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This Hunger Games quiz covers Suzanne Collins's bestselling books and the hit movies they inspired. You'll answer questions on Katniss Everdeen's family and allies, the people who shape her time in the arena, the prequels and even the myth that sparked the story. Most fans will breeze through the opening rounds, and a couple of deeper cuts should keep even longtime readers on their toes.
Suzanne Collins spent years writing for children's television, including Nickelodeon shows, before turning to novels. The first Hunger Games book came out from Scholastic in 2008, and the trilogy became a defining young adult series, read just as eagerly by adults. Collins has said the idea came to her while channel surfing late at night, as a reality competition show and real war footage started to blur together.
The four original films ran from 2012 to 2015, with the final book split into two movies. Collins later returned to the series with prequels that look back at earlier Games and at how the Capitol's cruel tradition took shape, giving longtime fans a fresh reason to revisit the series and see familiar places from a new angle.
The series rewards close reading. Small details often matter later, so a throwaway moment in an early chapter can return as a turning point. Keep in mind that the original trilogy is told in the first person, so some details that the films show openly only come through what Katniss notices and thinks.
Katniss Everdeen comes from which district?
Answer: District 12
It's the poorest district, a coal-mining region in the area once called Appalachia.
Who plays Katniss in the Hunger Games films?
Answer: Jennifer Lawrence
The first film opened in March 2012, and she starred in all four movies of the original series.
What is the name of the nation where the Hunger Games take place?
Answer: Panem
The name comes from the Latin phrase "panem et circenses," meaning bread and circuses.
In The Hunger Games, Katniss volunteers for the Games to take the place of her younger sister. What is her sister's name?
Answer: Primrose
Like Katniss, whose name comes from an edible water plant, she's named after a flower.
In The Hunger Games, Peeta Mellark's family runs what kind of business in his district?
Answer: A bakery
Peeta's skill at decorating cakes comes in handy for camouflage in the arena.
In The Hunger Games, which past victor from District 12 mentors Katniss and Peeta?
Answer: Haymitch Abernathy
Woody Harrelson plays him in the films, and in the books he's the district's only living victor.
What is the title of the second Hunger Games book?
Answer: Catching Fire
Published in 2009, it sends Katniss into the 75th Games, a special edition called the Third Quarter Quell.
The 2020 prequel "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" follows a young version of which character?
Answer: Coriolanus Snow
Tom Blyth plays him in the 2023 film, which is set during the 10th Hunger Games.
Suzanne Collins has said The Hunger Games was partly inspired by which hero of Greek myth?
Answer: Theseus
In the myth, Athens had to send young tributes to Crete, where they were fed to the Minotaur.
In The Hunger Games, the mockingjay bird is a cross between mockingbirds and what?
Answer: Jabberjays
Jabberjays were spy birds bred by the Capitol to memorize and repeat whole conversations.
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