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100

What year did CML open to the public?

1949

100

Fill in the blank for this library tagline. Books are just the ____!

beginning
100

A young boy takes a train to the North Pole on Christmas Eve in what classic 1985 children's book by Chris Van Allsburg?

The Polar Express

200

The library occupied which floor of the library when the building first opened?

Second floor

200

Name one current or future storywalk location.

Grand Park - Bark Park North/YMCA - Futrel Park

200

What Washington DC building is the largest library in the United States, holding almost twice as many volumes as the second-largest?

The Library of Congress

300

What other city department was housed in the original building?

The Recreation Department

300

Name an app available through the library for reading eBooks and listening to audiobooks.

Libby or Hoopla

300

What ten-letter word means "library" in at least three Romance languages, including Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish?

Biblioteca

400

Name one of the first city librarians.

Martha Norment or Shirley Boone

400

Check this out to visit Myrtle Beach State Park and Huntington Beach State Park.

 South Carolina State Park Pass

400

The Imagination Library is a free children's book gifting program started by what famous singer in 1995? The program started by offering a monthly book to each child in Sevier County, Tennessee regardless of family income.

Dolly Parton

500

The library is named in memorial after this philanthropist and businessman.

Simeon B. Chapin

500

This library branch is on wheels and will serve Myrtle Beach residents who cannot get to the library.

The Mobile Library

500

The Bryant Park location of the New York Public Library features Patience and Fortitude, two large marble statues of what animal? 

Lion