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World Book Day Quiz
World Book Day Quiz
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1
Adults who read for just 30 minutes a week are __% more likely to report greater life satisfaction.
5%
10%
30%
20%
2
What percentage of UK adults read (for pleasure) at least once a week?
43%
29%
92%
34%
3
Who created Where's Wally?
Jonny Duddle
Jonathan Meres
Martin Handford
Tony Robinson
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What is the name of the talking lion in the Narnia books?
Nala
Tumnus
Simba
Aslan
5
What is Matilda's surname in the Roald Dahl novel?
Wormwood
Dursley
Kranky
Bucket
6
When was the first World Book Day?
1995
1985
2005
1975
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Which author wrote Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Jane Austen
Charles Dickens
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Who is this?
Judith Kerr
Julia Donalson
Jacqueline Wilson
Margaret Atwood
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Who lives in Rivendell?
Dwarves
Elves
Goblins
Trolls
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Who wrote
Nineteen Eighty-Four
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George Orwell
Virginia Woolf
Ernest Hemingway
John Steinbeck
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What is the most popular non-fiction genre for UK adults?
Self-help/Psychology
History
Food & Drink
Biography/memoir
12
What percentage of UK adults read every day?
19%
81%
6%
47%
13
What is the name of Sherlock Holmes’ famous sidekick?
Wilson
Woods
Watson
Weston
14
In J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter, what kind of trees do Bowtruckles normally live in?
Oak Trees
Whomping Willows
Wand trees
The Forbidden Tree
15
Which did Maya Angelou NOT write?
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie
The Bluest Eye
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
On the Pulse of Morning
16
Terry Pratchett’s Discworld is a planet balanced on which creatures?
The backs of four elephants standing on the back of a giant turtle
The backs of four hippopotami standing on the back of a giant cat
The backs of four cats standing on the back of a giant hippopotamus
The backs of four turtles standing on the back of a giant elephant
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What is the most popular fiction genre for UK adults?
Fantasy fiction
Historical fiction
Crime/Thriller
Classic novels
18
What is the best selling book of all time?
The Lord of the Rings
A Tale of Two Cities
The Bible
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
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When was the first Kindle released?
2004
2010
2007
2014
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The idea of daemons, author Philip Pullman has said, was visually inspired by... (left to right)...
William Lowndes by Thomas Gainsborough
Sophia Dumergue by Johann Zoffany
Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci
