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| The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss (1957, Random House, Houghton Mifflin) |
"How many stripes on the Cat in Hat's hat?"
The question drew chuckles, in-the-air finger counting and some frowns from the 30+ teams of star readers assembled at the Queensland heat of the 2014 Kids Lit Quiz, held at the Ipswich Girls Grammar School on Tuesday, February 19.
It was one of 100 questions that challenged the breadth and depth of knowledge that was needed to compete in the "sport of reading".