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The Harry Potter Quiz The Har ry Pot te r Quiz 1. Albus Dumbledore’s favorite sweet (it happens to be a Muggle sweet) as mentioned in the first book, also happens to be the password to enter his room in the second book. Which sweet? Sherbet Lemon 2. Complete the following: Moony, Padfoot, Prongs, _________. Wormtail 3. Complete the list: Salazar Slytherin, Helga Hufflepuff, Godric Gryffindor, ____________. Rowena Ravenclaw 4. Which spell turns off the light produced by the Lumos spell? Nox 5. What is the name of Aragog's wife? Mosag 6. Who was the Hogwarts caretaker before Argus Filch? Appolyon Pringle 7. What curse would you use (assuming you are a witch / wizard) to make your enemy’s front teeth grow long? Densaugeo 8. Expand S.P.E.W. Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare 9. Who was the first Hogwarts student, Harry met? Draco Malfoy (Harry meets him in Diagon Alley in Madam Malkin's Robes for Every Occasion) 10. What does the Hogwarts motto translated into English mean? “Never tickle a sleeping dragon”. The Hogwarts Motto is Draco Dormiens Nunquam Tittilandus. 11. Albus Dumbledore is particularly famous for defeating which dark wizard? Grindenwald 12. Originally known as the Knights of Walpurgis, this society was headed by a person whose name translates into French as 'flight of death'. The standard attire of the members of this society was a black cape with a white skull mask. Name the organization. The Death Eaters 13. What connects Hannah Abbott, Lavender Brown, Katie Bell, Susan Bones, Terry Boot, Cho Chang, Michael Corner, Colin Creevey, Dennis Creevy, Marietta Edgecombe, Justin Flinch-Fletchey, Seamus Finnigan, Anthony Goldstein, Hermione Granger, Angelina Johnson, Lee Jordan, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, Ernie Macmillan, Padma Patil, Parvati Patil, Harry Potter, Zacharias Smith, Alicia Spinnet, Dean Thomas, Fred Weasley, George Weasley , Ginny and Ron Weasley? They all together formed Dumbledore’s Army in the book Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 14. From whom did Hagrid borrow the motorcycle to take Harry to the Dursley’s? Sirius Black 15. What is the name of Lord Voldemort’s mother? Merope Gaunt 16. Who was the headmaster of Hogwarts before Albus Dumbledore (when Lord Voldemort was a student at the school)? Professor Armando Dippet 17. Which spell is used to conjure the Dark Mark? Morsmordre 18. Complete the list: ○ Hungarian Horntail ○ Swedish Short Snout ○ Chinese Fireball ○ _______ ________ ________ Common Welsh Green. All were the dragons used in the TriWizard Tournament in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. 19. Who is the driver of the Knight Bus? Ernie Prang 20. Where did Tom Riddle (later Lord Voldemort) work after the left Hogwarts? Borgin and Burkes (a shop in Knockturn Alley) 21. Whose autobiography is titled Magical Me? Gilderloy Lockhart 22. What do Hermione Granger’s parents do for a living? They are dentists. 23. What is made by the company in which Uncle Vernon works? Drills 24. Who is the barmaid at the 'Three Broomsticks'? Madam Rosmerta 25. What term is used for a wizard born with the ability to change their shape at will? Metamorphmagus 26. Who is the Head Boy in Harry’s third year at school? Percy Weasley 27. This broomstick has an acceleration of - miles an hour in ten seconds and incorporates an unbreakable braking charm. Name it. The Firebolt 28. Complete the list: ○ Nearly Headless Nick (Gryffindor) ○ The Bloody Baron (Slytherin) ○ The Fat Friar (Hufflepuff) ○ ___ _____ _____ The Grey Lady (Ravenclaw). These are the Hogwarts House ghosts. 29. In Harry Potter and Chamber of Secrets, into which tree did Ron and Harry crash their car? The Whomping Willow 30. In Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, name the pub where Hagrid won a dragon egg? The Hog’s Head 31. In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, who according to Luna Lovegood, the Quidditch commentator, suffered from 'Loser's Lurgy'? Zacharias Smith 32. Who made Viktor Krum's wand? Gregorovitch 33. Who is the only person known to have created the Philosopher's Stone? Nicolas Flamel 34. Where would you find these words: “Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi”? These are the words Inscribed across the top of the frame of the Mirror of Erised. Reversing the inscription and rearranging the spaces produces: 'I show not your face but your heart's desire'. 35. To view Marauder’s the map, one would tap it with one's wand and say, ____________________________________. Fill in the blank. "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." 36. _____________________ is a hand which gives light only to the beholder. It was purchased by Draco Malfoy in the Borgin and Burkes store. Fill in the blanks. The Hand of Glory 37. Moony being revealed as a werewolf results in Padfoot: Dog, Wormtail: Rat, and Prongs: _________. Fill in the blank. Stag (James Potter). All of them were unregistered animagi. 38. Name Sirius Black’s youngest brother, who was a death eater. Regulus Arcturus Black 39. Who succeeded Cornelius Fudge as the Minister of Magic? Rufus Scrimgeour 40. Harry Potter : Hedwig :: Ron Weasley : ___________. Fill in the blank. Pigwidgeon 41. To ensure all participants knew about the timings of the DA (Dumbledore’s Army) meetings, Hermione arranged for fake galleons. They would grow hot when the timings changed. Where did she get the idea? The scars of Lord Voldemort’s Death Eaters – when the Dark Lord touches the scar of one of the Death Eaters, all the scars burn. 42. In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, who kills Sirius Black, Harry’s Godfather? Bellatrix Lestrange 43. In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, who replaces Professor Sybill Trelawney as the new Divination teacher? Firenze (the Centaur) 44. How do Muggle repelling charms work? Whenever a Muggle gets near an object on which the charm is placed, the Muggle suddenly remembers that he has some important work to do at that very moment. 45. What is the creature that lures travelers into bogs, called? Hinkypunk 46. Which plant was planted by Professor Sprout to protect the Philosopher's Stone? The Devil’s Snare 47. What is Hagrid’s first name? Rubeus 48. Complete the list: Professor Quirrell, Professor Lockhart, Professor Lupin, Professor Moody, Professor Umbridge, ___________. Professor Snape. All were Defence Against the Dark Arts teachers. 49. After eating this, one grows functional gills and develops webbed feet and fingers that make swimming easier. The effect lasts about one hour. What? Gillyweed 50. Expand N.E.W.T. Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test – a highly-advanced test of magical ability in a particular field. 51. What is the name of the pet snake of Lord Voldemort? Nagini 52. ______________ is caused by forcing two wands that share the source of their cores to compete. The tips of the two wands will connect, forming a thick golden 'thread' of energy, and the two wands' masters fight a battle of wills. The loser's wand will regurgitate shadows of spells that it has cast in reverse order. These shadows generally appear as thick smoky replicas. It is also called the 'Reverse Spell Effect'. Fill in the blanks. Priori Incantatem 53. What is the magical skill of extracting feelings and memories from another person's mind — a form of magical 'mind-reading' called? Legilimency 54. Connect – Harry Potter, Lord Voldemort, Salazar Slytherin, and the Gaunts (Marvolo, Morfin, and Merope). All of them were Parselmouths – they could speak Parseltongue, the language of snakes, 55. In a game of Quidditch, the Golden Snitch is worth how many points? 150 points 56. The Weasleys reside in a house known as ____________. Fill in the blanks. The Burrow 57. Who is the headmistress of the Beauxbatons Academy of Magic? Olympe Maxime 58. Once created by using the Portus spell, a __________ can be set to transport anybody who touches it to a designated location, or to become active at a pre-determined time and transport to that location anybody who happens to be touching it at the moment. Fill in the blanks. Portkey 59. If the Wizard Prison = Azkaban, then the Wizard Bank = ____________. Fill in the blanks. Gringotts 60. On which platform of King’s Cross Station does one board the train for Hogwarts? Platform No. 9 ¾ 61. Who has written the book Quidditch Through the Ages? Kennilworthy Whisp 62. Who is the Hogwarts librarian? Madam Pince 63. What is the name of Argus Flich’s cat? Mrs Norris 64. When does Harry Potter celebrate his birthday? July 31 65. Dobby, the house elf, finds a place for Harry Potter and others for the DA meetings to take place. What is the room called? The Room of Requirement 66. "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches...born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies...and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not...and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives...the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies..." This prophecy was made by Professor Sybill Trelawney at __________. Fill in the blanks. The Hog’s Head 67. These creatures have many special powers: they can carry immensely heavy loads; their tears have healing powers; they can regenerate by bursting into flames and they can also disappear and reappear elsewhere at will. Which creatures? Phoenixes 68. Which breed of dragon is Norbert, acquired by Hagrid as an egg from a mysterious, hooded stranger, who turned out to be Lord Voldemort? Norwegian Ridgeback 69.
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