Q 01/05

In Mark Walden's H.I.V.E. novels, the top-secret school for young criminal masterminds is hidden inside what?

A) A decommissioned oil rig

B) An active volcano

C) An Antarctic ice shelf

D) A sunken aircraft carrier

Answer · why

B) An active volcano

The school sits inside an active volcano, and getting out alive would be an unprecedented feat, which is exactly what Otto Malpense and his friends at...

Q 02/05

A failed experiment leaves H.I.V.E.'s head of stealth and evasion trapped in the body of which animal?

A) A parrot

B) A ferret

C) A cat

D) A python

Answer · why

C) A cat

Tabitha Leon's consciousness ended up in her pet, and although she dislikes being a cat she finds the claws and enhanced hearing useful.

Q 03/05

In Mark Walden's novels about young Otto Malpense, what do the initials H.I.V.E. stand for?

A) Hidden Institute of Villainous Espionage

B) Higher Institute of Villainous Education

C) Headquarters of International Villainous Enterprise

D) House of Instruction in Villainous Ethics

Answer · why

B) Higher Institute of Villainous Education

H.I.V.E. is the Higher Institute of Villainous Education, a school that accepts only children who have already shown a villainous skill.

Q 04/05

Before H.I.V.E., Otto Malpense hacks a teleprompter to hypnotise and embarrass which figure during a speech?

A) The Prime Minister

B) The Archbishop of Canterbury

C) The Mayor of London

D) The Home Secretary

Answer · why

A) The Prime Minister

Otto humiliated the Prime Minister in revenge for a government funding cut, and the stunt is what brought him to the attention of H.I.V.E.

Q 05/05

Which careful villain has been headmaster of H.I.V.E. since the 1960s yet appears to be only in his thirties?

A) Gregori Leonov

B) Joseph Wright

C) Duncan Cavendish

D) Maximilian Nero

Answer · why

D) Maximilian Nero

Maximilian Nero has a reputation for heartlessness, yet he cares about his students and treats the assassin Raven as a friend.