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Library Trivia 2023

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which superheroine works as a librarian during the day?

a)

Wonder Woman

b)

Bionic Woman

c)

Batgirl

d)

Poison Ivy

2.

Who formed the first public lending library in America?

a)

John Adams

b)

George Washington

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Thomas Jefferson

3.

What game has librarians who are superhuman fighters with potent psychic powers?

a)

Warhammer 40,000

b)

Dungeons and Dragons

c)

Icewind Dale

d)

World of Warcraft

4.

This librarian worked at the Library of Congress before becoming one of the most influential people in the US in the 1950s and 60s. Who was he?

a)

Robert Kennedy

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

Martin Luther King

d)

J. Edgar Hoover

5.

This librarian invented the Dewey Decimal System of classification which is widely used in libraries today. Who is he?

a)

Huey Dewey

b)

Melvil Dewey

c)

John Dewey

d)

Thomas Dewey

6.

What is the name of the librarian that helps Matilda in Roald Dahl's Matilda?

a)

Miss Honey

b)

Mrs. Phelps

c)

Miss Trunchbull

d)

Mrs. Thripp

7.

Which philanthropist donated over $50 million to create libraries?

a)

Oprah Winfrey

b)

Henry Ford

c)

John D. Rockefeller

d)

Andrew Carnegie

8.

Which librarian helped Buffy in the tv series Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

a)

Sutcliffe

b)

Randall

c)

Giles

d)

Summers

9.

Which TV character said, "You want weapons? We're in a library. Books are the best weapon in the world. This room's the greatest arsenal we could have. Arm yourself!"

a)

Sherlock Holmes from Sherlock

b)

Doctor Who from Doctor Who

c)

Samwell Tarly from Game of Thrones

d)

Rory Gilmore from Gilmore Girls

10.

This famous singer has donated time and money to partner with libraries and encourage childhood literacy.

a)

Madonna

b)

Cher

c)

Dolly Parton

d)

Beyonce

11.

Which First Lady earned a Master of Library Science degree?

a)

Laura Bush

b)

Michelle Obama

c)

Rosalynn Carter

d)

Eleanor Roosevelt

12.

The Library of Congress is located in which city?

a)

Philadelphia

b)

New York City

c)

Boston

d)

Washington D.C.

13.

The New York Public Library famously has statues of this creature outside its front steps.

a)

Rabbit

b)

Lion

c)

Horse

d)

Elephant

14.

Librarians used to have to learn a specific style of handwriting called “_____”

a)

Calligraphy

b)

Short Hand

c)

Library Hand

d)

Word End

15.

Where is the world's oldest library (still operating)?

a)

Greece

b)

Morocco

c)

China

d)

Egypt

16.

The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world with more than____ items.

a)

1 billion

b)

173 million

c)

5 million

d)

250,000

17.

How did library get its name?

The word derives from the Latin word _____, “book,”

a)

legere

b)

vita

c)

labor

d)

liber

18.

Which famous public library was featured in the original Ghostbuster film?

a)

Boston

b)

Detroit

c)

San Francisco

d)

New York

19.

Bibliophobia is the fear of...

a)

Books

b)

Libraries

c)

Taking Tests

d)

Bees

20.

Which 1980's film primarily takes place in the school library?

a)

Breakfast Club

b)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

c)

The Outsiders

d)

Sixteen Candles