Fractured Reference Sources Trivia Quiz

Answer: encyclopedia

You can find information on just about any and all subject matters in an encyclopedia. Most encyclopedia works have numerous volumes of comprehensive information.

Answer: atlas

An atlas is a book of maps, such as city maps, county maps, state maps, region maps, country maps, world maps, etc.

Answer: directory

A directory is basically listings of names, addresses, and phone numbers of residences and/or businesses.

Answer: bibliography

A bibliography is a listing of books, articles, publications, people, etc., that were consulted for confirming information on specific and/or various subject matters. For example, when a quiz author here at Funtrivia writes a quiz, most consult other resources (most commonly known as conducting research) to offer confirmation and validation for their supplied answers in the quiz. And though, quiz authors here at Funtrivia are not required to do so, if need be, most could supply a bibliography of their resources used.

Answer: dictionary

A dictionary is a book containing alphabetical listings of word meanings.

Answer: index

An index is an alphabetical reference list, most commonly found at the beginning of something such as a book, catalog, etc. Its basic purpose is to outline the order and/or location of something. For example, one might refer to the index of a magazine to locate the page number of a specific article one wishes to read within it.

Answer: newspaper

Newspapers are periodical publications which contain news and events in local and/or worldwide areas.

Answer: thesaurus

A thesaurus contains listings of words with similar meanings (synonyms) or opposite meanings (antonyms) to a specified word. For example, if you were to look up the word 'party' in a thesaurus, you might find words such as gala, event, celebration, festivity, etc.

Answer: almanac

The "Encarta World English Dictionary" states the three following definitions for almanac:

1) "Calendar: an annual publication that includes a calendar for the year as well as astronomical information and details of anniversaries and events."

2) "Book of data: an annually published book of information relating to a subject or activity."

3) "Practical guidebook: a book, often but not always published annually, containing practical information on a subject."

Answer: Bible

The Bible is a book of writings and testaments of both Judaism (OT) and the Christian religion (NT).

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