Monday, July 09, 2007

THE HARRY POTTER ANSWERS

Here are the answers to the quiz. For a more advanced version of the quiz, click here. (Thanks for checking you answers this time... you know who you ams!

1. What sport do they play at Hogwarts?
d) quidditch

2. When was the first Harry Potter book released in the United States?
b) 1998 - We're coming up on a decade of Potter mania.

3. What does the "J" in "JK Rowling" stand for?
c) Joanne - Who tops the list of income in the United Kingdom. The most recent list of top making money makers in the U.K. came out and Ms. Rowling was followed by Madonna... who while not a citizen of the U.K., resided there for most of the year, she made the list.

4. True or false: J.K. Rowling is worth more than the Queen of England.
True - Kinda sad, huh?

5. What's the highest number of Harry Potter books sold in the U.S. in one 24-hour period?
a) 6.9 million - Which comes out to 28,7500 nerds, uh, I mean books per hour.

6. Which of these is not a name of a Harry Potter book?
b) Harry Potter & The Glass Prophecy - Duh.

7. Books from the series have officially been translated into the following languages except:
d) Zulu - I think the clicks and whirs would be hard to put down on paper.

8. What is the highest grossing Potter movie to date?
a) The Sorcerer's Stone - Never as good as the first time, I guess.

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