1 - Who was the author of the famous storybook 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'?

a) Rudyard Kipling b) John Keats c) Lewis Carroll d) H. G. Wells

ANSWER - Lewis Carroll

2 - How many lines does a sonnet have?

a) 10 b) 12 c)14 d) they vary

ANSWER - 14

3 - Who wrote 'Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise'?

a) Browning b) Marx c) Shakespeare d) Kipling

ANSWER - Shakespeare

4 - Name the book which opens with the line 'All children, except one grew up'?
a) The Railway Children b) Winnie the Poo c) Jungle Book d) Peter Pan

ANSWER - Peter Pan

5 - Which is the first Harry Potter book?

a) HP and the Goblet of Fire b) HP and the Philospher's Stone

c) HP and the Chamber of Secrets ANSWER - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

6 - In which century were Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales written?

a) fourteenth b) fifteenth c) sixteenth d) seventeenth

ANSWER - 14th Century

7 - What nationality was Robert Louis Stevenson, writer of 'Treasure Island'?

a) Scottish b) Welsh c) English d) Irish e) French

ANSWER - Scottish

8 - 'Jane Eyre' was written by which Bronte sister?

a) Anne b) Charlotte c)Emily

ANSWER - Charlotte

9 - What is the book 'Lord of the Flies' about?

a) a road trip around the USA b) a swarm of killer flies

c) schoolboys on a desert island ANSWER- school boys on a desert island

10 - In the book' The Lord of the Rings', who or what is Bilbo?

a) dwarf b) wizard d) man c) troll e) castle c) hobbit

ANSWER - hobbit

Question 2010
1.If a trilogy means three novels what is the word for four related books? 2.What type of powder was used by wizards to travel using fireplaces? 3.What boy discovered that he was the modern day son of the Greek god Poseidon? 4.What is the name of Wallace, the inventors dog? 5.Who was the tortured vampire that knew he shouldnt love a human girl? 6.Who popped down a large rabbit hole under a hedge in 1865? 7.What mouse featured in a story about a princess, some soup and a spool of thread? 8.Who had two nasty aunts called Spiker and Sponge? 9.What form of aerial transport does a witch favour? 10. What does this abbreviation mean when applied to childrens literature: YA? 11. What author was awarded the first ever posthumous Carnegie Medal in 2009 for her novel Bog Child? 12. What name did Mary Norton give to the little people that lived furtively beneath the floorboards of peoples houses? 13. A modern day classic book is The Cay by Theodore Taylor. What is a cay? 14. Who offered to fetch the princesss golden ball from the pond? 15. What was Sinbads occupation? 16. The Nac Mac Feegles are small fairy folk covered with tattoos. They are better known as what men in Terry Pratchetts novels? 17. Queen Lillian and King Harold are the parents of which princess? 18. What famous farmer had a farm E-I-E-I-O? 19. What colour was Beegu the small alien stranded on Earth? 20. What type of animal accompanied Postman Pat when he delivered the mail?

Answer 2010 1. Quartet 2. Floo. 3. Percy Jackson. 4. Gromit. 5. Edward. 6. Alice. 7. Despereaux. 8. James (from James and the Giant Peach) 9. Broom (sticks)

10. Young Adult. 11. Siobhan Dowd 12. The Borrowers. 13. A small island. 14. A frog. 15. Sailor. 16. Wee Free Men. 17. Princess Fiona. 18. Old MacDonald. 19. Yellow. 20. Cat.

Questions 2008

1. What colour is Superman's cape? 2. Who took a magical train to a boarding school? 3. Name the book in which we first read about a bookworm called Meggie who lived with her book-binder father. 4. What novel was set in a desert penal institution for young offenders? 5. What was the name of Odysseus's wife? 6. Who was Lyra's friend who disappeared in the first book of His Dark Materials trilogy? 7. Who was the character that sought revenge after being publicly humiliated by Simon Lovelace? 8. What type of animal was Seabiscuit? 9. What was the name of Lola's brother in the series of books by Lauren Child? 10. Because she was a black girl Grace wasn't allowed to play what role in the upcoming school play? This was a book by Mary Hoffman. 11. If the setting was Mordor, what book would one be reading? 12. What was the name of book one in which Bella and Edward met for the first time at Forks High School? 13. What book by Diana Wynne Jones was animated by Hayao Miyazaki in 2004? 14. What famous detective was noted for his observational powers, attention to detail and use of logic? 15. What animal kept a Big Book of Fears in a picture book by Emily Gravett? 16. According to the nursery rhyme, what church bells peeled "oranges and lemons"? 17. Who was Percy Jackson's father?

18. What was the famous castle associated with King Arthur? 19. What are little girls made of? 20. What short and round character in Gotham City wore a threepiece suit, monocle and top hat Answers 2008 1. Red 2. Harry Potter 3. Inkheart 4. Holes 5. Penelope 6. Roger 7. Nathaniel 8. Horse 9. Charlie 10. Peter Pan 11. Lord of the Rings trilogy 12. Twilight 13. Howl's Moving Castle 14. Sherlock Homes 15. Mouse 16. St Clements 17. Poseidon 18. Camelot 19. Sugar and spice and all things nice 20. Penguin

Questions 2009