A Celebration of Slytherin Trail for Families & School Visitors

A Celebration of Slytherin Trail

for families & school visitors

LOBBY 1) What is the name of the man featured in the portrait in the lobby? 2) Of which Hogwarts House is he the Founder? 3) What is the name of the artist who painted the portrait?

GREAT HALL

4) How many Slytherin banners are hanging from the Great Hall ceiling? 5) Why are the Slytherin banners green?

SLYTHERIN COMMON ROOM 6) What animal can you spot in the Slytherin common room? 7) Why has this animal been used?

8) Where is the Slytherin common room in Hogwarts? How do we know this from

looking at the common room? 9) Describe three differences between the Slytherin common room and the Gryffindor common room.

QUIDDITCH 10) Which number is on the back of both Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy’s Quidditch kit?

THE POTIONS CLASSROOM 11) Which two characters’ costumes are on display? 12) What is the name of the textbook on the table in the Potions classroom? 13) What colour are Professor Snape’s robes?

CHAMBER OF SECRETS DOOR

14) Which Special Effects supervisor designed the Chamber of Secrets door? 15) Which creature guards the Chamber of Secrets?

TOM RIDDLE GRAVESTONE 16) Tom Marvolo Riddle is an anagram for what? 17) Can you spot the mistake on the gravestone?

TOM RIDDLE OUTFITS 18) In which film do we meet the youngest Tom Riddle?

MALFOY MANOR 19) Nagini is not a real snake but how did they make her appear real on screen? 20) Which animal can be found on Lucius Malfoy’s wand? Where does he keep his wand? 21) Why have some of the names and faces been removed from the Black Family Tree tapestry?

PROFESSOR UMBRIDGE

22) Why do Professor Umbridge’s clothes get darker as the films progress? 23) How did we get the cats on Umbridge’s plates to move on screen?

CREATURE EFFECTS 24) Draco is standing next to which creatures in the greenhouse? 25) What are the three different stages of creating Special Effects makeup?

GRINGOTTS 26) Which character is pretending to be Bellatrix Lestrange in Gringotts?

LESTRANGE VAULT 27) How many pieces of rubberised gold were used in the vault? 28) Whereabouts are the vaults set in Gringotts?

ANSWERS: 1) Salazar Slytherin 2) Slytherin.3) Barnaby Gorton. 4) 16 5) Green is the Slytherin house colour. 6) Snakes. 7) It is their house animal and Salazar Slytherin was a Parselmouth (he could speak in the language of serpents). 8) The common room is in the dungeon under the lake. You can tell by the dark and gloomy feel of the common room. 9) The Gryffindor common room: brighter; feels more homely and cosy; it is decorated in shades of red; the chairs look worn and comfy; there’s a roaring fire. The Slytherin common room: gloomier and darker; decorated in shades of green; there is a feeling of wealth and luxury; the sofas are made from leather and it doesn’t look like a welcoming place. 10) 7. 11) Professor Snape and Professor Slughorn. 12). Advanced Potion Making. 13) Dark blue as black does not show up well on camera. 14) John Richardson. 15) A Basilisk. 16) I am Lord Voldemort. 17) The years are incorrect. 18) Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. 19) A model of Nagini was created, then cyber-scanned for the Goblet of Fire. For Deathly Hallows Part 1, Nagini was re-imagined to look more menacing. Photographs and videos of a real python were used for reference. 20) A snake. He keeps his wand inside his cane. 21) Those members of the Black family were viewed as traitors and therefore removed. 22) As her actions become more evil, her clothes become a darker shade of pink. 23) Real cats were filmed in front of a green screen. During the editing process, the moving image footage was superimposed onto the plates. 24) Mandrakes. 25) Design, mould and application. 26) Hermione. 27) 38,000. 28) The caverns deep below Gringotts.