| CBC Extreme Trivia Challenge 2005 Round 1 Question #1 |
| 2 points |
| What was the profession of Mr. Popper of Mr. Popper's Penguins? |
| the answer |
| HOUSE PAINTER |
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| CBC Extreme Trivia Challenge 2005 Round 1 Question #2 |
| 1 point |
| Name the one book of poetry that has been awarded the Newbery. |
| the answer |
| JOYFUL NOISE by Paul Fleischman |
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| CBC Extreme Trivia Challenge 2005 Round 1 Question #3 |
| 1 point |
| What is the name of Eloise of the Plaza Hotel's turtle? |
| the answer |
| SKIPPERDEE |
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| CBC Extreme Trivia Challenge 2005 Round 1 Question #4 |
| 2 points |
| What are the first names of the four Bobbsey Twins? |
| the answer |
| BERT, NAN, FLOSSIE, FREDDIE |
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| CBC Extreme Trivia Challenge 2005 Round 1 Question #5 |
| 2 points |
| Louisa May Alcott, now a household name, had at one point resorted to using fake names. Name one of those pseudonyms. |
| the answer |
| FLORA FAIRFIELD or A. M. BARNARD |
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| CBC Extreme Trivia Challenge 2005 Round 1 Question #6 |
| 1 point |
| In The Dark Is Rising, on which birthday does Will Stanton discover his special gift? |
| the answer |
| ELEVENTH |
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| CBC Extreme Trivia Challenge 2005 Round 1 Question #7 |
| 2 points |
| Despite the Newbery Award often being poked fun at for being partial to "dead dog" books not a single Newbery winner ever had the word "dog" in its title. Name one of the two Newbery HONOR books to include the word "dog." (DOUBLE POINTS IF YOU CAN NAME BOTH) |
| the answer |
| DOGSONG by Gary Paulsen (1986) and ALONG CAME A DOG by Meindert Dejong (1959) |
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| CBC Extreme Trivia Challenge 2005 Round 1 Question #8 |
| 2 points |
| Name the first writer to work under the guise of Nancy Drew's "Carolyn Keene." |
| the answer |
| MILDRED WIRT BENSON |
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| CBC Extreme Trivia Challenge 2005 Round 1 Question #9 |
| 3 points |
| What iconic children's author was once an avid water polo player, spent nearly six years in college without ever graduating, and didn't even publish his first kids' book until he was well into his 60's? |
| the answer |
| WILLIAM STEIG |
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| CBC Extreme Trivia Challenge 2005 Round 1 Question #10 |
| 1 point |
| What color is the helpful hippo in Eric Rohmann's Caldecott-winning My Friend Rabbit? |
| the answer |
| PURPLE |
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| CBC Extreme Trivia Challenge 2005 Round 1 Question #11 |
| 2 points |
| Name the often-banned book whose title was inspired by the children's song "The Farmer in the Dell." |
| the answer |
| I AM THE CHEESE by Robert Cormier |
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| CBC Extreme Trivia Challenge 2005 Round 1 Question #12 |
| 1 point |
| What David Macauley book was the companion to a public television series of the same name? |
| the answer |
| BUILDING BIG |
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| CBC Extreme Trivia Challenge 2005 Round 1 Question #13 |
| 2 points |
| P. L. Travers was the creator of the classic Mary Poppins. What does the P. L. stand for? |
| the answer |
| PAMELA LYNDON
BONUS for anyone who got that one right: (2 points) Actually, Pamela was not her real first name. What was? |
| bonus answer |
| HELEN |
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| CBC Extreme Trivia Challenge 2005 Round 1 Question #14 |
| 1 point |
| Who was "born at sea in the teeth of a gale"? |
| the answer |
| THE SAILOR DOG by Margaret Wise Brown |
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| CBC Extreme Trivia Challenge 2005 Round 1 Question #15 |
| 1 point |
| Which author has won the most Coretta Scott King Awards? A = Virginia Hamilton B = Ashley Bryan C = Jerry Pinkney |
| the answer |
| C = JERRY PINKNEY (with 5 wins) |
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| CBC Extreme Trivia Challenge 2005 Round 1 Question #16 |
| 2 to 4 points |
| Marcia Brown won the Caldecott Medal three different times, in three separate decades, for her books Cinderella, Once a Mouse, and Shadows. 2 points if you can name one of these years. 3 points if you can name two. 4 points if you can name all 3 years that Brown won the award. (You can only write down three years.) |
| the answer |
| 1955, 1962, 1983 |
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| CBC Extreme Trivia Challenge 2005 Round 1 Question #17 |
| 2 points |
|
Only one team will be awarded the three points for this question. Closest answer without going
over wins the points, "Price is Right" style.
If you add up the pages from all six published Harry Potter books and make one GIANT book how many pages would it be?* *NOTE: based on the American Scholastic Hardcover Editions |
| the answer |
| 3,365 pages |
| tie-breaker
Round 2 |
| CBC Extreme Trivia Challenge 2005 Round 1 Tie-breaker Question #1 |
| What year was the Children's Book Council established? (closest answer wins) |
| the answer |
| 1944 |
| next tie-breaker question
Round 2 |
| CBC Extreme Trivia Challenge 2005 Round 1 Tie-breaker Question #2 |
| During their most popular period of 1992-1997, how many of the original Goosebumps books did R. L. Stine write? |
| the answer |
| 68 |
| CBC Extreme Trivia Challenge 2005 Round 2 |