This Read for RNIB Day quiz can be photocopied and each sheet sold to friends, family, colleagues and neighbours for £1 each (or whatever you think you can get away with!)
It is probably best to set a deadline for return of the forms and provide a small prize for the winner. In the case of a tie, how about picking the winner out of a hat?
Then simply send a cheque made payable to RNIB Charity for the amount you’ve raised to RNIB Fundraising, 105 Judd Street, London WC1H 9NE, use the form in the
Read for RNIB Day Fundraising kit or go online to readforrnib.org.uk
Note that the answers follow the questions, no peeking! Good luck!
Read for RNIB Day quiz
Please complete your answers overleaf and return to:
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Round one: Which book is this the first line from?
1. “Where’s papa going with that axe?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.
2. Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmond, and
Lucy.
3. Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches stood at the top of a high mountain surrounded by a pine forest.
4. These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr Bucket.
5. All children, except one, grow up.
6. Lyra and her daemon moved through the darkening hall, taking care to keep to one side, out of sight of the kitchen.
7. My mother drove me to the airport with the windows rolled down. It was seventyfive degrees in Phoenix, the sky a perfect, cloudless blue.
8. It was seven minutes after midnight. The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs Shears’ house.
9. A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood. A fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good.
10. Once there was a little girl called Sophie. She was having tea with her mummy in the kitchen. Suddenly there was a ring at the door. Sophie’s mummy said “I wonder who that could be?”
Round two: Who wrote?
1. Lord of the flies
2. Matilda
3. Where the wild things are
4. Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang
5. The wind in the willows
6. Mr Popper’s penguins
7. The story of Tracy Beaker
8. The Borrowers
9. Stig of the dump
10. Where’s Spot?
Round three: What is the full name of?
1. The heroine of The Hunger Games
2. The Girl with the Dragon tattoo
3. Mr Darcy
4. Bertie Wooster’s servant
5. Sherlock Holmes’ doctor friend
6. Harry Potter’s best mate
7. Inspector Morse
8. The Great Gatsby
9. Frodo Baggins’ travelling companion
10. Juliet Capulet’s lover
Round four: What is the missing animal?
1. Do androids dream of electric _ _ _ _ _ ?
2. The Maltese _ _ _ _ _ _
3. Water for _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4. The girl who kicked the _ _ _ _ _ _ ’s nest
5. The black _ _ _ _
6. The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ coast
7. The day of the _ _ _ _ _ _
8. To kill a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
9. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the mist
10. The secret life of _ _ _ _
Read for RNIB Day quiz
Round one: Which book is this the first line from?
1. Charlotte’s Web, E B White
2. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C S Lewis
3. The Worst Witch, Jill Murphy
4. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
5. Peter Pan, J M Barrie
6. Northern Lights, Philip Pullman
7. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
8. The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon
9. The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson
10. The Tiger who came to tea, Judith Kerr
Round two: Who wrote?
1. William Golding
2. Roald Dahl
3. Maurice Sendak
4. Ian Fleming
5. Kenneth Grahame
6. Richard and Florence Atwater
7. Jacqueline Wilson
8. Mary Norton
9. Clive King
10. Eric Hill
Round three: What is the full name of?
1. Katniss Everdeen
2. Lisbeth Salander
3. Fitzwilliam Darcy
4. Reginald Jeeves
5. John Watson
6. Ronald Weasley
7. Endeavour Morse
8. Jay Gatsby
9. Samwise Gamgee
10. Romeo Montague
Round four: What is the missing animal?
1. Do androids dream of electric Sheep?, Philip K Dick
2. The Maltese Falcon, Harper Lee
3. Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
4. The girl who kicked the Hornet’s nest, Stieg Larsson
5. The black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb
6. The Mosquito Coast, Paul Theroux
7. The day of the Jackal, Frederick Forsyth
8. To kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
9. Gorillas in the mist, Dian Fossey
10. The secret life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
Read for RNIB Day quiz
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