What a phenomenal success for a character that never existed!! People feel him as he is been dwelling right in the world of which they themselves are a part of, though he never was. What a great fantasy!! Hats off to the imagination and the great penning skills of JK Rowling, who created Harry Potter and transmitted it to the people’s brains in such a mesmerizing way, that if I go in the wilds and say that Harry doesn’t exists, nobody would ever believe me. Harry Potter is the central character around which the whole story revolves. He is a born wizard whose parents were killed by an evil wizard during their struggle with him. This is a story of Harry’s revenge against this evil magician. The commercial success this character gained showed JKR as the highest earning English novelist. For more details on Harry Potter, its writer and his adventures, please refer to: http://www.jkrowling.com/, and http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/. So, here is my latest set of questions, dedicated to HARRY POTTER & HIS ADVENTURES...the first in the series. I'd love to devote more space to HP and JKR in my future postings.
1. In which country was the first of the Harry Potter’s books published? Who was the publisher?
2. Name the first book of the Harry Potter’s series that got published.
3. Till date (December 2007) how many books on Harry Potter got translated into movies?
4. How old was Harry when his parents got murdered?
5. Name the evil wizard against whom Harry Potter’s adventures are plotted?
6. Name the school where Harry Potter mastered his skills as a wizard.
7. Joanne Rowling, creator of Harry Potter and his friends as well as all his enemies, was once asked by her publishers to adopt a more gender-neutral pen name, in order to appeal to the male members of this age group, fearing that they would not be interested in reading a fantasy novel they knew to be written by a woman. She elected to use J. K. Rowling, using her grandmother's name as her second name. What does ‘K’ in her name stands for?
8. As per the first book, ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’, shortly before his eleventh birthday, Harry received a letter from the witchcrafts’ school, informing him that he’s to start at the school that fall. Harry accepts the offer letter hand-delivered by the gamekeeper, Rubeus Hagrid and purchase school supplies in Diagon Alley and a month later, Harry takes the train to Hogwarts. From where did he catch the train?
9. How many houses was the witchcraft school divided into? In other words, the students in the school were allotted a house at the time of his / her arrival at the school. What was the total number of such houses?
10.Name the first award the first Harry Potter book received just after a few months of its first release.
10.Name the first award the first Harry Potter book received just after a few months of its first release.
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