Test your Potter trivia with a quiz
1. What does Hermione use to get past Professor Snape's obstacle of fire that is guarding the Sorcerer's Stone?
a) music
b) flying
c) logic
d) fire
2. True or False: Fred and George Weasley create the Marauder's Map that is not only a detailed depiction of Hogwarts castle, but also shows the bearer the location of the people within the castle.
3. Why do Harry's fellow classmates point and stare at him during his fifth year?
a) They think he is the Heir of Slytherin
b) They think he's gone crazy and/or is lying about Voldemort
c) They're angry at him for becoming a Triwizard champion
d) It's their first look at the Boy Who Lived
4. Choose the answer that correctly matches all witches and wizards with his or her animagus form:
a) Professor McGonagall: cat; Rita Skeeter: beetle; Peter Pettigrew: stag; Sirius Black: dog
b) Rita Skeeter: beetle; Peter Pettigrew: rat; James Potter: dog; Professor McGonagall: cat
c) Rita Skeeter: mosquito; James Potter: stag; Peter Pettigrew: rat; Professor Lupin: werewolf
d) James Potter: stag; Sirirus Black: dog; Rita Skeeter: beetle; Professor McGonagall: cat
5. Which of these tactics does Dobby the House Elf not use to keep Harry away from Hogwarts during his second year?
a) sealing the magic barrier to Platform 9 3/4
b) sending a rogue Bludger after him during a Quidditch game
c) smashing Aunt Petunia's pudding
c) deboning his hand
6. Auror Nymphadora Tonks has the power of being able to transform her appearance at will. This is known as being:
a) A Metamorphmagus
b) An Animagus
c) A Squib
d) A Parseltongue
7. Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange is whose first cousin?
a) Narcissa Malfoy (Draco's mother)
b) Sirius Black
c) Arthur Weasley
d) Neville Longbottom
8. Which of the following pranks did Fred and George Weasley not pull?
a) Bewitching Percy's Head Boy badge to read "Bighead Boy"
b) Creating a realistic swamp in a school corridor
c) Jinxing toilets to regurgitate their contents back up at Muggles
d) Sending dragon dung to Percy during his first months at the Ministry of Magic
9. Why does Neville receive enough points to secure the House Cup for Gryffindor in Book 1?
a) for fighting the three-headed dog
b) for knocking out the troll
c) for an exceptional Potions grade
d) for standing up to Ron, Harry and Hermione
10. True or False: The Muggle Prime Minister enjoys visits from the Minister of Magic.
Answers:
1. C. Hermione uses logic to determine which potion makes it safe for Harry to proceed through the flames.
2. False. While the Marauder's Map does show who is within the castle, the Weasley twins did not create it. They stole it from Argus Filch, who had confiscated the map from its original creators: Sirius Black, James Potter, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew.
3. B. While the other Hogwarts students are constantly staring at Harry and talking about him behind his back for all of the listed reasons, only B occurred during his fifth year.
4. D. While the people in answer C do all become the animals they are matched with, they are not all Animagi. Remus Lupin actually is a werewolf, not an Animagi who can transform at will.
5. D. Although it is Dobby's rogue Bludger that breaks Harry's hand, it is inept Professor Gilderoy Lockhart who debones Harry's hand.
6. A. An Animagi transforms into an animal, a Squib is someone born into a wizarding family but who has no magical powers and a Parseltongue is someone (like Harry and Voldemort) who can talk to snakes.
7. B. Bellatrix Black Lestrange is Sirius Black's first cousin. She is also Narcissa Black Malfoy's sister, and the one who tortured Neville Longbottom's parents into insanity. She is not closely related to Arthur Weasley.
8. C. The wizard Willy Widdershins jinxed the toilets in an instance of Muggle baiting.
9. D. Neville stands up to his friends to try to keep them from breaking any more school rules.
10. False. The Muggle Prime Minister has learned that anytime he receives a visit from the Minister of Magic, he is about to hear extremely bad news.
--Stephanie Fosnight