Round 14- Practice Questions 2014 Flashcards
Who would demand retaliation for any minor crime committed by a passing traveller such as picking a rose?
The Beast
The book Small Steps introduced the readers to which two characters from Holes: Zero, X-Ray, Armpit or Stanley?
Armpit and X-ray
Which fictional primate was known as ‘The Eighth Wonder of the World’s
King Kong
Characters from which book literally jump out of the pages?
Inkheart
Who ordered all of the spindles in his kingdom to be burnt?
Sleeping Beauty’s father
Who was the American boy that supposedly had the reputation of never telling a lie?
George Washington
What type of creature was a Psammead?
Sand fairy
What is special about this sentence: Never odd or even?
It’s a palindrome. It reads the same both ways
What word in English is the most common spoken word?
The
What is a cliche?
A well-worn expression or phrase e.g. ‘the time of my life’ is a cliché
How many players in a Quidditch team?
Seven
Oliver Jeffers has written a picture book about the Hueys. They were all the same and there were lots of them and they all thought alike until one day when Rupert knitted a what coloured jumper?
Orange
Who is the Norse god of thunder?
Thor
What creature knew that he had stolen a hat in the 2013 Caldecott Medal and also the 2014 Kate Greenaway Medal winning book This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen?
Fish
Why were the blackouts in The City of Ember getting worse?
Because the generators were old and worn
