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Quiz about Librarians Rock
Quiz about Librarians Rock

Librarians Rock! Trivia Quiz


So you think all librarians have their hair in buns, wear horn-rimmed glasses and live alone with their cats? Think again!

A multiple-choice quiz by Apteryx65. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
Apteryx65
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
312,939
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
524
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 175 (3/10), papabear5914 (9/10), aliceinw (5/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which dictator once worked as an assistant librarian in a university library? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What famous lover worked as a librarian? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which superheroine works as a librarian during the day? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Who formed the first public lending library in America? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What game has librarians who are superhuman fighters with potent psychic powers? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What American librarian and author of the books 'Book Lust' and 'More Book Lust' is the only librarian to have an action figure modelled after her? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. 'Conan the Librarian' appears briefly in Weird Al Yankovic's movie 'UHF'. What does Conan do to a library patron who has an overdue book? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. This librarian worked at the Library of Congress before becoming one of the most influential people in the US in the 1950s and 60s. Who was he? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This librarian invented the Dewey Decimal System of classification which is widely used in libraries today. Who is he? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which one of these is NOT the name of one of the Librarian television movies starring Noah Wyle? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which dictator once worked as an assistant librarian in a university library?

Answer: Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong worked as an assistant librarian at Peking University between 1918-1919. The Chief Librarian at that time, Li Dazhao, was one of the first Chinese Marxists and a big influence on Mao. Ironically, Mao's Cultural Revolution almost destroyed the universities with intellectuals sent to labour camps and entrance exams cancelled.
2. What famous lover worked as a librarian?

Answer: Giacomo Casanova

Casanova is sometimes called 'the world's greatest lover' and his name is today used to describe a womaniser. The reason we know so much about him is because he had time to write his biography while working as a librarian for Count Waldstein of Bohemia. He must have had a lot of time to write as his memoirs run to twelve volumes!
3. Which superheroine works as a librarian during the day?

Answer: Batgirl

Batgirl is the alter ego of Dr. Barbara Gordon who has a doctorate in library science. She is head of Gotham City Public Library. Barbara Gordon became Batgirl after rescuing Bruce Wayne from a kidnapping attempt when she was on her way to a costume ball dressed as a female Batman.
4. Who formed the first public lending library in America?

Answer: Benjamin Franklin

The first public library in America is considered to be the Franklin Public Library in Franklin, Massachusetts, which named itself in honour of Benjamin Franklin. The town asked him to donate a bell for the church tower, but Franklin instead gave books which were used to establish the library.

In a letter to Richard Price he wrote - "I have advised the sparing themselves the expense of a steeple, for the present, and that they would accept of books instead of a bell, sense being preferred to sound"
5. What game has librarians who are superhuman fighters with potent psychic powers?

Answer: Warhammer 40,000

The tabletop miniatures game, Warhammer 40,000, has a race of elite modified humans called Space Marines. Space Marine Librarians have powerful psychic powers such as being able to rip apart space and slow down time and use these to strengthen other space marines in battle. When not fighting great battles, Space Marine Librarians keep themselves busy recording the deeds of their chapter.
6. What American librarian and author of the books 'Book Lust' and 'More Book Lust' is the only librarian to have an action figure modelled after her?

Answer: Nancy Pearl

Nancy Pearl became known for developing a city-wide bookclub program called 'If All of Seattle Read the Same Book' and then went on to become a bestselling author when she published 'Book Lust' in 2003. She also hosts the 'Book Lust' program on the Seattle Channel. Toy company Archie McPhee developed an action figure in her likeness which comes with "amazing push-button shushing action!"
Laura Bush and Beverley Cleary both worked as librarians.
7. 'Conan the Librarian' appears briefly in Weird Al Yankovic's movie 'UHF'. What does Conan do to a library patron who has an overdue book?

Answer: Slices him in two with his sword

'Conan the Librarian' is a parody of the 'Conan the Barbarian' character. In the movie 'UHF', Roger Callard plays 'Conan the Librarian' as a muscular, bare chested and fur clad guardian of the shelves. He speaks like Arnold Schwarzenegger and carries a very large two handed sword which he uses to slice the tardy patron in two.
8. This librarian worked at the Library of Congress before becoming one of the most influential people in the US in the 1950s and 60s. Who was he?

Answer: J. Edgar Hoover

John Edgar Hoover worked at the Library of Congress for four years to pay for his education. He was the first director of the FBI. He served from 1935 until his death in 1972 and is a controversial figure because of the way he used his power and position to do dubious things such as harassing political activists and using illegal methods to collect evidence. Because of his behaviour FBI directors are now limited to terms of no more than ten years.
9. This librarian invented the Dewey Decimal System of classification which is widely used in libraries today. Who is he?

Answer: Melvil Dewey

Melvil Dewey was born in 1851 and is considered to be the pioneer of American librarianship. He developed the Dewey Decimal Classification system while working as assistant librarian at Amherst from 1874-1877. He also helped found the American Library Association and created the first library school to train librarians.

He was also a fervent advocate of spelling reform in the United States and considered changing the spelling of his name from 'Melville Dewey' to 'Melvil Dui', but in the end just changed the spelling of his first name.
10. Which one of these is NOT the name of one of the Librarian television movies starring Noah Wyle?

Answer: The Librarian : The Secret of the Holy Grail

The Librarian franchise of movies was first released on American cable tv channel TNT in 2004 with the 'Quest for the Spear'. Noah Wyle plays Flynn Carson, a perpetual student who finally gets a job after being kicked out of college with 22 degrees. The job is librarian at the Metropolitan Public Library where he is entrusted with protecting historic and magical items from a secret section of the library.
Source: Author Apteryx65

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