UK public library members quiz

A library in your living room

Why not enter our regular bi-monthly competition? Answer the 5 simple questions below using the online resources from Oxford for a chance to win either £50 worth of Oxford University Press books or an iPod shuffle.

Your public library subscribes to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, the Oxford English Dictionary, and Oxford Reference Online. Many libraries also subscribe to Grove Art Online and Grove Music Online. This means that you can have access to these resources, FREE of CHARGE, within the library or from home by logging in using your library card.

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To be in with a chance of winning this month's competition, please enter your details and answers below. The winner will be chosen from the correct entries after the closing date of 7th December 2009. The judge's decision is final and no further correspondence will be entered into.


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To mark the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography's fifth anniversary log in to www.oxforddnb.com to answer this month's quiz questions. If you have trouble logging in to the resource please ask your librarian for advice.

1. Why was life sweet for Abram Lyle (1820-91)?
2. By what name is novelist Mary Siepmann (1912-2002) better known, and what became of her coffee table?
3. What did Jack Crawford climb, and why, in 1797?
4. How many times did footballer George Best (1946-2005) play for his country?
5. For what green landmarks is Ralph Hancock (1893-1950) remembered in New York and London?


Terms and conditions

The winner will be contacted by email and the prize must be accepted as offered. The decision of OUP will be final, and no correspondence will be entered into. Only one entry per person is allowed. Employees of Oxford University Press are not eligible to enter the Competition.

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