 World Book Day is a celebration that takes place to help encourage and embrace reading. It celebrates authors, illustrators and books!  It is the biggest celebration of it’s kind.  This is the 19th year there’s been a World Book Day!  It’s not just celebrated in the UK, it is marked in over 100 countries all over the world.  It aims to help encourage children of all ages to start reading, and express their love for reading.

On the next few slides will be some questions. On the answer sheet provided, you will need to answer these questions as best as you can! Each question is timed, you have 20 seconds for each question so make sure you write the answer. If you don’t know it, have a guess!

What are the first names of Harry Potter’s parents?

In ‘The Hunger Games’ what is the name of Katniss Everdeen’s younger sister?

Who is the narrator of Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird?

What do the following titles have in common? Scorpia, Point Blanc, Stormbreaker

Which hero was a pupil at the Yancey Academy?

Who wrote ‘Girls in Love’ & ‘Girls out Late’?

In which American city is ‘Divergent’ set?

Who wrote ‘The Fault In Our Stars’?

In what era was ‘Of Mice and Men’ set in?

Which is correct – ‘Life of Pie’ or ‘Life of Pi’?

Sherlock Holmes lived at 221B on which famous London Street?

What is the name of the demonic head teacher in ‘Matilda’?

Who is Zoella’s ‘youtuber’ boyfriend?

What is ‘The Wimpy Kid’s’ actual name?

In ‘The Maze Runner’ what food is the boys’ reward when they escape the Glade?

What is the name of Tom Gates’ band in the novels by Liz Pichon?

What is the name of the lion in ‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe’?

In ‘Peter Pan’ what is Wendy’s surname?

Which couple breaks the rules by falling in love in Malorie Blackman’s ‘Noughts and Crosses’?

Complete the title of this Shakespeare’s play: A Mid_______ Night’s D______

You have successfully completed Kingsbury’s World Book Day 2016 quiz. Please hand your sheets in to your form tutor, who will hand them in to the Library! Thank you for taking part, we hope you have enjoyed the quiz and learned a few more things about world book day and some of the Library's best books! Your challenge for today: Why not pick up a book you like the sound of and begin reading it! You never know, you may enjoy it. And don’t forget: on the Accelerated Reader programme the more you read, and the more quizzes you do, the more chance you have of becoming a millionaire. Powerpoint designed by Courtney Cashmore, student librarian and form representative. With help from Mrs Bowley.