Some sample questions from this category:
* This author won the Prize for 'A Bell for Adano'.
* Another prize winner was 'Andersonville'. Who wrote it?
* Ernest Hemingway won the Prize for which of these novels?
* Who won the award for 'A Death in the Family'?
* James Michener won the prize for:
* Sinclair Lewis won the prize for:
* Herman Wouk won the prize for which of these novels?
* Who wrote 'Advise and Consent'?
* 'The Fixer' also won the prize. Who was the author?
* What year was the medal first awarded?
* What organization gives out the award?
* Will Stanton is the last of the Old Ones. He has come to Wales to recuperate from a serious illness. He meets Bran and Bran's dog Cafall. His task is the wake the six sleepers with the lost golden harp. Which book is it?
* Claudia wanted to run away from home. She planned it carefully. She chose her brother Jamie to come with her because he was quiet and since he saved all his money he was 'rich.' They ran away and lived at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Which book is it?
* Noah, Nadi, Ethan and Julian were chosen by Mrs. Olinski to be on her 6th grade Academic Bowl team. They win the 6th grade Academic Bowl at Epiphany Middle School and then they go on to beat the 7th and 8th grade teams as well. Which book is it?
* This book is about a 13-year-old Eskimo girl who has to decide between an arranged marriage or running away. She decides to leave and cross the tundra on her way to visit her pen pal in San Francisco. Which book it it?
* On a trip from Ohio to Idaho, 13-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle tells her grandparents the story of Phoebe Winterbottom. The book is about both Phoebe's story and Salamanca's own story. Which book is it?
* It is 1943 Copenhagen and the Nazis are coming. Ellen Rosen moves in with her best friend Annemarie Johansen's family and pretends to be part of their family. Annemarie must show great courage to protect her friend. Which book am I?
* One of the most enjoyable Booker traditions is the post-award disagreements among the judges. So which winner did panellist Dr Julia Neuberger succinctly describe as "crap"?
* To start at the beginning, which novel was the first winner of the Booker Prize, in 1969?
* To date (2002), there have been two years in which the judges awarded first prize jointly. Which two novelists held this distinction in 1974, the first time it happened?
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