HP Related Trivia (Vol. III)

Elanor, it did take some time, but I enjoyed it!

Thank you all who have participated in the quiz, and I hope you have had a good time and enjoyed the challenge.   Here are the answers to the questions of the first five tests. The remaining tests and the results are soon coming, too.


I. Arithmancy 10 points
List:
1. a magical object of which there is only one in magical history   e.g. the Philosopher's Stone (other answers were possible, too)
2. two magical people with the same animal as Patronus  Lily/Snape or Minerva/Umbridge
3. three related magical objects   the Deathly Hallows: the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone and the Cloak of Invisibility
4. the animals of the four Hogwarts houses  lion, snake, badger, eagle
5. five towers of Hogwarts Castle  any five of these: Gryffindor Tower, Ravenclaw Tower, Astronomy Tower, North Tower / Trelawney's Tower, West Tower / Owlery or the Headmaster's Office
6. the first names of six brothers   Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, Ron
7. seven tasks belonging to the same quest  
the tasks of the quest of the Philosopeher's Stone: Fluffy, the Devil's Snare, the Flying Keys, the Giant Chess Set, a troll, the Riddle of the Potions, the Mirror of Erised
OR:
the destruction of the seven Horcruxes: Tom Riddle's diary, Marvolo Gaunt's ring, Slytherin's locket, Hufflepuff's cup, Ravenclaw's diadem, Nagini, Harry
8. eight appointed Defence Against the Dark Arts teachers of Hogwarts: Quirrell, Lockhart, Lupin, Moody, Umbridge, Snape, Amycus Carrow and Prof. Merrythought
9. nine people who (righteously or not) held the title of Headmaster / Headmistress of Hogwarts: Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagall, Umbridge, Dippet, Ph.N. Black, Dilys Derwent, Everard, Dexter Fortescue
10. ten Harry Potter books written by J. K. Rowling: Everyone knew the answer to this one.  

II.  Astronomy
The answers are astronomical words which are names of HP characters as well. 10 points

1. The name of this star means 'Little King':  Regulus
2. 'Female warrior', a star in the constellation Orion, also known as 'the Amazon star': Bellatrix
3. The name of the moon and the first name of a young witch:  Luna
4. A constellation named after a king's beautiful daughter in Greek mythology:  Andromeda
5. The brightest star in the sky, in the Canis Major constellation, also known as 'the Dog Star': Sirius

III. Care of Magical Creatures 10 points
Part 1. How well do you know the compulsory readings? 2 points
1. Who is the author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them? Newt Scamander
2. How can you open The Monster Book of Monsters without getting bitten? Stroke them on the binding

Part 2. Magical Creatures 8 points
1. The colours of unicorns:  Unicorn foals are …...gold........ They turn …...silver.... when they are about two years old. Fully grown unicorns are pure …white...........
2. Who can see thestrals? Those who have seen death.
3. A …Blast-Ended Skrewt.. is a hybrid creature bred by crossing manticores and fire-crabs.
4. What can you use a niffler for? To hunt for treasure.
5. List four breeds of dragons (½ point each).  Any four of these:
Antipodean Opaleye
Catalonian Fireball
Chinese Fireball (Liondragon)
Common Welsh Green
Hebridean Black
Hungarian Horntail
Norwegian Ridgeback
Peruvian Vipertooth
Portuguese Long Snout
Romanian Longhorn
Swedish Short-Snout
Ukrainian Ironbelly

IV. Charms 10 points
Part 1. Give a spell for each of the charms below:   7 points
a) Summoning Charm  Accio
b) Shield Charm   Protego
c) Silencing Charm   Silencio
d) Confundus Charm  Confundo
e) Patronus Charm  Expecto Patronum
f) Levitation Charm  Wingardium Leviosa (or Levicorpus)
g) Muggle-Repelling Charm  Repello Muggletum

Part 2. Which charm would you use to do the following? 3 points
a) to conceal a secret  Fidelius Charm
b) to open a locked door  Alohomora Charm
c) to travel underwater or through an area that has a bad smell Bubble-Head Charm

V. Defence Against the Dark Arts 10 points
1. Where can you expect to come across a hinkypunk?  Bogs, swamps, marshland
2. What magic would you use to drive away a Dementor? Patronus Charm
3. What medicine would you give someone suffering from the aftereffects of a Dementor's presence?  Chocolate
4. What spell do you need if you want to get rid of a Boggart?  Riddikulus
5. When do werewolves become dangerous? During the full moon.
6. How can you make a werewolf harmless? Give him Wolfsbane Potion.
7. What do you need to resist the Imperius Curse?  A strong character /willpower.
8. Who is the only person in wizarding history who has survived a Killing Curse? Harry Potter
9. What process can heal a torn soul?  Remorse.
10. Give the title of a book you can use to learn the practical aspects of DADA. A lot of possible answers...

I'll be back with the rest soon!

Here are the answers to the second part of the quiz:

VI. Divination 10 points
Part 1: Who said the following?  5 points
a) "Many witches and wizards, talented though they are in the area of loud bangs and smells and sudden disappearings, are yet unable to penetrate the veiled mysteries of the future."  Sybill Trelawney
b) "I think Divination seems very woolly.... A lot of guesswork, if you ask me." Hermione Granger
c) “Divination is one of the most imprecise branches of magic. I shall not conceal from you that I have very little patience with it.” Minerva McGonagall
d) “... it was against my inclination to allow the subject of Divination to continue at all.” Albus Dumbledore
e) "We watch the skies for the great tides of evil or change that are sometimes marked there. It may take ten years to be sure of what we are seeing."  Firenze

Part 2.
Match the tea leaf symbols with their meanings as described in Unfogging the Future. 3 points

1. acorn e                      
2. club c                        
3. cross f                      
4. falcon b                    
5. the Grim d                
6. sun a                      

a) great happiness
b) a deadly enemy
c) an attack
d) death
e) windfall, unexpected gold
f) trials and suffering

Part 3. List four fortunetelling techniques. Example: Reading tea leaves. …... 2 points

astrology, crystal ball, dream interpretation, palmistry etc.

VII. Herbology 10 points
1. Aconite is also known as …monkshood...... or ….wolfsbane.....
1. Which plant is an essential ingredient in the potion that is an antidote for Petrification? Mandrake
2. What can you use to fight Devil's Snare?  Fire
3. What plant should you eat when you want to have gills and webbed hands and feet? Gillyweed
4. Which of the following plants has healing powers?
5. a) dittany b) pomegranate c)  Screechsnap
6. Which plant contains a substance that, when properly diluted and processed, can be used to cure acne?  Bubotuber.
7. What is the name of the following plant? Fat pink pods with seeds that burst into flower if dropped:  Puffapod.
8. Which plant spews Stinksap upon contact? Mimbulus Mimbletonia.
9. Dirigible Plums are said to help a person accept the …..extraordinary (or synonyms)...

VIII. History of Magic (this time not about goblin wars...) 10 points
Part 1. Put the following historical events in chronological order. (Number them so that 1 means the  event happened first etc.) 4 points

a) the breaking up of the friendship between Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin  3
b) the prophecy with the words “...the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies...” is heard  8
c) the death of Sir Nicholas de Mimsy Porpington  5
d) the founding of Ollivander's  1
e) the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy  6
f) the founding of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry  2
g) the making of the Philosopher's Stone  4
h) the defeat of Gellert Grindelwald  7

Part 2. Read the following Famous Wizards cards and fill the gaps (½ point for each correct answer)
5 points

a) The three (1)….Peverell...... brothers, Antioch, (2)..Cadmus.... and Ignotus, were the original owners and probably inventors of the legendary objects known as the (3)…Deathly Hallows... Ignotus's grave can still be seen in the graveyard of (4)......Godric's Hollow......

b) This most controversial and enigmatic of Hogwarts Headmasters, (5)…Severus Snape... inherited the circular office and the throne-like chair from Albus Dumbledore. During his career, he taught two subjects, namely (6)…Potions..... and (7)…Defence Against the Dark Arts..... at Hogwarts,  and he invented several spells using the pseudo-name ( 8 )…....the Half-Blood Prince........ . Contrary to all appearances and general belief, he was Dumbledore's man and spy through and through in the wizard wars of the second half of the 20th century. He defied Tom Riddle's Legilimency powers using his superb (9)…Occlumency... skills. Posthumously, he was called “the (10)…bravest man... I ever knew” by Harry Potter.

Part 3. List the names of three Ministers of Magic. Fudge. Scrimgeour, Shacklebolt, Thicknesse 1 point

IX. Potions 10 points
Part 1. Complete the quote. One word for each space.           2 points
“You are here to learn the (1)---subtle-- science and exact (2)--art---- of potionmaking... I don't expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, (3) --bewitching--- the mind, ensnaring the senses.... I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew (4)-glory------, even stopper death -- if you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach.”

Part 2. Which potions are described?  3 points
a) This is a colourless, odourless potion, which looks like pure water.  Veritaserum (Draught of Living Death is also acceptable)
b) This potion has a distinctive mother-of-pearl sheen and its steam rises in spirals. Amortentia
c) This potion has the colour of molten gold. Large drops leap like goldfish above its surface without spilling. Felix Felicis

Part 3. Match the list of ingredients with the potion. 2 points
a) powdered moonstone and syrup of hellebore  1
b) asphodel, infusion of wormwood, valerian roots, sopophorous bean  3
c) lacewing flies, leeches, bicorn horn, knotgrass, fluxweed, boomslang skin, a human part  2
d) ground scarab beetle, ginger root, armadillo bile 4

1. Draught of Peace
2. Polyjuice Potion
3. Draught of Living Death
4. Wit-Sharpening Potion

Part 4. Answer the questions. 3 points
1. What potion would you use to regrow lost bones? Skele-Gro
2. Which potion cures the common cold? Pepperup Potion
3. What can you use a bezoar for? As an antidote against most poisons.

X. Transfiguration 10 points
1. What is the difference between a werewolf and an Animagus? An Animagus can transform at will, while a werewolf has no choice. 1 point
2. If you looked at the register of Animagi in the school year 1993-1994, how many 20th century names did you find there? 7             1 point
3. Give one of the names on the above list. Minerva McGonagall 1 point
4. Supposing that the animal shape of the Animagus is a symbolic reference to the human character of the Animagus, what characteristics do you think the following shapes suggest?
     5 points
a) dog
b) stag
c) rat
d) cat
e) beetle

There were lots of good answers - all of them were good.

5. What is a metamorphmagus? Give an example, too.  A metamorphmagus can change their appearance at will. N. Tonks. 1 point
6. Complete the quote. One word for each speace. 1 point
"Transfiguration is some of the most  (1)--complex-- and dangerous magic you will learn at Hogwarts,” she said. “Anyone messing around in my class will leave and not come back. You have been (2) --warned-.

The results are coming soon.

So finally, the RESULTS!  You are a wonderful class and once again thanks to everyone for participating!  

Name/ Subject	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TOTAL
Azi	8,5	6	10	5	7	10	6	9	7	8,5	77
Verity	9	8	10	9	9	10	8	8	8,5	7,5	87
Solitaire	8,5
Mona	8	10	7	8	9	8	7	8	9,5	8,5	83
Elanor	7	8	9,5	8	9,5	10	7	8	7,5	8,5	83
Shepherdess	8,5	10	10	8	8	10	6	9,5	6,5	3,5	80
Subject Average	8,25	8,4	9,2	7,6	8,5	9,6	6,8	8,5	7,8	7,3	82

1: Arithmancy
2: Astronomy
3: Care of Magical Creatures
4: Charms
5: Defence Against the Dark Arts
6: Divination
7: Herbology
8: History of Magic
9: Potions
10: Transfiguration

Best Results by Subject

Best Subject Average: Divination 


Best Overall Result: Verity Weasley

You can see what your best subjects are, which may be a great help when you choose your future magical career. Of course, some subjects are more difficult than others but, on the whole, I would like to congratulate Professor Trelawney and Professor Hagrid on their students' excellent performance (and shame on Dolores Umbridge, the incompetent High Inquisitor, who wanted to sack these two teachers)! On the other hand, Professor Sprout may want to reconsider her methodology a little bit.

Congratulations to everyone on the successful exams and most of all congratulations to Verity Weasley! I hereby invite her to join the Examination Board and prepare the next exam.