Welcome To Dewey Jeopardy!

Cole SproatMEDT 6463

Know Your Dewey Decimal System Dewey Ten Main

Classes (1)Ten Main Classes (2)

Fiction Novels Place that Title

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400 400 400 400 400

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1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Final Question: Wager pts

Topic 1: 200• Question:• What is the name of the system we use in our

media center to keep our books organized and easy to find?

• Answer• (The Dewey Decimal System)

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Topic 1: 400• Question:• What was Melville Dewey’s profession?• Answer• (A librarian!)

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Topic 1: 600• Question:• What is one reason why we assign numbers to

books and materials before putting them on shelves in the library?

• Answer• (The numbers help us find the books and can

be used to group books of a similar topic together)Back

Topic 1: 800• Question:• (True or False) A bigger Dewey number means

that a book has many more pages than a smaller Dewey number.

• Answer• (False)

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Topic 1: 1000• Question:• (True or False) Only highly trained librarians

can understand how to use the Dewey Decimal System.

• Answer• (False! Everybody can learn!)

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Topic 2: 200• Question:• Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a

set of Dewey numbers) do books about Religion belong?

• Answer• (200s)

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Topic 2: 400• Question:• Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a

set of Dewey numbers) would books about different languages belong?

• Answer• (400s)

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Topic 2: 600• Question:• Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a

set of Dewey numbers) do books about Geography belong?

• Answer• (900s)

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Topic 2: 800• Question:• Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a

set of Dewey numbers) would a book such as an encyclopedia or almanac belong?

• Answer• (The 000s, Generalities)

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Topic 2: 1000• Question:• Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a

set of Dewey numbers) would a book featuring different inventions belong?

• Answer• (600s, Technology)

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Topic 3: 200• Question:• Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a

set of Dewey numbers) would a book about psychology belong?

• Answer• (100s, Philosophy and Psychology)

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Topic 3: 400• Question:• Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a

set of Dewey numbers) would a book about science experiments belong?

• Answer• (500s, Natural Sciences and Mathematics)

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Topic 3: 600• Question:• Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a

set of Dewey numbers) would a book about arts or sports belong?

• Answer• (700s Fine arts and Recreation)

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Topic 3: 800• Question:• Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a

set of Dewey numbers) would a book featuring speeches or poems belong?

• Answer• (Literature and Rhetoric)

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Topic 3: 1000• Question:• Which of the Ten Main Classes (looking for a

set of Dewey numbers) would a book about how people get along together, belong?

• Answer• (300s, Social Sciences)

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Topic 4: 200• Question:• (True or False) All fiction novels must be

assigned a Dewey number?

• Answer• (False)

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Topic 4: 400• Question:• (True or False) Fiction novels can be identified

by the first three letters of the author’s first name.

• Answer• (False, the first three letters of the author’s

last name)

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Topic 4: 600• Question:• If you were looking for Captain Underpants

and the attack of the talking toilets: another epic novel by Dav Pilkey, what would you look for to find this fiction novel?

• Answer• (PIL, or FIC PIL (the first three letters of the

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Topic 4: 800• Question:• If you were looking for Bad hare day by R.L.

Stine, what would you look for to find this fiction novel?

• Answer• (STI, or FIC STI)

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Topic 4: 1000• Question:• If you were looking for the fiction novel Joey

Pigza loses control by Jack Gantos what would you look for on the spine of a book to find this title?

• Answer• (GAN or FIC GAN)

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Topic 5: 200• Question:• In which of Dewey’s Ten Main Classes would

the title How to Draw People belong?

• Answer• (700s, Fine Arts and Recreation)

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Topic 5: 400• Question:• In which of Dewey’s Ten Main Classes would

the title Math Potatoes belong?

• Answer• (500s Natural Sciences and Mathematics)

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Topic 5: 600• Question:• In which of Dewey’s Ten Main Classes would

the title Say hola to Spanish belong?

• Answer• (400s, Language)

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Topic 5: 800• Question:• In which of Dewey’s Ten Main Classes would

the title Guinness World Records, 2008 belong?

• Answer• (000s, Generalities)

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Topic 5: 1000• Question:• In which of Dewey’s Ten Main Classes would

the title Checking your grammar belong?

• Answer• (400s, Language)

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Final Question: Make Your Wager

• Question:• Label Dewey’s Ten Main Classes in order

(000s-900s)

• Answer• (000s Generalities, 100s Philosophy & Psychology, 200s Religion, 300s Social Sciences, 400s

Language, 500s Natural Sciences & Mathematics, 600s Technology, 700s Fine Arts and

Recreation, 800s Literature & Rhetoric, 900s Geography & History)

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