Archive of HP Related Trivia Quizzes

freshwater - Mar 7, 2010 8:56 am (#1223 of 1342)

I'm very sorry that...I forgot ALL about this quiz until I was reminded by Potteraholic ...Thanks, PAH!

Here are the answers. Although I originally posted that there were 77 possible points, upon recounting I found there are 81 possible points.... Also, when someone came up with a good answer that I did not have, I gave credit for it, particularly on questions 3,4 and 14.

The First ‘and Quite Likely, Last’ HP Quiz by Freshwater

1. Name some decorations used on the Christmas trees at Hogwarts, throughout the series. (1 point each, up to 8)
a. golden bubbles from Flitwick’s wand,
b. tiny icicles,
c. hundreds of candles
d. Luminous holly berries
e. Real, hooting, golden owls
f. Everlasting candles in helmets of suits of armor
g. Holly and tinsel on banisters h. Mistletoe hung in corridors

2. Name decorations or enchantments used to prepare Hogwarts for Christmas. (1 point each, up to 6)
a. 12 Christmas trees
b. Fairy lights in Flitwick’s classroom
c. Suits of armor enchanted to sing carols
d. Snow, dry and warm, falling from the ceiling of the Great Hall
e. Garlands of holly and mistletoe
f. Garlands of mistletoe and ivy (GoF)

3. List events that coincided with the coming/celebration of Christmas at Hogwarts, in at least one of the books. (1 point each, up to 5)
a. McG asking students to sign-up if they were to stay at Hogwarts
b. Peeves singing rude versions of Christmas carols
c. Presents at the foot of your bed on Christmas morning
d. Christmas Feast , mid-day on Christmas day
e. Yule Ball

4. List items received (by anyone) from Christmas crackers during any of Harry’s Christmas feasts at Hogwarts. (1 point each up to 9)
a. Rear Admiral’s hat
b. Live white mice
c. Flowered bonnet
d. Jokes written on paper
e. Package of non-explodable, luminous balloons
f. Grow-Your-Own-Warts Kit
g. Wizard chess set
h. Witch’s hat w/vulture on top
i. Unspecified party hats

5. List 3 decorations seen in the Burrow at Christmas time. (1 points each, up to 3)

a. Paper chains made by Ginny
b. Tree c. Garden gnome angel on top of tree

6. Tell what gift Harry got from each person listed below, in SS/PS. (1 point each, up to 6)
a. The Dursleys: a 50 pence coin
b. Hagrid: a wooden flute
c. Molly (2 items): emerald green sweater and a box of fudge
d. Hermione: Chocolate Frogs
e. Dumbledore: James’ invisibility cloak

7. List the four things that Molly Weasley sent to Harry for Christmas in PoA. (1 point each, up to 4)
a. Scarlet sweater w/Gryffindor lion
b. Mince pies
c. Christmas cake
d. Nut brittle

8. Tell what gift Harry got from each person listed below, in GoF. (1 point each, up to 6)
a. Dobby: handknit socks
b. Hermione: book: Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland
c. Ron: bag of dungbombs
d. Sirius: penknife w/handy attachments to unlock things
e. Molly (2 items): green sweater w/dragon, mince pies

9. Tell what gift Harry got from each person listed below, in OotP. (1 point each, up to 7)
a. Sirius and Remus: set of books: Practical Defensive Magic and Its Uses Against the Dark Arts
b. Hagrid: furry brown wallet w/fangs
c. Tonks: working model of a Firebolt
d. Ron: lg. box of Every Flavor Beans
e. Molly (2 items): sweater and mince pies
f. Dobby: painting of Harry

10. Tell what gift Harry got from each person below, in HBP. (1 point each, up to 3)
a. Molly: a sweater w/a golden snitch on it
b. Fred and George: box of Weasley’s Wizard Wheeze’s products
c. Kreacher: maggots

11. List activities enjoyed at the Burrow or Hogwarts during Christmas holidays. (1 point each, up to 5)
a. Chess games
b. Listening to Celestina Warbeck on the wireless
c. Opening presents in bed
d. Playing in the snow: snowball fights, building snowmen, etc. (counts as 1)
e. Fred and George enchanting snowballs to pelt the turban on Prof. Quirrell’s head f. Toasting foods in the fire of the Gryffindor common room

12. List any specific decorations or activities associated with Christmas at #12 Grimmauld Place, in OotP. (1 point each, up to 7)

a. Santa hats and beards on the heads of the wall-mounted elves
b. Sirius singing “God Rest Ye Merry Hippogriffs”
c. Weasleys staying there as Arthur was in St. Mungo’s
d. Hermione tries to give Kreacher a gift and sees the Black family mementos in his nest
e. Holly garlands
f. Gold and silver streamers
g. Heaps of magical snow on the carpets

13. List some of the foods at the Weasleys’ Christmas dinner at the Burrow in HBP. (1 point each, up to 5)
a. Turkey
b. Gravy
c. Carrots
d. Sprouts
e. Mashed parsnips

14. Name one good thing that happened to Harry at Christmastime in each book. (1 point each, up to 6)
a. PS/SS: Harry finds the Mirror of Erised and sees his parents
b. PoA: Fred and George give him the Marauder’s map.
c. GoF: Cedric tells Harry to take his egg to the Prefect’s bathroom
d. OotP: Harry kisses Cho at the last DA meeting
e. DH (2 possibilities): finds his parents graves in Godric’s Hollow; finds the memorial sign w/ supportive graffiti

Thank you to Elanor, Mona Anon, Pesky Pixie and Julia for taking this quiz! As I was scoring it I could see --as I didn't when making it up-- how much one question seemed just like another. That must have made it more difficult and perhaps a bit tedious! Sorry about that!

Julia was the only one to recall that Sirius gave Harry the penknife (with handy attachments to unlock things) for Christmas in GoF.

Well done, everyone! Elanor, the next quiz is yours!

Potteraholic - Mar 7, 2010 12:54 pm (#1225 of 1342)

Congrats, Elanor!

And congrats, too, to Solitaire, for doing well on the 'Wands Quiz'.

Here are the results for the 'Wands Quiz'. Everyone did great with Parts One and Two... Part Three helped break the tie.

Answers to 'Whose Wand Is It?'

Part One

1. rosewood, 9 1/2 ", inflexible, veela hair Fleur Delacour

2. oak, 16", rather bendy Rubeus Hagrid

3. walnut, 12 3/4", unyielding, dragon heartstring Bellatrix Lestrange

4. hawthorn, 10", reasonably springy, unicorn tail hair Draco Malfoy

5. holly, 11", supple, single phoenix tail feather Harry Potter

6. cherry, unicorn tail hair Neville Longbottom

7. pleasantly springy, 12 1/4", single hair from the tail of a particularly fine male unicorn Cedric Diggory

8. hornbeam, 10 1/4", quite rigid, dragon heartstring Viktor Krum

9. chestnut, 9 1/4", brittle, dragon heartstring Peter Pettigrew

10. vine wood, dragon heartstring Hermione Granger

11. willow, 10 1/4", swishy Lily Evans

12. yew, 13 1/2", single phoenix tail feather Tom Riddle/Lord Voldemort

Part Two, Tie-Breaker Questions:

1. mahogany, 11", pliable James Potter

2. elm, dragon heartstring Lucius Malfoy

3. willow, 14", unicorn tail hair Ron Weasley

4. unusually short Dolores Umbridge

Part Three, 2nd Set of Tie-Breaker Questions:

1) The number of questions on the quiz which Gilderoy Lockhart gave to Harry's class on his first day. 54

2) The number of times Nearly Headless Nick was hit on the neck with a blunt axe! 45

3) The number of points Fleur Delacour received on the Second Task. 25

4) The number of years that Sybil had taught in Hogwarts when questioned by Umbridge in OOTP. 16

Elanor - Apr 14, 2010 11:35 pm (#1243 of 1342)

Welcome to the Forum Odo!

And here are the answers and results:

1) "Well, well, well... Patronus Potter" (Lucius Malfoy, OotP)

2) "With Snape's track record I suppose we should just be glad they're still alive" (Ted Tonks, DH)

3) "My dear boy, the gold you could make, you have no idea." (Eldred Worple, HBP)

4) "This cat wasn't hit over the head with a broomstick." (McGonagall, CoS)

5) "Strange how short-sighted being invisible can make you" (DD, PS/SS)

6) "Bee in your bonnet, Harry Potter?" (The Sorting Hat, CoS)

7) "I'll get her back for this if it's the last thing I do!" (Hermione, GoF)

8) "You have the habit of turning up in unexpected places, Potter, and you are rarely there for no reason... I suggest the pair of you return to Gryffindor Tower, where you belong." (Snape, PoA)

9) "Well, they don't look bright enough to tell one end of a broom from the other [...] but then I was always surprised Derrick and Bole managed to find their way on to the pitch without signposts." (Angelina, OotP)

10) "Brains like that, you could be a Death Eater, son." (Aberforth, DH)

Congratulations Odo! For a first time on this thread it was a masterstroke! The next quiz is all yours to write now.

Thank you to all who have played!

Odo the Hero - May 2, 2010 5:28 pm (#1255 of 1342)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Trivia Quiz Answers

1. Who is Hagrid thinking of training as his assistant at the beginning of the school year? Grawp

2. Who does Luna suggest is a vampire as she and Harry are going to Slughorn's Christmas party? Rufus Scrimgeour

3. Who was lost in the Vanishing Cabinet the previous year, giving Draco Malfoy the idea of using it to allow the Death Eaters into Hogwarts? Montague

4. Which character is described as follows? "His shoulders were very broad and his arms overlong, which, with his bright brown eyes, short scrubby hair, and wrinkled face, gave him the look of a powerful, aged monkey." Marvolo Gaunt

5. What was the name of Hepzibah Smith's house-elf? Hokey

6. With whom is Mundungus Fletcher talking when Harry notices him in Hogsmeade? Aberforth Dumbledore

7. Into what animal did Fudge turn the Prime Minister's teacup when they first met? A gerbil

8. What have Dumbledore and Hagrid "decided...to rechristen [Buckbeak] for the time being"? Witherwings

9. What creatures were burnt to death when Hagrid's hut was destroyed? Bowtruckles

10. What did Ginny tell Romilda Vane was tattooed on Harry's chest? A Hungarian Horntail

11. Name one of the objects Tom Riddle had stolen at the orphanage when Dumbledore first went there. A thimble, a mouth organ, or a yo-yo

12. From what does Luna speculate Zacharias Smith is suffering during the Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff? Loser's Lurgy

13. What tribute do the centaurs give to Dumbledore at his funeral? They fire a volley of arrows

14. What drink is poisoned, intended for Dumbledore and drunk by Ron? Oak-matured mead

15. To what does the Fat Lady change the Gryffindor common room password after Christmas? Abstinence

16. What Quidditch skill does Harry notice Demelza Robins to be particularly good at during her tryout? Dodging Bludgers

17. What is required in order to enter or exit the cavern with the lake and the Horcrux? Blood must be put on the cave wall

18. To what magic does this quote refer? "A thin tongue of brilliant flame issued from the wand and wound its way around their hands like a red-hot wire." The Unbreakable Vow

19. What was the score of the Quidditch game between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw? Gryffindor 450, Ravenclaw 140

20. What is Lavender's Christmas present to Ron? A gold necklace with the words "My Sweetheart"

21. What fraudulent magical artifact causes wearers to "turn a fairly unpleasant orange color" and sometimes "sprout tentacle-like warts all over their bodies"? Metamorph-Medals

22. According to Professor McGonagall, which O.W.L. did Augusta Longbottom fail? Charms

Who says each of the following quotes, and where are they when they say it? (One-half point speaker, one-half point location)

23. "And don't forget to keep that one safe, I'll need it." Draco Malfoy, in Borgin and Burkes

24. "When we come face-to-face with one down a dark alley, we're going to be having a shufti to see if it's solid, aren't we, we're not going to be asking, 'Excuse me, are you the imprint of a departed soul?'" Ron Weasley, in Defense Against the Dark Arts

25. "I take my hat off to you - or I would, if I were not afraid of showering you with spiders." Dumbledore, in the Weasleys' shed

26. "To friendship! To generosity! To ten Galleons a hair!" Slughorn in Hagrid's hut

27. "Dumbledore would have been happier than anybody to think that there was a little more love in the world." McGonagall in the hospital wing

28. "Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!" Dumbledore in his office

29. "I enjoyed the meetings too. It was like having friends." Luna Lovegood on the Hogwarts Express

30. "Forgot to brake, Professor, sorry." Ginny Weasley on the Quidditch pitch

Thanks to everyone who took the quiz! There were a total of 30 possible points. The scores were all quite good, and also all extremely close to each other:

Elanor is the winner of this trivia quiz. Congratulations, and I look forward to the next quiz.

Elanor - May 23, 2010 10:22 pm (#1267 of 1342)

Thanks for playing everybody!

Here are the results (you were all so good that I counted half a point only if the answers to questions 7 and 9 were not complete):

Congratulations Azi! Looking forward to your quiz now!

Here are the answers:

1) What is the name of Uncle Vernon's firm? Grunnings

2) What happened to the parrot Dudley once owned? He swapped it at school for a real air-rifle.

3) Which song did Uncle Vernon hum while working on boarding up the cracks around the house's doors in PS/SS? Tiptoe through the Tulips

4) In CoS, who are the Dursleys' guests? The Masons

5) In CoS, what was Aunt Petunia wearing for this important dinner? A salmon-pink cocktail dress

6) What is the name of Aunt Marge's favorite dog? Ripper

7) The Dursleys told Aunt Marge Harry was attending a very special school, which school was it? St Brutus's Secure Centre for Incurably Criminal Boys

8) In GoF, which sweet did Fred let (so innocently...) fall in the Dursleys' living room? Ton-Tongue Toffee

9) In OotP, where did Tonks lured the Dursleys into going so that they wouldn't be home when the "advance guard" would come to fetch Harry? To the All-England Best Kept Suburban Lawn Competition prize-giving.

10) Which drink, provided by Dumbledore, did the Dursleys refuse to drink in the HBP? Madam Rosmerta's finest oak-matured mead

azi - Jun 19, 2010 11:34 am (#1278 of 1342)
Edited Jun 19, 2010 12:35 pm

Apologies for the very late response! The answers were on my computer instead of the laptop I usually use and I never got round to turning the computer on and marking this...then forgot and went to Dublin.

Anyway, answers...

1. What was Archie wearing at the Quidditch World Cup? A flowered nightgown

2. Which wizard appears on a Hogwarts tapestry trying to teach Trolls ballet? Barnabas the Barmy

3. Who thought the time was ripe for a cheese cauldron? Humphrey Belcher I also always wondered how that one would work...

4. Which witch campaigned for house elves to be beheaded when they got too old to carry a tea tray? Sirius' aunt Elladora (pretty certain it works out as great aunt but appears as aunt in the book? I can't be bothered checking - she's an aunt of some kind )

5. What was Magnus 'Dent-Head' MacDonald famous for? Campaigning to restart the game Creaothceann - a very violent game with lots of deaths

6. What theory did Hambledon Quice develop? 'Wizards originate from Mars, Muggles from Mushrooms' I would never in a million years have got that one, and neither did anyone else.

7. Name something Uric the Oddball is famous for (there are a few...). Wearing a jellyfish on his head, listening to Fwooper song for months to prove it didn't make people crazy, only to turn up to a meeting with nothing but a hat on his head, which was actually a dead badger.

8. How many times was Wendelin the Weird burnt at the stake? 47

9. Who likes to wear a necklace of Butterbeer corks? Luna Lovegood

10. Who has a scar in the shape of London Underground? Albus Dumbledore I did wonder if the map updates itself as new lines are added? If it's a scar it shouldn't, but depending on when he got the scar it may be a bit out of date!

I gave half marks for a few things - 1/2 if you said dress instead of nightdress for Q1; 1/2 if you said Belcher instead of Humphrey Belcher (Q3) and 1/2 if you said Sirius' aunt instead of her actual name in Q4 (but did not allow 'relative').

Odo is the winner! Congrats!

Odo the Hero - Jul 14, 2010 12:46 pm (#1291 of 1342)
Edited Jul 14, 2010 1:46 pm

It's nice that so many people took the quiz this time. Mrs. Sirius, remember to hide your answers, but it isn't necessary to edit for that this time because you were the last one to take the quiz. Some of the scores had sixths of a point because there were questions where half credit could be received as well as questions where one-third or two-thirds credit was possible.

Battle of Hogwarts Trivia Quiz

1. What question does the Ravenclaw common room door knocker ask Amycus and Professor McGonagall?
"Where do Vanished objects go?"

2. From where does Snape appear when Harry and McGonagall are leaving Ravenclaw tower?
He steps out from behind a suit of armor

3. Fill in the blank: "'Our headmaster is taking a short break,' said Professor McGonagall, pointing at the _____-______ ____ in the window."
Snape-shaped hole

4. Who points out Harry's presence in the Great Hall when Voldemort demands that Harry be turned over?
Pansy Parkinson

5. What is the Gray Lady's full name?
Helena Ravenclaw

6. How was the diadem Horcrux destroyed?
The Fiendfyre set by Crabbe in the Room of Requirement

7. What is the incantation for the spell that Hermione uses to turn a staircase into a chute?
Glisseo

8. Which three Dumbledore's Army members join Harry, Ron, and Hermione on the grounds and assist them by casting Patronuses after Hagrid is borne off by the acromantulas?
Luna, Ernie, and Seamus

9. Where is Severus Snape killed?
In the Shrieking Shack

10. Who is carrying Colin Creevey's body along with Neville?
Oliver Wood

11. What is the incantation of the last spell Harry uses as he is going into the forest to meet Voldemort?
Lumos

12. Which two Death Eaters does Harry follow to Voldemort?
Yaxley and Dolohov

13. What does Voldemort do to Neville when the latter defies him?
He burns the Sorting Hat on Neville's head

14. With which three people is Voldemort dueling when Bellatrix is killed?
Minerva McGonagall, Horace Slughorn, and Kingsley Shacklebolt

15. Who was the original owner of the wand which Harry uses when he defeats Voldemort?
Draco Malfoy

Congratulations, Elanor, the next quiz is yours.

Elanor - Aug 5, 2010 10:11 am (#1299 of 1342)
Edited Aug 5, 2010 11:14 am

All right, time to end this quiz!

I have given one point for each right answer and half a point if it was misspelled. Both Soli and Odo have answered “Locomotor Mortis” or "Locomotor Corpus" to question 5 but, according to the Lexicon, Locomotor Mortis is a “"Leg-Locker Curse". ("loco" L. from a place + "motionem" L. motion + "mortis" L. death ); Locks together the legs of the victim, making him or her unable to walk.” and other "Locomotor" spells are aimed at objects.

1 - Erases the ghost images of spells revealed by Priori Incantato. Possibly can be used to remove other spell effects as well.
Deletrius

2 - Gouging spell. Digs through or hollows out the target.
Defodio (Deprimo accepted)

3 - Opens the secret door in the statue of the hump-backed witch.
Dissendium

4 - Halts a spell that is causing rain.
Meteolojinx Recanto

5 - Moves a body.
Mobilicorpus

6 - Lockhart's version of a Freezing Charm.
Peskipiksi Pesternomi

7 - Turns the target object into a Portkey.
Portus

8 - Used to identify the ingredients of the target potion or the enchantments on a target object.
Specialis Revelio (Scarpin's Revelaspell)

9 - Spell that clears the target's airway, if blocked.
Anapneo

10 - Keeps Muggles away from the target place or object.
Repello Muggletum (Muggle-Repelling Charm)

Congratulations Mona and Odo!

I will let you two decide who will post the next quiz.

mona amon - Oct 6, 2010 5:22 am (#1312 of 1342)
Edited Oct 6, 2010 6:23 am

Answers -

1. Is Aunt Petunia blond or dark-haired? blond

2. What happened in Dumbledore's youth to make him lose his liking for Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans? He encountered a vomit flavoured one.

3.What (according to himself) is Gilderoy Lockhart's secret ambition? To rid the world of evil and market his own range of hair-care potions.

4. Who does Harry first use Expelliarmus on? Draco Malfoy

5. What potion does Harry brew for Slughorn when he asks the students to "surprise him"? An Elixir to Induce Euphoria

6. What did Urquhart Rackharrow invent? the Entrail-expelling Curse

7. What code name did Fred (or maybe George) choose to be called on Potterwatch instead of Rodent? Rapier

8. What's the name of the unction used by Madam Pomfrey to heal the welts left by the brain that attacked Ron in the Department of Mysteries? Dr. Ubbly's Oblivious Unction

9. What was the password to Dumbledore's office when Harry goes to take his first private lesson with him? Acid Pops

10. Who sends Slughorn free tickets to the Holyhead Harpies' games? Gwenog Jones

Congratulations, Odo! The next quiz is yours.

Odo the Hero – no date, time and post # available

1. What do Harry, Ron and Hermione do in their first Herbology class in their fourth year?
They collect bubotuber pus.

2. With whom does Lavender go to the Yule Ball?
Seamus Finnigan

3. Why does Filch want to take Harry's golden egg when he, Moody and Snape find it on the stairs?
It will prove Peeves has been stealing.

4. What does Mr. Crouch call Percy?
Weatherby

5. Who are the two underaged students who had tried to enter the Triwizard Tournament before Fred and George?
Fawcett and Summers

6. What does impostor-Moody try to get Harry to do the first time he puts Harry under the Imperius Curse in Defense Against the Dark Arts class?
He tries to get him to jump onto a desk.

7. Who arrives in Harry's Potions class to bring him to the Weighing of the Wands ceremony?
Colin Creevey

8. What is the answer to the Sphinx's riddle in the maze?
A spider

9. Which of the Death Eaters named by Karkaroff in the Pensieve was not already known to the Ministry to be one?
Augustus Rookwood

10. What was the password to the prefects' bathroom when Harry used it to try to solve his golden egg?
Pine fresh

Congratulations, Azi; the next quiz is yours to post.

azi - Dec 9, 2010 2:30 pm (#1335 of 1342)

Ok, time to move on to another Trivia! The answers...

1) What colour are McGonagall's robes at Harry's Sorting? Emerald Green. I didn't allow 'green' because there would have been a four-way tie if I had!

2) How does McGonagall usually style her hair? In a tight bun.

3) How many points did McGonagall deduct from Draco Malfoy when she caught him trying to catch Harry with the dragon? 20

4) What food did McGonagall conjure for Harry and Ron to eat after they crashed the Ford Anglia? Sandwiches (chicken and ham are mentioned as fillings)

5) Fill the blanks: 'Professor McGonagall poked a large spoon into the nearest tureen. "_____, _____?" Professor Trelawney ignored her.' "Tripe, Sybil?" One of my favourite lines.

6) What was the first name that McGonagall called out during the GoF Sorting? Ackerley, Stewart

7) What was McGonagall carrying when she caught Moody bouncing ferret-Malfoy in the Entrance Hall? Books

8) How many Stunners was McGonagall hit with in OotP? Four

9) What does McGonagall say in HBP when we find out that Tonks had fallen in love with Remus? "Dumbledore would have been happier than anybody to think that there was a little more love in the world." I allowed paraphrasing.

10) What did McGonagall enchant to fight during the Battle of Hogwarts? Desks and I think the suits of armour, but I can't for the life of me find the reference in my book!

So, the winner is LPO!

Thank you to everyone for entering!

1. He would leave. p. 77 SS
2. Ernie Macmillan
3. Badger
4. Valley Broad
5. loyal Friend, hard worker and valued fair play
6. Herbology
7. Falling off his broom because of Dementors and getting hit in the head by a Bludger from McLaggen.
8. Hepzibah Smith
9. Even if one student wanted to come it should stay open to teach that student.
10. Tentacula, Devil’s Snare, Snargaluff pods,

Note: As of April 24, 2011, the creator of this quiz has not posted the answers or the results. If answers are provided, this post will be updated to include them. Stay tuned!

Note 2: I received answers for this quiz from LPO on June 16, 2011. And now they're posted!