8 AboutBooks

Question 1

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What is the oldest surviving printed book in the world?

Answer 1

The Diamond Sutra, dated at 868 AD

Question 2

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In publishing, what does POD mean?

Answer 2

Print on demand

Question 3

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Who is the author of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Dr No and Thunderball, among others?

Answer 3

Ian Fleming

Question 4

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Which Shakespeare play features Shylock?

Answer 4

The Merchant of Venice

Question 5

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Who wrote the novel Death in Venice, which was later made into a film of the same name?

Answer 5

Thomas Mann

Question 6

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Who wrote the Vampire Chronicles, which include the novels Armand, Blood and Gold and Interview with the Vampire?

Answer 6

Anne Rice

Question 7

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When was the ebook invented?

Answer 7

1971

Question 8

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How tall would a double elephant folio book be?

Answer 8

50 inches

Question 9

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Who wrote the contemporary children’s books about mermaids set on the coast of Cornwall?

Answer 9

Helen Dunmore

Question 10

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How old is the world’s oldest dictionary?

Answer 10

Cuneiform tablets with bilingual Sumerian-Akkadian word lists have been dated to 2300 BCE.