Literature quiz
Newbery Medal criteria game
Every prompt lists four criteria: the decade, the length of the title, how it starts and how often its author won. Exactly one winner fits all four.
- Format
- Pick the match
- Items
- 10 to match
- Limit
- 3:20
- Level
- Hard
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
A fresh 10 of the 61 each time. Today's first round is the same for everyone.
- Prompts
- 10
- Bank
- Winning book buttons, A to Z
- Time limit
- 3:20
- A miss
- Shows the answer, then moves on
- Each criteria appears in turn. Click its match in the bank.
- Used answers leave the bank. Keys 1 to 9 pick the first nine buttons; type a name to jump to it.
- Skip (0) sends a prompt to the back of the queue.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Pick the winning book that fits every criterion. The bank appears when you start.
About this quiz
A deduction game on the Newbery Medal list, 1922 to 2026. The criteria are worked out from the list itself, so every prompt has one answer and only one.
- 61 of the 105 winners can be pinned down by their four criteria alone; each round deals 10 of them.
- Numbers written as figures count as words, an ampersand does not, and a subtitle left off the title shown is not counted.
- An author's wins are counted on this list only.
- A used title leaves the bank, so the last prompts can be worked out by elimination.
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