J.K. Rowling Trivia Quiz

Answer: University of Exeter

J.K. Rowling studied for A Levels in English, French and German at Wyedean School and College. She then moved on to the University of Exeter to get a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Classics.

Answer: Jessica Mitford

Rowling's first daughter, Jessica, was born in Portugal to Rowling and her first husband, Jorges Arantes. Jessica Mitford was an Anglo-American writer who had run away from home to fight in the Spanish Civil War and is famed for writing 'Hons and Rebels' (1960) and 'The American Way of Death' (1963).

Answer: 12

Twelve publishing houses initially rejected the manuscript before Bloomsbury decided to give it the green light. Even though the book would be published, Rowling was still told to get a day job as it didn't look as if she would make enough money to live on by writing children's books.

Answer: Kathleen

J.K. Rowling's full name is simply Joanne Rowling, but when she attempted to get "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" published, the publisher thought maybe boys wouldn't want to read a book written by a woman, so they encouraged her to hide her name, so she chose Kathleen as a pseudonymous second name. (It was her grandmother's name).

Answer: Lily Potter

Rowling was asked to play Lily Potter in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" in the Mirror of Erised scene, but Rowling turned it down. She said she'd probably mess it up. The role eventually went to Geraldine Sommerville.

Answer: 144th

Rowling initially refuted claims that she was a billionaire. "Forbes" named her as the first person to become a US-dollar billionaire by writing books, the second richest female entertainer, and the 1,062nd richest person in the world.

Answer: The inessential

Rowling said that failure was a stripping away of the inessential and that she realised that she needed to finish the work that was important to her. She realised that if she had succeeded at something else, then she would probably never have found the motivation to finish the one thing that really mattered to her - Harry Potter, and writing.

Answer: Lumos

Rowling, along with Emma Nicholson, founded the Children's High Level Group (now known as Lumos) which helps with the welfare, education, health, social care and family support for children and young people.

Answer: Multiple Sclerosis

Rowling's mother suffered from multiple sclerosis and Rowling has said that she always regretted not telling her about Harry Potter before her death. Rowling still contributes to societies that try to deal with multiple sclerosis.

Answer: November 2011

J.K. Rowling gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry into phone hacking on the 24th of November 2011. Rowling said that a journalist had put a note into her daughter's school bag, remembered photographers camping on her doorstep, and also an attempt to blackmail her into revealing a manuscript.