Harry Potter Quiz 2015 Prelims

QUIZ WEEK

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THE POTTER QUIZ

1.

● JKR says “"I got the surname X from people who lived down the road from me in Winterbourne.I liked the surname so I took it."

● Give me X

Potter

2.THESE FOUR ARE COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS??

Maruders

3*.

Where exactly the “X” came from has never been proven .Although it is a fact that there are secret records in Ministry of Magic detailing a mass operation involving one hundred and sixty-seven Memory Charms, as well as the biggest Concealment Charm ever performed in Britain, in order to acquire the X.

X was originally build by muggles at Crewe, in Cheshire, England, in the early-to-mid 19th century.

Hogwarts Express

4.FULL NAME OF THE ORGANISATION

This organization was founded in 1994 by Hermione Granger .

Stop the Outrageous Abuse of Our Fellow Magical Creatures and Campaign for a Change in Their Legal Status was the title of their manifesto .

S.P.E.W (Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare)

5*

The spell “Morsmorde” is used for what???

Dark Mark

6. SOME OF THE PRODUCTS OF??

Wildfire Whiz-bangs

Portable Swamp

Reusable Hangman

Skiving Snackboxes

Ten-Second Pimple Vanishers

Penelope's Purple Pussy Cats

Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes

7

To enter the premises, one may step through the window of what appears to be a red- bricked, condemned department store called Purge and Dowse, Ltd. This acts as a magical gateway to the main building, much like the barrier at King's Cross Station to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters

St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries

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X is a tactic in Quidditch where a Seeker pretends to spot the Golden Snitch far below and races to catch it, hoping the opposing seeker will copy. At the last second before reaching the ground, the feinting seeker pulls out of a dive, usually causing the opposing seeker to crash. Classified as a Dangerous Seeker Diversion when viewed through Omnioculars. This move is famously used by Bulgarian seeker Viktor Krum

Wronski Feint

9*.GIVE ME X & Y

In 2003, at the age of eleven, X had been admitted to the hospital, where she spent two years in treatment for anorexia. She often wrote to Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling, of whom she was a fan and whom she considered a counselor, and got a reply in which Rowling reminded her that anorexia was "destructive, not creative" - a statement which, as X states, helped her to start her recovery.

She finally got to meet J K Rowling on the sets of Harry Potter when she beat 15,000 girls all over United Kingdom and Ireland to the land the role of Y.

X=Evana Lynch

Y= Luna Lovegood

10.FOUND ON THE BACK COVER OF THE FIFTH BOOK .WHAT IS IT AND WHERE IT IS FOUND

Fountain of the magical Bretheren

Ministry of Magic

11HOW DO THE FOLLOWING RIDDLES PERTAIN TO THE SERIES

Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?

Answer: A circle has no beginning.

Where do Vanished objects go?

Answer: Into non-being, which is to say, everything.

Ravenclaw Dorm Passwords

12.WHAT IS BEING TALKED ABOUT??

There are three different types of it -:

First Class: Awarded for "acts of outstanding bravery or distinction" in magic. The colour of the ribbon for this class was green.

Second Class: Awarded for "achievement or endeavour beyond the ordinary." The colour of the ribbon for this class was purple.[2]

Third Class: Awarded to individuals who "have made a contribution to our store of knowledge or entertainment." The colour of the ribbon for this class was white

Order of Merlin

13 LIST OF

Break with a Banshee

Gadding with Ghouls

Holiday with Hags

Travels with Trolls

Voyages with Vampires

Wandering with Werewolves

Year with a Yeti

Glideroy Lockharts Books

*14.WHICH WORD

a 1930s jazz slang word for someone that uses cannabis. JKR was shocked to learn that the word had been used as a drug slang

It was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2003, where it is said to refer to a person who is lacking a skill.

according to Abbott Walter Bower, 13th Century author of the Scotichronicon, it means "an Englishman's tail"

Muggle

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Harry Potter

Hermione Granger

Ron Weasley

George Weasley

Fred Weasley

Fleur Delacour

Mundungus Fletcher

The Seven Potters

16.

Antioch, Cadmus, and X. Who were they ? Also ID X.

Peverell brothers

Ignotus Peverell

17.

The Unspeakables work in which department of Ministry of Magic??

Department of Mysteries

18.

Albania is a small country in Southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east, and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the west and on the Ionian Sea to the southwest. It is less than 72 km (45 mi) from Italy, across the Strait of Otranto which links the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian Sea.

Connect it to the Harry Potter Series

Voldemort’s hiding place after his fall/Helena Ravenclaw hid the diadem there

*19.

Gryffindor-:Nearly Headless Nick

Slytherin-:The Bloody Baron

Ravenclaw-:Grey Lady

Hufflepuff-???

Fat Friar

*20.WHAT ARE THEY SMELLING

Hermionie Granger-:Freshly mown grass, new parchment, spearmint toothpaste, and Ron Weasley's hair

Harry Potter-:Treacle tart, a broomstick handle, and Ginny Weasley's hair.

Amortentia

21

The ___________ are a very popular band in the wizardingworld, and on the Wizarding Wireless Network. AlbusDumbledore booked them to perform in Hogwarts at the 1994 Yule Ball. Despite their name, all eight known members are male

Weird Sisters

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In an Interview JKR revealed the reason why Harry's scar pained when he was physically/mentally closer to Voldemort.

What was the reason

Voldemort’s soul wants to reunite with his master by escaping through the wound

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The last spell in the book was performed by Harry.What was the spell and its purpose

Reparo

To repair his wand