The Bar Corporation's Space

Miss Melville made her debut as a Quiz Master with a Library themed quiz:

1 “Ok, sure. We’ve all got our little preconceived notions about who librarians are and what they do. Many people think of librarians as diminutive civil servants, scuttling about “Sssh-ing” people and stamping things. Well, think again buster.” The site where this quote originates from has become very popular with librarians, as has the image of a woman snarling and saying “look it up.” Who is the artist who created the image?|Terry Moore

2 What is the name of the character in the image?|6. Katina (Katchoo) Choovanski (also Katchoo or Katina Choovanski or Katina)

3 The player with B$user number 22686 has a name that has a special meaning to librarians. What does it stand for?|Marc – MAchine-Readable Cataloging

4 If I were looking for the book “Eats, Shoots & Leaves” at the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library, what is the call number (number on the spine of the book) I would use to find it?|428.2 TRUSS

5 What is the call number for the same book at any of Harvard’s libraries?|PE1450 .T75 2006x (also 2004x or 2003x)

6 In 1995 a movie was released about a woman who discovers that she is meant to be a librarian. What is the title?|Party Girl

7 In that same film, the title character decides to organize her roommate’s record collection. What is the system she uses called?|Dewey Decimal Classification System

8 What is the 4th law of library science?|Save the time of the user

9 Bunny Watson is a librarian in a film. What is the B$ industry number for the type of library she worked in?|6313

10 “The OPAC is not the sun. The OPAC is at best a distant planet, every year moving farther from the orbit of its solar system.” What does OPAC stand for?|Online Public Access Catalog

11 Librarians are more prevalent in popular culture than you might think. Name the two TV characters who made the cover of American Libraries’ September 1999 issue.|Rupert Giles and Buffy Summers

12 ¿Cuál es el nombre completo de la persona que creó el Sistema de Clasificación de Dewey?|Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey

13 Medical libraries usually use medical subject headings for their materials. If you were looking for books dealing with brain cancer as a subject, what is the proper medical subject heading?|brain neoplasms

14 Librarians in the United States and Canada generally need to have an ALA-accredited Masters degree. What state has the most available programs and how many programs are there?|New York and 7

15 I am a medical librarian who does a certain type of library work. I work with the public and I help people find what they need. What B$ industry does a blog about this aspect of my job fit into?| 6317

16 For this question, you will need to go to this post. http://blogsharesablog.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/a-fate-worse-than-death/?preview=true This still comes from a film. This character became a librarian, the implication being this fate is worse than that the one that befell Gloria Grahame's character (she became a prostitute). What is the name of the movie and what is the name of the actress playing the character in this photograph?|It's a Wonderful Life, Donna Reed

17 Fill in the blanks. Even though I (MM) hate math, especially algebra, thanks to two guys named George _____ and John ___, I use it daily in my job when searching databases|Boole and Venn

18 This hotel was sued by the owners of the Dewey Decimal Classification system (they settled the suit). If you wanted to stay in the room for B$industry number 1416, what would your room number be?|900.003
19 Who is in charge of Mallville Public library?|Mel

20 Dewey who also works at Mallville is a specific kind of librarian. If he had a blog about his job, what is the likely B$ industry we vote it into?|6316

21 When the ceiling of the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building was being renovated--a ceiling that had decorations in the most precious metal of the late 19th century, something unexpected allowed for a savings of money. What was it?|they thought the ceiling was covered with silver leaf, but it was aluminium

22 Who was the head of the Bodleian Library at Oxford in 1969?|R. Shackleton

23 In what album did the song "Addy Will Know" (a song about a librarian) appear?|Crawl Inside Your Head

Quiz winners: a tie between Ixx and JTSage

Patricia's raffle winners : All that participated :)