National Library Week: Library Trivia Challenge

1. Approximately how many new items does the Library of Congress add to their collection each year?

a. 11,000
b. 70,000
c. 600,000
d. 2,000,000

2. Which library houses George Washington’s presidential farewell address?

a. George Washington University
b. New York Public Library
c. Georgetown University
d. Library of Congress

3. On the British Library’s website, you can view digitized versions of the handwritten originals of all of the following except:

a. Mozart’s Musical Diary
b. Alice In Wonderland
c. Jane Austen’s “History of England”
d. You can view all of the above

4. Who is the honorary chair of this year’s National Library Week?

a. Laura Bush
b. Jodie Foster
c. Julie Andrews
d. Melvil Dewey

5. Which Presidential library is located in West Branch, Iowa?

a. Eisenhower
b. Truman
c. Hoover
d. FDR

6. Which movie’s opening scene takes place in a library?

a. Ghostbusters
b. Batman Forever
c. Crocodile Dundee
d. Jaws

7. Which university has a library named after Dr. Seuss?

a. Loyola University
b. Colorado State University
c. University of Tennessee
d. UC San Diego

8. Which children’s book author was also a librarian?

a. Beverly Cleary
b. Roald Dahl
c. Lemony Snicket
d. E.B. White