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The Great Big World Book Day Quiz

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When is World Book Day?

a)

The second Wednesday in March

b)

The first Thursday in March

c)

The first Sunday in March

d)

The last Thursday in March

2.

What is the title of the third book in the Harry Potter series?

a)

The Philosopher's Stone

b)

The Deathly Hallows

c)

The Prisoner of Azkaban

d)

The Revenge of Dobby

3.

What is the full title of this book?

a)

The Girl Who Ate Everyone

b)

The Tiger Who Slept For Ages

c)

The Tiger Who Ate The Biscuits

d)

The Tiger Who Came To Tea

4.

Which classic story by JM Barrie describes a magical fantasy world where a boy can fly and never grows up?

a)

Peter Pan

b)

Harry Potter

c)

Northern Lights

d)

The Minpins

5.

Cameron is dying and his only option is to receive an unusual transplant in which book by Malorie Blackman?

a)

Pig Heart Boy

b)

Noughts and Crosses

c)

Cloudbursting

d)

Knife Edge

6.

Which Victorian book by Anna Sewell is told from the point of view of a horse?

a)

Twilight Sparkle

b)

The Invisible Horse

c)

Black Beauty

d)

Pretty White

7.

The film "Babe" was based on which Dick King Smith book?

a)

Babe

b)

Pig Farming

c)

That's Some Pig

d)

The Sheep-Pig

8.

What is the title of a Dodie Smith book about Cruella de Vil and a whole lot of dogs?

a)

101 Dalmatians

b)

Lots of Spots

c)

The Dognapping

d)

Pongo and Perdi

9.

In which Michael Morpurgo book does Michael fall overboard and end up stranded on an island in the middle of the Pacific ocean?

a)

War Horse

b)

Kensuke's Kingdom

c)

The Ghost of Grania O'Malley

d)

The Butterfly Lion

10.

Which author's first story for children was "The Gremlins"?

a)

Roald Dahl

b)

Phillip Pullman

c)

JK Rowling

d)

JRR Tolkien

11.

Which of these bookish bears is the oldest?

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

In "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl, what powered the peach as it floated through the air?

a)

Seagulls

b)

Balloons

c)

Dreams

d)

Batteries

13.

In which book do the Waterbury family star?

a)

The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

b)

The Railway Children

c)

Five Children And It

d)

The Famous Five

14.

Where is Paddington Bear from?

a)

Quebec

b)

London

c)

Peru

d)

Madagascar

15.

In which book series will you find Thingumy and Bob?

a)

The Borrowers

b)

The Lord of the Rings

c)

Harry Potter

d)

The Moomins

16.

What is the Gruffalo scared of?

a)

A snake

b)

Itself

c)

A mouse

d)

An owl

17.

In the Mr Men series, what is the secret to Mr Strong's strength?

a)

Banana milkshakes

b)

Afternoon naps

c)

Headstands

d)

Eggs

18.

What book character is this child dressed as?

a)

Barbar

b)

Elmer

c)

John

d)

Horton

19.

Which book character is this child dressed as?

a)

Verruca Salt

b)

Sunny Baudelaire

c)

Violet Beauregarde

d)

Hetty Feather

20.

Which book character is this child dressed as?

a)

Mary Poppins

b)

Miss Trunchbull

c)

Miss Honey

d)

Miss Hardbroom

21.

Which book character is this child dressed as?

a)

Willy Wonka

b)

The Mad Hatter

c)

The White Rabbit

d)

Dumbledore

22.

Which book character is this child dressed as?

a)

Gandalf

b)

Bilbo Baggins

c)

Harry Potter

d)

David Jones

23.

Three of these words are real (but weird) words. Which one is made up?

a)

Jentacular

b)

Quire

c)

Gobbledygook

d)

Kroov

24.

Three of these are real books by Roald Dahl. Which one is made up?

a)

The Magic Finger

b)

Loopy Lou and the Purple Mouse

c)

George's Marvellous Medicine

d)

Dirty Beasts

25.

Three of these are real children's book publishers. Which one is made up?

a)

Penguin Random House

b)

Giant Narwhal Press

c)

The Chicken House

d)

Picadilly Press

26.

Three of these are real books by Dr. Seuss. Which one is made up?

a)

And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street

b)

McElligot's Pool

c)

The Joobly Fish

d)

Scrambled Eggs Super!

27.

Which children's author is this?

a)

Jacqueline Wilson

b)

JK Rowling

c)

Malorie Blackman

d)

Katherine Rundell

28.

Which children's book author is this?

a)

Roald Dahl

b)

Jeff Kinney

c)

Terry Pratchett

d)

David Walliams

29.

Which children's author is this?

a)

Maz Evans

b)

JK Rowling

c)

Judy Blume

d)

Judith Kerr

30.

Which children's author is this?

a)

Tom Fletcher

b)

Frank Cottrell-Boyce

c)

Eric Carle

d)

R L Stein