Q 01/05

Bloomsbury published Half-Blood Prince in Britain, but which company released it in the United States?

A) Simon & Schuster

B) HarperCollins

C) Penguin

D) Scholastic

Answer · why

D) Scholastic

Scholastic. It printed a record 10.8 million copies for launch day and still had to rush another 2.7 million into print after the first weekend.

Q 02/05

Half-Blood Prince's first-day sales broke which earlier book's record?

A) The Da Vinci Code

B) Order of the Phoenix

C) Goblet of Fire

D) Prisoner of Azkaban

Answer · why

B) Order of the Phoenix

Order of the Phoenix. The fifth book sold 5 million US copies on its first day; the sixth sold 6.9 million, a launch that took in more money that week...

Q 03/05

Which 2006 prize passed from The Da Vinci Code to Half-Blood Prince?

A) The Carnegie Medal

B) British Book of the Year

C) The Whitbread Award

D) The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize

Answer · why

B) British Book of the Year

British Book of the Year. Half-Blood Prince took the awards' overall prize, while their children's category went that year to Anthony Horowitz's teena...

Q 04/05

In Half-Blood Prince, who makes an Unbreakable Vow with Narcissa Malfoy to protect Draco?

A) Bellatrix Lestrange

B) Peter Pettigrew

C) Severus Snape

D) Lucius Malfoy

Answer · why

C) Severus Snape

Severus Snape. The vow also binds him to carry out Draco's mission if the boy fails, and on the tower it is Snape who steps in and kills Dumbledore.

Q 05/05

Which spell from the Prince's textbook does Harry cast on Draco in their bathroom duel, nearly killing him?

A) Levicorpus

B) Muffliato

C) Sectumsempra

D) Langlock

Answer · why

C) Sectumsempra

Sectumsempra. The Prince's note said only 'For Enemies', so Harry had no idea it would slash Draco open, and the detentions that followed made him mis...