Quiz – Record Breakers
Quiz – Record Breakers
Some massive numbers in this quiz. Longest, smallest, most expensive… all these writings and writers are record breakers – for now, anyway!
Some massive numbers in this quiz. Longest, smallest, most expensive… all these writings and writers are record breakers – for now, anyway!
What was the best selling novel of 2015 in the US?
Who is the most borrowed children’s author in UK public libraries?
What single volume book has sold most copies worldwide?
What is the best selling children’s book of all time?
Who is the most borrowed author in UK public libraries?
At over $11.5 million what is the most expensive single volume book ever sold?
At over 1.8 million words what is the longest poem ever written?
The longest book – by page count – is by Proust. But which one of his mammoth tomes is it?
What play is the most performed?
At over 2,000,000 words what book has the highest word count?
Which non-fiction book is the most printed with over 800 million distributed?
Who is he most prolific author with over 900 books to her name?
Which book has had the largest first print run at 12,000,000 copies?
At over 23,000 lines what is the longest poem written in English?
What is the title of the smallest book in the world - a 30-page tale that fits on the width of a human hair?
On stage since 1952 what is the longest running play ever performed?
What was the best selling novel of 2015 in the UK?
Which play – not written by Shakespeare – is the most performed play?
What is the best selling book written in a language other than English?
At over 100 million copies which Agatha Christie novel is the best selling murder-mystery ever written?