Kids Lit Quiz

By Mrs Gemma Wilson, Junior School Teacher Librarian and Year 6 students Jayden Huang, Yongmin Yin, Amelia Hardy, Naomi Wang and Faye Sun

This week, Radford College entered three teams, consisting of 12 students from Years 5 and 6, in the Canberra heat of the Kids Lit Quiz at Merici College. Even though none of our teams made it through to the nationals, it was a very enjoyable day.

The Kids Lit Quiz is a competition that invites students from different schools to compete in a literature quiz. It is a trivia-style, annual competition for book lovers and eager readers in Years 5 to 8.

Here is an example of some of the questions our students had to answer. See how many you can get right. The answers can be found at the bottom of this article.

1. Why does Pinocchio’s nose get longer?
2. What is the name of Superman’s dog?
3. What is the name of the Harry Potter play?
4. Who fell from a vertical structure made of bricks and concrete?

The quiz is made up of ten categories, each comprising of ten questions. Each correct answer is worth one mark. Students could also choose from a list of categories to earn double points. These categories can be about anything and sometimes can be very unexpected! This year's categories included accidents, babies, famous animals, food and Christmas.

After every round, a five-dollar minute round is held. A question is read out and the first person to raise their hand and give the correct answer receives $5 in cash.

One of the Radford College teams competed against a team from Canberra Grammar in a sudden-death round and reigned victorious! The Radford team members each received a book of their choice.

Thank you to the Book Cow for providing books for the event. All competing students also had the opportunity to purchase a book from the Book Cow stall in the auditorium.