FUN READING FACTS

What percentage of the world is reading MORE during the pandemic?

• 20%

• 25%

• 30%

• 35%

You can reduce stress by 68% when you read for how many minutes per day?

• 6

• 8

• 10

• 12

If you want to preserve your vision and improve memory recall, you should

• read longer books

• read shorter books

• speed-read

• read slower

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What percentage of Americans reported NOT reading a book in the last year?

• 22%

• 27%

• 33%

• 35%

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Which country reads the most (hours spent reading)?

• India

• Sweden

• Venezuela

• Turkey

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At which page do most readers lose interest in a book?

• 15

• 18

• 24

• 29

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One-third of all mass market fiction books sold are...

• science fiction

• horror

• romance

• mystery

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The longest sentence ever printed consists of how many words?

• 450

• 578

• 832

• 961

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In the Harvard Library, how many books are suspected to be bound in human skin?

• 1

• 3

• 6

• 11

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Dr. Seuss coined the term "nerd" in which book?

• Green Eggs and Ham

• If I Ran the Zoo

• Horton Hears a Who!

• Oh, the Places You'll Go!

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