Australia’s Under Thirteen finalist team went up against teams of children from Canada, Indonesia, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand, and the USA earlier this week in the world final of the Kids Lit Quiz.

The world final is made up of ten rounds, each with seven questions. Every team starts on ten points, then receives two points for correct answers and loses one for incorrect answers. This year’s categories were Authors, Coming-of-Age Novels, Manga, Mythology, Non-fiction, Nursery Rhymes, Rivers, Shakespeare, Titles, and Wizards.

Taking place in the Canberra Grammar School Auditorium, the nationals’ winners, children aged 10-13, put their extensive knowledge of all things books and literature to the test.

Australia excelled in the rounds about Coming-of-Age Novels, Manga, Shakespeare, and Mythology. It was neck and neck; Australia bouncing between first and second place until the final round where Indonesia took a nine-point lead to claim the world final.

Kids Lit Quiz Final scores:

Indonesia – 42

Australia – 33

South Africa – 28

Canada – 24

USA – 15

New Zealand – 14

Thailand – 8

Are you as knowledgeable about books as the seven teams of four children who competed in the world final of the Kids Lit Quiz earlier this week? To test, try to guess the name of the author in this round one question.

This American author has written more than fifty books.

As a child, she enjoyed reading about King Arthur, Robin Hood, and Sherlock Holmes.

After school, she attended the Gettysburg college in Pennsylvania.

She has won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for crime mystery and detection three times; 1995, 1996, and 2010.

Her first book published in 1979 was titled ‘White Heart’, a pre-Roman fantasy about a young couple.

Her series ‘Rowan Hood,’ which is about an outlaw girl living in Sherwood Forest, was released in 2001.

Her most popular series began in 2006 with ‘The Case of the Missing Marquess’, which was the story of Enola’s missing mother in the ‘Enola Holmes’ series.

Answer: Nancy Springer

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