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What Did Jo Say? Trivia Quiz

JK Rowling (Jo) has been interviewed many times. Do you know what she has said in these interviews?

A multiple-choice quiz by bookaddict. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
bookaddict

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
213,691

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1971

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the first book that Jo said that she cried during the writing of? Hint

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince

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Question 2 of 10

2. Jo often compares Voldemort to another person when she says that they both targeted people who have the same imperfections they see in themselves. Who is this other person? Hint

Hitler

Castro

Bonaparte

Lenin

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Question 3 of 10

3. By how much did Jo miss her deadline on the fourth book? Hint

A month

A month and a half

A month and a week

Two months

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who does Jo say she has given more information about the books to than any other person? Hint

Steve Kloves

Alfonso Cuaron

Chris Columbus

Mike Newell

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which two people does Jo say can convincingly give information when it is needed? Hint

Hagrid and Dumbledore

Hermione and Professor McGonagall

Hermione and Dumbledore

Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore

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Question 6 of 10

6. True or false in an interview given by Jo on World Book Day 2004 Jo revealed the middle names of Fred, George, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Trelawney and Lupin?

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. In an interview after the release of book six Jo was asked if Sirius really did laugh after he was framed for the murder of the muggles and Pettigrew, what did she say? Hint

No, it was a rumor to make him look more insane

Yes, because he became absolutely unhinged after James's death

Yes, he thought the situation was quite humorous

No, someone else laughed, but people thought it was him

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Question 8 of 10

8. What did Jo say that Voldemort's boggart would be? Hint

Him in Azkaban

Harry

Dumbledore

Him dead

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Question 9 of 10

9. How old does Jo say Dumbledore is? Hint

142

150

135

165

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Question 10 of 10

10. Did Jo continue writing when the seventh book was finished?

Yes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the first book that Jo said that she cried during the writing of?

Answer: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

In an interview with CBC/Newsround on July 18, 2000 JKR said that she was killing off characters she loved and had cried during the writing of book four, the first time ever. She also mentioned this in an interview with BBC during the fall of 2001.

2. Jo often compares Voldemort to another person when she says that they both targeted people who have the same imperfections they see in themselves. Who is this other person?

Answer: Hitler

In a BBC interview that took place in 2001 Jo said, "Like Hitler! See! I think it's the case that the biggest bully takes their own defects and they put them on someone else, and they try to destroy them. And that's what he [Voldemort] does."

3. By how much did Jo miss her deadline on the fourth book?

Answer: Two months

Jo said that she missed her deadline for the fourth book by two months because she wrote what she thought was half of the book and discovered a major plot hole. She said this during an interview on September 7, 2000 to Entertainment Weekly.

4. Who does Jo say she has given more information about the books to than any other person?

Answer: Steve Kloves

Jo said in the interview on the "Chamber of Secrets" DVD that she has probably shared more information with Steve Kloves, the screenwriter for the first four books.

5. Which two people does Jo say can convincingly give information when it is needed?

Answer: Hermione and Dumbledore

In the interview with Jo and Steve Kloves on the "Chamber of Secrets" DVD Jo said that you can add information in the dialog of both Hermione and Dumbledore. Dumbledore knows everything, or so it seems and Hermione can find anything in a book.

6. True or false in an interview given by Jo on World Book Day 2004 Jo revealed the middle names of Fred, George, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Trelawney and Lupin?

Answer: False

Jo reveled the middle names of Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Trelawney, and Lupin in an interview on World Book Day in 2004 (4/4), but she didn't reveal Fred and George's middle names in this interview. There names are Ginny Molly Weasley, Ron Bilius Weasley, Hermione Jean Granger, Sibyll Patricia Trelawney, and Remus John Lupin.

7. In an interview after the release of book six Jo was asked if Sirius really did laugh after he was framed for the murder of the muggles and Pettigrew, what did she say?

Answer: Yes, because he became absolutely unhinged after James's death

In an interview with Emerson from mugglenet.com and Melissa from the-leaky-culdren.org on July 16, 2005, Jo said that Sirius laughed because he was on the edge, and is a little of a loose cannon. She said he became absolutely unhinged after James's death because James was like a brother to Sirius. His laugh was a humorless laugh.

8. What did Jo say that Voldemort's boggart would be?

Answer: Him dead

In the interview with Emerson from mugglenet.com and Melissa from the-leaky-culdren.org on July 16, 2005 Jo said that Voldemort fears death above all things because he sees it as a human weakness. Because he most fears death he would see himself dead.

9. How old does Jo say Dumbledore is?

Answer: 150

Jo said in an interview during a post Half-Blood Prince Children's Press Conference that Dumbledore was 150.

10. Did Jo continue writing when the seventh book was finished?

Answer: Yes

After the 7th book was published she released "The Casula Vacancy: in 2012 and the "Corman Strike" series under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith

Source: Author bookaddict

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