Alternate ASU Library Banned Books Week Trivia!

Question 1

Name the book: A teen girl continues to seeks relationship advice for a relationship that wasn’t working to begin with.

Accepted Answer

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary VO

Question 2

Name the book and author based off the cover:

Accepted Answer

Carrie by Stephen King

Question 3

Name the book and author based off the cover:

Accepted Answer

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Question 4

Name the book: A faerie takes a crash course on politics and the faerie world where she now resides.

Accepted Answer

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Challenge

Question 6

In 1966, Truman Capote wrote this true crime novel, which California parents unsuccessfully tried to ban in 2012.

Accepted Answer

In Cold Blood

Question 7

Name the book and author based off the cover:

Accepted Answer

This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson

Question 8

Which audience level of books is most targeted for book bans, according to PEN America?

Accepted Answer

Young adult books

Question 9

Which title was previously the reigning #1 most challenged title, holding that rank from 2018 to 2020?

Accepted Answer

Melissa (formerly George) by Alex Gino

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

Question 11

Parent permission to read a book, removing a book before decided action, & moving a book to a less accessible section is

Accepted Answer

Soft censorship

Question 12

A 2007 animated adaptation of this graphic novel got nominated at the 80th Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature.

Accepted Answer

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Question 13

As a symbol against literary censorship, which author had an “unburnable” book auctioned off for $130,000?

Accepted Answer

Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

Question 14

Which one of these Broadway musicals has NOT been adapted from a banned book?

Accepted Answer

Mean Girls

Question 15

Name the book and author based off the cover:

Accepted Answer

Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne

Question 16

Name the book: Using the power of imagination, a young boy drifts off to an island filled with creatures

Accepted Answer

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Question 17

Although all of the following choices are reasons to challenge a book, which one is not within the top 3 reasons?

Accepted Answer

Religious or satanic viewpoints

Question 18

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 19

Feminist Gloria Steinem urged boycotting this book due to violence against women. Christian Bale stars in the 2000 film.

Accepted Answer

American Psycho

Question 20

Which one of the following banned books has not been adapted into a movie?

Accepted Answer

This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki

Question 21

How many book titles were targeted for censorship in 2023?

Accepted Answer

4,240

Question 22

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

Accepted Answer

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Question 23

This sci-fi novel covers the bombing of Dresden, utilizes time-travel, & is banned for drinking & language. So it goes.

Accepted Answer

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Question 24

There are ways to censor books that don't involve their removal from spaces. Which action does not count as censorship?

Accepted Answer

Reconsideration

Question 25

Name the book and author based off the cover:

Accepted Answer

Nimona by ND Stevenson

Alternate ASU Library Banned Books Week Trivia!

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Alternate ASU Library Banned Books Week Trivia!

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