Round 10- Practice Questions 2010 Flashcards

1
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If a trilogy means three novels what is the word for four related books?

A

Quartet

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2
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What type of powder was used by wizards to travel using fireplaces?

A

Floo

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3
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What boy discovered that he was the modern day son of the Greek god Poseidon?

A

Percy Jackson

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4
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Who was the tortured vampire that knew he shouldn’t love a human girl?

A

Edward

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5
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Who popped down a large rabbit hole under a hedge in 1865?

A

Alice

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6
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What mouse featured in a story about a princess, some soup and a spool of thread?

A

Despereaux

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7
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Who had two nasty aunts called Spiker and Sponge?

A

James (from James and the Giant Peach)

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8
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What form of aerial transport does a witch favour?

A

Broom

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9
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What is the name of Wallace, the inventor’s dog?

A

Grommit

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10
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What does this abbreviation mean when applied to children’s literature: YA?

A

Young Adult

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11
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What author was awarded the first ever posthumous Carnegie Medal in 2009 for her novel Bog Child?

A

Siobhan Dowd

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12
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What name did Mary Norton give to the little people that lived furtively beneath the floorboards of people’s houses?

A

Borrowers

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13
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A modern day classic book is The Cay by Theodore Taylor. What is a cay?

A

Small Island

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14
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What was Sinbad’s occupation?

A

Sailor

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15
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Who offered to fetch the princess’s golden ball from the pond?

A

Frog

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16
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The Nac Mac Feegles are small fairy folk covered with tattoos. They are better known as what men in Terry Pratchett’s novels?

A

Wee Free men

17
Q

Queen Lillian and King Harold are the parents of which princess?

A

Princess Fiona

18
Q

What famous farmer had a farm E-I-E-I-O?

A

Old McDonald

19
Q

What colour was Beegu the small alien stranded on Earth?

A

Yellow

20
Q

What type of animal accompanied Postman Pat when he delivered the mail?

A

Cat