Website Whatsis
Book Word Learnin'
Famous Book Characters
Things About the Library
Potpourri
100
A global network connecting millions of computer networks; you use it every day in school, at home, on your phones to look up different websites.
What is the Internet?
100
A book that gives an account about the life of a person.
What is a biography?
100
The British detective that smokes a pipe, wears a deerstalker cap, and pals around with a doctor.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
100
When a book is cataloged, this is put on the spine to show where it is in the library.
What is a spine label?
100
Ms. Hayes is allergic to this food.
What are strawberries?
200
A document connected to the Internet; it can be seen by anyone connected to the Internet. Two-word answer.
What is a web page?
200
Having the same first consonant sound occur close together in a series or a sentence. Example: But a better butter makes a batter better.
What is alliteration?
200
He was James Potter's best friend, Harry Potter's godfather, and also went by the name Padfoot.
Who is Sirius Black?
200
To find a book in the library, you consult this online catalog.
What is Destiny?
200
The historical person who started Daylights Savings Time.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
300
The amount of data that can be transferred over the network in a fixed amount of time. Often, you can be told there is not enough ___________ for everyone to stream movies, music, games, etc.
What is bandwith?
300
A poem that has three lines, with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern
What is haiku?
300
The melancholy donkey who can always find something wrong with any situation, to the frustration of Pooh, Piglet, and Christopher Robin.
Who is Eeyore?
300
The way you can earn the privilege of checking out 3 books in the library.
What is read and pass 3 Sunshine State books.
300
The state bird of Florida.
What is the Northern mockingbird?
400
A database that returns a long list of results if you type in a question or search query. "Google" is an example.
What is a search engine?
400
A figure of speech when a thing, an idea or an animal are given human attributes--speaking, walking, feeling.
What is personification?
400
This character licked wallpaper, flew thanks to burping gas, and rode in a great glass elevator, all thanks to a golden ticket.
Who is Charlie Bucket?
400
Ms. Hayes organized fiction books in alphabetical order, using THIS part of the author's name.
What is the first 3 letters of the author's last name.
400
St. Augustine fort whose construction was begun in 1672.
What is Castillo de San Marcos?
500
Web sites that are driven, or controlled, by interaction for its users. Examples: Facebook, Instagram (Two word answer)
What is social media?
500
A figure of speech when 2 things are compared, using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
500
There are thousands of characters in the second-most read book in the world, right after Harry Potter #1. This book is non-fiction.
What is the Bible?
500
The number of times you can renew a book in 3rd grade.
As many times as you need.
500
The year Ms. Hayes graduated from Florida State University.
What is 2009?