Staff Facts
OPL
Banned Books
Oberlin, OH
100
What staff member has a hound named Lola?
Who is Amanda Guttman?
100
What officially opened on July 10, 2000 as host to its inaugural My First Computer Camp for young children.
What is the The Bridge?
100
What is the most Banned Book in history?
What is 1984 by George Orwell?
100
What year was Oberlin Founded?
What is 1833?
200
What staff member is most likely to leave early to go golfing?
Who is David Fausnaugh?
200
The Oberlin Public Library was rescued from its overcrowded space when the Oberlin College bought the old _____________ and sold it to us?
What is the Fisher Fazio supermarket?
200
What state banned the most books so far in 2023?
What is Texas?
200
What is the Feve's current drink of the month?
300
What 2 (two) staff members have connections in Hawaii?
Who is Rebecca Wedge and Miles Samson?
300
What color is the back/staff door at the OPL?
What is green?
300
What banned book was known as a dystopian nightmare where books were illegal to own and burned?
What is Fahrenheit 451?
300
Who is the Superintendent of Oberlin City schools?
Who is Dr. David H. Hall?
400
What staff member grew up in Danville, Kentucky?
Who is Erin Shiba?
400
Who is the Secretary on our Board of Trustees?
Who is Marcia Peterson?
400
This banned children's book was a result of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) general secretary Xi Jinping being compared to the character in Internet memes, which the Chinese government saw as a disrespectful mockery of the leader of its country.
What is Winnie The Pooh?
400
Which famous author had a grandfather that participated in the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue?
Who is Langston Hughes?
500
What staff member graduated from Beloit College?
Who is Eva Mcfarlin?
500
Who was the Director of the OPL before Charles Cook?
Who is Patricia Holsworth?
500
This book was banned due to themes of death and the fact that the main characters are talking animals, a parent group in Kansas sought to ban the book from their students' school libraries.
What is Charlotte's Web?
500
Who is "Oberlin" named after?
Who is John Frederic Oberlin?
John Frederic Oberlin (1740-1826), a minister and social reformer in the Alsace region of France. He was passionately committed to universal education and imposed on his parish a universal tax to support free public education.