Book quiz

What is the Greatest Library of the Modern World?

• Bodleian Library — Oxford, United Kingdom.

• Reading Room at the British Museum — London, England.

• Vatican Library — Vatican City, Rome.

• Library of Congress — Washington D.C., USA.

Answer explanation

Library of Congress — Washington D.C., USA has more than 170 million catalogued books.

There are 3 law books bound in human skin at the Harvard University Library.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

For better or worse, "Des destinées de l'âme" is now the only book known to be bound in human skin throughout all Harvard libraries. Two other books were previously believed to be bound in human skin as well, but both have now been confirmed to actually be bound in sheepskin.

What does "Bibliosmia" mean?

• The act of blending two different books

• Someone who's scared of books

• A belief that you can learn from Osmosis

• The act of smelling books

What does "Tsundoku" mean?

• Japanese term for "bookworm"

• Reading too many books at the exact same time.

• Letting reading books pile up in your home and never read them.

• Buying expensive books for collections purposes only.

What does "Ablibliophobia" stand for?

• Fear of books.

• Fear of people who like books (bibliophiles).

• Fear of long books.

• Fear of running out of books to read.

The term "bookworm" was once considered an insult.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The figurative bookworm began its career as an insult, a wholly negative term for someone who reads too much.

People who read live less due to chemicals used to print black letters.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Actually, people who read live longer.

The study is in the journal 'Social Science and Medicine'. It found that people who read for up to 3.5 hours a week were 17 percent less likely to die during the study's 12-year research period than those who read no books. Those who read for more than 3.5 hours a week were 23 percent less likely to die.

How many words does the longest book sentence have?

• 345

• 574

• 823

• 1017

• 3687

Answer explanation

Molly Bloom's soliloquy in the James Joyce novel Ulysses (1922) contains a sentence of 3,687 words.

What is the most read book in the world?

• The bible

• Quotations for Chairman Mao Tse-Tung

• DaVinci Code

• Harry Potter

The term "bibliobibuli" refers to people who read too much.

• True

• False