WORLD BOOK DAY QUIZ 2021 - SPRING 2021 QUIZ FAKE NEWS! WHERE FICTION IS FACT! - Blue Coat

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         WORLD BOOK DAY
            QUIZ 2021
      SPRING 2021
      QUIZ
      FAKE NEWS!

      WHERE FICTION IS FACT!

WORLD BOOK DAY
   QUIZ 2021
 ANSWERS @ THE END OF
     EACH SLIDE

  WHERE FICTION IS FACT!
FACT IS - TRUE TO THE STORY
       FAKE IS NOT

QUESTION 1: BREAKING NEWS…
NEW ADVANCES IN DNA TESTING HAVE
ESTABLISHED WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT MR B
BAGGINS OF BAG END IS IN FACT DESCENDED
FROM THE ANCIENT RACE OF HOBBITS

Fact or Fake?

QUESTION 1: BREAKING NEWS…
NEW ADVANCES IN DNA TESTING HAVE
ESTABLISHED WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT MR B
BAGGINS OF BAG END IS IN FACT DESCENDED
FROM THE ANCIENT RACE OF HOBBITS

                           Fact

    Bilbo Baggins is undeniably a Hobbit from Bag End – Middle Earth
                       The Hobbit by J.R. Tolkien

QUESTION 2: BREAKING NEWS…
KATNISS EVERDEEN HAS BEEN SHOT AND KILLED
IN HER HOME TOWN - DISTRICT 13 - OFFICIALS OF
THE CAPITAL FEAR HER DEATH WILL MAKE HER A
MARTYR AND RALLY THE REBELS

Fact or Fake?

QUESTION 2: BREAKING NEWS…
KATNISS EVERDEEN HAS BEEN SHOT AND KILLED
IN HER HOME TOWN - DISTRICT 13 - OFFICIALS OF
THE CAPITAL FEAR HER DEATH WILL MAKE HER A
MARTYR AND RALLY THE REBELS

                            Fake

    Katniss Everdeen’s home town is District 12 she was not shot & killed
     and carries on fighting for the people and freedom from the capitol
                 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

QUESTION 3: BREAKING NEWS…
ON THURSDAY THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
ATE THROUGH 4 STRAWBERRIES AND REPORTED
THAT HE WAS IN FACT “STILL HUNGRY”

Fact or Fake?

QUESTION 3: BREAKING NEWS…
ON THURSDAY THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
ATE THROUGH 4 STRAWBERRIES AND REPORTED
THAT HE WAS IN FACT “STILL HUNGRY”

                          Fact

   The Hungry Caterpillar did indeed eat 4 strawberries on Thursday.
           He ate solidly for 7 days until he was finally full
            The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

QUESTION 4:
BREAKING NEWS…
ON FINDING A BOTTLE
MARKED “DRINK ME” WHILST
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE,
ALICE DRINKS IT AND GROWS
TO HUGE PROPORTIONS.
DOCTORS ARE WORKING ON
SOME SORT OF CAKE-CURE
TO SHRINK HER BACK TO HER
NORMAL SIZE

Fact or Fake?

QUESTION 4: BREAKING NEWS…
ON FINDING A BOTTLE MARKED “DRINK ME” WHILST
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE, ALICE DRINKS IT AND
GROWS TO HUGE PROPORTIONS. DOCTORS ARE
WORKING ON SOME SORT OF CAKE-CURE TO SHRINK
HER BACK TO HER NORMAL SIZE

                         Fake

     Alice drank the liquid labelled Drink Me to shrink & ate the cake
                          labelled Eat Me to grow
                 Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

QUESTION 5: BREAKING NEWS…
CHRISTOPHER JOHN FRANCIS BOONE AGED 15
YEARS, 3 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS ASSAULTS POLICE
OFFICER AFTER FINDING DEAD DOG ON
NEIGHBOUR’S LAWN.

Fact or Fake?

QUESTION 5: BREAKING NEWS…
CHRISTOPHER JOHN FRANCIS BOONE AGED 15
YEARS, 3 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS ASSAULTS POLICE
OFFICER AFTER FINDING DEAD DOG ON
NEIGHBOUR’S LAWN.

                        Fact

        Christopher hits a Police officer when questioned intensely
              about Wellington the dead Poodle on the lawn
   The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

QUESTION 6: BREAKING NEWS…
POLICE HAVE FINALLY CAUGHT THE “BLACK CAT”
BREAKING INTO THE TOWER OF LONDON TO STEAL
THE CROWN JEWELS. HOWEVER A LACK OF
EVIDENCE MEANS THEY ARE FORCED TO LET THE
INFAMOUS JEWEL THIEF GO

Fact or Fake?

QUESTION 6: BREAKING NEWS…
POLICE HAVE FINALLY CAUGHT THE “BLACK CAT”
BREAKING INTO THE TOWER OF LONDON TO STEAL
THE CROWN JEWELS. HOWEVER A LACK OF
EVIDENCE MEANS THEY ARE FORCED TO LET THE
INFAMOUS JEWEL THIEF GO

                            Fact

  Ben discovers that his dear ole granny is in fact the infamous jewel thief!
                  Gangsta Granny by David Walliams

QUESTION 7: BREAKING NEWS…
SIRIUS BLACK FOUND INNOCENT OF THE VICIOUS
KILLING OF PETER PETTIGREW AFTER MESSRS.
MOONY, WORMTAIL, PADFOOT & PRONGS
MARAUDER'S MAP PROVES THAT PETER IS STILL
VERY MUCH ALIVE

Fact or Fake?

QUESTION 7: BREAKING NEWS…
SIRIUS BLACK FOUND INNOCENT OF THE VICIOUS
KILLING OF PETER PETTIGREW AFTER MESSRS.
MOONY, WORMTAIL, PADFOOT & PRONGS
MARAUDER'S MAP PROVES THAT PETER IS STILL
VERY MUCH ALIVE

                             Fact

    Sirius Black is innocent of killing of Peter who has been hiding in plain
                     site as Ron Weasley’s pet rat Scabbers
          Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

QUESTION 8: BREAKING NEWS…
GRINGOTTS THE GOBLIN BANK HAS BEEN
TORCHED BY THE DRAGON THEY RECENTLY KEPT
CAPTIVE. REPORTS COMING IN SAY ALL THE GOLD
IN THE VAULTS HAS BEEN FUSED TOGETHER.

Fact or Fake?

QUESTION 8: BREAKING NEWS…
GRINGOTTS THE GOBLIN BANK HAS BEEN
TORCHED BY THE DRAGON THEY RECENTLY KEPT
CAPTIVE. REPORTS COMING IN SAY ALL THE GOLD
IN THE VAULTS HAS BEEN FUSED TOGETHER.

                            Fake

    Gringotts is not burned down by the Ukrainian Ironbelly dragon whilst
        making it’s escape and all the gold remains safe in the vaults
          Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

QUESTION 9: BREAKING NEWS…
PETER, SUSAN, EDMUND AND LUCY PEVENSIE
HAVING BEEN EVACUATED FROM LONDON TO
ESCAPE THE BLITZ, WERE DISAPPOINTED TO FIND
NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT THEIR NEW HOUSE IN
THE COUNTRY . “EVEN THE WARDROBE IS JUST A
WARDROBE ” SAID LUCY

Fact or Fake?

QUESTION 9: BREAKING NEWS…
PETER, SUSAN, EDMUND AND LUCY PEVENSIE
HAVING BEEN EVACUATED FROM LONDON TO
ESCAPE THE BLITZ, WERE DISAPPOINTED TO FIND
NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT THEIR NEW HOUSE IN
THE COUNTRY . “EVEN THE WARDROBE IS JUST A
WARDROBE ” SAID LUCY

                           Fake

   Peter, Susan, Edmund & Lucy discover a whole new magical world at the
                     back of the wardrobe called Narnia
             The Lion the Witch & the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

QUESTION 10: BREAKING NEWS…
GIRL KIDNAPPED BY LIBERATION MILITIA. HOME FROM
CHIVERS BOARDING SCHOOL - SCHOOL GIRL SEPHY
HADLEY (CROSS) FINDS LETTER FROM CALLUM
MCGREGOR EX-BOYFRIEND & NOUGHT DIRECTING
HER TO THE BEACH. POLICE SUSPECT A TRAP

 Fact or Fake?

QUESTION 10: BREAKING NEWS…
GIRL KIDNAPPED BY LIBERATION MILITIA. HOME FROM
CHIVERS BOARDING SCHOOL - SCHOOL GIRL SEPHY
HADLEY (CROSS) FINDS LETTER FROM CALLUM
MCGREGOR EX-BOYFRIEND & NOUGHT DIRECTING
HER TO THE BEACH. POLICE SUSPECT A TRAP

                                 Fact

 Sephy is kidnapped by Callum and his Liberation Militia cell. Callum, who she
  hasn't seen in 2½ years, tricks her and helps his friends hold her hostage
                 Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman

QUESTION 11:
BREAKING NEWS…
SHOCKING FOOTAGE SHOWS
MATILDA WORMWOOD CUTTING UP
HER LIBRARY CARD AND TRYING TO
SET FIRE TO HER LOCAL LIBRARY!
SHE CAN BE HEARD SHOUTING
“READING IS FOR WIMPS - TV IS THE
WAY TO GO”

Fact or Fake?

QUESTION 11: BREAKING NEWS…
SHOCKING FOOTAGE SHOWS MATILDA WORMWOOD
CUTTING UP HER LIBRARY CARD AND TRYING TO SET
FIRE TO HER LOCAL LIBRARY! SHE CAN BE HEARD
SHOUTING “READING IS FOR WIMPS - TV IS THE WAY
TO GO”

                          Fake

      Obviously fake! Matilda would never cut up her library card.
                   She would protect it with her life
                       Matilda by Roald Dahl

QUESTION 12: CELEBRITY NEWS…
VIOLET PARMA AND HERBERT LEMON ANNOUNCE
WEDDING. MALAMANDER TO BE BEST MAN

Fact or Fake?

QUESTION 12: CELEBRITY NEWS…
VIOLET PARMA AND HERBERT LEMON ANNOUNCE
WEDDING. MALAMANDER TO BE BEST MAN

                           Fake

   Violet & Herbert are far too young to get hitched and the Malamander
                    would scare all the wedding guests
                     Malamander by Thomas Taylor

QUESTION 13:
BREAKING NEWS…
SIR DANVERS CAREW
BRUTALLY MURDERED!
CHIEF SUSPECT EDWARD
HYDE HAS VANISHED
SUBSTANTIAL REWARD
OFFERED

Fact or Fake?

QUESTION 13: BREAKING NEWS…
SIR DANVERS CAREW BRUTALLY MURDERED!
CHIEF SUSPECT EDWARD HYDE HAS VANISHED
SUBSTANTIAL REWARD OFFERED

                           Fact

        Sir Danvers Carew is in fact beaten to death by an enraged
                   monstrously out of control Mr. Hyde
 The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

QUESTION 14: BREAKING NEWS…
MR & MRS TROTTER EATEN IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
(ON A CROWED STREET) BY ANGRY RHINOCEROS
ESCAPED FROM LONDON ZOO - LEAVING JAMES AN
ORPHAN AT THE TENDER AGE OF 4

Fact or Fake?

QUESTION 14: BREAKING NEWS…
MR & MRS TROTTER EATEN IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
(ON A CROWED STREET) BY ANGRY RHINOCEROS
ESCAPED FROM LONDON ZOO - LEAVING JAMES AN
ORPHAN AT THE TENDER AGE OF 4

                             Fact

  Poor James did in fact become an orphan after his parents were gobbled
                       up by an enraged Rhinoceros
              James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

QUESTION 15: CELEBRITY NEWS…
GRANDPA BUCKET SAYS HE OWES ALL HIS ENERGY
TO DAILY LONG WALKS AND REGULAR YOGA

Fact or Fake?

QUESTION 15: CELEBRITY NEWS…
GRANDPA BUCKET SAYS HE OWES ALL HIS ENERGY
TO DAILY LONG WALKS AND REGULAR YOGA

                           Fake

  Grandpa Bucket is practically bedridden before Charlie wins the golden
         ticket – he is definitely not going for long walks or yoga
            Charlie & the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

QUESTION 16:
BREAKING NEWS…
POLICE REFUSE TO INVESTIGATE
REPORTS OF CORALINE JONES’
PARENTS TRAPPED IN A MIRROR.
WHEN INTERVIEWED CORALINE
STATES HER PARENTS ARE NOW
“IMPRISONED IN A SNOW GLOBE”.

Fact or Fake?

QUESTION 16: BREAKING NEWS…
POLICE REFUSE TO INVESTIGATE REPORTS OF
CORALINE JONES’ PARENTS TRAPPED IN A MIRROR.
WHEN INTERVIEWED CORALINE STATES HER
PARENTS ARE NOW “IMPRISONED IN A SNOW
GLOBE”.

                              Fact

 Evil Other Mother traps & imprisons Coraline’s real parents in both a mirror
                 and a snow globe but no-one believes her
                          Coraline by Neil Gaiman

QUESTION 17: BREAKING NEWS…
LYRA BELACQUA FOUND GUILTY OF KIDNAPPING
DAEMONS IN ILLEGAL FUR TRADE RING

Fact or Fake?

QUESTION 17: BREAKING NEWS…
LYRA BELACQUA FOUND GUILTY OF KIDNAPPING
DAEMONS IN ILLEGAL FUR TRADE RING

                             Fake

  Fake! Fake! Fake! Lyra tries to save her friends, the daemons and all the
            worlds from the evil Mrs Coulter & the Magisterium
         Northern Lights (His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman

QUESTION 18: BREAKING NEWS…
WILD THINGS HOLD PARTY. RING LEADER’S MUM
KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT, ‘LAST I SAW OF MAX, HE
WAS TUCKED UP IN BED,’ SHE CLAIMS.

Fact or Fake?

QUESTION 18: BREAKING NEWS…
WILD THINGS HOLD PARTY. RING LEADER’S MUM
KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT, ‘LAST I SAW OF MAX, HE
WAS TUCKED UP IN BED,’ SHE CLAIMS.

                              Fact

  Max has a lovely wild rumpus with the Wild Things… while his mum thinks
                        he is in bed in his Wolf onesie
              Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

QUESTION 19: BREAKING NEWS…
THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR HAS CEASED
OPERATING DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS.
REASONS CITED ARE LACK OF SPACE AND AN
INABILITY TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE

Fact or Fake?

QUESTION 19: BREAKING NEWS…
THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR HAS CEASED
OPERATING DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS.
REASONS CITED ARE LACK OF SPACE AND AN
INABILITY TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE

                           Fake
      Not even Covid could put a stop to the Great Glass Elevator!
     It was in operation for many children right through lockdown…
                The Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl

QUESTION 20:
BREAKING NEWS…
16 YEAR OLD GIRL WITNESSES
FATAL SHOOTING OF HER
FRIEND KHALIL IN GARDEN
HEIGHTS BY AMERICAN
POLICE. “HE WAS JUST
REACHING FOR A HAIRBRUSH”
SAYS STARR

Fact or Fake?

QUESTION 20:BREAKING NEWS…
16 YEAR OLD GIRL WITNESSES FATAL SHOOTING
OF HER FRIEND KHALIL IN GARDEN HEIGHTS BY
AMERICAN POLICE. “HE WAS JUST REACHING FOR
A HAIRBRUSH” SAYS STARR

                             Fact

   Starr witnesses the shooting of her friend Khalil as he reaches for a
          hairbrush which police mistakenly believe to be a gun
                  The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas