NameThatSource!Reference Review Game

What kind of information do you find in… a dictionary a thesaurus an atlas an almanac an encyclopedia a database

What sources do you use to answer the following types of questions… Who? What? When? Where? How many?

Why isn’t “why” listed above?

To Play Choose a card and spin.

Write down the question that matches the color on the spinner.

Choose a source to locate the answer.

Write down the source AND the answer.

Question 1

Who wrote Walk Two Moons?

What color is an amethyst?

When did Mount Vesuvius erupt and

destroy Pompeii?

Where do condors live?

How many inches are in a yard?

Does a pangolin have hair?

Question 2

Who invented Teflon?

What country is the eucalyptus tree a native

of?

When was Victoria queen of Great Britain

and Ireland?

Where is Lake Winnebago located?

How many immigrants entered the United

States through Ellis Island between 1892

and 1954?

How many colors are on the flag of Turkey?

Question 3

Who wrote Little House in the Big Woods?

What U.S. author won the Nobel Prize for

literature in 1962?

When would someone take a siesta?

Where is Yale University located?

How many sides does and octagon have?

If a person receives a summons, what

does that person have to do?

Question 4

Who is eligible to receive a Newbery

Medal?

What do ogres eat?

When did Paul Revere ride to Lexington

with news of the British invasion?

Where is the city of Damascus?

How many U.S. states have a border on

the Pacific Ocean?

Do garter snakes lay eggs?

Question 5

Who wrote Joyful Noise: Poems for Two

Voices?

What is the state flower of New York?

When did Imhotep live?

Where is Havana?

How many kidneys are in the human

body?

Does the Cartoon Network have a

website?

Question 6

Who was Virginia Dare?

What does it mean to dawdle?

When is St. Patrick’s Day?

Where are lemurs found?

How high is Aconcagua Mountain in

Argentina?

Can ostriches fly?

Question 7

Who used the pen name of Mark Twain?

What does it mean if a person is

“quixotic”?

When was the Thirty Years’ War?

Where is the Clyde River?

How does one distinguish a female

black widow spider from a male?

How long is the main span of the

Brooklyn Bridge in New York?

Question 8

Who were Artemis’s parents?

In what ocean is Midway Island?

When was the Grand Coulee Dam

completed?

Where does Harry Potter attend school?

How many members of the Donner

Party survived?

Find the website of the Fort Wayne

(Indiana) Children’s Zoo.

Question 9

Who was Romulus’s twin brother?

When crossed, what two berries make a

loganberry?

When did Chester Alan Arthur serve as

president of the United States?

Where is Pierpont Morgan Library?

How many Ringling brothers were

there?

Find a picture of a quoll.

Question 10

Who wrote A Series of Unfortunate

Events?

When is Woody Guthrie’s full name?

When was Abraham Lincoln shot?

Where did the dahlia (flower) originate?

How many Nobel Prizes has Linus Carl

Pauling received?

How many squares are on a chess

board?

Question 11

Who wrote Anastasia at Your Service?

In what year was Roald Dahl born?

When was Sputnik 1 launched?

Where is Gabarone?

How many nights does Hanukkah last?

Name one professional baseball team

that Dizzy Dean pitched for.

Question 12

Who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate

Factory?

What reef lies off the coast of Australia?

When was Hirohito emperor of Japan?

Where is the original Declaration of

Independence of the Unites States

displayed?

How far can an impala leap?

From what language did Spanish develop?

Question 13

Who named the state of Virginia?

What colors are featured on the flag of

Wales?

When were envelopes first manufactured?

Where would one find the city of Pamplona?

How many time zones is the world divided

into?

The Eiffel Tower was erected for what

event?

Question 14

Who are the Tutsi?

What beverage is also known as java?

When did John Deere invent the first

steel plow?

Where are the stone pillars known as

Cleopatra’s Needles currently located?

How tall is Big Ben?

What two fruits are cross-pollinated to

produce a tangelo??

Question 15

Who was Kwame Nkrumah?

What is halitosis?

When was Richard III King of England?

Where were the four members of the

Beatles born?

How many wings does a cicada have?

Name three marsupials.

Question 16

Who discovered the planet Uranus?

What European country lies north of

Morocco?

When was the American Dental Association

founded?

Where does the tiny animal, the hydra, live?

How long did Strom Thurmond serve in the

United States Senate?

What causes hiccups?

Question 17

Who lived at Graceland in Tennessee?

What is linen cloth made of?

When was the bicentennial of the United

States?

Where did the Pomo Indians live?

How is creosote made?

Is a person who is 70 years old year

peer?

Question 18

Who discovered the chemical element

calcium?

What college did Ralph Waldo Emerson

attend?

When was the game of volleyball invented?

Where on the human body will the

inflammation of dermatitis be found?

How much is a tithe?

What number does the Roman numeral XL

stand for?

Question 19

Who was the first director of the Federal

Bureau of Investigation (FBI)?

What U.S. constitutional amendment

authorized tax income?

When did the U.S. Postal Service begin

using the five-digit zip code?

Where do typhoons occur?

How many feet are equal to one furlong?

John Harvard left what legacy to a college

named after him?

Question 20

Who built the fist Ferris Wheel?

What is the population of Hong Kong?

When was Abraham Lincoln born?

Where is humus found?

How many countries are in the

European Union?

Where is Zion National Park?

Question 21

Who won the Women’s World Cup in

soccer in 1999?

What is the capital of Portugal?

When did magician and escape artist

Harry Houdini die?

Where is the Indus River?

How many years make up a millennium?

The strawberry is a member of what

plant family?

Question 22

Who is the modern “sandwich” named

for?

What does a paratrooper do?

When was William Harrison president of

the United States?

Where was Sugar Ray Leonard born?

How long can anacondas grow to be?

Do meerkats live in trees?

Question 23

Who invented the adding machine?

What is Richard Nixon’s middle name?

When was penicillin discovered?

Where is Kalamazoo?

How many sides does a nonagon have?

Did the diplodocus eat meat?

Question 24

Who established the Gates Foundation?

What is the height of Angel Fall?

When was Charles Perrault born?

Where can you find a Gila monster?

How many faces are carved on Mount

Rushmore National Memorial?

Approximately how many gallons of ice

cream are produced per year in the

Unites States?

Question 25

Who wrote Dracula?

What Central American country shares a

border with Columbia?

When was the College of William and Mary

in Williamsburg, Virginia, founded?

Where did the game of mah jongg originate?

How many people were killed in the

Johnstown, Pennsylvania, flood on May 31,

1889?

What is another names of a lightning bug?

Question 26

Who wrote Where the Sidewalk Ends?

What three colors are on the Egyptian

flag?

When was the Spanish Civil War?

Where is Bohemia?

How many players are on an American

football team?

How many feet equal a fathom?

Question 27

Who is considered the author of The Iliad?

What is the birthstone for the month of

November?

When did Ross Perot run for president of the

United States?

Where were the Summer Olympic Games

held in 1992?

How long is the English Channel (Railway)

Tunnel?

Herons live on all continents except one.

Name that continent.

Question 28

Who was Nefertiti?

What musical instrument did Niccolo

Paganini play?

When is Flag Day?

Where is Denali National Park?

How tall is Hakeen Olajuwon?

Visit the U.S. National Parks website and

find the names of three national parks.

Question 29

Who is the author of the Nancy Drew

mystery series?

What fruit when dried becomes a raisin?

When was the Berlin Wall built?

Where would one find a proctor?

How long is a marathon?

On what continent are dingoes found?

Question 30

Who was Wallace Stevens?

What part of speech is “haunch”?

When did Alaska become a state?

Where does a longshoreman work?

How did King Louis XVI of France die?

What is artists Thomas Gainsborough’s

most famous painting?