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Monthly Competitions - Library
October - Level 3

The October monthly activity was an Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) based quiz. The questions and answers are below.
 
1: Items with the sole subject heading of "Geography" have what Dewey Decimal Classification Number?
A: 910

2: Name any picture book held by the Library in which the word "world" appears in the title.
A: eg. Arabella the smallest girl in the world

3: Which encyclopedia set may be found at the call number R994 AUS?
A: The Australian Encyclopedia

4: Name the title of a biography or autobiography of a Canadian person.
A: eg. Lucky Man: A Memoir (Michael J. Fox)

5: Name the four subject headings of the book The Volcanic Earth: Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics Past, Present & Future, by Lin Sutherland.
A: Volcanoes ; Volcanoes - Australia ; Plate Tectonics ; Plate Tectonics - Australia

6: Name the titles and authors of two books with the subject heading of "wildlife conservation".
A: eg. Animal Watch by Roger Few ; Frog Rescue: changing the future for endangered wildlife by Garry Hamilton

7: In what year was author Rachel Carson born and in what year did she die?
A: 1907-1964

8: In what city, and in what year, was the book Saving a Continent by David Smith published? What edition was it?
A: Sydney ; 1994 ; 2nd edition

9: Who wrote the book Phaic Tan: South-East Asia's Forgotten Jewel?
A: Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch

10: What is the call number of the DVD The Map Makers?
A: DVD A912.09 MAP



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