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Book Week

Quiz #268

ROUND 1: BOOK ONES

1. What is the first Harry Potter book called in Australia?
2. In The Hunger Games, which district is Katniss Everdeen from?
3. What kind of animal is Aslan in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?
4. Who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
5. What is the name of the main character in Diary of a Wimpy Kid?

ROUND 2: PICTURE BOOKS

6. Who wrote and illustrated The Very Hungry Caterpillar?
7. In Possum Magic, what is the name of the possum who turns invisible?
8. What does the Gruffalo have on the end of his nose?
9. Who wrote Where the Wild Things Are?
10. In Wombat Stew, which animal wants to cook the wombat?

ROUND 3: WHO WROTE IT?

11. Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
12. Who wrote the Percy Jackson series?
13. Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?
14. Who wrote The Hobbit?
15. Who wrote The 13-Storey Treehouse?

ROUND 4: AUSSIE AUTHORS

16. Which Australian author wrote Hating Alison Ashley?
17. Who wrote Tomorrow, When the War Began?
18. Which Australian author wrote The Book Thief?
19. Who wrote the poem My Country, about a “sunburnt country”?
20. Who wrote and illustrated The Magic Pudding?

ROUND 5: FAMOUS CHARACTERS

21. Which detective lives at 221B Baker Street?
22. What is the name of Harry Potter’s owl?
23. Which hobbit carries the One Ring to Mordor?
24. In Charlotte’s Web, what kind of animal is Charlotte?
25. Which boy who never grows up lives in Neverland?

PEOPLE'S QUESTION

26. What is the best-selling book series of all time?
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Answer sheet

Book Week · Quiz #268

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Round 2: Picture Books

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Round 3: Who Wrote It?

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Round 4: Aussie Authors

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Book Week

Quiz #268

Answers

ROUND 1: BOOK ONES

1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
2. District 12
3. A lion
4. Roald Dahl
5. Greg Heffley

ROUND 2: PICTURE BOOKS

6. Eric Carle
7. Hush

Round 5: Famous Characters

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The People's Question

26.
Score: ______ / 26
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A poisonous wart
9. Maurice Sendak
10. A dingo

ROUND 3: WHO WROTE IT?

11. William Shakespeare
12. Rick Riordan
13. Jane Austen
14. J. R. R. Tolkien
15. Andy Griffiths (illustrated by Terry Denton)

ROUND 4: AUSSIE AUTHORS

16. Robin Klein
17. John Marsden
18. Markus Zusak
19. Dorothea Mackellar
20. Norman Lindsay

ROUND 5: FAMOUS CHARACTERS

21. Sherlock Holmes
22. Hedwig
23. Frodo Baggins
24. A spider
25. Peter Pan

PEOPLE'S QUESTION

26. Harry Potter
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