How well do you know Holly?

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How Well Do You Know Holly?

Test your knowledge about Holly with this fun and quirky quiz! From memorable moments at the reading rooms to Holly's unique tastes and experiences, this quiz covers it all.

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11 Questions3 MinutesCreated by CuriousBooks47

What's the silliest thing someone has ever said to me on the reading rooms desk?

Do you serve tea and coffee?

I'm just going for lunch, can you read this chapter and make notes for me while I'm gone?

Do you have any books about art?

All of the above

I once incorrectly told members of the department that the office door code 2168 was easy to remember because Bruce Springsteen was 21 years old in 1968. This was in fact wrong, how old was Bruce Springsteen in 1968?

Since joining the library 10 years ago my proudest achievement was adding 'Springsteen, Bruce' to the name index on the library catalogue. Without checking the catalogue, how many times does Bruce Springsteen now appear in the library search results?

I once accidentally fell asleep on the Tate to Tate boat coming back from an implementation meeting at Tate Modern and missed my stop. Which stop did I wake up at?

Tate Modern

St George Wharf

Embankment

At the 2011 Xmas party, which song made me run to the dancefloor before promptly falling over and having to call a taxi home because I'd twisted my ankle?

Rock Lobster - B52s

Friday I'm in Love - The Cure

I'm not ok - My Chemical Romance

Believe - Cher

While re-shelving material from the brilliantly successful occult themed show and tell, which part of the stores do I think I saw a ghost?

Blue zone

Green zone

Black zone

White zone

Which artist makes me physically gag when I have to catalogue their books?

Paul McCarthy

Carl Andre

Allen Jones

Warhol

Prior to Covid I used to love going to The Regency for a big greasy lunch and I've ordered the same exact meal every single time. What is it?

Cheese and onion pasty with beans with a can of rubicon

Vegetable pie with chips and gravy and a cup of tea

Hash browns with chips and beans and a can of irn bru

Veggie sausage, chips and beans and a can of irn bru

It's well known that I don't enjoy summer or hot weather at all. During the heatwave of 2013 what incident made me have a heat induced tantrum at work?

The stores were locked and I couldn't go in to cool down in the lovely cool air

An auction house researcher asked to see an exhibition catalogue we didn't have

The vending machine in the canteen stopped selling Irn Bru

A leaf got stuck to my shoe

During my first ever reading rooms shift all those years ago a Very Important Person asked me if I knew who he was and I replied no. Who was that person?

Nicholas Serota

Martin Parr

Damien Hirst

Banksy

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