Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Wednesday's NLW Trivia

Yesterday's Answers:

5. Who is the Honorary Chair of this year's National Library Week?
a. Julie Andrews
b. Neil Gaiman
c. Laura Bush
d. Jamie Lee Curtis

- Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels, picture books, short story collections and a graphic novel series. Some of his more popular works include the Newbery Medal winning novel "The Graveyard Book" and "Coraline," which was adapted to film. In addition to the Newbery Medal, he has also won the Hugo, Bram Stoker and World Fantasy Awards. Visit his website to learn more.

6. Approximately how many items are added to the Library of Congress' collections daily?
a. 550
b. 5,000
c. 10,000
d. 25,000

- According to the Library of Congress' website "The Library receives some 22,000 items each working day and adds approximately 10,000 items to the collections daily." For more fun facts about the oldest federal cultural institution in the nation, click here.

Today's Questions:

7. Which children's book author was also a librarian?
a. Tomie DePaola
b. Jan Brett
c. Eric Carle
d. Beverly Cleary

8. The Parkland Community Library started in what year?
a. 1965
b. 1973
c. 1982
d. 1990

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