The in house Harry Potter Quiz conducted by Sneha Visakha, a Young India Fellowship, Ashoka University.

1. So You Think You Know Harry Potter?
Hosted by Sneha Visakha

2. Name the Weasly children in the
order of their birth.
Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, Ron
and Ginny
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3. What is the full name of
Professor Dumbledore?
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian
Dumbledore
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4. The Dursleys claim to Aunt Marge that
Harry attended a „first-rate institution
for hopeless cases.‟ What is the name
of the institution?
St.Brutus‟ Secure Centre for Incurably
Criminal Boys
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5. In the magical world, OWLs stand for
Ordinary Wizarding Levels.
What does NEWT stand for?
Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test
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6. What are Nargles?
Magical creatures that infest
mistletoe
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7. What is the full name of the club
that Hermione started and how much
was the fee for joining it?
Society for the Promotion of Elfish
Welfare (SPEW) and two sickles
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8. Identify the four Dragons that feature in
the first task of the Triwizard Tournament.
**Match the participant to their dragon.
1) the Welsh Green faced by Fleur Delacour, 2)
the Chinese Fireball faced by Viktor Krum, 3) the
Swedish Short-Snout faced by Cedric Diggory,
and 4) the Hungarian Horntail faced by Harry
Potter.
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9. Stubby Boardman, a singer, retired
after being hit in the ear by a turnip
at a concert in a church hall. He was
the lead singer of which band?
Hobgoblins
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10. According to Griphook, who was the
creator and rightful owner of the
sword of Godric Gryffindor?
Ragnuk the First
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11. Which Harry Potter word is now in
the Oxford English Dictionary?
Muggle
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12. When Voldemort makes a return to the magical world, many
wizards and witches take to instituting safety procedures to
verify the identities of their loved ones. In one such
procedure, X asks Y, “What do you like me to call you when
we‟re alone together?”
Identify X and Y and answer the question.
Arthur and Molly Weasley, Mollywobbles
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13. Orion X (X being the surname) was the son of Arcturus
X. He was Walbugra X's second cousin. Walbugra
married him, thus keeping her maiden title.
They had two sons
whom the entire world knows quite well.
ID the surname 'X'.
Black
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14. Who is the antique collector that Tom
Riddle murdered to steal the magical
artefacts?
Hepzibah Smith
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15. What is the name of the house-elf
who was implicated in the murder?
Hokey
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16. Dispholidus typus is an extraordinarily dangerous snake
found in sub-Saharan Africa whose name means "tree
snake" in Afrikaans and Dutch. This snake is known to
us for its association with the Harry Potter novels
where its contribution has sometimes played a pivotal
role in the unfolding of the plot. Name this snake.
Boomslang
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17. Complete the following
Hold your Hippogriffs!
Wand of Elder, Never Prosper.
May-born witches marry Muggles.
Jinx by twilight, undone at midnight.
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18. Quidditch was an extremely popular
sport in Europe. But that wasn‟t the
case in Asian countries like India.
What was the reason attributed to
this in „Quidditch Through the Ages‟?
Flying carpets
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19. Where would you find the inscription
"Draco Dormiens Nunquam
Titillandus“?
What does it mean?
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20. What is the name of Uncle Vernon's
company and what does it manufacture?
Grunnings; they manufacture drills
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21. In the course of the books, more than a
dozen passwords have been mentioned to
the Gryffindor common room. Name any
four.
Abstinence, Balderdash, Banana Fritters, Baubles, Caput Draconis (Latin for
“Dragon‟s Head”), Dilligrout, Fairy Lights, Flibbertigibbet, Fortuna Major (Latin for
“bigger luck”), Mimbulus Mimbletonia, Oddsbodikins, Pig Snout, Quid Agis (Latin for
“How are you”), Scurvy Cur, Tapeworm, Wattlebird
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22. According to the Ministry‟s instructor,
what are the Three D‟s of Apparition?
Deliberation, Destination, Determination
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23. During the Triwizard Tournament, Percy
Weasly boasts that his boss, Barty
Crouch Sr. can speak more than two
hundred languages, including Mermish,
Gobbledegook and Troll.
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24. FINALS
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25. What is the spell that is used to cast
the Death Mark?
Morsmordre
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26. Fluffy, the three headed dog is
inspired from which classical
mythical creature?
Cerberus
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27. Dumbledore‟s chocolate frog card reads,
„Considered by many the greatest wizard of modern
times, Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat
of the Dark Wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for the
discovery of the twelve uses of dragon's blood, and his
work on alchemy with his partner, Nicolas Flamel.
Prof. Dumbledore enjoys _______ _______ and _______
________.‟ Fill in the blanks.
Chamber Music and ten-pin bowling.
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28. In the fourth book, Cedric Diggory
tells Harry the password to gain
access to the prefects‟ bathroom.
What is the password?
Pine Fresh
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29. In the Portuguese version it's translated as Limonada in
Philosopher's Stone and Refresco de Limão in Chamber of
Secrets and Goblet of Fire. In the Danish and Swedish versions
of Philosopher's Stone it's mistranslated as "citronsorbet"
and "citronisglass" . Called X in UK version and Y in US.
What are X and Y?
X = Sherbet Lemon, Y = Lemon Drop
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30. What is the name of the Ministry of
Magic official and Apparition who
frequents Hogwarts?
Wilkie Twycross
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31. Recently, on Twitter, a Potterhead asked
J K Rowling the following question -
„What does Snape smell like?‟
What was her reply?
Bitterness and Old Shoes
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32. Who is credited with creating a
horcrux for the first time?
Herpo the Foul
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33. Name any three ingredients required to make
the Polyjuice Potion?
(Do not write the person‟s body part as one
of the ingredients)
Lacewing Flies, Leeches, Fluxweed, Knotgrass,
Powdered Horn of a Bigorn, Shredded Skin of
a Boomslang
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34. A Hippogriff is the product of a union
of which two species?
Half filly and Half Griffin
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35. In order to secure the Slytherin locket, the
trio use polyjuice potion to disguise
themselves in order to break into the
Ministry of Magic. What are their respective
assumed identities?
HP – Albert Runcorn, HG – Mafalda Hopkirk,
RW – Reg Cattermole
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36. List all the titles that Dolores Umbridge held during
her stint at Hogwarts.
Senior Undersecretary to the Minister of Magic
Professor
High Inquisitor
Headmistress
Head of the Improper Use of Magic Office (formerly)
Head of the Muggle-Born Registration Commission
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37. Name any three books authored by Glideroy Lockhart.
Magical Me (Biography), Gilderoy Lockhart's Guide to Household
Pests, Break with a Banshee, Gadding with Ghouls, Holidays with
Hags, Travels with Trolls, Voyages with Vampires, Wanderings with
Werewolves, Year with the Yeti, The Travel Trilogy (Collection of
Holiday with Hags, Voyages with Vampires and Wandering with
Werewolves), Marauding with Monsters,
Who Am I?
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38. Where is the Prison of Azkaban
located?
Built in the 15th century and in use
as a prison since 1718, it‟s on an
island in the middle of the North Sea.
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39. Every Animagus is required to register
with the Ministry of Magic at the
Animagus Registry, failing which you can
be sentenced to Azkaban. In the twentieth
century, there are only _______ known
registered animagi.
Seven
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40. Who invented the Golden Snitch?
Bowman Wright
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41. According to the portrait of a
medieval Healer at St. Mungo‟s, what
is a possible cure for Spattergroit?
To be taking the liver of a toad, binding it tight
about the victim's throat and standing naked by
the full moon in a barrel of eels' eyes.
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42. What is the only spell Harry casts
with the Elder Wand?
Reparo
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43. In the course of the books, who is
the only wizard who has seen the
boggart in its true form?
Mad Eye Moody
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