Round 10- Practice Questions 2010 Flashcards
If a trilogy means three novels what is the word for four related books?
Quartet
What type of powder was used by wizards to travel using fireplaces?
Floo
What boy discovered that he was the modern day son of the Greek god Poseidon?
Percy Jackson
Who was the tortured vampire that knew he shouldn’t love a human girl?
Edward
Who popped down a large rabbit hole under a hedge in 1865?
Alice
What mouse featured in a story about a princess, some soup and a spool of thread?
Despereaux
Who had two nasty aunts called Spiker and Sponge?
James (from James and the Giant Peach)
What form of aerial transport does a witch favour?
Broom
What is the name of Wallace, the inventor’s dog?
Grommit
What does this abbreviation mean when applied to children’s literature: YA?
Young Adult
What author was awarded the first ever posthumous Carnegie Medal in 2009 for her novel Bog Child?
Siobhan Dowd
What name did Mary Norton give to the little people that lived furtively beneath the floorboards of people’s houses?
Borrowers
A modern day classic book is The Cay by Theodore Taylor. What is a cay?
Small Island
What was Sinbad’s occupation?
Sailor
Who offered to fetch the princess’s golden ball from the pond?
Frog