It's time for a quiz! Welcome back to Book Break. In this video we are doing another bookish quiz.
You all always say you have so much fun playing along with these with us, so I thought let's do
another round. This time I've got help. This book is a brand new release, this is The Ministry of
Quizzes by David Gentle. So it has a bunch of really fun quiz questions and quiz formats all
compiled in here. Ignore the post-it notes, I've planned out which questions I'm going to ask you,
we'll come to those in a minute. This is such a fun book to go through by yourself, or to bring
somewhere where you're going to be hanging out with friends, you can all play together.
It's got a real variety of the types of quizzes in here, so it's got general trivia questions,
it's got some where you're given a bunch of words and you have to figure out what they all have
in common, what the link is, it's got some like this that have graphs and charts and you're trying
to guess the right answer of something based on common knowledge, based on surveys they've done
of hundreds of people. There are some crosswords in here. There's something here called Cluedoku.
It's just endless. So I'm gonna be working my way through the whole of this book with my friends but
I have picked out a few book related questions to test you on today. So there's a huge range of
topics in this book, it's not just for bookworms, I've just found the ones I think will be most
relevant to us. So how I want you to play this game, instead of doing it pub quiz style where
I read you all the questions and then do all the answers, we're going to go through one question
at a time. So I want you to put up 10 fingers, or make a tally of 10 on a piece of paper, whatever
works best for you. Every time you get an answer wrong, you can cross out one of the numbers,
or put a finger down. At the end of the questions I'm gonna be asking you to comment below how many
fingers you still have left. So you ready? Let's dive straight in. Question number one.
What was the first James Bond novel? I'm gonna give you five seconds to answer each question.
So what was the first James Bond novel? The answer is Casino Royale. If you said anything other than
Casino Royale you lose a point. Question number two. Cast your minds back. In The Gruffalo, which
creature does the mouse meet first? And I am going to give you four options, so you have a choice of
four. In The Gruffalo, does the mouse first meet a) the snake, b) the owl, c) the fox, or d) the
gruffalo? So that's snake, owl, fox, or gruffalo. Which one does the mouse meet first? The answer is
the fox. That's another point knocked off if you got that one wrong. Question number three is an
odd one out question. So I'm going to read you four book titles, and you have to tell me which
is the odd one out. Wuthering Heights, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Jane Eyre, Mansfield Park. Okay
Wuthering Heights, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Jane Eyre, Mansfield Park. Odd one out is
Mansfield Park because it was written by Jane Austen whereas the other three were all written by
Bronte sisters. Okay question number four. This is just trivia. What number are the clocks striking
in the first line of George Orwell's 1984? This has come up recently in the first line quiz also
on this channel, so you might remember from that - that the number the clocks are striking is...
13. The first line of 1984 is “It was a cold bright day in April and the clocks were striking
13.” Okay next another multiple choice one. Which character said the following quote?
“There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well.” So we'll
give you four options. Was that a) Bridget Jones b) Elizabeth Bennet c) Emma Woodhouse
or d) Miss Haversham. There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well.
It's a pretty funny quote when you think about it. The answer is that was said by Elizabeth Bennet.
Of course that is classic Lizzie Bennet. Okay we're halfway through - how are you doing?
Still hanging in there? Okay this is taken from a quiz that's all about poetry.
Who became the first female poet laureate in 2009? We do talk about this person on Book
Break - particularly towards the end of the year . . . The answer is Carol Ann Duffy. Carol Ann Duffy
became the first female poet laureate in 2009, and you all tell me how much you love her Christmas
books we feature every Christmas. Okay the next one is 50/50. You've got a 50 50 shot of getting
this right. In the name Wuthering Heights, what does wuthering mean? And I'll admit I had to
look up the answer for this, because I didn't know. So does it mean lonely, or does it mean
windy? What does the word wuthering mean - does it mean lonely or does it mean windy? The answer is
it means windy. Okay this one's fun, this one's for the YA fans.
So Breaking Dawn is the last novel in which series of books? I'm gonna give you four options. I don't
think you'll need them, most of you will know this one anyway, but Breaking dawn - is that the last
novel in a) Percy Jackson and the Olympians b) Vampire Academy c) The Infernal Devices
or d) Twilight? So that's Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Vampire Academy, The Infernal Devices,
or Twilight. Drum roll... the answer is Twilight. I think most of you probably will
have known that - but no shame if you didn't. Okay question nine. In the Thomas Hardy novel,
at which now popular tourist attraction is Tess Derbyfield arrested for murder? Doesn't give you
the name of the novel here but you can probably work it out from this character's name. And the
answer is Stonehenge. It's a very dramatic scene. Okay final question but then I am going to give
you a bonus one as well, but question number 10. This is another odd one out. I'm gonna read you
four characters, five characters! I'm going to read you five characters. And you have to figure
out which is the odd one out. I think this was quite hard, I didn't get it straight away. Alice,
the Dormouse, the Hatter, the March Hare, the Queen of Hearts. One of those five is the odd
one out - can you work out which one it is? The answer is the Queen of Hearts is the odd one out,
because the queen of hearts was not at the tea party. Okay so that was ten questions. How are
you doing? Do you have any fingers left up? Any points still standing? Whether or not you do, I'm
gonna now play a little bonus game, a little final round for everyone. So this is a separate score,
let's say. I am thinking of a literary character, and I'm gonna give you four clues about that
person. If you figure out correctly who it is on the first clue you get four points,
if you don't figure it out until the second clue, then you get it right, you get three points,
the third clue you just get two points, and the final clue you just get one point. If you don't
get it at all there's no points I'm afraid. So who am I thinking of? Clue number one:
The only woman he loved left him on Christmas Day. That was cold. The only woman he loved
left him on Christmas Day. Do you have any ideas? Let's move on to clue number two.
He has been played by Alastair Sim in 1951, Michael Caine in 1992, and Patrick Stewart
in 1999. So this person has been played by Alastair Sim in 1951, Michael Caine in 1992,
and Patrick Stewart in 1999. If you're still not sure, here is clue number three. His story
was first published on the 19th of december 1843, and was sold out by Christmas Eve. That
is impressive. His story was first published on the 19th of december 1843 and was sold out by
Christmas Eve. Okay and finally, if you're still not sure, I will give you a fourth and final clue.
His dead business partner Jacob Marley visits him as a ghost. His dead business partner
Jacob Marley visits him as a ghost. So if you correctly identified that that character was...
Ebenezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol you can then add however many bonus points you got onto
your score. So I want to know how you did! Let me know in the comments below: how many fingers did
you still have left up at the end of the game, and how many bonus points did you get to add back on
to that number? Let's have a little competition in the comments. See who did the best. And I'll also
leave a link below for you to buy The Ministry of Quizzes yourself. If you want to play this
with your friends. Such a fun book. Look it's even got a quote from Daniel Radcliffe on the front. He
says “I find it impossible to believe you will not love this book.” I agree, Daniel. If you enjoyed
this I will leave a link here to all of the other quizzes we have done here on Book Break, and don't
forget to subscribe to this channel for even more fun coming up twice every week. See you next time!