What is the first name of the creator of the Dewey Decimal system?
What is Melvil?
100
Name the general topic of the 500s.
What is Science?
100
What is the main Dewey subject for the 800s.
What is Literature? Poetry will also be accepted.
100
What is the subject/topic for the 900s?
What is History and Geography?
100
The subject for the 700s is Arts and __________?
What is recreation?
200
How many categories are there in the Dewey Decimal system?
What is ten?
200
These books about numbers can be found in the 513 section.
What are books about math?
200
What bitter ingredient did Betty but in her batter?
What is butter?
200
What is Illinois state bird?
What is the cardinal?
200
The subject or topic of the 400s is ______________?
What is language?
300
Where do you find the Dewey Decimal number on a book?
On the spine.
300
What are two other subjects or topics in the 500s?
Answer can include:
Space, Weather, Dinosaurs, biomes, animals
300
What kind of books can be found in the 818 section? Hint: They usually have a punch line.
What are joke books?
300
What is the Illinois state flower?
What is the violet?
300
In which Dewey section can you find books about pets and pet care?
What is 636? The 600s is also an acceptable answer.
400
How were books organized before Dewey came up with his system?
There was no uniform organization before Dewey. Some libraries organized their libraries by color, others by size.
Most libraries were made of wood. Think of all the things in a library that would easily burn. Librarians were more worried about fire than about how books were organized.
Libraries kept books in buckets so they could easily carry them out if there was a fire. The most expensive books were kept where they would be easy to grab and rescue if there was a fire.
400
What is the main food source for vampire bats?
What is blood of animals?
400
Name the popular poet who wrote "Where the Sidewalk ends".
Who is Shel Silverstein?
400
Name the countries that border the USA.
What are Mexico and Canada?
400
Where can you find books about the paranormal?
Books about the paranormal can be found in the 100s (specifically 133).
500
What system do public libraries use to organize their books?
They use the Dewey Decimal System. Universities use a system called "Library of Congress".
500
Bats have a special technique that they use to help them fly and find food. What is is called?
What is echolocation?
500
Name the type of poem that makes a shape.
What is a concrete poem?
500
What is the name of the Egyptian pharaoh whose tomb was discovered in the 1920s?
Who is King Tut?
500
Where do you find books that help you learn a different language?