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Hunger Games Quiz

Question: Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins also wrote for this popular TV show.
Answer: Collins wrote for Clarissa Explains It All and other youth-oriented TV shows.
Question: What does District 4 specialize in?
Answer: District 4 specializes in fishing.
Question: Which of these is not a fictional species made up for the Hunger Games series?
Answer: A hellbender is a real type of salamander. The others were made up for the Hunger Games series.
Question: Prim Everdeen’s cat is named what?
Answer: Prim’s cat is named Buttercup.
Question: President Snow’s first name is:
Answer: President Snow’s first name is Coriolanus. It was also the name of a Roman general who is the subject of a play (of the same name) by Shakespeare.
Question: The first book in the Hunger Games series was published in what year?
Answer: The first book, The Hunger Games, was published in 2008.
Question: How old is Katniss at the beginning of the first book?
Answer: At the beginning of the series, Katniss is 16 years old.
Question: Heroine Katniss Everdeen’s sister is named what?
Answer: Katniss’s sister is named Primrose, although she goes by "Prim."