Just bought the set for my grandson at Christmas. Set in present day Percy is the 12 y/o son of a human woman and the Greek god Poseidon. He has superpowers and special objects, but is also dyslexic and has ADHD. He performs quests to fight various monsters and save the earth.
I know right! PJO has been around for almost 20 years. It's insane that 20% of test takers know it, especially with how large the fandom is. I guess I'm the odd user out, being a teenager...
50 Shades of Grey was a terrible book which I deleted from my tablet, and I had no desire to read the sequels. Not only was it ridiculous and dangerous, but with phrases such as, "Keep your hair on," and storing dishes in the "cupboards" instead of the cabinets, the author was obviously British trying to write a book set in America. A little editing might have gone a long way to at least make it readable if the plot had not been so absurd. Had Grey not been a billionaire, whats-her-name would never have let him touch her. I just don't understand all the hype.
I have no problem with kid's books being on here. Peter Pan and Wizard of Oz are great examples. My problem with books like 50 Shades of Grey and Percy Jackson is that they haven't stood the test of time yet. That would fine if the entire quiz was an equal mix of classic AND contemporary literature, but it's clearly not.
The Percy Jackson series is very good, and quite informative about the subject of Greek (and later Roman) mythology. 50 Shades of Grey is a bad smutty fanfiction that was originally using the characters of another bad series of books (Twilight) and is just a general piece of garbage
The Percy Jackson books really open up children and teens to exploring mythology, history, religion, civilizations, etc... I haven't read any of the books but the concept is intriguing of mixing modern day characters with lineage to mythological deities. My daughters loved all the books and the books sparked their interests in other texts. This is a limited sample group of course.
Percy Jackson opened the door for literature and mythology to enter my life; I owe it quite a lot. Heck, the reason I found out about this site was because someone sent me a PJO quiz on here.
I recently got the book "Magnus Chase" by Rick Riordan and it features Annabeth Chase in the book. Annabeth is the cousin (fairly sure), so I typed it in straight away. Didn't work. So I look at the notes and remember Annabeth was from Percy Jackson.
Quizmaster specifically wrote "If multiple answers fit, guess the most well-known". I'm thinking Hamlet might win that argument by quite a large margin.
were you on a tablet/smartphone? and scrolled? That happened to me several times... my own fault though, the page reloads, when you swipe down from too high up.
so small nitpick but could we allow 20000 for twenty thousand leagues under the sea.
I tried that first then kept thinking i had the number wrong when it didnt work
And because i feel left our, yes fifty shades is terrible. Especially given just how bad and frankly childish the portrail of BSDM is despite it being the central premise of the books
Kicked myself when I didn't have a guess that Alexis Zorba was from Zorba the Greek but felt much better when I realised that nearly three quarters of quiz takers had done the same
I tried that first then kept thinking i had the number wrong when it didnt work
And because i feel left our, yes fifty shades is terrible. Especially given just how bad and frankly childish the portrail of BSDM is despite it being the central premise of the books
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