Are you a Champion Know-It-All?
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Round 1 Questions
Contestants had 30 seconds to answer each of twelve questions.
- (1 point) What does the pigeon want to do in the 2004 Caldecott Honor Book?
Answer:DRIVE THE BUS
- (2 points) In Miss Nelson is Missing!, who was Miss Nelson's alter-ego?
Answer:MISS VIOLA SWAMP
- (1 point) TRUE/FALSE: The Robert F. Sibert Award, given to one informational book each year, is named in honor of Sibert, an influential writer of non-fiction for children.
Answer:FALSE, he was the long-time President of Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc.
- (2 points) What does Roald Dahl's BFG stand for?
Answer:BIG FRIENDLY GIANT
- (1 points) TRUE/FALSE: Seven books make up the Chronicles of Narnia.
Answer:TRUE
- (3 points) What state does the first Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House book, Little House in Big Woods, take place in?
Answer:WISCONSIN
- (2 points) What hyper-active middle-child from Portland, Oregon appeared in seven books, including a Newbery Honor book dealing with her mission to stop her father's smoking habit?
Answer:RAMONA
- (1 point) TRUE/FALSE: Peter Sís' Starry Messenger tells the story of Copernicus.
Answer:FALSE, it's about Galileo
- (1 point) Sunny, Klaus, and Violet share their last name with a 19th century French poet, known for his unfortunate life and dark poetry. What is their last name?
Answer:BAUDELAIRE
- (2 points) What 1941 book featured a mother and her children named Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, and Pack?
Answer:MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
- (1 point) TRUE/FALSE: The illustration on the Caldecott medal was created by Randolph Caldecott.
Answer:TRUE, the illustration is from his book The Diverting Story of John Gilpin
- (3 points) What thing does Margaret, from Dear God, It's Me Margaret, always count when she visits churches and synagogues?
Answer:HATS
Tie breakers:
- What year was Children's Book Week first celebrated?
Answer:1919
- How many books were in the original Babysitter's Club Series?
Answer:131
Round 2 Questions
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Points
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Pre-1980 |
Post-1980
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Award Winning Books
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Famous Characters
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1 |
In From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, what artist did the children believe created the MET's newly aquired angel piece?
Answer: MICHELANGELO. |
What type of building did the children hide inside of in The Thief Lord?
Answer: AN OLD MOVIE THEATER. |
How many times has Nancy Farmer won the Newbery Medal?
Answer: ZERO. |
Who was the Rogers' literal minded maid?
Answer: AMELIA BEDELIA. |
2 |
What are the names of the Hardy Boys?
Answer: FRANK & JOE. |
In what book does Gloria Dump appear?
Answer: BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE. |
What was the first book to win both a Newbery and a Correta Scott King award?
Answer: BUD NOT BUDDY. |
What is Charlie's last name in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
Answer: BUCKET. |
3 |
What is the name of the candy bar in A Birthday for Frances?
Answer: CHOMPO BAR. |
What is the first thing that Lois Lowry's Giver sees?
Answer: A RED APPLE. |
Name the first book to ever win the Newbery Medal.
Answer: THE STORY OF MANKIND. |
Though her birth certificate might say Alice Wexler, what is the animal nickname for the shin-kicking winner of The Westing Game?
Answer: TURTLE. |
FINAL QUESTION:
- Who illustrated the first Children's Book Week Poster?
Answer: JESSIE WILCOX SMITH
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