The Book of Harry Potter Trifles, Trivias, and Particularities

by Racheline Maltese

The first of three books in an exciting new series, The Book of Harry Potter Trifles, Trivias and Particularities is designed to delight and challenge Potter fans of all ages. Its nine quests, each built around a different aspect of wizardry - Hogwarts and Academia, Potions and Spells, Magical Menagerie, and others - contain questions in three skill levels: Salamander, Phoenix, and Dragon. These magical creatures increase in size, just as the questions increase in difficulty. All are associated with the element of fire, which is said to govern leadership, enthusiasm, and competitiveness, making it an ideal theme for question difficulty. An answer key at the end of each quest allows readers to check their answers by question number, with the source of the answer cited according to book and chapter number. Scattered throughout, hints and intriguing trivia tidbits, including little-known historical facts referenced in the Potter series, keep readers informed, engaged, and entertained.

Genres: Harry Potter

272 pages, Paperback

First published October 28, 2007

About the author

Racheline Maltese is a queer writer living a big life from a small space. She flies planes, sails boats, and rides horses, but as a native New Yorker, has no idea how to drive a car.

A performer and storyteller focused on themes of celebrity, gender, desire and mourning, Racheline has a journalism degree from The George Washington University; studied acting and directing at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School (New York City) and the National Institute of Dramatic Art (Sydney, Australia); and is a proud SAG-AFTRA member.

She lives in Brooklyn with her partner and their two cats.

Reviews

[Elaine · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed answering most of these questions. They "allow" you to go back and look through the books, but I wasn't that devoted. Of course, I got all of the questions from "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and "Quidditch Through the Ages" wrong. Wish they would have had stuff from "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" because I've read that one more recently.

There were some inaccuracies in the answers, particularly in the last section about the dark wizard wars. The one that sticks in my mind is an answer that claimed Ron went back to the Burrow after leaving Ron and Hermione in the tent, but on the way to the Lovegoods, Ron tells Harry and Hermione that he was at Shell Cottage the whole time. So, for that I can't give this book more than three stars even though it was a wonderful exercise in Harry Potter trivia.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

O. and I went through this bits at a time. We both questioned some of the difficulty ratings of certain questions, but it was fun. I thought we knew a lot about HP, but I guess not!