Dewey Decimal System
Spencer Road
A History of Libraries
Genres
Literary Legends
100

The type of books the Dewey Decimal System categorizes. 

What is nonfiction? 

100

Where one would go if they wanted to sign up for the Summer Reading challenge.

What is the Volunteer Table? OR What is the Youth Desk? 

100
The state where the first library, The Franklin Public Library, was opened in 1778.

What is Massachusetts?

100

The genre where one might find books such as IT by Stephen King or Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz. 

What is horror? 

100

Pioneer for women authors and creator of the science fiction genre. 

Who is Mary Shelley? 

200

The topic of the 400s category.  

What is Language? 

200

The name we call library "customers". 

What are "patrons"? 

200

Library that was accidentally burnt down by Julius Caesar. 

What is the Library of Alexandria? 
200

Fantasy book about a hobbit who journeys with a merry band of men to destroy a tedious ring that drives the wearer to insanity. 

What is the Lord of the Rings? 

200

Literary character with the most book to film adaptions. 

Who is Sherlock Holmes? 

300

Where one would find a book about World History. 

What is the 900s category?

300

What one would use to look up specific book titles. 

What is a catalogue computer? 

300

The country that has the most amount of public libraries. 

What is China?
300

Genre with the most amount of circulation inside libraries. 

What is Romance? 

300

The grumpy counterpart to Elizabeth Bennet in one of the most famous romance novels of all time. 

Who is Mr. Darcy? 

400

The creator of the Dewey Decimal System.

Who is Melvil Dewey? 

400

The animal that used to reside on top of our ball fountain before it was removed. 

What is a rubber ducky? 

400

Man who funded the opening of so many libraries he became known as the "Patron Saint of Libraries".

Who is  Andrew Carnegie?

400
The four main genres of book. 

What is  poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction ? 

400

Book that spent the longest amount of time on the NYT's Best Seller List. 

What is Diary of a Wimpy Kid

500

The year when Melvil Dewey, frustrated with the lack of consistent cataloguing for materials, created a standardized system for all libraries to easily follow.

When was 1876?

500

Machine you would use to send physical copies of pictures, letters, or other printed documents to another location. 

What is a fax machine? 

500

Considered to be the most famous and the biggest library in the world. 

What is the Library of Congress?

500

Oldest literary genre. 

What is Poetry? 

500

"We accept the love we think we deserve." A quote from Stephen Chbosky's most famous book. 

What is Perks of Being a Wallflower? 

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