From Harry Potter to The Hunger Games, avid readers have to know their stuff for Kids Lit Quiz
February 7, 2012
Kristin Rushowy
EDUCATION REPORTER
Are you as smart
as a Grade 5 reader?
Some of the questions the students at Summit Heights public school used to prepare for the Kids’ Lit Quiz held Tuesday in Toronto:
• Myths and legends
1. Who was the person in myth with the golden touch?
2. What did the Trojans welcome into their city of Troy?
3. Which day of the week is named after Thor?
4. In Greek mythology, what was unusual about Medusa’s hair?
5. In the Greek legend of Demeter and Persephone, who kidnapped Persephone?
6. A giant from the Greek legends could be called a one-eyed ____?
7. This monster is a three-headed dog with a serpent’s tail.
• Numbers
1. How many children won gold admission tickets for Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory?
2. How many paper cranes did Sadako want to make before she died?
3. In a book by Stanley Yelnats, what was the famous boy’s best friend’s name?
4. How many books make up the Narnia series?
5. Snow White helped how many dwarves?
6. Maniac Magee was orphaned by the age of ____.
7. How many Little Women were there?
• Pseudonyms, names and clues
1. Who is Theodor Geisel?
2. Which popular Canadian children’s book author started out as a daycare worker?
3. Daniel Handler writes a series of books that were turned into a movie starring Jim Carrey. What name does this author write under?
4. Which female author wrote Frankenstein?
5. Samuel Langhorne Clemens wrote the book Huck Finn under what name?
6. Dav Pilkey wrote what series about two boys who get in trouble?
7. This author was born in India and wrote a story collection called The Jungle Book.
Answers:
• Myths and legends: 1. Midas 2. A wooden horse 3. Thursday 4. Made of snakes 5. Hades 6. Cyclops 7. Cerberus
• Numbers: 1. Five 2. 1,000 3. Zero 4. Seven 5. Seven 6. Three 7. Four
• Pseudonyms: 1. Dr. Seuss 2. Robert Munsch 3. Lemony Snicket 4. Mary Shelley 5. Mark Twain 6. Captain Underpants 7. Rudyard Kipling