A quiz about books both ancient and modern for librarians and teaches to use during World Book Day

1. The Moderately Large WBD Quiz

2. In the Harry Potter series, what is Hagrid’s first name?
a) Enrique
b) Rubeus
c) Hagrid
d) Errol

3. Name the illustrator of the Winnie the Pooh
series by A.A. Milne
a) Quentin Blake
b) E.H. Shepard
c) Kate Greenaway
d) Arthur Rackham

4. What job does Asterix’s best friend Obelix have?
a) Menhir Delivery Man
b) Wild Boar Chef
c) Fishmonger
d) Blacksmith

5. In the Hunger Games trilogy what is Katniss Everdeen called?
a) The Mocking Bird
b) The Mockingjay
c) The Mock Turtle
d) The Mocker

6. What monsters are the main protagonists in
Department 19 by Will Hill
a) Witches
b) Werewolves
c) Vampires
d) Loch Ness Monsters

7. Who is Batman’s secret identity?
a) Lex Luthor
b) Clark Kent
c) Bruce Wayne
d) Wally West

8. What room does Bluebeard forbid his wife to
enter just before he goes away on business?
a) The Attic
b) The Underground Chamber
c) The Kitchen
d) The Stable

9. What is the subtitle of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein?
a) The Modern Monster
b) The Modern Prometheus
c) How to Make a Friend
d) A Novel of Horror

10. What classic novel has the opening line:
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a
single man in possession of a good fortune
must be in want of a wife.
a) Pride & Prejudice
b) Oliver Twist
c) Moby Dick
d) Sense & Sensibility

11. What is the name of Dennis the Menace’s dog?
a) Gnipper
b) Snowy
c) Gnasher
d) Dogmatix

12. What happened to Violet Beauregarde in Roald
Dahl’s Charlie & the Chocolate Factory?
a) She was miniaturised after being beamed into a
television
b) She was sucked up into a tube after falling into a
chocolate river
c) She swelled up like a blueberry after eating
experimental gum
d) She was thrown into a nut recycling bin after
being tapped on the head by squirrels

13. What spread does Paddington Bear love on his toast?
a) Apricot Jam
b) Marmalade
c) Strawberry Jam
d) Nutella

14. Where did Bilbo and Frodo Baggins live?
a) Rivendell
b) The Shire
c) Gondor
d) Mordor

15. In The Jungle Book what family of animals adopts Mowgli?
a) Tigers
b) Bears
c) Monkeys
d) Wolves

16. In Richmal Crompton’s Just William books, what was the
name of William’s gang?
a) The Outlaws
b) The Lost Boys
c) The Bash Street Kids
d) The Swallows

17. Say Her Name by Juno Dawson is a retelling of which Urban
Myth?
a) The Alligators in the Sewers
b) Hook Hand
c) Bloody Mary
d) The Spider Bite

18. What was the name of Albert’s horse in Michael Morpurgo’s
War Horse?
a) Beauty
b) Shadowfax
c) Joey
d) Flicka

19. Which novel by Charles Dickens had the opening line:
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.?
a) A Tale of Two Cities
b) Oliver Twist
c) Nicholas Nickleby
d) A Christmas Carol

20. La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman is a prequel
to what series of books written by him?
a) His Dark Materials
b) Sally Lockheart
c) The New-Cut Gang

21. In Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White what species of animal is
Wilbur?
a) Sheep
b) Pig
c) Goat
d) Emu

22. What does the Gruffalo have on the end of
his nose?
a) An inflamed pimple
b) An ingrown hair
c) A poisonous wart
d) A wobbling drip

23. In Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince, what was the Happy
Prince?
a) A painting
b) A restaurant
c) A statue
d) A steam train

24. What dystopian novel featured the feared
Room 101?
a) The Hunger Games
b) 1984
c) The Handmaid’s Tale
d) The Maze Runner

25. In the novel Moby Dick, what is the name of
the Captain hunting the great white whale?
a) Ishmael
b) Queequeg
c) Ahab
d) Starbuck

26. In Beowulf, what was the name of the
monster that the hero fought in Heorot?
a) Grendel
b) Nessie
c) Dracula
d) Smaug