?

Which of these titles was most challenged in 2019?

What kind of pets did Lydia Moss Bradley keep?

Where is the world’s oldest continually running library?

Which graphic novel was the 2nd most challenged book in 2014 for political viewpoints?

He discovered hundreds of uses for previously useless foods. Most notably, the peanut.

Who are least likely to challenge a book?

Give the first name of Mr. Dewey of Dewey Decimal Classificaion System fame.

What year was the last Bradley varsity football game played?

Romeo B. Garrett was the first Black professor at Bradley. What did he teach?

What month is Banned Books Week celebrated?

What article of clothing were Bradley freshmen originally intended to wear to distinguish them from upperclassmen?

Americans go to libraries 3 times more than they go to the movies

In 2003, this classic novel was asked to be removed from the Normal West English curriculum due to “offensive language.”

Who wrote the book “Blacks at Bradley”

Which superheroine works as a librarian during the day?

What percentage of challenges results in the removal of that book from the location?

What was the most frequently challenged book in the United States in 2021?

Lonnie G. Johnson invented which of the following

Mae Jemison is the first Black woman to hold what position?