Quiz: How well do you know Harry Potter?
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The Quizmaster is away, so we have asked some RNZers to set a quiz. This week it is the turn of Megan Whelan, Community Engagement Editor. Because it is Friday the 13th, it's Harry Potter time!
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Q 1 What is the name of the Hogwarts' caretaker Argus Filch's cat?
A Mrs Norris
Mrs Norris is named for a character in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park.
Photo: Warner Bros
Q 2 What did Nicolas Flamel make?
A The Philosopher's Stone
Q 3 The Minister of Magic Rufus Scrimgeour asks Hermione Granger if she's planning to follow a career in magical law. Why does she say no?
A She's hoping to do some good in the world.
There is even an alternate history of what Hermione might have done if she were the heroine of the books. (Link contains strong language.)
Q 4 What is the water creature that lives in Remus Lupin's tank?
A A grindylow
Harry would later fight Grindylows as one of the tasks in the TriWizard tournament.
Q 5 What does Professor Dumbledore see himself holding in the Mirror of Erised?
A A pair of woollen socks
"One can never have enough socks," says Dumbledore
Q 6 What form did Hermione's Boggart take?
A Professor McGonagall telling her she'd failed her exams.
Like many of us, Hermione is scared of failure. Probably not Professor McGonagall, though. She's named for the Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom.
Photo: Warner Bros
Q 7 What is the spell to make water?
A Aguamenti!
Harry uses this spell twice in one night in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - once to fill Dumbledore's cup in the Crystal Cave, and one to put out the fire engulfing Hagrid's hut.
Q 8 Before the Dementors' revolt, who are the two people known to have escaped Azkaban?
A Sirius Black and Barty Crouch Jnr
The name 'Azkaban' derives from a mixture of the prison 'Alcatraz', which is its closest Muggle equivalent, being set on an island, and 'Abaddon', which is a Hebrew word meaning 'place of destruction' or 'depths of hell'.
Photo: Warner Bros
Q 9 Which ingredient of Polyjuice Potion needs to be harvested during the full moon?
A Fluxweed
JK Rowling has said Polyjuice potion is a potion that many adult witches and wizards fear to attempt.
Q 10 In which part of the Ministry of Magic does Arthur Weasley first work?
A Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office
Arthur is later promoted to head the Office for the Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Objects. There are seven main Ministry departments: Magical Law Enforcement, Magical Accidents and Catastrophes, Magical Transportation, Mysteries, Magical Games and Sports, Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, and International Magical Cooperation.
