Pageturners World Book Day 2015
Quiz
Pageturners
World Book Day 2015
Registration form
School
Address
Tel Fax
Email
£25 per team
Please tick appropriate: Cheque enclosed Yes
Or please invoice my school
No
(Cheques should be made payable to Calderdale MBC)
(tickbox)
Number of Teams Contact name
Registration forms for the Quiz must be submitted by 6 February and returned to:
Discover, Central Library, Northgate, Halifax HX1 1UN or faxed to 01422 392615.
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Quiz Pack
It’s amazing what you can discover
between the covers of a book!
15 venues, 27 authors
9 days - 1 incredible Festival
learning with Libraries,
Museums and Arts
Register now to take part
in our Pageturners World
Book Day Quiz
We are pleased and excited to invite you to enter a
team or teams in the Pageturners World Book Day
Quiz. The quiz will take place at Halifax Central Library
on Friday 13 March 2015. It will start at 9.30am
and finish at 11.45am. Access to the library will be
available from 9am.
In order to share the excitement of this year’s event, we
plan to take photographs during the afternoon. Please
ensure that pupils attending have signed parent/carer
permissions for this.
This booklet contains a registration form, training
tips and ideas to help you prepare for the quiz and a
selection of the types of questions you can expect.
Teams should be made up of four pupils in Years 5 or 6
(same year group or mixed).
Entries are also welcomed from clusters.
Local author Mark Wright will be our MC and guest
author on the day!
Prizes
Trophy for the WinningTeam! Book vouchers!
Cost
£25 per team. Cheques should be returned with your
application and made payable to Calderdale MBC;
alternatively we will invoice you for the event.
Further details about the event will be sent out when
booking closes.
Please note pupils will be able to bring a packed lunch,
and the library will be available until 1pm. Pupils will be
provided with a drink at the break.
Training tips and ideas
Sample questions
Helping your team prepare for the quiz is all part of the
fun of entering. Here are some fun ideas to help your
team get in tip top condition ready for the big day.
1. What is my title? My main character is an
orphaned boy who lives with his cruel aunt and
uncle. He sleeps in a cupboard under the stairs,
but is eventually rescued by a giant who tells him
about his true identity.
• Run a survey to discover your school pupils’ top
five favourite children’s authors then research their
books and biography, thinking about the sorts of
questions a quizmaster might ask.
• Summarise your favourite children’s book, breaking
it down into ten key points and thinking about the
key events, names of characters, setting etc. What
questions might you set if you were designing a quiz
around this book?
• How many stories, poems or rhymes related to cats
you can name in a minute? What other subjects
would this game work with?
• What would your children’s literature ‘specialist
subject’ be? Is there a particular author, illustrator
or series of books you know everything about? If
you were designing a quiz around your specialist
subject, what questions would you ask?
• Who is your favourite author or illustrator? Choose
an author or illustrator you’d like to ‘champion’,
research their books and biography and summarise
the main points to share with the rest of the team.
• Choose a book the team have all read or read a new
book together, thinking of quiz questions as you go.
Can you answer each other’s questions? Were any
of the questions similar?
For more help and ideas on how to get your quiz team
fighting fit get in touch with the Discover Team and ask
to speak to Alison, Ben or Elaine 01422 392619.
Visit www.pageturnersfestival.co.uk for further details.
2. Where do Danny and his father live in ‘Danny the
Champion of the World’?
3. Which illustrator worked closely with Roald Dahl
and also wrote the picture books ‘Mr. Magnolia’
and ‘Zagazoo’?
4. What type of creature is Zog in the Julia Donaldson
picture book?
5. Which British poet wrote ‘Talking Turkeys’?
6. Which Mary Norton novel tells of the adventures
of a family of ‘little people’, including the
characters Pod and Arrietty, and was also made
into a Hollywood film?
7. Who am I? I am very accident-prone and once
fell off a wall, injuring myself badly. Several kind
soldiers tried to help me, without success.
8. What is a pseudonym?
9. What is the name of Anthony Horowitz’s
teenage spy?
10. Who am I? I am usually seen wearing a red jumper
and yellow checked scarf. I have many adventures
with my friend, Bill Badger, and live in the village of
Nutwood. I first appeared as a cartoon character in
The Daily Express newspaper.
11. How many dancing princess were there in the
fairytale of that name?
12. Where did the three bears discover Goldilocks in
their house?
13. The Brothers Grimm wrote many fairytales that we
still read and remember today. What were their
names?
14. The Braille system allows people with visual
impairment to read using touch. It involves
arranging raised dots in a certain order to
represent different letters of the alphabet. How
many dots are there in the Braille system?
15. Who am I? I live near the Hundred Acre wood
and have a very gloomy outlook on life. My tail is
attached to my bottom with a drawing pin, and I
was once ‘bounced’ into the river by a very lively
friend.
16. Which legend is the basis of Michael Morpurgo’s
novel ‘The Sleeping Sword’?
17. Which Greek god is Percy Jackson’s father in the
series of books by Rick Riordan?
18. In ‘Little Women’, what sort of gift does old Mr.
Laurence give to Beth?
19. What makes ‘The Illustrated Mum’ so special?
20. What do the books ‘One Hundred and One
Dalmatians’, ‘Born to Run’ and ‘Because of WinnDixie’ have in common?
21. Who am I? I am a mythical giant and an X-Men
hero. In ancient times, many people believed I was
responsible for volcanoes. I am also known by the
name ‘Polyphemus’ and can be recognised by the
single eye in the middle of my forehead.
22. What is the name of Allan Ahlberg’s series of
stories about a skeleton family? They have also
been made into TV cartoons.
Answers
1.Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 2. In a caravan
3. Quentin Blake 4. A dragon 5. Benjamin Zephaniah 6.
‘The Borrowers’ 7. Humpty Dumpty 8. A pen name; an
alias 9. Alex Ryder 10. Rupert Bear 11. Twelve 12. She was
asleep in baby bear’s bed 13. Jacob and Wilhelm 14. Six
15. Eeyore 16. King Arthur 17. Poseidon 18. A piano 19.
She has tattoos all over her body 20. They all feature dogs
as main characters 21. Cyclops 22. Funnybones