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1. When did the tradition of Hebrew Book Week begin?
2. What is the full name of the writer AB Yehoshua, who passed away this week?
3. In which sketch did the pale tracker perform a tribute to A.B. Joshua?
4. Where is a radio program called after the above sketch broadcast?
5. Who is the first Israeli author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
6. Who is the first Israeli writer to win the Man Booker Prize?
7. What is the first Hebrew novel?
8. What is the “Book Law”?
9. Who is the Minister of Culture who led to the repeal of the Book Law?
10. In which book was the term “cyberspace” first coined?
11. Who is the first person in the world to become a billionaire from book writing?
12. How many publishers have rejected the Harry Potter manuscript?
13. What series of books takes place in the world carried on the backs of four elephants, standing on the backs of a giant turtle?
14. Which well-known writer signed with the pen name “Lady”?
15. Heroes of what book attended their own funeral (and enjoyed the eulogies)?
Answer 1
The first event to open stalls selling discounted books on the street took place in 1926, but in its familiar format it has been taking place since 1959.
Answer 2
Avraham Gabriel (Boli) Yehoshua
Answer 3
“Books, Gentlemen, Books” (“The new book by ABGDHO Menachem”)
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“Love of Zion” by Mapo
Answer 8
The law stipulated that the price of the book does not change in the first year and a half of its publication
Answer 9
Answer 10
William Gibson’s Neuromancer
Answer 11
JK. Rolling
Answer 12
Answer 13
“The World of Discs” by Terry Pratchett
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Answer 15
Tom Sawyer and the Caliber Finn, in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer