1. Welcome To Dewey Jeopardy! Cole Sproat MEDT 6463

2. Know Your Dewey Decimal System Dewey Ten Main Classes (1) Ten Main Classes (2) Fiction NovelsPlace that Title 200 400 600 800 1000 Final Question: Wager pts

3. Topic 1: 200 Question: What is the name of the system we use in our media center to keep our books organized and easy to find? Answer (The Dewey Decimal System)

4. Topic 1: 400 Question: What was Melville Dewey’s profession? Answer (A librarian!)

5. Topic 1: 600 Question: What is one reason why we assign numbers to books and materials before putting them on shelves in the library? Answer (The numbers help us find the books and can be used to group books of a similar topic together)

6. Topic 1: 800 Question: (True or False) A bigger Dewey number means that a book has many more pages than a smaller Dewey number. Answer (False)

7. Topic 1: 1000 Question: (True or False) Only highly trained librarians can understand how to use the Dewey Decimal System. Answer (False! Everybody can learn!)

8. Topic 2: 200 Question: Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a set of Dewey numbers) do books about Religion belong? Answer (200s)

9. Topic 2: 400 Question: Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a set of Dewey numbers) would books about different languages belong? Answer (400s)

10. Topic 2: 600 Question: Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a set of Dewey numbers) do books about Geography belong? Answer (900s)

11. Topic 2: 800 Question: Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a set of Dewey numbers) would a book such as an encyclopedia or almanac belong? Answer (The 000s, Generalities)

12. Topic 2: 1000 Question: Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a set of Dewey numbers) would a book featuring different inventions belong? Answer (600s, Technology)

13. Topic 3: 200 Question: Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a set of Dewey numbers) would a book about psychology belong? Answer (100s, Philosophy and Psychology)

14. Topic 3: 400 Question: Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a set of Dewey numbers) would a book about science experiments belong? Answer (500s, Natural Sciences and Mathematics)

15. Topic 3: 600 Question: Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a set of Dewey numbers) would a book about arts or sports belong? Answer (700s Fine arts and Recreation)

16. Topic 3: 800 Question: Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a set of Dewey numbers) would a book featuring speeches or poems belong? Answer (Literature and Rhetoric)

17. Topic 3: 1000 Question: Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a set of Dewey numbers) would a book about how people get along together, belong? Answer (300s, Social Sciences)

18. Topic 4: 200 Question: (True or False) All fiction novels must be assigned a Dewey number? Answer (False)

19. Topic 4: 400 Question: (True or False) Fiction novels can be identified by the first three letters of the author’s first name. Answer (False, the first three letters of the author’s last name)

20. Topic 4: 600 Question: If you were looking for Captain Underpants and the attack of the talking toilets: another epic novel by Dav Pilkey, what would you look for to find this fiction novel? Answer (PIL, or FIC PIL (the first three letters of the author’s last name)

21. Topic 4: 800 Question: If you were looking for Bad hare day by R.L. Stine, what would you look for to find this fiction novel? Answer (STI, or FIC STI)

22. Topic 4: 1000 Question: If you were looking for the fiction novel Joey Pigza loses control by Jack Gantos what would you look for on the spine of a book to find this title? Answer (GAN or FIC GAN)

23. Topic 5: 200 Question: In which of Dewey’s Ten Main Classes would the title How to Draw People belong? Answer (700s, Fine Arts and Recreation)

24. Topic 5: 400 Question: In which of Dewey’s Ten Main Classes would the title Math Potatoes belong? Answer (500s Natural Sciences and Mathematics)

25. Topic 5: 600 Question: In which of Dewey’s Ten Main Classes would the title Say hola to Spanish belong? Answer (400s, Language)

26. Topic 5: 800 Question: In which of Dewey’s Ten Main Classes would the title Guinness World Records, 2008 belong? Answer (000s, Generalities)

27. Topic 5: 1000 Question: In which of Dewey’s Ten Main Classes would the title Checking your grammar belong? Answer (400s, Language)

28. Final Question: Make Your Wager Question: Label Dewey’s Ten Main Classes in order (000s-900s) Answer (000s Generalities, 100s Philosophy & Psychology, 200s Religion, 300s Social Sciences, 400s Language, 500s Natural Sciences & Mathematics, 600s Technology, 700s Fine Arts and Recreation, 800s Literature & Rhetoric, 900s Geography & History)