Library Trivia!

Last week was National Library Week, so let’s celebrate the magic that is a library! Here is some fun trivia put together by one of our fabulous volunteers.

Instructions:

1. Create a Google Doc
2. Rename it with “Library Trivia” and YOUR NAME, otherwise I don’t know who the prize goes to. That’s right! PRIZE!
3. SHARE IT WITH ME! Do this at the beginning of class, before you ever start
4. Search the answers and type them into the Google. Number your answers.

Complete sentences are NOT required.

Trivia Questions:

1. Where is the oldest continuously operated public library in the state of Tennessee located? What is its name?
2. When and why was the public library in Knox County started?
3. Roughly how many books are in the First Lutheran School librar
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5. Where was First Lutheran’s library originally located?
6. Between 1883 and 1929, what Scottish American titan of the steel industry funded more than 2500 libraries bearing his name?
7. What 10 letter word means “library” in at least 3 romance languages, including Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish?
8. A young boy takes a train to the North Pole on Christmas Eve in what classic 1985 children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg?
9. What Washington, D.C. building is the largest library in the US, holding 2 times as many volumes as the second largest library?
10. Famously burned by Julius Caesar, one of the greatest libraries of the ancient world was founded in the 3rd century BC in what Egyptian city?
11. What is the name of the numeric system that many libraries use to shelve and categorize books by type? It’s the one we use at First Lutheran.
12. The Imagination Library is a free children’s book program, started in 1995, in Sevier Count by what famous singer?
13. In 2002, Carl Hiaasen made his first foray into young adult fiction with what 4-letter owl-centric novel that was named a Newberry Medal of Honor book?
14. What British author wrote the classic 1979 children’s novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
15. An editor told Shel Sliverstein that which book was “too simple” for adults and “too sad” for kids?
16. Which author originally wanted his 1963 book to be about wild horses until he realized he couldn’t draw a horse?
17. According to If You Give A Mouse A Cookie, what will the mouse ask for once he has a cookie?
18. Which book was the result of a bet that Dr. Seuss couldn’t wrote a story with only 50 unique words?
19. What book is about a stuffed bear who goes on an adventure in a department store?
20. The name “Strega Nona” comes from the Italian for what phrase?
21. What book is widely considered to be the first picture book to star an African American child?
22. Which Dr. Seuss book used only 236 words, teacher approved, to help stimulate reading and create a book kids couldn’t put down?
23. Is the First Lutheran Library known by another name? What is it?