60 Fun Facts About Percy Jackson Trivia for Kids

Which Greek god is Percy Jackson's father?

Poseidon, god of the sea, is Percy's father, which is why Percy can breathe underwater, steer boats and talk to horses and sea creatures.

What is Percy's full first name?

Percy is short for Perseus; his mother chose the name because the original Perseus was one of the few Greek heroes whose story ended happily.

Percy's sword Riptide is made of what metal?

Riptide is made of celestial bronze, the Olympian metal that destroys monsters but passes harmlessly through mortals; it disguises itself as a ballpoint pen.

On what date is Percy's birthday?

Percy was born on August 18; in The Last Olympian the Great Prophecy is fulfilled on his sixteenth birthday, at the end of the Battle of Manhattan.

What is the name of Percy's mother?

Sally Jackson is Percy's mother; she worked at a candy shop in Grand Central Station and later marries his English teacher, Paul Blofis.

Which two learning differences does Percy have, which the books turn into demigod powers?

Percy has dyslexia and ADHD; the books explain that a demigod's brain is hard-wired for Ancient Greek and that the restlessness is battlefield reflexes.

On the school trip at the start of The Lightning Thief, Mrs. Dodds turns into what and attacks Percy?

Mrs. Dodds is a Fury, one of the Kindly Ones; Percy defeats her with the pen his Latin teacher tosses him, which turns into the sword Riptide.

Percy's favourite teacher, Mr. Brunner, is secretly who?

Mr. Brunner is Chiron, the immortal centaur who has trained heroes for thousands of years; his magic wheelchair hides his horse body.

What kind of creature is Percy's best friend Grover?

Grover Underwood is a satyr, half goat from the waist down; he plays reed pipes and dreams of finding the lost nature god Pan.

Which monster attacks Percy and his mother just outside camp?

The Minotaur attacks at the camp border; Percy snaps off one of its horns and stabs it, while his mother vanishes in a flash of golden light.

Where is Camp Half-Blood located?

Camp Half-Blood is on the north shore of Long Island, New York, near the real Montauk; Percy's mother drives him there after Grover warns them.

During which camp game does a hellhound attack Percy, just before his father claims him?

During Capture the Flag a hellhound attacks Percy by the creek; a glowing trident then appears over his head, showing everyone whose son he is.

Which three gods swore an oath not to have any more children, an oath Percy's birth broke?

Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, the Big Three, swore the oath after World War II because their children were too powerful and dangerous; Percy's birth broke it.

What has been stolen from Zeus in the first book?

Percy is sent to the Underworld to get it back because everyone assumes Hades took it.

In which US city is the entrance to the Underworld in The Lightning Thief?

The entrance to the Underworld is DOA Recording Studios in Los Angeles, where Charon ferries the dead across; the trio reach it after a cross-country trip.

Which god tricks Percy by hiding the stolen weapon in a backpack he gives him?

Percy beats him in a duel on the beach afterwards, which no demigod is supposed to be able to do.

Who turns out to be the real Lightning Thief at the end of the first book?

Luke Castellan is the real thief, secretly working for Kronos; at the end he tries to kill Percy with a pit scorpion in the woods.

Annabeth is the daughter of which goddess?

Like all Athena's kids she is terrified of spiders, because of what her mother did to Arachne.

Annabeth owns a magic cap from her mother that makes her what?

The New York Yankees cap makes its wearer invisible; it gets the trio out of more than one tight spot in the first book.

Which god is Luke Castellan's father?

Hermes, the messenger god, is the father of Castellan, which is why the boy owns winged flying sneakers; he gives them to Percy with sneaky intentions.

In The Sea of Monsters, Tyson turns out to be a baby cyclops and also Percy's what?

Tyson is Percy's half-brother; they share the same godly father, which embarrasses Percy at first and then makes him proud.

What has been poisoned at Camp Half-Blood in The Sea of Monsters, weakening its protective border?

Thalia, a daughter of Zeus, was turned into the pine when she died protecting her friends.

What magical object can save the camp in The Sea of Monsters?

The Golden Fleece, which heals any living thing, hangs on Polyphemus's island; the cyclops has captured Grover and thinks he is a lady cyclops.

What is the name of the friendly hippocampus that helps Tyson and Percy at sea?

Rainbow is the friendly hippocampus, half horse and half fish, who saves Tyson when the CSS Birmingham explodes and later carries the friends to safety.

On Circe's island, Percy and Annabeth discover she has turned dozens of men into what?

Circe turns men into guinea pigs; in Homer's Odyssey she turned Odysseus's crew into full-size pigs, and Percy himself is briefly changed into a guinea pig.

Which camper is sent by Tantalus on the quest to save the camp, sailing on the CSS Birmingham?

She is a daughter of Ares and Percy's rival, and in the end her prophecy says she must fly the Fleece home alone.

In The Titan's Curse, Percy nicknames the Ophiotaurus, a cow-serpent creature, what?

Percy names the Ophiotaurus Bessie before learning it is male; whoever sacrifices the creature and burns its entrails gains the power to destroy Olympus.

What is the name of the pegasus Percy rides and talks to?

Blackjack, a black pegasus Percy freed from a monster-filled cruise ship, calls him 'boss' and is always hoping for sugar cubes and doughnuts.

Which goddess is found holding up the sky on Mount Othrys in The Titan's Curse?

Artemis is trapped under the sky on Mount Othrys, having taken its weight from a captive demigod; Percy briefly holds it himself so she can fight free.

In which decade were Nico and Bianca di Angelo actually born, before being frozen in time?

Nico and Bianca were born in the 1930s; their father hid them in a Las Vegas hotel where time barely passes, so they emerged decades later barely older.

Zoë Nightshade, lieutenant of the Hunters, is revealed to be the daughter of which Titan?

Zoe is a daughter of Atlas and one of the Hesperides; long ago she helped Hercules steal a golden apple and gave him the sword that became Riptide.

Rachel Elizabeth Dare is a mortal with what special ability?

Rachel can see through the Mist, the magic that hides monsters from mortals; after the war she becomes the camp's new Oracle of Delphi.

In The Battle of the Labyrinth, the quest is to find which ancient inventor before Luke does?

Daedalus, builder of the Labyrinth, has been living at camp as the swordsman Quintus, his soul transferred into an automaton body.

Percy is blasted out of Hephaestus's forge in which real volcano?

Hephaestus's forge sits inside Mount St. Helens; Percy's explosion there triggers a real eruption, and he wakes on Ogygia with Calypso, cursed to love every hero who lands.

What is the name of the giant hellhound the old inventor leaves to Percy?

Mrs. O'Leary is a giant hellhound the size of a tank who thinks she is a lapdog; she becomes Percy's pet and can shadow-travel.

On his fifteenth birthday, Percy's father gives him what and tells him to spend it wisely?

The sand dollar, a gift from his father, is broken in half and given to the gods of the East and Hudson rivers, winning their help in the final battle.

In The Last Olympian, where does Percy bathe to become almost invulnerable?

Bathing in the River Styx gives Percy the curse of Achilles, leaving him invulnerable except for one secret weak spot in the small of his back.

Which Titan is turned into a maple tree during the Battle of Manhattan?

Hyperion, the Titan of light, is doused with reservoir water by Percy, then Grover's nature magic turns him into a maple tree in Central Park.

Which New York skyscraper has Mount Olympus on its secret 600th floor?

Olympus floats above the Empire State Building; the lobby guard issues a key card that makes a 600th-floor button appear in the elevator.

In The Last Olympian, Percy entrusts Pandora's jar of Hope to which goddess?

Percy hands Pandora's jar to Hestia, goddess of the hearth, so that hope stays safe with her; she is the 'last Olympian' of the book's title.

Who plays Percy in the Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians?

Walker Scobell was cast as Percy in April 2022, shortly after starring alongside Ryan Reynolds in The Adam Project.

On what date did the first season of the Disney+ series premiere?

Percy Jackson and the Olympians premiered on Disney+ on December 19, 2023, with the first two of its eight episodes adapting The Lightning Thief.

Who played Percy in the 2010 movie The Lightning Thief?

Logan Lerman played Percy in the 2010 film, directed by Chris Columbus, who also made the first two Harry Potter films.

Rick Riordan first made up Percy's story as bedtime tales for whom?

Haley had studied Greek myths at school and asked his dad to invent new ones when the old ones ran out.

What was Rick Riordan's job before he became a full-time author?

He taught Greek mythology for years, which is how he could keep the bedtime stories coming.

Rick Riordan was born and raised in which Texas city?

Rick Riordan was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas; before Percy he wrote adult mystery novels about a detective called Tres Navarre.

How many books did the original Percy Jackson & the Olympians series have by 2009?

Five books: The Lightning Thief (2005), The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth and The Last Olympian (2009).

In The Heroes of Olympus, what is the training camp for demigods with Roman parents called?

Camp Jupiter, the Roman camp near San Francisco, joins with Camp Half-Blood; seven demigods from both camps team up to stop the earth goddess Gaea from waking.

In The Trials of Apollo, the god Apollo is turned into a mortal teenager with what name?

Apollo becomes Lester Papadopoulos, a sixteen-year-old mortal with acne and no powers, and lands in a New York dumpster as punishment from Zeus.

Magnus, hero of Riordan's Norse series, is the cousin of which Percy Jackson character?

Magnus is a homeless orphan from Boston who turns out to be a son of the Norse god Frey.

The Kane Chronicles is based on the mythology of which country?

The Kane Chronicles draws on the mythology of Egypt; siblings Carter and Sadie Kane, descendants of pharaohs, take turns narrating.

In The Chalice of the Gods (2023), whose stolen cup of immortality does Percy have to find?

Ganymede, cupbearer of the gods, has lost his chalice; recovering it earns Percy one of the three divine recommendation letters he needs for New Rome University.

Where is Percy on a school trip when Mrs. Dodds first attacks him?

The field trip is to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where Mrs. Dodds lures Percy into a gallery; Mr. Brunner tosses him the pen that becomes Riptide.

Which monster runs Aunty Em's Garden Gnome Emporium in The Lightning Thief?

Medusa poses as Aunty Em, and her 'statues' are petrified victims; Percy beheads her while watching only her reflection, then mails the head to Olympus.

Who stalls Percy, Annabeth and Grover in Nevada on their way to the Underworld?

The Lotus-eaters run the Lotus Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, where lotus flowers make guests forget time; the trio lose several days there, nearly missing the solstice deadline.

What did Hades discover had been stolen from him, alongside Zeus's Master Bolt?

He accuses Percy and threatens a zombie apocalypse, but Percy beats Ares and returns the Helm through the Furies.

What game is Percy playing in gym class when Laestrygonian giants attack in The Sea of Monsters?

The Laistrygonian giants join a gym-class dodgeball game at Meriwether College Prep, hurling flaming cannonballs; Tyson and a friend arrive to save Percy.

What is the name of Luke's cruise ship full of monsters in The Sea of Monsters?

The Princess Andromeda, a luxury cruise liner crewed by monsters, serves as the floating base of Kronos's army; Percy later boards it to trick a confession out by Iris-message.

What helps Annabeth turn Percy back from a guinea pig on Circe's island?

The vitamins also make her temporarily immune to Circe's magic, and she frees the other guinea-pig men by accident.

What are the centaurs who rescue Percy and his friends from Luke called?

The Party Ponies are a rowdy band of centaurs, cousins of the camp's activities director, who arrive with paintball guns to rescue the friends at Miami.