Did You Win Our Mockingjay Quiz?
Two tickets to see The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2, go to...
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More than 50 people entered our Hunger Games trivia contest yesterday for two free tickets to see The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2, tonight at AMC Loews Boston Common 19. When the contest closed at 3 p.m., the winner was chosen in a random drawing from all the names of those who answered all the questions correctly. The winner: Frederick Jansen, a software engineer at the Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering.
The questions, and the correct answers are below, with a warning to those who haven’t read the books—there are spoilers here.
- Where is Katniss living at the beginning of the book?
Although she briefly visits the ruins of District 12, Katniss is now living in District 13.
- Who else is rescued from the Quarter Quell arena with Katniss?
Finnick and Beetee.
- What does Katniss demand before she will agree to be the Mockingjay?
Her most important request is that Peeta’s immunity be ensured. She also requests the immunity of the other captured tributes, the safety of Prim’s cat, hunting privileges with Gale, and the chance to kill Snow.
- What must Katniss do as the Mockingjay?
She has to be the face of the revolution against the Capitol.
- What does the Capitol do to Peeta while he is held captive?
They torture and brainwash him.
- Who is Tigris?
She is a shopkeeper in the Capitol who resembles a tiger and has been banished from society. She helps Katniss and her squad by putting them up for a night.
- Who is responsible for the bombing of the Capitol?
President Coin and the rebels.
- What happens to Finnick and Prim in the Capitol?
They are killed.
- What is President Coin’s plan for punishing the Capitol?
Creating a Hunger Games that involves the children of the Capitol’s higher-ups.
- Where is President Snow held prisoner?
In his greenhouse.
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