2. 1.
In Heroes Of Olympus, the Romans give Percy - a Greek
demigod, a broken ship called โ___โ to carry out his quest.
Later, the ship gets completely destroyed and this is
foreshadowing how the truce between the Greeks and the
Romans would soon be broken. Name the ship.
6. 3.
The Infernal Devices series, set in Victorian era London, follows
three main characters - a young woman, and two men who are
bonded like twins. One of them seems arrogant and believes
himself to be worthless, while the other is calm, patient and
considerate.
On what classic literature is book loosely based upon?
7. A Tale of Two Cities - based on Sydney Carton and
Charles Darnay
10. 5.
When asked about why unicorns were cut out after the first
draft, the author replied - โWho needs unicorns when you
have dragons!โ.
Name this famous author, or his book series which heavily
revolve around dragons.
12. 6.
This bestselling book series existed in the grey area between
YA and NA fantasy fiction. At the time it was published, the NA
category wasn't yet popular, so the author agreed to publish it
under YA as long as none of the sexual content in the book was
censored.
The first book is based on the Beauty and the Beast, and the
main couple, according to the author, is inspired by Hades and
Persephone myth.
Name the book series and the author.
14. 7.
Suzanne Collins said her the idea for the hunger games came to
her while she was channel-surfing the television on a quiet night,
she saw people competing for a prize and then saw this followed
by footage of a particular conflict X which occured in the early
2000s. Coupled with the Greek myth of Y, these proved to be
the inspiration that eventually formed the award winning book
series. What is X and Y?
15. X: The Iraq War
Y: The myth of Theseus and the Minotaur
16. 8.
The language for this popular dystopian series has been
deemed incredibly similar to Anthony Burgessโs creative fictional
language, Nadsat, in his 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange. The
language used in the series had a canny and inventive use of
slang in the books โ e.g. โshankโ (friend or fellow), โslim itโ (calm
down or shut up), klunk (crap).
What is this series and the author?
18. 9.
In this modern fantasy series by Jonathan Stroud set in London
as a magical oligarchy, most of the witty additions by this
particular main demon character are done through the
innovative method of footnotes. Who is this character, who is
named after a blind man in Jericho who was healed by Jesus in
the Bible, and the eponymous series he is a part of?
