Amazing Libraries
Which library is considered the largest in the world?
The Library of Congress in USA
Name 3 official EU Databases
CORDIS, Curia, EURO-Lex, PreLex, Eurostat, SCADplus, Tenders Electronic Daily
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CEU Central Library
Who wrote the Codex Leicester?
How many copies of the Guttenberg Bible exist today?
49 total / 21 complete
Which library is the oldest library around today?
The Qarawiyyin Library in Fez Morocco
Name 3 official EU Publications
Official Journal of the European Union, European Union Contracts, Rulings of the European Court, Statistical publications of the Publishing department (OPOCE), Legislative Observatory of European Parliaments
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The Library of El Escorial in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
What's the oldest poem in verse in Spanish?
What does the Japanese word "Tsundoku" refer to?
To let reading materials pile up in one’s home and never read them
Which is the oldest known library?
The Library of Ashurbanipal in Nineveh (Modern Day Iraq)
What year were the European Documentation Centres founded?
1963 by the European Commission
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Bodleian Library in Oxford, UK
Who wrote the plays contained in the First Folio?
William Shakespeare
Author, Charles Dickens, used what to decorate his library at home?
Fake books.
Which is the oldest library in Europe?
The Bodleian Library
How many European Documentation Centres are there in all the member states of the EU
400
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt
How much did Bill Gates bay for the Codex Leicester?
$30.8 million
Iceland
One of the world's oddest libraries is the Osmothèque in France. What does it contain?
Smells
How many European Documentation Centres are there in Spain?
Around 30
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The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building of the New York Public Library, USA
What's the oldest epic poem in English (Old English)
What is bibliosima?
The love of the smell of old books.