Q 01/05

What is the name of the fictional nation where The Hunger Games takes place?

A) Gilead

B) Panem

C) Oceania

D) Albion

Answer · why

B) Panem

Panem rose from the ruins of North America; after crushing a district rebellion, its Capitol imposed the Hunger Games as a yearly punishment.

Q 02/05

Katniss's surname was borrowed from Bathsheba Everdene, the heroine of which 1874 novel?

A) The Mayor of Casterbridge

B) Far from the Madding Crowd

C) Tess of the d'Urbervilles

D) Wuthering Heights

Answer · why

B) Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd is Thomas Hardy's novel; Katniss's creator said the two heroines are very different, but both struggle with knowing their h...

Q 03/05

What is the main industry of District 12?

A) Coal mining

B) Lumber milling

C) Textile mills

D) Livestock

Answer · why

A) Coal mining

Coal mining is District 12's industry; when coal began going straight from the mines to the trains, the empty coal warehouse became the Hob, the distr...

Q 04/05

What weapon is Katniss Everdeen most skilled with?

A) Throwing knives

B) Spear

C) Bow and arrow

D) Trident

Answer · why

C) Bow and arrow

The bow and arrow is Katniss's weapon; her father taught her to shoot, and she honed her aim hunting illegally in the woods beyond District 12's fence...

Q 05/05

Who wrote The Hunger Games book series?

A) Veronica Roth

B) Suzanne Collins

C) Stephenie Meyer

D) J.K. Rowling

Answer · why

B) Suzanne Collins

Suzanne Collins got the idea while channel surfing, when a reality show and footage of the Iraq War began to blur together in her mind.