Q 01/05

Percy Jackson is named after which great hero of Greek myth, originally a son of Zeus?

A) Peleus

B) Perseus

C) Pelops

D) Patroclus

Answer · why

B) Perseus

Perseus gives Percy his full first name, though Rick Riordan has pointed out that Theseus might have been the more fitting namesake.

Q 02/05

Which Greek god claims Percy Jackson as his son after a game of capture the flag at camp?

A) Poseidon

B) Hephaestus

C) Hades

D) Apollo

Answer · why

A) Poseidon

Poseidon claims Percy by sending a swirling trident to appear above his head, making him that god's first recognized child in three generations.

Q 03/05

Which everyday object turns into a bronze sword when Percy Jackson's Latin teacher throws it to him?

A) A pocket watch

B) A baseball bat

C) A ballpoint pen

D) A silver wristwatch

Answer · why

C) A ballpoint pen

A ballpoint pen becomes the bronze sword Percy swings at his math teacher, and afterwards everyone insists that teacher never existed.

Q 04/05

Which monster poses as "Aunty Em", owner of a roadside garden gnome emporium, in The Lightning Thief?

A) Arachne

B) Lamia

C) Circe

D) Medusa

Answer · why

D) Medusa

Medusa tries to add Percy, Annabeth and Grover to her stone statues, and once she is defeated her severed head is mailed to the gods of Olympus.

Q 05/05

In The Lightning Thief, Mount Olympus has moved to hover above which New York City landmark?

A) The Empire State Building

B) The Chrysler Building

C) The United Nations Headquarters

D) Rockefeller Center

Answer · why

A) The Empire State Building

The Empire State Building sits beneath Olympus because the gods' home moves with the heart of Western civilization, and America is its current great p...