1) Who is the UK's best selling author, according to 2025 figures? a) Julia Donaldson (books include The Gruffalo) b) J.K. Rowling (books include Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) c) David Walliams (books include Gangsta Granny) 2) When was the UK's first printing press (the Caxton Press) introduced?  a) 1352 b) 1476 c) 1605 3) How much did a first-edition copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone sell for at a 2023 UK auction? a) £64,000 b) £54,000 c) £44,000 4) When did Amazon first launch its e-reader, the Kindle?  a) 2005 b) 2006 c) 2007 5) Approximately how many books do we have in the RC? a) 10,000 b) 15,000 c) 20,000 6) The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) added new words and abbreviations from the gaming universe in December 2024. What does NPC mean?  a) Nobody Plays Correctly b) Non Person Control c) Non Player Character d) Not Playing Cool 7) The Guiness Book of World Records has been produced in how many world languages? a) 27 b) 37 c) 47 8) Created in 660 BC, the world's oldest multi-page book is called The Etruscan Gold Book, but what is so special about it?  a) It's written in ink made from real gold b) It survived being set on fire c) The pages are made of solid 24 carat gold

WORLD BOOK DAY QUIZ 2025

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