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Harry Potter
Cyber Challenge

Test your knowledge of the Harry Potter books. The following websites may be helpful in answering these questions:

The Boy Who Lived
The Harry Potter Lexicon
Harry Potter Reference Guide (Scholastic)
Internet Movie Database
Word Reference.com
Constellations and their stars

If you really must spoil the fun... the answers are here.

1. What is another name for the potion ingredient know as Monkshood?

2. How many points does a Quidditch team receive for catching the golden snitch?

3. How many Sickles are in a Galleon?

4. Professor Sybil Trelawny always predicts dire things for the students. What was a sibyl in ancient times?

5. What type of animal does an “Avis” charm summon?

6. What does an “Incendio” charm do?

7. What kind of creature is “Firenze”?

8. (Fill in the blanks) A Hippogriff has the head of an _________ and the body of a ___________.

9. What is the name of the town across the lake from Hogwarts?

10. Who will be playing Professor Remus Lupin in the movie version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban?

11. Which ball do you want to avoid in a Quidditch game?

12. In Quidditch, which player would perform the maneuver known as the “Wronski Defensive Feint”?

13. The feather in Harry’s wand comes from what kind of bird?

14. “Exploding Snap” is what kind of game?

15. Which character is nicknamed “Wormtail”?

16. Which of the following words are passwords used to enter the Gryffindor common room?
(Circle 6)

polyglot
banana fritters
discombobulated
fortuna major
nihil obstat
fairy wings
wattlebird
pecunia minor
flibbertigibbet
onomatopoeia
balderdash
pig snout

17. In what constellation does the star “Sirius” appear?

Hmm, that’s interesting… the animagus spell turns Sirius Black into a _______

18. What does the “Avada Kedavra” spell do?

19. What is Ron’s favorite professional Quidditch team?

20. Which class does Prof. McGonagall teach?

21. To catch a train from Platform 9 ¾ you must go to what station?

22. What is the Dursley’s address?

23. What is the name of the Weasley’s house?

24. Which class at Hogwarts did Hermione quit?

25. What is the meaning of the Hogwarts motto “Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus”?

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Last updated: September 26, 2007