So you think you know Harry Potter ...?

[roisin]

DS1 has written a quiz for my students at school. I thought I'd try it out on you first.

1. At what age do wizards come of age?
2. How many sickles make a galleon?
3. What is the first name of Voldemort’s grandfather?
4. What is Nearly Headless Nick’s full name?
5. What is Professor Lockhart’s favourite colour?
6. Which breed of dragon is Norbert?
7. Which of these sweets is not a Honeydukes product: Sherbet Lemons, Fizzing Whizzbees, or Acid pops?
8. What form does Hermione’s patronus take?
9. How many Horcruxes has Voldemort made?

10. Describe the effects of the spell Rictusempra. 11. Name 5 breeds of dragon. 12. The cry of what, is fatal to a Basilisk?

Crikey!

I can't answer any of them!

Gosh, I can do some and I watched Goblet of Fire on DVD today!

1. At what age do wizards come of age?

17

1. How many sickles make a galleon?

No idea

1. What is the first name of Voldemort’s grandfather?

Marvolo?

1. What is Nearly Headless Nick’s full name?

Lord Nicholas Mimsey-Porpington?

1. What is Professor Lockhart’s favourite colour?

Yellow?

1. Which breed of dragon is Norbert?

Norwegian something ... blue maybe?

1. Which of these sweets is not a Honeydukes product: Sherbet Lemons, Fizzing Whizzbees, or Acid pops?

Acid pops I think

1. What form does Hermione’s patronus take?

Otter

1. How many Horcruxes has Voldemort made?

Five?

10. Describe the effects of the spell Rictusempra.
    Immobilises you?

11. Name 5 breeds of dragon.
    Now I really should be able to do this one after today. But .. all I can remember is Welsh something, Chinese something, Horntail something, that's it. And the Norwegian something mentioned above.

12. The cry of what, is fatal to a Basilisk?
    Is it the phoenix? I thought Harry killed the basilisk ..

1 17
2?
3?

1. Nicholas mimsy Porpington
2. Lilac
3. Norwegan Ridgeback

7 Sherbert Lemons 8 An otter? 9 7 10 It stops you from being able to move 11. Norwegan Ridge back, Common Welsh, Chinenes something, horntail 12 a phoenix?

Oh pretty good you two - I'm impressed! I managed about 2.5

12 is wrong, as is 10. The rest are pretty much correct.

Without looking at the other answers:

1. 17
2. 16
4. Sir Nicholas de Whimsy
5. Lilac
6. Norweigan Ridgeback
7. Acid pops
8. Otter
9. Seven

10. Propels you away 11. Norweigan Ridgeback, Green Welsh, um.. spiny black one... Horntail ... 12. Phoenix?

An awful lot of guessing in there!

Oh a Cockrel!

How Biblical!!!!

1. 17
2. 11
3. nicholas de mimsy-porpington
4. marvolo
5. blue
6. hungarian horntail
7. fizzing whizzbees
8. she has not performed the patronus charm, but the has performed the ridikulus one on a boggart
9. 7

10. there's no such thing. there's a septumsempra spell, which slashes the victim like a knife. 11. hungarian horntail, swedish something or other, some kind of welsh one, and a chinese breed. and i don't know 12. phoenix

expat, they all do the patronus charm in the DA in book 5....not agains a dementor but they do it as a practice

1. 10
2. 100
3. Dont know
4. Dont know
5. Dont Know
6. Hes from Romania...ridgeback thing
7. Fizzing Whizbees
8. Dont Know
9. Dont Know

10. Outcomes a snake from your wand. 11. Region Ridgeback...a green dragon 12. A phoenix

those are dd1s answers :)

Hmm... I think these are probably too difficult for the kids at my school.

Let me know when you want ds1's definitive answers. He did this entirely from memory so I hope all the answers are correct!

i did if from memory, too, and my memory is shite.

Beats mine Expat!
I think I need to check the answer to number 2. I thought it was 17, but ds1 told me I was wrong. But I'm not sure.

I have a book here roisin, if you want some easier Q and As

Ha \link{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_in_Harry_Potter\I am right about the sickles.} And boy am I going to milk this one

It's definitely 17, that's when you're allowed to taking your Apparation test.

Answers - according to ds1!

1. 17
2. 27 [he's wrong it's 17]
3. Marvolo
4. Sir Nicholas de Mimsy Porpington
5. Lilac [Do you agree he should have given me a point for purple?]
6. Norwegian Ridgeback
7. Sherbet Lemons
8. An Otter
9. 7
10. The victim doubles over, wheezing
11. Hungarian Horntail, Common Welsh Green, Chinese Fireball, Swedish -Short-Snout and Norwegian Ridgeback are one combination.
12. A rooster

DH won't use 'rooster'. He says 'cockrel'. Even DD1 says cockrel. Makes me feel the odd one out.