The Potter quiz

Writersworld Newsletter - Issue No. 11

Printed with permission from the Guardian - Wednesday November 14, 2001

Do you really know your Quidditch from your Gringott's? Test your knowledge of JK Rowling's books with Laura Barton's 20 questions

1. The JK in JK Rowling stands for

A: Jemima Katherine
B: Joanne Kathleen
C: Jeremy Kingfisher
D: Nothing at all

2. Harry Potter's parents were killed by

A: A rhinoceros
B: Voldemort
C: The sneezes
D: A defective cauldron

3. Where do the Dursleys live?

A: 4 Privet Drive
B: 29 Acacia Avenue
C: 76 Trotters Lane
D: Mornington Crescent

4. Harry, Rowling and Daniel Radcliffe all share a birthday. When is it?

A: This Friday
B: July 31
C: February 29
D: When the owl hoots twice and the moon is red...

5. What does Dumbledore see when he looks in the Mirror of Erised?

A: A pair of thick woollen socks
B: A foxy lady witch
C: All the cauldrons money can buy
D: Clean floors

6. How much do glittery black beetle eyes cost?

A: Free to you, fine sir
B: Five Knuts a scoop
C: An arm and a leg
D: The same as a tawny owl

7. Who is the Minister for Magic?

A: Cornelius Fudge
B: Frank Dobson
C: Zebedee O'Flitch
D: The Revd Ian Paisley

8. What is the name of the wand shop in Diagon Alley?

A: Wandy's Wanderful Wand Emporium
B: Mr Kaboozle's
C: Witchyboots Supplies Ltd
D: Ollivanders

9. What was stored in vault 713 of Gringott's Bank?

A: All Harry's worldly wealth
B: Shergar
C: A golden-toothed inkbat
D: The Philosopher's Stone

10. Which of the following is not involved in the game of Quidditch?

A: Fourteen players on broomsticks
B: Six tall goalposts
C: Four flying balls
D: Five gold rings

11. Who claimed that JK Rowling stole the term "Muggles"?

A: Hercule Poirot
B: The Muggles Society of Great Britain
C: Nancy Stouffer
D: Scotland Yard

12. To whom was JK Rowling (briefly) married?

A: David Copperfield
B: Paul Daniels
C: Jorge Arantes
D: Someone who was quite high up in the Masons

13. Who called the Potter books "Billy Bunter on broomsticks"?

A: Germaine Greer
B: Frank Richards
C: Anthony Holden
D: Sarah Michelle Gellar

14. The film of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is brought to you by

A: Coca-Cola
B: Panda Cola
C: Pepsi-Cola
D: Pina Colada

15. Which three curses does the Ministry of Magic deem "unforgivable"?

A: Crucio, Imperio, Avada Kedavra
B: Abnepos, Infandum, Ab Asino Lanam
C: Nova Scotia, Curriculum Vitae, Status Quo
D: Drat, Darn, Damn

16. What exactly does the Densaugeo spell do?

A: Turns everything puce
B: Makes you grow ringlets
C: Sedates dragons
D: Makes teeth grow uncontrollably

17. What was the advance for JK Rowling's first book?

A: Thruppence
B: £2,500
C: One million bucks
D: Twenty-five galleons and a newt

18. Which of the following was not used in the filming of Harry Potter?

A: The reptile house, London Zoo
B: Gloucester Cathedral
C: Christ Church College, Oxford
D: Madame Tussaud's

19. How many silver Sickles to a Galleon?

A: Nine and three-quarters
B: Seventeen
C: Twelve
D: One hundred and eighty

20. What's 11 inches long and made of holly and phoenix feather?

A: The Tickling Stick
B: Harry's wand
C: The standard Hogwart's quill
D: The Magic Snake of Azerbaijan

Answers

1.B, 2.B, 3.A, 4.B, 5.A, 6.B, 7.A, 8.D, 9.D, 10.D, 11.C, 12.C, 13.C, 14.A, 15.A, 16.D, 17.B, 18.D, 19.B, 20.B