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1 trivia quiz  Harry Potter and the Storm of Controversy coolicon
Not everyone loves Harry Potter. The series of books about the young wizard has sparked protests, bans, and bizarre behavior. Learn more about the fascinating controversy.
Difficult 20Q
13017 plays
Nov 14 02
crisw editor
2 trivia quiz  "The Day My Butt Went Psycho" - The Beginning icon
A quiz on Andy Griffiths? best-known book, a tome that is at once both an objectivist allegory of class warfare and a kids? book about butts. Enjoy!
Difficult 10Q
135 plays
Dec 11 07
stuthehistoryguy gold
3 trivia quiz  Mythological Names in Harry Potter coolicon
Many of the names used in J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series are derived from classical mythology and epics such as Virgil's "The Aeneid" and Homer's "The Odyssey" . How many can you identify?
Average 10Q
6759 plays
Aug 23 04
kbrugman
4 trivia quiz  The Real Harry Potter coolicon
Few readers of the Harry Potter series are aware of the background of the books in the mythology and history of many cultures. How much do you know of the reality behind the books?
Difficult 15Q
12753 plays
Nov 29 02
crisw editor
5 trivia quiz  Harry Potter Character Names coolicon
Many characters' names in the Harry Potter series are full of reference to history or mythology. Identify some of those parallels. Beware that a last name can refer to one of several characters (siblings, parents/ children, etc.)
Average 10Q
2979 plays
Aug 11 07
Ptichka gold
6 trivia quiz  Struwwelpeter coolicon
"Struwwelpeter" was first written over 150 years ago. See how much you know about this funny yet sometimes controversial little book.
Tough 10Q
336 plays
Aug 26 04
catamount gold
7 trivia quiz  The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter coolicon
This quiz is based on the book "The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter", written by David Colbert. It focus mainly on the myths and legends behind the names, creatures and events that J.K Rowling has based some things on in her books.
Average 10Q
2442 plays
Dec 23 05
White_Lady
8 trivia quiz  The Real "Harry Potter"-Book 5 icon
Few readers of the Harry Potter series are aware of the background of the books in the mythology and history of many cultures. This quiz focuses on Book 5- but you can do well if you haven't read any of the books at all! No spoilers are included.
Difficult 10Q
9921 plays
Jun 30 03
crisw editor
9 trivia quiz  Books and Stories We Used to Enjoy as Children icon
The Royal Society of Literature asked several of their Fellows what they thought young people in twenty-first century Britain should be encouraged to read. So I asked my family to nominate their top ten books. Help me identify them?
Tough 10Q
1248 plays
May 02 06
bracklaman gold
10 trivia quiz  Childhood Characters Calling icon
Here are some characters taken from children's literature. Which author created them I wonder. I've chosen some personal favourites which I now delight in sharing with my grandchildren. How many of these characters are familiar to you?
Tough 10Q
1104 plays
Aug 13 07
bracklaman gold
11 trivia quiz  Greek Mythology in Harry Potter icon
This is a quiz on all four books and the comparisons to Greek myths made in them. All the questions concern Harry Potter, and are extremely easy, but I have given lots of information on the actual myths so I hope you can learn something from it. Enjoy!
Easy 10Q
11523 plays
May 21 03
triviamonarche
12 trivia quiz  Harry Potter vs. Mythology icon
Harry Potter has a lot of mythology in it. Can you recognize any of it?
Average 10Q
3798 plays
Jun 27 05
Elphaba1988
13 trivia quiz  Breaking Rules in Children's Literature icon
We all know that books are supposed to teach kids right from wrong, but sometimes breaking the rules pays off. There is a long and glorious tradition of subversion in Children's Lit...
Difficult 10Q
2268 plays
Apr 07 02
dobrov
14 trivia quiz  Nostalgia for British Children's Writers icon
Prize-winners and popular series. What do you know of British children's writers and books of the twentieth century? Try this multi-choice quiz for yesterday's children and not today's.
Difficult 25Q
897 plays
May 11 03
Philian
15 trivia quiz  Nostalgia - Magic Moments in Children's Stories icon
We all remember the exciting moments in the books we read when we were children. Or do we? Test your memory or work out what happens from the questions given here.
Difficult 25Q
1248 plays
May 28 03
Philian
16 trivia quiz  Nostalgia for British Children's Writers Part 2 icon
It's those old children's books again. From popular successful series to the ones that the critics loved. These could be a part of your past. Why not have a look? Mostly for "old girls".
Difficult 25Q
486 plays
May 14 03
Philian
17 trivia quiz  Anne of Green Gables icon
This is a small multiple choice quiz on L.M. Montgomery's novel "Anne of Green Gables" which looks primarily at the book, the author, and idyllic setting.
Tough 10Q
2010 plays
Sep 27 02
serapheim
18 trivia quiz  A Trip Down Memory Lane icon
Kids today have no idea how the books of yesterday would take us to a whole new world! Take a trip down Memory Lane with me to relive a part of your childhood!
Very Difficult 10Q
894 plays
Jan 12 04
ArleneRimmer
19 trivia quiz  More 20th Century Children's Book Authors icon
This is a second quiz about authors of children's books in the 20th Century. Most of them are quite well known, but as before, I have not included enormously famous "classic" authors like C.S. Lewis and L.M. Montgomery.
Difficult 10Q
693 plays
May 16 03
Sallyo
20 trivia quiz  Children's Literature Quiz icon
Ten questions about literature for children ages 10 - 18.
Easy 10Q
6459 plays
Sep 30 01
SkiersDream
21 trivia quiz  Bedtime Stories icon
You don't have to be a children's librarian to do well on this quiz. All you have to do is think back to the stories you heard in school and at bedtime because these are all well-known classics of kiddie lit. Nighty-night.
Difficult 10Q
1161 plays
Oct 19 04
nutmeglad
22 trivia quiz  Nostalgia for British Children's Writers Part 3 icon
This collection of questions favours mixed series for boys and girls together and series mainly for boys. Take a trip down Memory Lane and see which characters and situations you bump into.
Very Difficult 25Q
387 plays
May 19 03
Philian
23 trivia quiz  ASOUE: "The Grim Grotto," by Lemony Snicket icon
Here is a quiz about the eleventh book in "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by Lemony Snicket.
Difficult 15Q
411 plays
Oct 02 04
rickr_stny
24 trivia quiz  Authors of 20th Century Children's Books. icon
This quiz is about authors of children's books in the 20th Century. Most of them are quite well known, but I have not included enormously famous "classic" authors like C.S. Lewis and L.M. Montgomery.
Very Difficult 10Q
690 plays
Apr 28 03
Sallyo
25 trivia quiz  ASOUE 1-11, plus Lemony Snicket's Autobiography icon
Here's a quiz that covers the material found in the first eleven books of A Series of Unfortunate Events, plus Lemony Snicket's unauthorized autobiography. I think it's fairly comprehensive.
Tough 25Q
495 plays
Nov 27 03
rickr_stny
26 trivia quiz  Children's Books By Famous People icon
This quiz is about children's books written by celebrities. Isn't it cute how celebrities change once they have children?
Difficult 10Q
324 plays
Nov 20 04
Shinesun
27 trivia quiz  Fantasy and Science Fiction Quiz icon
The characters in this Who Am I? quiz are all young, and all appear in books for children, young adults or, occasionally, in adult books that are popular with children. See how many you can identify!
Very Difficult 15Q
1146 plays
May 18 03
Sallyo
28 trivia quiz  Assorted Children's Literature! icon
Children's books are for adults too!
Very Difficult 15Q
555 plays
Feb 06 04
bleedingwhiterose
29 trivia quiz  "Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross..." icon
Test your trivia on the above nursery rhyme and its background...GOOD LUCK!!
Tough 5Q
990 plays
Sep 14 03
oignon77

Some sample questions from this category:

* This book is about the plans of a mother to marry off her five daughters. Only two of her daughters are /happily/ married by the end of the book. It takes place in England, in the early 1800's.
* A red-haired orphan goes to live on Prince Edward Island with a brother and sister who live on a farm. She has a very large imagination and a quick temper. This book is about her as she grows up.
* An orphan (yes, another) goes to live with her uncle, of whom she is afraid of. She finds a crippled cousin, a boy who loves nature, and a locked-up garden.
* This book is about a boy who goes on a journey with several 'good guys' and several sailors-turned-pirates to find a buried treasure.
* This book is about a group of rabbits who leave their warren to find a new life. It includes an escape, a plan to find some doe rabbits, the escape from a dangerous warren, and the rest of their struggles
* This trilogy is about a quest to destroy the One Ring which has evil power. It takes place in Middle Earth, among many amazing creatures and people.
* This is a book about a boy from another planet, as he explains his journeys to other planets (including Earth), and shares wisdom with a human he finds on Earth.
* This is about an English schoolgirl who was born in India and is later sent to London to go to boarding school. Her father goes off to war and is thought to have died. The book tells about her life at boarding school and afterward.
* A young boy in an early American town gets into all sorts of mischief. He finds criminals, gets lost in a cave, and whitewashes a fence (big clue!).
* This little girl is the only conventional, obedient entity in an alternate world that breaks every natural and social rule in the book. Who is she?
* In what year was "Anne of Green Gables" published?
* Of the many virtues Anne emphasizes throughout the novel, what is the most important and fulfilling?
* How was L.M. Montgomery inspired to write "Anne of Green Gables"?
* Where is the real Green Gables?
* What word does Anne use to call the catastrophes and accidents she causes?
* The first paragraph in "Anne of Green Gables" illustrates a babbling brook which meanders past the most attentive citizen of Avonlea. What babbling character is the reader introduced to in the beginning of the novel?
* What does Anne rename "The Avenue"?
* What poem do Anne and her friends recite when they dramatize the death of the Lily Maid in the humorous chapter titled "An Unfortunate Lily Maid"?
* What does Anne give Minnie May to save her from dying of the croup?
* What is the title of the video, produced by Robert S. McGee and Caryl Matrisciana, which warns that Harry Potter?s scar is actually a swastika and that the broomsticks used in Quidditch are phallic symbols?

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