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Facts about books

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(36 votes)
11 questions
English
Quiz about book facts
1

Quiz about books, good luck!

2

Reorder these genres based on popularity. (Most popular to least popular)

1.

Romance

2.

Thriller

3.

Fantasy/sci-fi

4.

Children's books

80% got this right

Along with religious and self-help books, these are are most popular genres amongst books.
3

Reorder these books based on how many copies are sold. (Most copies to least copies)

1.

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

2.

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

3.

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

4.

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

71% got this right

Don Quixote:500million A Tale of Two Cities:200million And Then There Were None:100 million The DaVinci Code:80 million
4

Not counting religious books, what is the most translated book in the world?

The Little Prince

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Andersen’s Fairy Tales

Hard  32% got this right

The Little Prince has been translated into more than 300 languages.
5

Which of the answers are real books?

The cruel prince

The perks of being a wallflower

Daisy Johnson and the five

Lord of the wasps

Hard  35% got this right

The actual books which the wrong answers are based on are: Lord of the flies and Daisy Jones and the six
6

What is Bibliosmia?

The scent attached to a particular book

An addiction of buying too many books

The fear of libraries

The sad feeling you get after finishing a book

Hard  23% got this right

Bibliosmia is caused by the chemical breakdown of compounds within the paper.
7

How many books would you have to read a year to read all the books in the world in your life? (79 years on average)

1.721.519

2.395.132

4.039.293

893.203

Hard  13% got this right

To read every book in the world,not counting ones that will be released,you’d have to read 1.721.519 a year. 4.716 a day
8

Which of these books is NOT currently being made into a movie/series

Things we never got over by Lucy Score

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hover

Red White and Royal Blue by casey Mcquiston

Hard  27% got this right

It Ends with Us and Red White and Royal Blue are being made into movies, while AGGGTM is going to be a series.
9

Which of these books have been turned into movies?

The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Hard  22% got this right

Ralph Ellison did not believe that a film adaptation of his novel would come out well, so he rejected numerous offers.
10

What is Abibliophobia?

The fear of running out of something to read

The fear of long words

The fear of losing books

The fear of thick books

Hard  25% got this right

11

Reorder these books based on when they were released. (Oldest book to newest book)

1.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K Rowling

2.

The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien

3.

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

4.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Easy  85% got this right

Harry Potter: 30 June 1997 The Hobbit: 15 August 2002 The Lightning Thief: 1 March 2006 The Hunger Games: 14October 2008