Harry Potter quiz

More questions about Harry Potter

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1. 1 Easy

   What trait did Helga Hufflepuff value most in her students?

   Answer: Loyalty

   Why: She took the students the other founders would not, promising to teach them all and treat them exactly the same.

2. 2 Medium

   Which dragon attacks Harry in the Triwizard Tournament?

   Answer: Hungarian Horntail

   Why: Harry drew the Horntail fourth and last, summoned his Firebolt, and his judge scores tied him with Krum for first place.

3. 3 Hard

   Who is Tom Riddle Senior's wife and mother of Voldemort?

   Answer: Merope Gaunt

   Why: Merope Gaunt sold Slytherin's locket for ten Galleons and died an hour after giving birth in a Muggle orphanage on New Year's Eve 1926.

4. 4 Easy

   Why did Nicolas Flamel originally create the Philosopher's Stone?

   Answer: To achieve immortality and wealth

   Why: Nicolas Flamel was a real man: a bookseller born near Paris around 1330, tied to alchemy only long after his death in 1418.

5. 5 Medium

   What simple object inspired the movement of Dementors in the films?

   Answer: A puppet in water

   Why: Underwater puppeteer Basil Twist filmed fabric-draped rod puppets in a tank, and ILM later rebuilt that footage in CG for Prisoner of Azkaban.

6. 6 Hard

   What is Professor Lupin's full name?

   Answer: Remus John Lupin

   Why: In Prisoner of Azkaban his battered case reads only Professor R. J. Lupin; the J is for John, while his father was named Lyall.