50 Fun Facts About The Titan's Curse

In The Titan's Curse, what does Percy Jackson grab from a museum gift shop to make a monster gag?

Astronaut food, freeze-dried and foul, makes the beast roar in disgust. That gives Zoë Nightshade a clear shot into its open mouth, the one spot its hide does not protect.

In The Titan's Curse, which Titan known as the General turns out to be Zoë Nightshade's father?

Atlas shows his daughter no mercy. Zoë, already poisoned, takes her death blow from him in the final battle, just as the quest's prophecy warned.

In The Titan's Curse, what does Artemis turn the dying Zoë Nightshade into as a lasting honour?

A constellation called the Huntress appears among the stars, a girl with a bow. Zoë had served Artemis for some two thousand years.

In The Titan's Curse, at which landmark do two bronze angel statues wake and carry the questers off?

Hoover Dam is where the winged bronze guardians stir after Thalia prays to her father. They carry the four survivors all the way to San Francisco.

In The Titan's Curse, the vice principal Dr. Thorn turns out to be which spike-throwing monster?

A manticore in human disguise, Thorn grazes Percy with a poisoned spike, then tumbles off a cliff with Annabeth clinging to his back.

By the end of The Titan's Curse, which god is revealed as the father of Bianca and Nico di Angelo?

Hades had hidden the siblings away for decades, which is how two children of the 1930s can be schoolkids in the present day. Percy, Annabeth and Grover agree to keep the secret.

In The Titan's Curse, which fear does Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus, reluctantly admit to Percy?

Heights terrify Thalia, an awkward secret for a child of Zeus. Her turn at the wheel of the flying sun chariot almost torches New England.

In The Titan's Curse, what name does Percy Jackson give the cow-serpent he frees from a fishing net?

Bessie is actually male. Percy simply assumes the gentle creature is a girl, and the name sticks all the way to Olympus.

What is the curse in the title of The Titan's Curse, a burden Percy Jackson takes over from Artemis?

Holding up the sky nearly crushes Percy, but it frees Artemis to fight. Together they trick the General back under his old burden.

In The Titan's Curse, which god gives the demigods and the Hunters a lift to Camp Half-Blood?

Apollo arrives at sunrise as a favour to his twin sister Artemis, then lets Thalia take the wheel, a decision he soon regrets.

In The Titan's Curse, where did Bianca and Nico di Angelo spend decades without growing older?

The Lotus Hotel in Las Vegas slows time for its guests. The siblings checked in before the Second World War and came out as children some seventy years later.

In The Titan's Curse, Zoë Nightshade was cast out by her sisters for helping which ancient hero?

Hercules took her advice and her hairpin, which became the sword Riptide, then gave her no credit. Zoë has held a grudge against male heroes ever since.

In The Titan's Curse, which Camp Half-Blood game do the Hunters win for the 56th time in a row?

Capture the flag ends with Zoë Nightshade carrying the campers' banner home while Percy is a stride short. He and Thalia are blaming each other when the quest's prophecy arrives.

In The Titan's Curse, what does the General plant and water with blood to grow skeleton warriors?

Dragon teeth, displayed by the museum as dinosaur fossils, do the job. An earlier try with the wrong teeth sprouted only baby sabre-toothed tigers.

In The Titan's Curse, which old friend does Thalia kick off a mountain rather than join Kronos?

Luke Castellan tempts his old friend with a place at Kronos's side, and the fall looks fatal. Poseidon later tells Percy that he survived.

In The Titan's Curse, Artemis must be freed in time for which gathering of the Olympian council?

The winter solstice council votes on whether to act against Kronos, and Artemis arrives just in time to sway it. Thalia would have turned sixteen the very next day.

In The Titan's Curse, which bronze giant built by Hephaestus wakes in the junkyard of the gods?

Talos, or at least a faulty prototype of him, towers over the scrap heaps. Bianca climbs in through a maintenance hole in the foot and steers the giant into power lines.

In The Titan's Curse, what does Bianca di Angelo gain when she swears herself to Artemis's Hunters?

Immortality comes at a price: a Hunter gives up romantic love for good, and Bianca has to leave her little brother behind at camp.

In The Titan's Curse, who leaves the Big House attic for the first time to speak to Zoë Nightshade?

The Oracle, a withered mummy, had never left the attic before. The campers are stunned to see her walk out into the woods.

In The Titan's Curse, which pegasus wakes Percy Jackson to rescue a sea creature in trouble?

Blackjack later carries Percy after the quest all the way to Washington, asking for a doughnut stop along the way.

In The Titan's Curse, which monster with a weapon-proof golden hide attacks the quest in Washington?

The Nemean Lion leaves behind its pelt, which becomes a coat that stops bullets. Percy later gives it up as an offering to his father.

In The Titan's Curse, which girl does Percy nearly slice in two while hiding from skeleton warriors?

Rachel Dare is unharmed because the blade passes straight through a mortal. She then points the skeleton warriors the wrong way so that Percy can slip off.

In The Titan's Curse, what mark do Percy and Annabeth share after bearing the Titan's burden?

A grey streak of hair marks them both, a matching souvenir of the strain. Both streaks have gone by The Mark of Athena, a book in the sequel series.

Which novel comes straight before The Titan's Curse in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series?

The Sea of Monsters ends on a cliffhanger, with Thalia Grace alive again at camp. This book picks her up as a main character.

In The Titan's Curse, which hundred-headed dragon guarding a golden apple tree bites Zoë Nightshade?

Ladon is so well trained that he refuses to leave the tree even when baited. His poison is already killing Zoë by the time she faces her father.

In The Titan's Curse, at which boarding school does Grover Underwood find Bianca and Nico di Angelo?

Westover Hall is a grim castle of black stone and slit windows, perched on a snowy cliff above the sea. The rescue is staged under cover of a school dance.

In The Titan's Curse, which half-cow, half-serpent monster is Artemis hunting when she is captured?

The Ophiotaurus, whose name means serpent bull, frightens the gods for good reason. Whoever sacrifices the creature gains the power to bring down Olympus.

In The Titan's Curse, which goddess poses as a tour guide and rides an elevator with Percy Jackson?

Athena, mother of the missing Annabeth, drops a cryptic hint that there is a way out for those who can find it, then vanishes.

In The Titan's Curse, what does Bianca di Angelo take from the junkyard of the gods for her brother?

A Mythomagic figurine, the one piece missing from Nico's collection, wakes the junkyard's bronze guardian. Bianca hands it to Percy before her fatal climb.

In The Titan's Curse, which Old Man of the Sea must Percy Jackson wrestle on a San Francisco pier?

Nereus turns into a seal, a killer whale and an eel to shake Percy off, but a son of Poseidon only grows stronger in the water. Beaten, he owes Percy one answer.

In The Titan's Curse, which goddess stops Percy in the desert to warn him about the junkyard ahead?

Aphrodite has decided she likes Percy, which is a mixed blessing. She promises to keep his love life interesting.

In The Titan's Curse, which giant beast do the questers ride west out of New Mexico?

The Erymanthian Boar stands thirty feet high, with tusks the size of canoes. Grover recognises it as a gift from the wild and insists they ride it.

In The Titan's Curse, which god finally destroys Dr. Thorn after Percy reluctantly begs for help?

Dionysus, the camp director Percy cannot stand, answers the Iris-message plea. Vines smother the monster until it crumbles to dust.

In The Titan's Curse, which First World War fighter does Annabeth's father fly at the monster army?

A Sopwith Camel is a fitting ride for Frederick Chase, a professor of military history, who loads its guns with bullets cast from celestial bronze.

In The Titan's Curse, which California peak is the modern home of the Titans' fortress, Othrys?

Mount Tamalpais overlooks San Francisco Bay, and the questers watch the ruins on its summit rebuilding themselves as the Titans grow stronger.

Before The Titan's Curse and its series made him famous, Rick Riordan worked for years in which job?

School teacher was his day job. He taught English and social studies for eight years in San Francisco, the city the questers race towards in this book.

In The Titan's Curse, the sun chariot first pulls up as which make of red sports car?

A Maserati Spyder, glowing cherry red, is the sun god's usual choice. He turns it into a small bus so that all his passengers can fit.

In The Titan's Curse, which magical item does Annabeth leave behind when she goes over the cliff?

Her Yankees cap, which turns the wearer invisible, ends up with Percy. He uses it to eavesdrop on the Hunters and learn that a place on the quest has opened up.

In The Titan's Curse, which long-lost god of the wild does Grover Underwood sense in New Mexico?

Pan is the vanished god every satyr dreams of finding. Grover becomes convinced that the god has begun speaking to him through his coffee.

In The Titan's Curse, how does a furious Nico di Angelo destroy the skeletons that reach camp?

The earth swallows them when Nico lashes out without meaning to, a power he did not know he had. He then runs off, blaming Percy for his sister's death.

In The Titan's Curse, the di Angelos' military school sits on a snowy coastal cliff in which state?

Maine is where the book opens, at a military academy in Bar Harbor hung with old rifles and medieval weapons.

In The Titan's Curse, whose T-shirt, laced with centaur blood, knocks a Hunter out of the quest?

The Stoll brothers, sons of Hermes, pass the shirt along as a gift, and the hives it causes leave the quest one member short. That gap is how Percy ends up on it.

In The Titan's Curse, which part of the slain cow-serpent must be burned to overthrow the gods?

Its entrails were almost burned once before, in the first war with the Titans. An eagle sent by Zeus snatched them away just in time.

In The Titan's Curse, on which New York skyscraper does the camp director catch the runaway Percy?

The Chrysler Building makes a tense rest stop. The director could haul Percy back to camp in disgrace, yet he lets him go, hoping the quest finishes him off.

In The Titan's Curse, which kind of poem does the sun god keep composing on the spot, badly?

Haiku became the god's obsession after a visit to Japan. An earlier trip to Ireland had left him hooked on limericks, Zoë Nightshade recalls.

In The Titan's Curse, which New Mexico mountain town is the scene of the skeleton warriors' ambush?

Cloudcroft is a real ski village more than 8,600 feet up. The skeletons strike after part of the group has gone off to fetch supplies.

In The Titan's Curse, whose old curse makes Percy's sword fail him in the duel with the General?

Ares cursed Percy at the end of the first book, promising that his sword would fail when he needed it most. The General turns out to be that moment.

In The Titan's Curse, what gift from Poseidon lets Percy send Iris-messages from his own cabin?

A saltwater fountain of sea rock appears while Percy is away, its basin stocked with golden drachmas. He uses it to call his mother and his brother Tyson.

In The Titan's Curse, which ship carrying the Titan army is heading for the Panama Canal?

The Princess Andromeda is bound for the Pacific. By the final chapters she is unloading monsters at the foot of the Titans' mountain near San Francisco.

In The Titan's Curse, what does Artemis turn the mercenaries' attack helicopter into?

A flock of ravens scatters into the night where the gunship had hovered. The crew are transformed along with their machine.