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100

Guess the year Melvil Dewey was born - closest guess wins!

1851

100

The first public lending library in the United States was established by __________

Benjamin Franklin

100

641.5

Cookbooks

100

What galaxy does the earth belong to?

The Milky Way

100

How many results when I search "cats" in our catalog?

320

200

Spell _______ Dewey's first name as he spells it

Melvil

(took out the -le since they're not pronounced)

200

This percent of libraries still use the DDS.


Top 2 closest guesses get the points

95%

200

567.9

Dinosaurs

200

Which metal is found the most at the center of the Earth?

Iron

200

13-year-old Meg, who sets off on a quest to find her missing scientist father, who could be anywhere or anytime! She is joined by her younger siblings and her good friend Calvin. 

A Wrinkle in Time

300

The Dewey Decimal System was first published in ______

1876

300

Surprisingly, public libraries outnumber ______ in the US

McDonald's

300

921

Biography

300

In what year was the first Apple iPhone released?

2007

300

a 2017 study found that people who read fiction show a heightened ability to understand the _______ of others

feelings

400

Melvil helped found the ALA.  ALA stands for


American Library Association

400

Which famous English book/movie character said "When in doubt, go to the library"?

Hermione Granger

400

741.5

Graphic novels

400

What is the most-watched YouTube video of all time?

Baby Shark

400

another 2017 study found that in a cohort of 3,635 adults (followed them for 12 years), those who read books survived for ____ years longer than those who didn't

2

500

Dewey was forced to step down from the _____, a group he cofounded, due to reports of harassment, racism, and other nastiness in _______.

ALA


1906

500

The largest single story library location in the country is in Texas.  It used to be something else!  It's 123,000 square feet-- guess what it used to be!

a Walmart

500

598

Birds

500

Mageirocophobia is the fear of what?

Cooking

500

The DDS organizes ________ books by _________

nonfiction


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