Q 01/05

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

A) Gilead

B) Panem

C) Dystopia

D) Albion

Answer · why

B) Panem

The Hunger Games is set in Panem, a post-apocalyptic nation built on the ruins of what was once North America, ruled from the wealthy Capitol.

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, Thomas Hardy's 1874 novel, has heroine Bathsheba Everdene; the author adapted her surname for Katniss, whose own name come...

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; the district sits in the Appalachian Mountains and is the nation's poorest, smallest and least populated.

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 wrote all three books of the trilogy and two later prequels. She previously worked as a television writer for children's shows.