Harry
Potter's coming. Let's have a contest
The long-awaited
publication of the next Harry Potter book is coming in June.
That seems like a good reason to have a trivia contest featuring
the world's most famous boy wizard.
Young Saint
Louis.com trivia expert Dick Burnett has come up with
10 unique questions based on the first four Harry Potter books.
If you answer
all 10 correctly, you may win a copy of the new book, "Harry
Potter and the Order of Phoenix." From among the all-correct
entries, YSL.com will select up to three winners to
get Borders book certificates to purchase the new book.
That huge book
will be on sale in bookstores June 21, according to publisher
Scholastic Books.
The "Order
of Phoenix" book promises to be even bigger than the
fourth book, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."
That book published two years ago was considered to be one
of the biggest children's books in history.
It had 191,000
words.
But, the "Order
of Phoenix" book will check in at 255,000 words. That's
a third longer than the last book. The new book will have
38 chapters.
YSL.com
has paid close attention to the Harry Potter books. That's
because author J.K. Rowling has done more to popularize kids
books than any other author in history. The four earlier books
have been translated into dozens of languages and sold millions
of books worldwide.
One of the first
stories published on YSL.com was about an elementary
school book club that was reviewing the first Harry Potter
book.
Also, YSL.com
has reviewed both of the first two Harry Potter movies. Those
special locally-written movie reviews were published in November,
2001, and November, 2002. To read the November, 2001, review,
click here.
To read the November, 2002, review, click
here.
For the YSL.com
trivia contest, we have created a special print-out entry
form. All you have to do is print out the form, which includes
the 10 trivia questions. Then, fill in your entry and answer
the questions.
YSL.com
will judge the answers. Those entries that include all correct
answers will be put into a hat. Then, three entries selected
will get a Borders gift certificate that covers the cost of
the "Order of Phoenix" book.
A reminder:
These Harry Potter trivia questions may be quite challenging.
We don't mind if you get help from a friend or older brother
or sister. In fact, you might want to make this a family activity
and all kids 8 to 13 can enter.
Here's how to
enter:
- Print out
the following entry form.
- Fill out your
name, address and telephone number.
- Give your
answers to the Harry Potter trivia questions.
- Put your completed
entry into a stamped envelope.
- Mail your
entry to:
Harry Potter Trivia Contest
Young Saint Louis.com
231 So. Bemiston Ave., Suite 800
Clayton, MO 63105
- All entries
must be postmarked by the 15th of May, 2003,
to be eligible.
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The
Harry Potter Trivia Questions
(May, 2003)
You may need
to "research" some of these unless you are a real
Potter-maniac.
- What was the
special piece of clothing that Harry had inherited from
his father?
- What is special
about a Parselmouth?
- What make
was Ron Weasley's family car?
- Which teacher
at Hogwarts always entered class by floating through the
chalkboard?
- Which magical
device enabled Hermione to study several lessons at once?
- What was Serius
Black's connection to Harry Potter?
- Who was the
Bulgarian seeker that Harry and Ron idolized?
- What is unusual
about leprechaun gold?
- What were
the O.W.L.s at Hogwarts?
- What did Harry
buy for Ron, telling him it was a Christmas present for
"about ten years"?
