169 Fun Facts About Twilight

In Life and Death, the 2015 gender-swapped retelling of Twilight, Bella and Edward became which pair?

Beau and Edythe: the swap also rewrites the ending, since Beau is bitten and becomes a vampire in the very first book, a fate Bella waits three more novels for.

In which book does Bella first learn that Edward is a vampire?

Meyer says she wrote what became Chapter 13 of the first book straight from her dream, then finished the whole novel in three months.

In Twilight, the Cullens' 'vegetarian' diet turns their eyes which colour?

Gold: the Cullens' diet fades their eyes to gold where a human-hunter's stay red, and both kinds darken to black as thirst builds.

Stephenie Meyer set Twilight in Forks after searching Google for the American place with the most what?

Rainfall: the search led Meyer to the Olympic Peninsula, where she scanned the map for a small town ringed by forest and found one whose name, she said, could not have been more perfect.

In New Moon, what does Jacob Black teach Bella to ride?

A motorcycle: after Edward leaves, Bella finds that reckless thrills let her hear his voice in her head, so she takes up riding with Jacob and the two grow close.

What gift does Jane of the Volturi have?

Sensations of pain: Jane floods a victim's mind with agony that is pure illusion, while her twin brother Alec does the reverse and shuts off every sense.

Which actress portrays Bella Swan in the film adaptations?

Kristen Stewart gained international fame for her role as Bella Swan throughout all five films of The Twilight Saga.

What is the name of the tracker vampire who hunts Bella in the first book?

James is a sadistic tracker vampire who becomes fixated on hunting Bella in the first novel, leading to a dangerous confrontation.

Which 2008 science-fiction novel for adults did Twilight author Stephenie Meyer also write?

The Host: an invading alien 'soul' called Wanderer is placed in the body of a captured human, Melanie, only to find that Melanie refuses to give up her mind.

What is the full first name of the main protagonist, Bella Swan?

Isabella: Meyer says no name seemed good enough for her heroine until she gave her the one she had been saving for a daughter of her own.

As of 2020, roughly how many copies had the Twilight novels sold worldwide?

160 million copies by 2020, a long way from the first printing of 75,000 that launched Twilight in 2005.

In Twilight, what does Bella's new stepfather Phil do for a living?

Minor-league baseball player: Phil is on the road so much that Bella sends herself to Forks, freeing her mother Renée to travel with him.

What is Edward Cullen's unique supernatural ability?

Mind reading is Edward's gift, and Bella's head is the one he cannot enter; after she is turned she can extend that mental shield to protect others too.

Who directed the first 'Twilight' film, released in 2008?

Catherine Hardwicke directed the first 'Twilight' film, which premiered in 2008. She was praised for her direction and style, but did not return for the sequels due to creative differences and scheduling.

Which Forks High classmate becomes Bella Swan's closest human friend?

Angela Weber: tall, shy and kind, she respects other people's space, and Bella comes to appreciate her for exactly that.

How many main novels make up Stephenie Meyer's 'Twilight Saga'?

Four: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. Meyer first wrote a single direct sequel, Forever Dawn, never published, and later reworked its story into the finale.

Stephenie Meyer states that the idea for 'Twilight' came to her in what way?

A vivid dream: Meyer woke one June morning in 2003 having seen a girl and a vampire talking in a meadow, and wrote it down at once so she would not forget it.

What is Jasper Hale's unique supernatural ability?

Influencing emotions: Jasper feels and steers the moods around him, and feeling his prey's fear as they died is what drove him to leave his nomad friends Peter and Charlotte.

Which American state does Bella Swan leave behind when she moves to Forks?

Arizona: Bella grew up in sunny Phoenix and hated the cold and wet of Forks, yet she moves there by choice so that her mother can travel with Phil.

In Breaking Dawn, which nickname does Jacob give baby Renesmee, to Bella's fury?

Nessie: Jacob finds 'Renesmee' a mouthful, and Bella is furious that her daughter has been named after the Loch Ness Monster, though by the end everyone uses it.

In Twilight, the Cullen family call themselves 'vegetarians' because they feed on what instead of humans?

Animals: Carlisle, horrified at becoming a vampire, tried to starve himself, found that animal blood could sustain him, and taught his family to live the same way.

Which novel in the 'Twilight Saga' was eventually released from Edward Cullen's perspective?

'Midnight Sun' is a companion novel that retells the events of the first book, 'Twilight', entirely from Edward Cullen's point of view.

Which Jane Austen novel did Stephenie Meyer name as the loose model for the first Twilight book?

Pride and Prejudice loosely shaped the first book, while Edward's name came from two other romantic heroes, the brooding master of Jane Eyre and Austen's Mr Ferrars.

In New Moon, which reckless stunt of Bella's does Alice's vision mistake for a suicide attempt?

Cliff diving: Bella jumps for the thrill, but Alice cannot see the wolves, so her vision shows the leap and not Jacob hauling Bella out of the sea.

Edward Cullen was dying of which disease when Carlisle turned him?

Spanish influenza: as the 1918 epidemic was killing them both, Edward's mother Elizabeth begged Carlisle to do whatever it took to save her son, who was turned at 17.

Forbes once ranked Twilight's Carlisle Cullen the richest fictional character, just ahead of which tycoon?

Scrooge McDuck came second on Forbes's 2010 Fictional 15, which put Carlisle's fortune down to centuries of compound interest and stock tips from Alice, who can see the future.

Emmett Cullen was nearly killed by which animal in 1935 before Rosalie carried him to Carlisle?

A bear mauled Emmett while he was hunting near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, in 1935; Rosalie carried him more than a hundred miles to Carlisle rather than risk biting him herself.

Before he became a vampire, Twilight's Jasper Hale fought as a young officer in which war?

The American Civil War: Jasper joined the Confederate Army in 1861 and rose fast, until the vampire Maria turned him in 1863 to train her own army of newborns.

In Twilight lore, where did Alice find Jasper, having foreseen that the two of them would fall in love?

A diner in Philadelphia is where Alice walked up to Jasper; together they then sought out Carlisle's family and joined the Cullens on their own initiative.

Renesmee Cullen's middle name, Carlie, is a portmanteau of which two names?

Carlisle and Charlie: the middle name pairs the baby's two grandfathers, one a vampire and one human, just as Renesmee fuses her grandmothers Renée and Esme.

Which Denali coven member wrongly reports Renesmee to the Volturi as an 'immortal child'?

Irina mistook fast-growing Renesmee for an immortal child, the crime for which the Volturi had executed her own mother Sasha, and her false report cost Irina her life too.

Which of the Volturi has no known special ability?

Caius has no known gift, only a grudge: a werewolf almost destroyed him long ago, and he has had true werewolves hunted to near extinction ever since.

What must Aro do to read someone's mind?

Make physical contact: one touch shows Aro every thought a person has ever had, yet when he tries it on Bella in New Moon her mind stays closed to him.

In Eclipse, which wolf imprints on a two-year-old girl named Claire?

Quil Ateara: Jacob insists there is nothing romantic in it, and says Quil will be whatever Claire needs as she grows, first a big brother, then a friend.

Why is Leah Clearwater's transformation unique in Quileute history?

She is the only female wolf the Quileute have known, and because the pack shares thoughts she must listen to those of Sam, the ex-boyfriend who left her.

Which vampire did Rachelle Lefevre play before Bryce Dallas Howard replaced her for Eclipse?

Victoria: Summit blamed a scheduling conflict with Lefevre's film Barney's Version, and Lefevre said she was 'stunned' by the recasting.

Under the treaty Ephraim Black made with the Cullens, the vampires must never do what?

Bite a human: the ban covers turning someone as well as feeding on them, so the pact that lets the Cullens live near Forks would be broken by changing Bella into a vampire.

Where do Edward and Bella honeymoon in Breaking Dawn?

Isle Esme, off Brazil, was Carlisle's gift to his wife, and the honeymoon there is cut short when Bella realises she is pregnant.

Alice writes her final instructions to Bella on a page torn from which Shakespeare play in Breaking Dawn?

The Merchant of Venice: Meyer chose it as a clue that the final confrontation would be won, as in the play, by clever words rather than bloodshed.

In New Moon, which Volturi guard lures groups of human tourists into Volterra as food?

Heidi, the Volturi's 'fisher', uses her allure to lead tour groups into the castle; Bella passes one such group on her way out of the audience chamber.

Which Tuscan hill town stood in for Volterra when New Moon's Italian scenes were filmed in 2009?

Montepulciano was chosen after scouts toured more than a dozen sites, and the crew built a fountain in its Piazza Grande for Bella's dash to stop Edward.

Why did Taylor Lautner nearly lose the part of Jacob after the first Twilight film?

The role needed a bigger build: Jacob grows dramatically between the first two books, so Lautner bulked up in the gym and held on to the part for New Moon.

Although set in Washington, the 2008 Twilight film was shot mainly around which city outside the state?

Portland, Oregon: the first film shot there and in nearby St. Helens, and when the sequels moved to Vancouver the crew rebuilt the Swan house from scratch.

Which British band recorded "Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)" for the Eclipse soundtrack?

Muse: Meyer has named the band a particular inspiration, and their songs appear on the soundtracks of all three of the first films.

Which singer's 'A Thousand Years' was released as a single from the Breaking Dawn – Part 1 soundtrack?

Christina Perri wrote it about Edward and Bella's romance; a sleeper hit, it reached its Hot 100 peak of 31 only after the final film came out a year later.

Breaking Dawn – Part 2 was filmed largely in which US state to take advantage of tax credits?

Louisiana: Summit shot both Breaking Dawn films back-to-back as a single project, basing the production in Baton Rouge with further filming in Vancouver.

Which of these Razzies did Breaking Dawn – Part 2 win?

Worst Picture was one of seven Razzies from eleven nominations; Worst Actor was one that got away, going to Adam Sandler instead of the film's own nominee.

Roughly how much did the five Twilight films earn at the worldwide box office combined?

$3.3 billion across five films, a vast return for a series whose first instalment cost about $37 million to make.

About how long did Stephenie Meyer take to write the first draft of Twilight?

Three months: Meyer started in June 2003, wrote from the meadow scene through to the end, then went back to the beginning and joined the two halves in late August.

Roughly how much was Stephenie Meyer's 2003 three-book deal for Twilight worth?

$750,000 for three books, signed by an unpublished author only months after most of the literary agents she wrote to had rejected or ignored her.

What made Meyer shelve her Edward-narrated retelling of Twilight in 2008?

Twelve chapters of the draft leaked online in 2008; Meyer said that in her frame of mind 'James would probably win and all the Cullens would die', and the finished book arrived in 2020.

The annual fan festival in Forks, Washington is timed to coincide with what?

Bella Swan's birthday, 13 September: the city council declared it Stephenie Meyer Day in 2007, and the party grew into the yearly Forever Twilight in Forks festival.

In which Port Angeles restaurant does Edward take Bella to dinner in Twilight?

La Bella Italia: Edward insists Bella eat there after rescuing her in Port Angeles, afraid she will go into shock, and the town has a real Bella Italia restaurant too.

Which Volvo model did Edward drive on screen in the 2008 Twilight film?

A Volvo C30 hatchback replaced the novel's Volvo S60R for the 2008 film under a product-placement deal; the sequels moved Edward into a Volvo XC60.

What does Edward give Bella for her eighteenth birthday in New Moon?

A CD of his piano compositions, led by her lullaby; when the Cullens leave Forks it vanishes, and Edward later admits he hid it under her floorboards.

The cover of Breaking Dawn shows pieces from which game?

Chess: Meyer calls the cover a metaphor for Bella, who starts the saga as the weakest piece on the board, the pawn, and ends it as the strongest, the queen.

In which city do Renée and Phil settle, which Bella visits in Eclipse?

Jacksonville, Florida: when Bella sinks into depression in New Moon, the plan is to send her there to live with her mother, and she fights to stay in Forks.

The 2010 novella 'The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner' expands on a newborn vampire from which book?

The third book, Eclipse: Bree is one of the newborns in the Seattle army, and Meyer had the novella posted free online for a month as a gift to her readers.

In New Moon, whose funeral does Edward mistake for Bella's when he phones her house?

Harry Clearwater's funeral is the one Jacob mentions when he answers the call; Edward assumes it is Bella's and leaves for Italy to provoke the Volturi into killing him.

In Twilight, which hobby does Bella's father Charlie share with his old friend Billy Black?

Fishing: Charlie took Bella along on her childhood visits to Forks, and she came to hate both the fishing and the town.

Which vampire once made advances to Edward that he turned down?

Tanya, the Denali coven's leader, made advances that Edward politely refused; she still attends Bella and Edward's wedding in Breaking Dawn.

Edward Cullen was born in 1901 in which American city?

Chicago: Edward grew up there dreaming of becoming a soldier in the Great War, but he fell mortally ill at 17, before he was old enough to enlist.

What was Edward's surname before he was adopted into the Cullen coven?

Masen: Edward Anthony Masen took Carlisle's surname, whereas the Hale siblings are a cover story, since Jasper was born a Whitlock and only passes as Rosalie's brother.

Besides his everyday Volvo, which 'special occasion' car does Edward own in the Twilight books?

An Aston Martin Vanquish: Edward collects cars as a hobby and, like all the Cullens, loves to drive fast, so even his everyday Volvo is the high-performance S60R.

Which actor did Meyer publicly name as the only one who could play Edward, before calling him too old?

Henry Cavill was Meyer's 'perfect Edward' but too old by the time filming began; it was the second role he lost to Robert Pattinson, after a part in Harry Potter.

Carlisle Cullen was born in the 1640s in which city, the son of an Anglican priest?

London: turned into a vampire there, Carlisle refused to feed on people, lived for decades among the Volturi in Italy and then left for the New World, where he became a doctor.

Alice Cullen, born around 1901 in Biloxi, Mississippi, was turned into a vampire while confined where?

An asylum: Alice's family had her committed over her visions, and a vampire who worked there turned her to save her from a tracker who had caught her scent.

Which half-vampire does Alice bring to the Volturi confrontation in Breaking Dawn?

Nahuel, a 150-year-old hybrid raised by his aunt Huilen, shows the Volturi that half-vampires are no threat; Alice and Jasper had slipped away to find him in South America.

Sam Uley imprints on which woman, a cousin of Leah Clearwater?

Emily Young, Leah's cousin; the scars down one side of her face came from Sam losing control and phasing too close to her.

Rosalie Hale was born in 1915 in which city, where Carlisle later found her left for dead?

Rochester, New York: Rosalie Hale, born 1915, was left for dead there by her fiancé Royce King and his friends in 1933, and Carlisle turned her hoping she would be Edward's mate.

Why was 16-year-old Esme in Carlisle's care when they first met?

She was recovering from a fall from a tree that broke her leg in 1911; years later Carlisle found her near death after a cliff jump and turned her.

Which song on the first Twilight soundtrack does Robert Pattinson sing?

Never Think: Pattinson said the director was passed his old recordings without his knowledge, and he only learned they were in the film when he watched an early cut.

Which vampire, played on screen by Rami Malek, can control earth, air, fire and water?

Benjamin: his coven leader Amun kept the gift hidden for fear the Volturi would claim him, and when Amun flees the confrontation Benjamin stays to stand with the Cullens.

Which band's 'Decode' was the first single from the Twilight soundtrack?

Paramore wrote 'Decode' for the film; singer Hayley Williams said the title stands for the tension, awkwardness and confusion between Bella and Edward.

Which director, an Academy Award winner for 'Gods and Monsters', made both parts of 'Breaking Dawn'?

Bill Condon reunited with Carter Burwell, who had scored his Gods and Monsters, bringing the first film's composer back to the series after two films away.

Which studio held Twilight's film rights before Summit, with a script far from the book?

Paramount's MTV Films spent years on a script radically different from the novel, then let the project go; Summit picked up the rights in 2007 and started again with a faithful screenplay.

Who wrote the screenplays for all five Twilight Saga films?

Melissa Rosenberg had only about five weeks to finish the first script, racing to hand it in before the 2007–08 writers' strike began.

Which Narnia star was among the final four actors considered for Edward Cullen?

Ben Barnes, Prince Caspian himself, was a finalist alongside Jackson Rathbone and Shiloh Fernandez before Pattinson won the role; Rathbone was cast as Jasper instead.

What happened at Pattinson's screen test for Edward?

He kissed Stewart and fell off a bed during a test filmed at the director's own house; Stewart then insisted, 'It has to be Rob.'

Which director took over the Twilight series for its second film, New Moon?

Chris Weitz, fresh from The Golden Compass, was hired in December 2008 after the first film's director stepped aside over the tight schedule; New Moon reached cinemas within a year.

Which French composer wrote the score for The Twilight Saga: New Moon?

Alexandre Desplat took over from the first film's composer for New Moon, so 'Bella's Lullaby' went unheard until its writer returned for Breaking Dawn.

Which film later beat New Moon's opening-day record?

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 took the record in 2011; New Moon, a November release, had itself snatched it from the summer blockbuster The Dark Knight.

In New Moon, who saves Bella from the vampire Laurent?

A wolf pack: Laurent means to kill Bella himself, but giant wolves chase him from the meadow, and only later does she learn that one of them is Jacob.

Why do the Cullens only play baseball during thunderstorms?

The thunder masks the crack of the bat: the Cullens hit so hard that each strike booms like a thunderclap, and the game in Twilight ends when a nomadic coven turns up.

Who directed The Twilight Saga: Eclipse?

David Slade had mocked the first film, joking that he would not watch it even at gunpoint; once hired for Eclipse he took it back, admitting he had neither seen the film nor read the books.

Where do Edward and Jacob hide Bella during the big battle in Eclipse?

A campsite in the mountains: when Bella starts to freeze there overnight, Jacob warms her with his own body heat, much to Edward's chagrin.

Eclipse was the first Twilight film released in which cinema format?

IMAX: its giant screens usually went to effects-heavy action films and family animation, but the company wanted a share of Twilight's fast-growing fanbase.

What car does Edward give Alice for keeping Bella 'hostage' in Eclipse?

A yellow Porsche 911 Turbo, like the one Alice stole in Italy in New Moon and fell for; Edward buys it as a bribe so she will keep Bella at the Cullen house while he hunts.

What vehicle does Charlie buy for Bella when she arrives in Forks?

A faded red Chevrolet pickup from the 1950s: Charlie bought it from his friend Billy Black, who had no more use for it once he was in a wheelchair.

Which spy thriller did Stephenie Meyer publish in 2016, her first novel outside Twilight since 2008?

The Chemist: its heroine is an ex-agent on the run from the secret government agency she worked for, until her old handler offers her a way out, one last job.

Where did Stephenie Meyer earn her English literature degree in 1997?

Brigham Young University: despite her English degree, Meyer had written nothing but a few abandoned chapters before the idea for Twilight arrived.

What was Stephenie Meyer's main occupation when she began writing Twilight?

Stay-at-home mother: Meyer says she had no plans for a career when the story took hold, and she fitted the writing around caring for her three young sons.

What does Jacob give Bella as a graduation present in Eclipse?

A hand-carved wooden wolf charm on a silver bracelet; Edward later adds a heart-shaped charm of his own, so Bella wears both rivals' gifts on one wrist.

Which Harry Potter character did Robert Pattinson play before Twilight?

Cedric Diggory, the Hufflepuff champion in Goblet of Fire, is killed on Voldemort's order when the Triwizard Cup carries him and Harry to a graveyard.

In 2013 Robert Pattinson became the face of which fragrance brand?

Dior Homme signed him in 2013, a turnaround for a former child model who said the jobs dried up once he stopped looking androgynous: 'the most unsuccessful modelling career'.

Kristen Stewart's breakthrough as a child came in which David Fincher thriller?

Panic Room (2002): Stewart played the diabetic daughter of Jodie Foster, who took over the lead after Nicole Kidman dropped out with an injury.

Kristen Stewart earned an Oscar nomination for playing which real woman in a 2021 biopic?

Princess Diana, in Pablo Larraín's Spencer, which imagines the Christmas of 1991 at Sandringham when she resolves to leave her marriage; it was Stewart's first Oscar nomination.

Taylor Lautner's big break was which character in a 2005 Robert Rodriguez kids' film?

Sharkboy, in The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D: Lautner was a karate black belt and junior world champion whose martial-arts coach had urged him to try acting.

Which Twilight cast member earned an Oscar nomination for Up in the Air (2009)?

Anna Kendrick, who plays Bella's friend Jessica, got the part after Jason Reitman saw her in Rocket Science and wrote the role of Natalie with her in mind.

Carlisle actor Peter Facinelli played Dr. Fitch 'Coop' Cooper in which hospital comedy-drama?

Nurse Jackie: Facinelli spent seven seasons as Dr. Cooper, the obnoxious doctor who spars with Edie Falco's Jackie, even as he played the Cullens' vampire physician on film.

Rosalie actress Nikki Reed co-wrote and starred in which 2003 film, her screen debut?

Thirteen: Reed, then a young teenager, wrote the script with the film's director in six days, drawing on her own life, and won an Independent Spirit Award for her performance.

Emmett actor Kellan Lutz played which mythical hero in the title role of a 2014 film?

Hercules: The Legend of Hercules cast the saga's strongest Cullen as the demigod, but the film lost money and brought Lutz two Razzie nominations.

Which film cast Jasper actor Jackson Rathbone as Sokka?

The Last Airbender opened a day after Eclipse, so Rathbone's two films spent the Independence Day holiday competing with each other at the American box office.

Which Christopher Nolan film starred Renesmee actress Mackenzie Foy as young Murph?

Interstellar (2014): Foy plays the 10-year-old Murph, who takes the dust patterns in her bedroom for a ghost before her father reads them as a coded message.

Which film was Jane actress Dakota Fanning's breakthrough?

I Am Sam (2001): her character's father, a man with an intellectual disability, must fight in court to keep custody of her; the part made Fanning the youngest performer to earn an individual Screen Actors Guild nomination.

Which British prime minister did Aro actor Michael Sheen play in three Peter Morgan films?

Tony Blair, in The Deal, The Queen and The Special Relationship; Sheen has also fought on the other side of the vampire wars, as the werewolf leader Lucian in the Underworld films.

James actor Cam Gigandet played bad boy Kevin Volchok on which teen drama?

The O.C.: Volchok is the surfer who rams Ryan's car off the road in the season-three finale, the crash that kills Marissa Cooper.

Twilight composer Carter Burwell is best known for scoring films by which directors?

The Coen brothers, most of whose films he has scored since Blood Simple; Twilight's love theme, 'Bella's Lullaby', began years earlier as a piece he wrote for the woman who became his wife.

Where did the Twilight soundtrack debut on the Billboard 200?

Number 1: the soundtrack topped the Billboard 200 more than a week before the film even opened, selling about 165,000 copies, 29 percent of them as downloads.

Whose 'Flightless Bird, American Mouth' plays as Bella and Edward dance at the prom in Twilight?

Iron & Wine: the film's lead actress chose the song for the prom scene herself, and it returned for Bella and Edward's wedding in Breaking Dawn, re-recorded as a 'Wedding Version' for the soundtrack.

Life and Death, the gender-swapped retelling, was published in 2015 to mark what?

The first novel's tenth anniversary: Meyer also wanted to answer critics who called Bella a 'damsel in distress', arguing she was simply a human among superhumans.

Whose van skids across the icy school parking lot towards Bella before Edward stops it by hand?

Tyler Crowley loses control on the ice, and Edward halts the van with his bare hands, the moment that sets Bella asking what he really is; Tyler then bombards her with apologies.

Which company bought Summit Entertainment, distributor of the Twilight films, in 2012?

Lionsgate paid $412.5 million for Summit in January 2012, so the last Twilight film, Breaking Dawn – Part 2, reached cinemas that November under new owners.

Carlisle was bitten while doing what for his father?

Hunting vampires: Carlisle followed his father into the hunts and found a real coven, but an ancient vampire attacked him, and he hid away to endure the change in silence.

Which book outsold Twilight in 2009, the only title to do so?

New Moon, boosted by its November 2009 film, topped USA Today's year-end list with Twilight second; Twilight itself had been the biggest-selling book of 2008.

Stephenie Meyer says the title New Moon refers to what?

The darkest night: with the moon's bright side hidden from Earth, Meyer said, the sky matches the darkest period of Bella's life; she added that the title is not a werewolf reference.

Which object appears on the cover of the novel Eclipse?

A torn red ribbon: Meyer said it stands for choice, as Bella is pulled between Edward and Jacob, and for the fact that she cannot break cleanly away from her human life.

Which newborn vampire leads the Seattle army against the Cullens?

Riley Biers serves his creator because she claims to love him, a lie told to keep him loyal; he is killed in the final battle by one of the wolves.

What condition does Edward set before he will turn Bella himself?

Marry him first: Bella, wary of marriage, accepts his proposal in Eclipse, and the wedding opens Breaking Dawn.

What causes the incident at Bella's 18th birthday party in New Moon?

A paper cut from unwrapping a present: a drop of blood makes Jasper lunge at Bella, and the near-disaster convinces Edward to move the Cullens out of Forks.

Which two wolves are the first to join Jacob's breakaway pack in Breaking Dawn?

Seth and Leah Clearwater: Seth follows Jacob at once and his sister soon after, when Sam's pack plans to attack the Cullens over Bella's pregnancy; Quil and Embry come over later.

Before Twilight, the town of Forks billed itself as the world capital of what?

Logging: Forks billed itself the 'Logging Capital of the World' during a timber boom that faded in the 1980s and 1990s; Twilight tourism later boosted the town of about 3,300.

The real Quileute reservation, home to Jacob's tribe, was established at which village?

La Push, at the mouth of the Quillayute River: an 1855 treaty would have moved the Quileute to another tribe's reservation, but most stayed put, and in 1889 their own was created around the village.

In Twilight lore, why are newborn vampires stronger than their elders?

Their own human blood still lingers in their tissues for about a year, which is why the newly turned Bella can beat the mighty Emmett at arm-wrestling.

Which actress, the child star of Silent Hill, played the newborn vampire Bree Tanner?

Jodelle Ferland played Bree after reading the story in advance: Meyer shared her still-unpublished Bree Tanner novella with the cast so they could understand their characters.

Twilight opened at number one in November 2008, knocking which week-old James Bond film off the top?

Quantum of Solace slipped to second as Twilight took $69.6 million, and the day after Twilight opened the studio confirmed it would film New Moon.

Which fruit appears on the cover of Midnight Sun, Meyer's 2020 Twilight novel?

A pomegranate: Meyer calls it a nod to the myth of Hades and Persephone, whose taste of the fruit bound her to the underworld, an echo of the story's pull on Bella.

Which streaming service announced an animated adaptation of Midnight Sun in 2024?

Netflix ordered the animated Midnight Sun in September 2024, more than a year after the project was first reported; Meyer said she was excited to see Twilight's world without the restraints of live action.

Which settler burned down the Quileute village near Forks in 1889?

Daniel Pullen, a trader who claimed the La Push land and torched the Quileute village in 1889 while the tribe was away picking hops; the reservation had been created that February.

In the Twilight Saga, what happens to a vampire's skin in direct sunlight instead of burning?

It sparkles, thanks to the crystalline properties of a vampire's cells. Garlic, holy items and wooden stakes do Twilight's vampires no harm either.

Which bestselling romance began online as Twilight fan fiction titled 'Master of the Universe'?

Fifty Shades of Grey was first posted in episodes under the pen name Snowqueens Icedragon. Its leads were later renamed Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele.

Which word ends Edward Cullen's famous Twilight line, 'And so the lion fell in love with the...'?

Lamb is the word, and the author fought to keep the line verbatim in the 2008 film because fans already had it tattooed on their bodies.

Which object appears on the cover of the first Twilight novel, published in hardcover in 2005?

An apple, which the author says stands for the forbidden fruit of Genesis and for Bella and Edward's forbidden love. Later covers in the saga show a tulip, a torn ribbon and chess pieces.

In the film Breaking Dawn – Part 2, the climactic battle with the Volturi turns out to be what?

A vision of the future is all it was: Alice shows Aro that he would die in the fight, so the Volturi leave. The novel settles the standoff with wits and strategy, not violence.

Which Shakespeare tragedy inspired New Moon, the Twilight sequel where Edward thinks Bella is dead?

Romeo and Juliet echoes through the plot: believing Bella has killed herself, Edward flees to Italy to provoke the Volturi into ending his life too.

In the Twilight Saga, what color are the eyes of a newborn vampire or one who drinks human blood?

Red is the tell: a newborn's eyes are bright, then fade to a deep crimson over about a year if the vampire keeps drinking human blood.

The first Twilight novel ends with Edward taking an injured Bella to which Forks High School event?

The prom closes the book, because Edward does not want Bella to miss any normal human experience on his account. In the 2008 film he refuses her request there to be made a vampire.

In Twilight, the tracker vampire hunting Bella lures her to which kind of place from her childhood?

A ballet studio is the trap, after he tricks Bella into thinking he has kidnapped her mother. The fight there was shot in the film's first week of production.

In the Twilight novel Eclipse, which city suffers unsolved murders as a newborn vampire army grows?

Seattle is where the killings pile up. The Cullens realize the murderers are an army of newborn vampires, each with an uncontrollable thirst for human blood.

What job does Bella Swan's father Charlie hold in the small Twilight town of Forks?

Police chief of Forks, Charlie Swan spends his free time fishing with friends from the reservation and watching sports on TV.

Carlisle Cullen, head of Twilight's vampire family, holds which job that surrounds him with blood?

Doctor is his calling: over the centuries Carlisle has become a skilled surgeon who is completely indifferent to the scent of human blood.

In which class at Forks High School does Twilight's Bella Swan first sit next to Edward Cullen?

Biology is where they meet on her first day of school, and Edward seems utterly repulsed by her, much to Bella's bewilderment.

In Breaking Dawn, which rare gift does Bella Swan turn out to possess once she becomes a vampire?

A mental shield had guarded Bella even as a human, and as a vampire she learns to stretch it over her allies to block other vampires' powers.

In Twilight, Edward Cullen first shows his inhuman strength by stopping what from crushing Bella?

A student's van nearly strikes Bella in the school parking lot, until Edward covers more than thirty feet in an instant and stops it single-handedly.

Which actress got her big break as Alice Cullen, Edward's adopted sister, in the Twilight films?

Ashley Greene was cast as Alice in 2008 and played her in all five films, through Breaking Dawn – Part 2 in 2012.

Which eventual Best Actor Oscar winner played an element-bending vampire in Breaking Dawn – Part 2?

Rami Malek appeared in the saga's 2012 finale, six years before Bohemian Rhapsody brought him the Academy Award for playing Freddie Mercury.

Which Twilight classmate, whose family's store later employs Bella, has a crush she never returns?

Mike Newton is the friendly boy whose affections Bella never returns. In the books she works at his family's Olympic Outfitters during New Moon and Eclipse.

Unlike the other Cullens in Twilight, Alice remembers nothing about which part of her past?

Her human life is a blank, since Alice woke up alone as a vampire, which leaves her early history vague even to her.

In Twilight, Rosalie Hale is bitter that her life as a vampire prevents her from ever doing what?

Having children is the loss Rosalie resents most. She would give up her immortality and beauty to be human, and hopes Bella will choose to stay that way.

In Twilight's backstory, which loss drove Esme to the cliff jump that led Carlisle to turn her?

Her baby's death, days after the birth, left Esme grief-stricken. Taken to a morgue as dead, she was saved when Carlisle heard her faint heartbeat.

In Twilight, what covers Jasper Hale's face and body after years of fighting newborn vampires?

Crescent-shaped scars mark him from an army in which he trained young vampires, then killed them once they were no longer useful.

Which Volturi guard in Twilight, the twin brother of Jane, is able to block his victims' senses?

Alec, played in the films by Cameron Bright, is among the gifted vampires the Volturi leaders have collected for a guard of 32 members.

Which gift does the Denali coven vampire Kate use to incapacitate attackers in the Twilight Saga?

An electric shock runs over Kate's skin at will. Aro covets the talent enough to invite her to join the Volturi, and she refuses.

The nomad Garrett, who sides with the Cullens in Breaking Dawn, is a veteran of which war?

The American Revolution made Garrett a Patriot soldier before he became a vampire, and he ends the saga as the mate of Kate from the Denali coven.

Which actor played Charlie Swan, the father Bella moves to Forks to join, in the Twilight films?

Billy Burke played Charlie in all five films, and in the saga's final year was cast as the lead of an NBC science-fiction series.

Which actor, later Vecna in 'Stranger Things', played a Volturi leader in the Twilight films?

Jamie Campbell Bower joined the saga with New Moon in 2009. He later fronted the punk rock band Counterfeit as its singer and guitarist.

In Twilight, which vampire transformed Jasper Hale in 1863 to help her claim territory in Monterrey?

Maria used newborn vampires as soldiers and disposed of them as they aged. She later killed her partners Lucy and Nettie with Jasper's help.

Which Amazonian vampire in Twilight's Breaking Dawn can make others see illusions she creates?

Zafrina befriends Renesmee, who likes her "pretty pictures", and makes Bella promise to bring the girl to visit.

In the Quileute legends Jacob Black tells Bella in Twilight, what name is given to vampires?

The Cold Ones is the tribe's name for them, and Bella flirts the story out of Jacob while trying to learn more about the Cullens.

In Breaking Dawn, Bella hates that Jacob nicknamed her daughter after which legendary creature?

The Loch Ness Monster is where "Nessie" comes from, a nickname Jacob coined because he found Renesmee's full name a mouthful.

In New Moon, the Quileute wolf pack saves Bella from which vampire, once of the tracker's coven?

Laurent stumbles on Bella in the meadow while back in Forks as a favor to the vengeful Victoria, and the wolves destroy him before he can feed. Bella learns only later that Jacob is one of the pack.

Twilight's Quileute wolves are revealed in Breaking Dawn to be not true werewolves but what?

Shape-shifters is the term. True werewolves, called the Children of the Moon, change involuntarily at the full moon, while the Quileute transform independently of the lunar cycle.

In Twilight, which wolf pack rank belongs to Jacob Black by blood, though he at first refuses it?

Alpha is Jacob's birthright, yet he turns the role down when Sam Uley offers it, and claims it only when he forms his own pack in Breaking Dawn.

Which hot-tempered Quileute wolf imprints on Jacob Black's older sister Rachel in the Twilight Saga?

Paul irritates Jacob by always being at the family's house eating their food, though Jacob's father is glad that Rachel now visits home more often.

Which actor, later Thomas Rainwater in 'Yellowstone', played Jacob's father in the Twilight films?

Gil Birmingham was cast in 2008 as the Quileute tribal elder, who has diabetes and uses a wheelchair.

Which actor played Sam Uley, leader of the Quileute wolf pack, in the Twilight Saga films?

Chaske Spencer, who is Lakota Sioux, later earned a BAFTA television nomination for the Western miniseries The English.

In New Moon, Bella rides which vehicles after learning that thrills let her hear Edward's voice?

Motorcycles and cliff-diving both do the trick, because the danger lets Bella "hear" Edward's voice in her head while he is gone.

In the Twilight Saga, what is the only way to permanently kill a nearly indestructible vampire?

Dismember and burn it, because a Twilight vampire's severed body parts keep moving even after they are detached.

Which 'Pushing Daisies' star played the nomad vampire Garrett in Twilight's Breaking Dawn – Part 2?

Lee Pace so impressed the saga's author that she said he stood out as someone who was just so much fun and really looked the part.