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100

Name the 5 building blocks of early literacy. 100 points for each one you can name.

Talking, singing, reading, writing and playing.

100

With this resource you can download free, legal music.

Freegal.

100

How many branches or locations does OPL have?

12

100

Name the three places you can check out a pass to with your OPL card. 100 points for each one you can name. 

The Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo, the Fontenelle Forest and the Children's Museum.

100

This movie came out on DVD recently and is about a super hero from Wakanda.

Black Panther

200

True or False: babies cry with an accent.

True! The cry of babies varies between cultures and regions and typically babies will cry in the accent of their primary caretaker, proving we are picking up language cues very early on.

200

With this resource you can have a real, live tutor help you with homework troubles or checking over papers.

200

True or false: it costs $25 to get a library card.

False: It is free for Douglas County residents or for students 18 and younger regardless of residency. 

200

You can get free seeds for your garden through this OPL service. 

The seed library.

200

This singer is known for songs like "Love the Way" and "No More Tear Left to Cry"

Ariana Grande

300

At what point in a human's life is it able to learn the most?

Birth-5.

300

With this resource you can learn another language for free.

Mango Languages.

300

This is the book Omaha is currently reading as a part of the city wide book club Omaha Reads.

"The Hate U Give"

300

You can check out this kind of computer with built in Wifi from OPL.

Chromebook.

300

This TV show is about a family who is named Peter, Lois, Meg, Chris, Stewie and a talking dog named Stewie.

Family Guy

400

Children who are read to end up hearing this many more words by the time they start kindergarten. 

30 million.

400

With this resource you can learn about your ancestors.

400

This is the closet library to Bryan High School. 

The South Omaha Library branch 28th and Q.

400

This kind of kit has a theme and has several books, toys and sensory items to educate kids on that theme. 

A story time box.

400

Name all the colors in the rainbow

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet.

500

True or false: talking to babies in "baby talk" is bad for them.

False!: Baby talk slows down words and it is easier for baby's to hear to smaller sounds or syllables that make up each word.

500

With this resource you can take practice SAT, ACT and other college pre-tests

College Prep Center

500

This is a totally gross artifact OPL has on display at the W Dale Clark downtown branch.

A scalp.

500

True or False: OPL has a toy library where you can check out toys the same way you do books and it costs $1 per toy, per week.

False: it's free! 

500

How many years are in a century?

100

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