Home Special Quizzes 2020 Year-End Quizzes 2020 Bookworm Quiz » Genius Year-End Trivia 2020 Bookworm Quiz » Genius Year-End Trivia Disclaimer: As an Amazon Associate HowSmart.net earns from qualifying purchases. 2020 Bookworm Quiz 2020 Year-End Quiz: 12 2020 Book related Questions, No time-limit. A fun-fact follows each entry. How smart are you this year? 1 / 12 Who wrote the 2020 Non-fiction hit A Promised Land? Barack Obama Donald Trump Joe Biden Kamala Harris Former President Barack Obama’s book, A Promised Land, sold nearly 890,000 copies in the U.S. and Canada in its first 24 hours – putting it on track to be the best-selling presidential memoir in modern history. The only book by a former White House resident to come close to the early pace of A Promised Land is the memoir by Obama’s wife, Michelle Obama, whose book Becoming, sold 725,000 copies in North America its first day and has topped 10 million worldwide since its release in 2018. Get Barack Obama’s A Promised Land in digital, audio, or print. Audible Plus: Listen all you want. Thousands of Audible Originals, audiobooks, and Former President Barack Obama’s book, A Promised Land, sold nearly 890,000 copies in the U.S. and Canada in its first 24 hours – putting it on track to be the best-selling presidential memoir in modern history. The only book by a former White House resident to come close to the early pace of A Promised Land is the memoir by Obama’s wife, Michelle Obama, whose book Becoming, sold 725,000 copies in North America its first day and has topped 10 million worldwide since its release in 2018. Get Barack Obama’s A Promised Land in digital, audio, or print. Audible Plus: Listen all you want. Thousands of Audible Originals, audiobooks, and 2 / 12 What’s unorthodox about the 2020 National Book Award winner for a fiction novel, Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown? It’s written in the format of a screenplay. It’s written with no punctuation at all. It’s rhymed. It’s written in tongues. Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown, a satirical novel in the form of a screenplay, won the 2020 National Book Award for a fiction novel. Yu’s book is a parody of Chinese stereotypes – and immigrants’ conflict between wanting to assimilate and staying true to themselves. 3 / 12 What does the 2020 National Book Award winner The Dead Are Arising describe? The fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The life of Malcolm X. The making of The Walking Dead TV series. Earth, post-human era. The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X is the 2020 National Book Award winner for non-fiction. Tamara Payne’s and her father’s, the late Les Payne, Malcolm X biography is the second time in a decade a Malcolm X biography received a high honor for nonfiction. Get The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X in digital, audio, or print. Audible Plus: Listen all you want. Thousands of Audible Originals, audiobooks, and podcasts are included. Start your free trial now. Exactly. The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X is the 2020 National Book Award winner for non-fiction. Tamara Payne’s and her father’s, the late Les Payne, Malcolm X biography is the second time in a decade a Malcolm X biography got a high honor for nonfiction. Get The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X in digital, audio, or print. Audible Plus: Listen all you want. Thousands of Audible Originals, audiobooks, and podcasts are included. Start your free trial now. 4 / 12 According to Bob Woodward’s new book Rage, why did President Trump ‘play down’ the Covid-19 pandemic? Photo: The White House from Washington, DC / Public domain He didn’t understand its dangers. He thought it would vanish by April. He wanted to avoid panic. He didn’t play the pandemic down. In his new book, Rage, acclaimed journalist Bob Woodward quotes a conversation with President Trump they held last March, in which the president explained he was playing down the pandemic to avoid panic in America. Get Rage by Bob Woodward in Audible, Kindle, or print. Audible Plus: Listen to thousands of Audible Originals, audiobooks, and podcasts. Start your free trial now. So you’ve read Bob Woodward’s new book, Rage? The acclaimed journalist quotes a conversation with President Trump they held last March, in which the president explained he was playing down the pandemic to avoid panic in America. Get Rage by Bob Woodward in Audible, Kindle, or print. Audible Plus: Listen to thousands of Audible Originals, audiobooks, and podcasts. Start your free trial now. 5 / 12 Director Doug Liman adapted the sci-fi trilogy Chaos Walking into a movie series starring Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland. How old is Todd, the character played by Holland, ‘who has never seen a girl before,’ in the original first novel? 24 21 16 13 While Liman’s film looks to follow the first book pretty closely, Todd is just about to turn 13 in the first novel, and Holland is 24. Chaos Walking is due for US release on January 22, 2021. Watch the trailer: Get the Chaos Walking Trilogy in digital and print. While Liman’s film looks to follow the first book pretty closely, Todd is just about to turn 13 in the first novel, and Holland is 24. Chaos Walking is due for US release on January 22, 2021. Watch the trailer: Get the Chaos Walking Trilogy in digital and print. 6 / 12 What are the Oslo Accords? A historical peace treaty between Scandinavian kingdoms. The Norwegian declaration of independence. A failed peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. A series of musical chords, found in North European music. The Oslo Accords were a 1993 attempt to broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians, resulting in the formation of a Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, but without a Palestinian state or peace for either side. New Fact The historic events are being made into an HBO Max movie, starring Ruth Wilson and Andrew Scott. Steven Spielberg is producing the film, based on the award-winning play by J.T. Rogers, named ‘Oslo.’ 7 / 12 What’s the title of JK Rowling’s new book? Photo: Executive Office of the President / Public domain Harry Potter and the Troublebloods. Troubled Blood Transphobia Euphilia JK Rowling’s new Robert Galbraith thriller Troubled Blood sold almost 65,000 copies in just five days, amid widespread criticism of the author’s decision to include a serial killer who dresses in women’s clothing in the novel. Get Troubled Blood: A Cormoran Strike Novel in Audible, Kindle, or print. Audible Plus: Listen to thousands of Audible Originals, audiobooks, and podcasts. Start your free trial now. True. JK Rowling’s new Robert Galbraith thriller Troubled Blood sold almost 65,000 copies in just five days, amid widespread criticism of the author’s decision to include a serial killer who dresses in women’s clothing in the novel. Get Troubled Blood: A Cormoran Strike Novel in Audible, Kindle, or print. Audible Plus: Listen to thousands of Audible Originals, audiobooks, and podcasts. Start your free trial now. 8 / 12 What is the title of Matthew McConaughey’s memoir? Photo: Moody College of Communication from Austin, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Greenfields. Greenlights. Greenwash. Greenbuds. In his new memoir, “Greenlights,” “Dallas Buyers Club” star Matthew McConaughey tells the story of his life through moments he identifies as green, yellow, or red lights — events that caused him to advance, pause or stop. Get Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey (Free on Amazon Audible, $14.99) In his new memoir, “Greenlights,” “Dallas Buyers Club” star Matthew McConaughey tells the story of his life through moments he identifies as green, yellow, or red lights — events that caused him to advance, pause or stop. Get Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey (Free on Amazon Audible, $14.99) 9 / 12 How old was Michael J. Fox when he played the character of teenager Marty McFly in the first Back to the Future movie? 24 21 16 13 Michael J. Fox was 24 when he first starred in Back to the Future. Bonus Fact: In Fox’s latest book, No Time Like the Future, he writes about retiring from his acting career a second time because of his health issues. That’s right. Michael J. Fox was 24 when he first starred in Back to the Future. Bonus Fact: In Fox’s latest book, No Time Like the Future, he writes about retiring from his acting career a second time because of his health issues. 10 / 12 Douglas Stuart won the prestigious Booker award for his first novel. What was he doing before his first novel? A fashion designer. A journalist. An academic researcher. A screenwriter. Scottish writer Douglas Stuart won the Booker Prize for fiction Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, for Shuggie Bain, a novel about a boy’s turbulent coming of age in 1980s Glasgow. Stuart, 44, won the prestigious award for his first published novel. Before becoming a published writer, Stuart had a career in fashion design, including works for Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, and the Banana Republic. Check out Shuggie Bain by 2020 Booker Award winner Douglas Stuart. Audible Plus: Listen to thousands of Audible Originals, audiobooks, and podcasts. Start your free trial now. True. Scottish writer Douglas Stuart won the Booker Prize for fiction Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, for Shuggie Bain, a novel about a boy’s turbulent coming of age in 1980s Glasgow. Stuart, 44, won the prestigious award for his first published novel. Before becoming a published writer, Stuart had a career in fashion design, including works for Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, and the Banana Republic. Check out Shuggie Bain by 2020 Booker Award winner Douglas Stuart. Audible Plus: Listen to thousands of Audible Originals, audiobooks, and podcasts. Start your free trial now. 11 / 12 Which of these is NOT a John le Carré classic? Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy The Spy Who Came in from the Cold The Night Manager The Man in the High Castle R.I.P. John le Carré, author of spy classics such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, and The Night Manager (but not The Man in the High Castle). He died of pneumonia on the evening of Dec. 12, 2020, at the age of 89. 12 / 12 Who is Karla from John le Carré’s Karla Trilogy? George Smiley’s kitten. George Smiley’s mother. George Smiley’s daughter. George Smiley’s Russian counterpart. John le Carré’s character George Smiley has a counterpart in the Russian master spy Karla, an opponent he studies intimately as a lover examines his beloved. The end of “Smiley’s People,” the last in a series known as the Karla Trilogy, brings them together. LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte Retake quiz Found a mistake? Tell us! Be sure to come back tomorrow for another quiz. 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