Summer Reading Program

Harry Potter trivia answers
In case it was driving you crazy to know the answers to the trivia from Harry Potter night, here they are!

Quaffle, Rating: Easy
1. What kind of owl is Hedwig? Snowy
2. If you’re not a wizard, you’re a ____. Muggle or squib
3. Name a character from the house of Ravenclaw. Cho Chang, Luna Lovegood, Filius Flitwick, or Moaning Myrtle (there are more)
4. What position does Harry play on the Quidditch team? Seeker
5. Name one of the professors of Defense of the Dark Arts. Galatea Merrythought, Professor Quirrell, Gilderoy Lockhart, Remus LupinBarty Crouch Jr disguised as Alastor Moody, Dolores Umbridge, or Severus Snape
6. Name one of Hagrid’s pets. Aragog, Fang, Fluffy, Norbert, or Buckbeak
7. Give another name of Lord Voldemort. dark lord, You-Know-Who, Tom Riddle, or He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
8. Give an example of magical transportation. apparation and disapparation, broomsticks, floo powder, flying carpets, Hogwarts Express, Knight Bus, portkeys, Time-Turners, or Vanishing Cabinets
9. Which magical candy comes with trading cards? chocolate frogs
10. What is the name of the device that Dumbledore uses to show Harry his memories? Pensieve
11. How does Hogwarts decide which student belongs in which house? sorting hat
12. What article of clothing freed Dobby from being a house elf? Sock
13. Who else had a wand like Harry’s? Lord Voldemort
14. What is the name of the magical prison? Azkaban
15. Name the three participants of the Triwizard Tournament (excluding Harry Potter.) Fleur Delacour, Viktor Krum, or Cedric Diggory
16. What form does Professor McGonagall’s animagus take? a tabby cat
17. What does The D. A. stand for? Defense Association or Dumbledore’s Army
18. What is the symbol of Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters? Dark Mark
19. What subject does Neville Longbottom excel at? Herbology
20. Where do you go to get magical money? Gringott’s Bank

Bludger, Rating: Intermediate
1. Harry injured his finger during a Magical Creatures class. What was the magical creature that did it? Bowtruckle
2. Who is the head of the Hufflepuff house? Pomona Sprout (herbology teacher)
3. Who is the head of the Hufflepuff house? Dragon Keeper, studies dragons
4. Harry Potter is the youngest ____ in 100 years. Seeker
5. The charm “Alohomora” does what? unlocks doors
6. What charm did Cedric and Fleur use to complete the second task of the Triwizard Tournament? bubble head charm
7. How many secret passages are there out of Hogwarts, including those that are now blocked? 7
8. TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE is a(n) _______ of I AM LORD VOLDEMORT. anagram
9. Viktor Krum was being controlled by which Unforgivable Curse during the Triwizard Tournament? Imperius curse
10. By the end of book 6, where was Lucius Malfoy? Azkaban, prison
11. How tall is Hagrid? twice that of a normal man, approx. 11 feet, 8 ft (according to movie)
12. What can Harry see at the start of his 5th year that most other students cannot? He saw that the horseless carriages were being drawn by Thestrals, winged horse-like creatures which can be seen only by those who have witnessed death.
13. Where did Lupin (as a student) go for his monthly “transformations”? Shrieking shack
14. What is the language of the snake? parseltongue, parselmouth
15. What paper does Rita Skeeter write for? Daily Prophet
16. How did Sirius escape Azkaban? By using is animagus form (by turning into a dog)
17. Name the only non-Gryffindor student to fight in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries. Luna Lovegood
18. What is the name of the device used by Albus Dumbledore to turn off the streetlights at night? Put-outer
19. What repels a bogart? laughter
20. What makes Professor Binns different from all of the other professors at Hogwarts? He’s a ghost.

Golden Snitch, Rating: Dreadful
1. What is Nearly Headless Nick’s last name? de Mimsey-Porpington
2. Two different people have desecrated books from the library. Who are they and what did they do the books?” Hermione (when she ripped out the page about the basilisk) & Dumbledore, when he wrote in Quidditch Through The Ages.
3. What does Hogwarts look like to a Muggle? “A moldering old ruin with a sign over the entrance saying DANGER, DO NOT ENTER, UNSAFE”
4. What does S.P.E.W. stand for? Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare
5. What is the name of the Weasley’s prank frisbee? Fanged Frisbees
6. What is the name of the Quidditch penalty for excessive use of elbows? Cobbing
7. Which finger did Peter Pettigrew lose in his confrontation with Sirius Black? index finger
8. When is Harry Potter’s birthday? July 31st
9. Who are Fabian and Giddeon Prewett related to? Molly Weasley (her brothers)
10. What is the Hogwarts motto? Draco Dormiens Nunquam Tittilandus (Latin for “Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon”)
11. What animal represents the house of Hufflepuff? Badger
12. Which beast is considered the most dangerous in the world? nundu
13. Which candy is made from a Billywig? Fizzing Whizbees
14. Where does Harry first meet Draco Malfoy? Madame Malkin’s Robes for all Occasions
15. Which brick do you tap to get into Diagon Alley? 3 up / 2 across
16. What is the phrase Harry has to write in his first detention with Umbridge? “I must not tell lies.”
17. What is the password to the prefect’s bathroom? pine fresh
18. In Prisoner of Azkaban, what did the boggart turn into for Parvati? Mummy
19. What is the entrance to Dumbledore’s office? Stone gargoyle
20. Who do you predict will die in Book 7? You should know by now!