BOOK WEEK TABLE QUIZ - Seomra Ranga



BOOK WEEK TABLE QUIZ

ROUND 1

|No. |Question |Answer |

|1. |In what kind of book would you find maps? |Atlas |

|2. |In “The Bad Beginning” by Lemony Snicket, what is the first name of the|Edgar |

| |friendly neighbour Mr. Poe who helps the children at the beginning of | |

| |the book? | |

|3. |Eamon Dunphy was the ghost writer for the biography of a former captain|Roy Keane |

| |of the Irish soccer team. Who was he? | |

|4. |In what book do Bagheera and Baloo appear? |The Jungle Book |

|5. |Complete the name of the Robert Louis Stephenson book “Treasure |Island |

| |________” | |

|6. |What is the “BFG”? |Big Friendly Giant |

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ROUND 2

|No. |Question |Answer |

|1. |In a book who was shipwrecked in a land of tiny people? |Gulliver |

|2. |Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote a book called “The Secret _____” |Garden |

|3. |What word connects the character Harry and the author Beatrix? |Potter |

|4. |In “Artemis Fowl” by Eoin Colfer what is the name of the Fairy |Commander Root |

| |Commander? | |

|5. |What mammal was “all in a flap” in a book by Don Conroy? |Bat |

|6. |Unscramble the following letters to reveal the name of an Irish |Gerard Whelan |

| |children’s author: | |

| |RADREG HANLEW | |

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ROUND 3

|No. |Question |Answer |

|1. |What “H” is a book written by J. R. R. Tolkien? |Hobbit |

|2. |In a book, who had a magic lamp? |Aladdin |

|3. |In the Harry Potter books, how many players make up a Quiddich team? |7 |

|4. |In Roald Dahl’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox”, what birds did Farmer Bean keep: |Turkeys |

| |chickens, ducks or turkeys? | |

|5. |What smelly item did Danny have in a book by Brianóg Brady Dawson? |Toothbrush |

|6. |What traditional Jewish dance was danced by the refugees in the rec. at|Hora |

| |Millisle in the book “Faraway Home”? | |

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ROUND 4

|No. |Question |Answer |

|1. |Which book has sold more copies than any other book? |The Bible |

|2. |Liz Weir wrote a children’s book called “Boom, Chicka ______”? |Boom |

|3. |In the Harry Potter books what profession do both Hermione’s parents |Dentists |

| |work in? | |

|4. |What “I” is the person who draws the pictures for a book? |Illustrator |

|5. |In what EU country was the author Hans Christian Andersen born? |Denmark |

|6. |In “The Wizard of Oz” what was the lion going to ask the Wizard for? |Courage |

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ROUND 5

Photocopy the picture round at the end of this document and pass out to pupils.

|No. |Question |Answer |

|1. | |Madame/Mrs Doubtfire |

|2. | |Marita Conlon Mc Kenna |

|3. | |Eoin Colfer |

|4. | |Siobhán Parkinson |

|5. | |HP and the Chamber of Secrets |

|6. | |Don Conroy |

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ROUND 6

|No. |Question |Answer |

|1. |The Artful Dodger is a character in what book? |Oliver/Oliver Twist |

|2. |What word describes a person who reads a lot and also a small insect |Bookworm |

| |that eats holes in books? | |

|3. |In the Harry Potter books, what is the first name of Professor Mc |Minerva |

| |Gonagall: Millicent, Minerva or Minette? | |

|4. |Who wrote John Smith’s autobiography? |John Smith |

|5. |What kind of animal is Black Beauty? |Horse |

|6. |What is the name of Postman Pat’s cat? |Jess |

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ROUND 7

|No. |Question |Answer |

|1. |What girl did Lewis Carroll write about? |Alice |

|2. |In Roald Dahl’s “Danny the Champion of the World”, what do the |Pram |

| |characters use to transport the pheasants: pram, cart, trolley? | |

|3. |Who had the Deadliest Day in a book by Ann Carroll? |Laura Delaney |

|4. |J. K. Rowling wrote the Harry Potter books. What does the J. stand for?|Joanne |

|5. |In Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” who was blown up |Violet Beauregard |

| |like a balloon? | |

|6. |AIM reversed is Rory’s sister in Marita Conlon Mc Kenna’s “In Deep Dark|Mia |

| |Wood”? | |

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ROUND 8

|No. |Question |Answer |

|1. |Who did Wendy Darling make friend’s with? |Peter Pan |

|2. |Complete the name of the C. S. Lewis book “The Lion, the Witch and the |Wardrobe |

| |_______” | |

|3. |In the third Harry Potter book, Hermione bought a pet called |A Cat |

| |Crookshanks. What type of pet was it? | |

|4. |What famous book is kept in Trinity College, Dublin? |Book of Kells |

|5. |What kind of website did Jacqueline write about? |Worry Website |

|6. |“Penny Farthing Sally” is the sequel to what Elizabeth O’ Hara book? |The Hiring Fair |

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Tie Breaker

|No. |Question |Answer |

|1. |Name the author of “Sky Wings”, “Wild Wings” and “On Silent Wings”? |Don Conroy |

|2. |In “James and the Giant Peach” by Roald Dahl he had two aunts. Aunt |Aunt Sponge |

| |Spiker was one, who was the other? | |

|3. |In Marita Conlon Mc Kenna’ book “Under the Hawthorn Tree” where did the|Castletaggart |

| |children’s two aunts live? | |

|4. |Complete the name of the Oscar Wilde Book, “The Selfish _________” |Giant |

|5. |What kind of book contains a page for every day of the year? |Diary |

|6. |In what town is the story of the Pied Piper set? |Hamelin |

PICTURE ROUND

|1. This is Robin Williams in the film of the book. Name the book. |[pic] |

| |2. Name the author of “”Wildflower Girl” |

|[pic]3. Name the author from Wexford who writes about Artemis |[pic] |

| |4. Name the author who wrote “Sisters, No Way!” |

|[pic] | |

|5. Name the Harry Potter Book |6. Name the Irish author who also loves wildlife |

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