Percy Jackson Trivia for Kids
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60 free Percy Jackson Trivia for Kids trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Percy Jackson trivia for kids quiz follows the five Percy Jackson & the Olympians books the way a young reader remembers them: who Percy's dad is, what his pen turns into, why Annabeth wears a Yankees cap, what Grover really is, who poisoned Thalia's tree, what Tyson turns out to be, and how the whole thing ends on Olympus. There are questions on the Disney+ series and the two movies too, plus a few on Rick Riordan and his other series for readers who have moved on to Camp Jupiter, Egypt or Asgard. It is pitched at readers roughly 8 to 13 who have read the books or watched the show. Most questions are easy or medium; the last handful are for the kid who has read the series three times. Grown-ups who want a tougher run should try our main Percy Jackson trivia page. Every answer has been checked against the Wikipedia article on the book, film, series or character, and each question shows its source once you have answered.
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Q 01Which Greek god is Percy Jackson's father?
Poseidon
Poseidon, god of the sea, is Percy's father, which is why Percy can breathe underwater, steer boats and talk to horses and sea creatures.
Q 02What is Percy's full first name?
Perseus
Percy is short for Perseus; his mother chose the name because the original Perseus was one of the few Greek heroes whose story ended happily.
Q 03Percy's sword Riptide is made of what metal?
Celestial bronze
Riptide is made of celestial bronze, the Olympian metal that destroys monsters but passes harmlessly through mortals; it disguises itself as a ballpoint pen.
Q 04On what date is Percy's birthday?
August 18
Percy was born on August 18; in The Last Olympian the Great Prophecy is fulfilled on his sixteenth birthday, at the end of the Battle of Manhattan.
Q 05What is the name of Percy's mother?
Sally Jackson
Sally Jackson is Percy's mother; she worked at a candy shop in Grand Central Station and later marries his English teacher, Paul Blofis.
Q 06Which two learning differences does Percy have, which the books turn into demigod powers?
Dyslexia and ADHD
Percy has dyslexia and ADHD; the books explain that a demigod's brain is hard-wired for Ancient Greek and that the restlessness is battlefield reflexes.
Q 07On the school trip at the start of The Lightning Thief, Mrs. Dodds turns into what and attacks Percy?
A Fury
Mrs. Dodds is a Fury, one of the Kindly Ones; Percy defeats her with the pen his Latin teacher tosses him, which turns into the sword Riptide.
Q 08Percy's favourite teacher, Mr. Brunner, is secretly who?
Chiron
Mr. Brunner is Chiron, the immortal centaur who has trained heroes for thousands of years; his magic wheelchair hides his horse body.
Q 09What kind of creature is Percy's best friend Grover?
A satyr
Grover Underwood is a satyr, half goat from the waist down; he plays reed pipes and dreams of finding the lost nature god Pan.
Q 10Which monster attacks Percy and his mother just outside camp?
The Minotaur
The Minotaur attacks at the camp border; Percy snaps off one of its horns and stabs it, while his mother vanishes in a flash of golden light.
Q 11Where is Camp Half-Blood located?
Long Island, New York
Camp Half-Blood is on the north shore of Long Island, New York, near the real Montauk; Percy's mother drives him there after Grover warns them.
Q 12During which camp game does a hellhound attack Percy, just before his father claims him?
Capture the Flag
During Capture the Flag a hellhound attacks Percy by the creek; a glowing trident then appears over his head, showing everyone whose son he is.
Q 13Which three gods swore an oath not to have any more children, an oath Percy's birth broke?
Zeus, Poseidon and Hades
Q 21In The Sea of Monsters, Tyson turns out to be a baby cyclops and also Percy's what?
Half-brother
Tyson is Percy's half-brother; they share the same godly father, which embarrasses Percy at first and then makes him proud.
Q 22What has been poisoned at Camp Half-Blood in The Sea of Monsters, weakening its protective border?
Thalia's tree
Thalia, a daughter of Zeus, was turned into the pine when she died protecting her friends.
Q 23What magical object can save the camp in The Sea of Monsters?
The Golden Fleece
The Golden Fleece, which heals any living thing, hangs on Polyphemus's island; the cyclops has captured Grover and thinks he is a lady cyclops.
Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, the Big Three, swore the oath after World War II because their children were too powerful and dangerous; Percy's birth broke it.
Q 14What has been stolen from Zeus in the first book?
His Master Bolt
Percy is sent to the Underworld to get it back because everyone assumes Hades took it.
Q 15In which US city is the entrance to the Underworld in The Lightning Thief?
Los Angeles
The entrance to the Underworld is DOA Recording Studios in Los Angeles, where Charon ferries the dead across; the trio reach it after a cross-country trip.
Q 16Which god tricks Percy by hiding the stolen weapon in a backpack he gives him?
Ares
Percy beats him in a duel on the beach afterwards, which no demigod is supposed to be able to do.
Q 17Who turns out to be the real Lightning Thief at the end of the first book?
Luke
Luke Castellan is the real thief, secretly working for Kronos; at the end he tries to kill Percy with a pit scorpion in the woods.
Q 18Annabeth is the daughter of which goddess?
Athena
Like all Athena's kids she is terrified of spiders, because of what her mother did to Arachne.
Q 19Annabeth owns a magic cap from her mother that makes her what?
Invisible
The New York Yankees cap makes its wearer invisible; it gets the trio out of more than one tight spot in the first book.
Q 20Which god is Luke Castellan's father?
Hermes
Hermes, the messenger god, is the father of Castellan, which is why the boy owns winged flying sneakers; he gives them to Percy with sneaky intentions.
Q 24What is the name of the friendly hippocampus that helps Tyson and Percy at sea?
Rainbow
Rainbow is the friendly hippocampus, half horse and half fish, who saves Tyson when the CSS Birmingham explodes and later carries the friends to safety.
Q 25On Circe's island, Percy and Annabeth discover she has turned dozens of men into what?
Guinea pigs
Circe turns men into guinea pigs; in Homer's Odyssey she turned Odysseus's crew into full-size pigs, and Percy himself is briefly changed into a guinea pig.
Q 26Which camper is sent by Tantalus on the quest to save the camp, sailing on the CSS Birmingham?
Clarisse La Rue
She is a daughter of Ares and Percy's rival, and in the end her prophecy says she must fly the Fleece home alone.
Q 27In The Titan's Curse, Percy nicknames the Ophiotaurus, a cow-serpent creature, what?
Bessie
Percy names the Ophiotaurus Bessie before learning it is male; whoever sacrifices the creature and burns its entrails gains the power to destroy Olympus.
Q 28What is the name of the pegasus Percy rides and talks to?
Blackjack
Blackjack, a black pegasus Percy freed from a monster-filled cruise ship, calls him 'boss' and is always hoping for sugar cubes and doughnuts.
Q 29Which goddess is found holding up the sky on Mount Othrys in The Titan's Curse?
Artemis
Artemis is trapped under the sky on Mount Othrys, having taken its weight from a captive demigod; Percy briefly holds it himself so she can fight free.
Q 30In which decade were Nico and Bianca di Angelo actually born, before being frozen in time?
The 1930s
Nico and Bianca were born in the 1930s; their father hid them in a Las Vegas hotel where time barely passes, so they emerged decades later barely older.