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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSArtemis Fowl the Second is twelve years old, a pale criminal genius who lives at Fowl Manor outside Dublin with his giant bodyguard, Butler. The Fowls have been criminals for generations, but the family lost much of its fortune when Artemis's father disappeared after a missile struck his ship. Artemis plans to rebuild it with fairy gold. He is convinced that fairies are real, and he has done his research. After tracking down a sprite in Ho Chi Minh City and getting a look at the fairies' secret Book, he learns their rules and uses them to kidnap Captain Holly Short, an elf officer of the underground fairy police, so he can ransom her for gold. But the fairies have magic, strange gadgets and a short-tempered commander, and they fight back.
Free Battle of the Books questions for Artemis Fowl
SPOILERSEvery one of these has the same answer, and that is the point. In a real battle the question is read aloud with a dozen other books in play, and students have a few seconds to place it. Here is what a battle might ask about Artemis Fowl. Use them as a quiz, a trivia round, or BOTB practice.
Where in the book they come from
- Early in the book
In what book does a boy expose a fake waiter by his handmade loafers and gold signet rings?
✓ Answer
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
At a cafe in Ho Chi Minh City, Artemis notices the waiter's handmade loafers, silk shirt, three gold signet rings and freshly manicured nails. He realizes the man is really their contact, Nguyen Xuan, who put on the disguise to check them for weapons.
- First half
In what book does a centaur hack Interpol and find a ten-gigabyte file on a crime family?
✓ Answer
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Foaly digs up the Fowl family's long record of racketeering, smuggling and armed robbery, which he says would fill half a library on paper. He also discovers that the mastermind behind the kidnapping is only twelve years old.
- First half
In what book does a bodyguard wear a fairy helmet held on with straps from a hard hat?
✓ Answer
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Butler's head is far too big for Holly's helmet, so Artemis fits him with what is left of it, the visor and controls rigged with hard-hat straps. As Artemis tries its filters one by one, the last one lets Butler see the shielded Retrieval team.
- Second half
In what book does a captive elf plant an acorn, whispering "I return you to the earth"?
✓ Answer
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Holly slams her heavy bedframe into the concrete floor of her cell until a sliver of earth shows through. She pushes in the acorn from her boot, finishes with "And claim the gift that is my right," and her magic rushes back, sealing her wounds with blue sparks.
- Second half
In what book does a dwarf use a rabbit and his camera eye to fake his own death?
✓ Answer
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Escaping Fowl Manor, Mulch tunnels to a rabbit warren he noticed earlier, screams that there is a cave-in, and slips his iris-cam into a rabbit. Root believes the dwarf is dead, though Foaly has his doubts, and Mulch heads off south-east to freedom.
- Near the end
In what book does a tranquilizer dart fire from a commander's fake finger into a rival's neck?
✓ Answer
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Stripped of his Acting Commander job, Gudgeon pins Foaly against the shuttle, and Root points a finger at him. Root's thumb brushes a knuckle, a dart shoots out of the latex fingertip into Gudgeon's neck, and Root insists it was a total accident.
