BOOK WEEK TABLE QUIZ
ROUND 1
No.
Question
Answer
1.
In what kind of book would you
Atlas
find maps?
2.
In
“The
Bad
Beginning”
by
Edgar
Lemony Snicket, what is the
first
name
of
the
friendly
neighbour Mr. Poe who helps
the children at the beginning of
the book?
3.
Eamon Dunphy was the ghost
Roy Keane
writer for the biography of a
former
captain
of
the
Irish
soccer team. Who was he?
4.
In what book do Bagheera and
The Jungle Book
Baloo appear?
5.
Complete
the
name
of
the
Island
Robert Louis Stephenson book
“Treasure ________”
6.
What is the “BFG”?
Big Friendly Giant
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BOOK WEEK TABLE QUIZ
ROUND 2
No.
Question
Answer
1.
In a book who was shipwrecked
Gulliver
in a land of tiny people?
2.
Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote
a
book
called
“The
Garden
Secret
_____”
3.
What
word
connects
the
Potter
character Harry and the author
Beatrix?
4.
In “Artemis Fowl” by Eoin Colfer
Commander Root
what is the name of the Fairy
Commander?
5.
What mammal was “all in a
Bat
flap” in a book by Don Conroy?
6.
Unscramble the following letters
Gerard Whelan
to reveal the name of an Irish
children’s author:
RADREG HANLEW
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BOOK WEEK TABLE QUIZ
ROUND 3
No.
Question
Answer
1.
What “H” is a book written by J.
Hobbit
R. R. Tolkien?
2.
In a book, who had a magic
Aladdin
lamp?
3.
In the Harry Potter books, how
many
players
make
up
7
a
Quiddich team?
4.
In Roald Dahl’s “Fantastic Mr.
Turkeys
Fox”, what birds did Farmer
Bean keep: chickens, ducks or
turkeys?
5.
What smelly item did Danny
Toothbrush
have in a book by Brianóg
Brady Dawson?
6.
What traditional Jewish dance
Hora
was danced by the refugees in
the rec. at Millisle in the book
“Faraway Home”?
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BOOK WEEK TABLE QUIZ
ROUND 4
No.
1.
Question
Which
book
has
sold
Answer
more
The Bible
copies than any other book?
2.
Liz Weir wrote a children’s book
Boom
called “Boom, Chicka ______”?
3.
In the Harry Potter books what
Dentists
profession do both Hermione’s
parents work in?
4.
What “I” is the person who
Illustrator
draws the pictures for a book?
5.
In what EU country was the
Denmark
author Hans Christian Andersen
born?
6.
In “The Wizard of Oz” what was
Courage
the lion going to ask the Wizard
for?
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BOOK WEEK TABLE QUIZ
ROUND 5
Photocopy the picture round at the end of this
document and pass out to pupils.
No.
1.
Question
Answer
Madame/Mrs
Doubtfire
2.
Marita Conlon Mc
Kenna
3.
Eoin Colfer
4.
Siobhán Parkinson
5.
HP and the
Chamber of
Secrets
6.
Don Conroy
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BOOK WEEK TABLE QUIZ
ROUND 6
No.
Question
Answer
1.
The Artful Dodger is a character
Oliver/Oliver
in what book?
2.
Twist
What word describes a person
Bookworm
who reads a lot and also a small
insect that eats holes in books?
3.
In the Harry Potter books, what
Minerva
is the first name of Professor Mc
Gonagall: Millicent, Minerva or
Minette?
4.
Who
wrote
John
Smith’s
John Smith
autobiography?
5.
What kind of animal is Black
Horse
Beauty?
6.
What is the name of Postman
Jess
Pat’s cat?
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BOOK WEEK TABLE QUIZ
ROUND 7
No.
Question
Answer
1.
What girl did Lewis Carroll write
Alice
about?
2.
In
Roald
Dahl’s
“Danny
the
Pram
Champion of the World”, what
do
the
characters
use
to
transport the pheasants: pram,
cart, trolley?
3.
Who had the Deadliest Day in a
Laura Delaney
book by Ann Carroll?
4.
J. K. Rowling wrote the Harry
Joanne
Potter books. What does the J.
stand for?
5.
In Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Violet Beauregard
Chocolate
Factory”
who
was
blown up like a balloon?
6.
AIM reversed is Rory’s sister in
Mia
Marita Conlon Mc Kenna’s “In
Deep Dark Wood”?
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BOOK WEEK TABLE QUIZ
ROUND 8
No.
Question
Answer
1.
Who did Wendy Darling make
Peter Pan
friend’s with?
2.
Complete the name of the C. S.
Wardrobe
Lewis book “The Lion, the Witch
and the _______”
3.
In the third Harry Potter book,
A Cat
Hermione bought a pet called
Crookshanks. What type of pet
was it?
4.
What famous book is kept in
Book of Kells
Trinity College, Dublin?
5.
What
kind
of
website
did
Worry Website
“Penny Farthing Sally” is the
The Hiring Fair
Jacqueline write about?
6.
sequel
to
what
Elizabeth
O’
Hara book?
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BOOK WEEK TABLE QUIZ
Tie Breaker
No.
1.
Question
Name
the
author
Answer
of
“Sky
Don Conroy
Wings”, “Wild Wings” and “On
Silent Wings”?
2.
In “James and the Giant Peach”
by
Roald
Dahl
he
had
Aunt Sponge
two
aunts. Aunt Spiker was one,
who was the other?
3.
In Marita Conlon Mc Kenna’
book
“Under
the
Castletaggart
Hawthorn
Tree” where did the children’s
two aunts live?
4.
Complete
the
name
of
the
Giant
Oscar Wilde Book, “The Selfish
_________”
5.
What kind of book contains a
Diary
page for every day of the year?
6.
In what town is the story of the
Hamelin
Pied Piper set?
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PICTURE ROUND
1.
This
is
Robin
Williams in the
film
of
the
book. Name the
book.
2. Name the author of
“”Wildflower Girl”
3. Name the
author from Wexford who writes
about Artemis
4. Name the author who
wrote “Sisters, No Way!”
6. Name
the Irish
author
who also
loves wildlife
5. Name the Harry Potter Book
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