November 7, 2009 was the first annual National Bookstore Day. We had a great party, with cake, trivia, and a $100 gift certificate raffle - and it was a busy, fun day!
Did you take our trivia challenge? Here are the questions and most of the answers! 6-8 will be filled in sometime this evening or tomorrow morning.
To the right is the majority of our Saturday staff: Nancy, Isabel, Connie, Phil, Danielle, and Elaine
1st Annual National Bookstore Day
Trivia Contest
November 7, 2009
You have 15 minutes to complete this quiz.
Guessing is encouraged!
1) In what year did Gutenberg invent moveable type which led him to invent the printing press? _____
2) Audubon’s Birds of America, published in 1840, sold for the highest price ever paid for a book in March of 2000. What was its selling price?_____________
3) Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat with a limited number of words to create a “new reader.” How many different words are used in The Cat in the Hat? _____________
4) Who is the bestselling author of all time,selling over 2 billion books? _______________________
5) How many Harry Potter books have sold? Select the most precise correct answer: a)over 200 million, b) over 300 million c) over 400 million d)over 500 million
6) Which four books were bestsellers in 1984, the year Bookworks opened: The Color Purple by Alice Walker, The Shining by Stephen King, Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession by Erma Bombeck, Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, Iacocca by Lee Iacocca .
7) Whose memoir sold the most copies on its first day of publication? a) Harry Truman b) Michael Jackson c) Eleanor Roosevelt d)Hillary Clinton
8) The first public library in the US was opened in what year? a) 1698 b) 1748 c) 1776 d) 1824
9) What are the first names of The Brothers Grimm? a) Klaus & Sigmund b) Karl & Freidrich c) Wilhelm & Jacob d) Siegfried & Roy
10) The Modern Library Board created a list of the 100 Best Novels written in English. Name 5 authors included on the list.
ANSWERS:
1) Around 1439
2) 8.8 million
3) 236 words
4) Agatha Christie
5) C - over 400 million worldwide
6) The Shining and Lonesome Dove were NOT bestsellers in 1984.
7) D - Hilary Clinton
8) 1698
9) C - Wilhelm and Jacob
10) The list can be found here. http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html
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