Questions from the SparQue session held

on 13 June 2015

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Quiz.Talk. Discover.

P A RSPrevious

Sessions

• Born 31 July 1965

• Conceived the idea for the Harry

Potter series on a delayed train from

Manchester to London

• Rags to riches life story

• Also authored “The Casual Vacancy”;

and the “Cormoran Strike” series

under the pseudonym Robert

Galbraith

Contents1. the revealing charm

2. the marauders’ map

3. the ones who must be

named

4. N.E.W.T.

7 book covers / minimalist posters

Identify the title

the revealing charm

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answers

the revealing charm

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the marauders’ map

12 questions related to the HP-verse

For the record:

1. When asked about something, JKR said, "No, I did

not. I could afford pens and paper, yeah." What

popular myth was thus debunked?

2. Which book is JKR’s most sold novel?

3. What is the name of the house elf that lives in

Sirius’s house?

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1. That she wrote HP stories on paper napkins

2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s stone

3. Kreacher

A

Q

The effects of this spell can mostly be cured by the

song-like incantation Vulnera sanentur. The first usage

eases the blood flow, the second causes the wounds to

knit and the third removes the worst effects of the

curse. Which curse?

A

Where in the Harry Potter universe would one find

artefacts like the Hand of Glory, forbidden books, evil

masks, human bones, and a cursed opal necklace?

Q

Borgin and Burke’s, the Dark Arts shop in Knockturn

alley

A

Located on the outskirts of Ottery St. Catchpole,

Devon, England, this multi-storied building was probably

held up by magic. It served as the headquarters of the

Order of the Phoenix post Dumbledore's death. What?

Q

The Burrow

A

It is made using Fluxweed, knotgrass, lacewing flies,

Leeches, Bicorn horn, Boomslang skin and a variable final

ingredient. It takes about a month to make and looks

like bubbling mud before the addition of the final

component. What?

Q

Polyjuice potion

A

1. Behind a stack of barrels, from which the appropriate

one must be tapped to a particular rhythm

2. A logical riddle that must be correctly solved

3. X

4. Through a bare stone wall in the dungeons

What are we talking about? X?

Q

Entrances to the common rooms in the Hogwarts castle.

X – Behind a portrait of a plump woman; the entrance to the

Gryffindor common room

A

In a post addressing queries from the readers, JKR

answered a particular fan question with this- "He was

repatriated to Greece. Dumbledore liked to put

Hagrid's more foolish acquisitions back where they

belong - not the forest." Who is the "He" that's being

talked about?

Q

Fluffy, the three headed dog.

A

Amortentia is considered to be the strongest among

these, according to Horace Slughorn. It has a different

aroma for everyone who smells it. Weasley's Wizarding

Wheezes sells a whole range of these. What?

Q

Love Potions

A

Since Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

included elite duelling , UK based Paul Harris was

brought in during its filming for what very specific

purpose?

Q

He choreographed the wand positions and movements

A

Its original home is 12 Grimmauld Place. It has about 70

names, some of them scorched off. It is embroidered in

Gold thread. What?

Q

Black family tree tapestry

A

the ones who must

be named5 questions

On characters from the books

3 clues per person

Is muggle born.

Started an organization called S.P.E.W.

Owns a time-turner.

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Hermione Granger

A

Voldemort’s first victim

Resides in the first floor girls’ lavatory above the Great

Hall

Is a ghost!

Q

Moaning Myrtle

She is muggle-born and her

last name remains unknown

throughout the series

A

Is a master of Occlumency

Knew the Evans girls since childhood

Cursed off George Weasley’s ear in the Battle of the

Seven Potters

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Severus Snape

A

Destroyed a horcrux

Was raised by his grandmother

Married Hannah Abbott and became a professor of

Herbology at Hogwarts

Q

Neville Longbottom

A

Was a master of the Elder wand for a short while

Is a Death Eater, like his father

Harry's enemy in school

Q

Draco Malfoy

A

N.E.W.T.3 questions

We’ll ask you to list items according to a theme

List the balls used and player positions in a game of QuidditchQ

Muggle Quidditch game in progress

ABalls used: Quaffle, Bludgers x2, Golden Snitch

Player positions: Chasers x3, Beaters x2, Seeker

Name all characters who have taught the DADA class

over the course of Harry’s study in Hogwarts.

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A

1. Quirinus Quirrel

2. Gilderoy Lockhart

3. Remus Lupin

4. Barty Crouch Jr. (disguised as Alastor Moody)

5. Dolores Umbridge

6. Severus Snape

7. Amycus Carrow (taught mostly Dark Arts)

List out all of Lord V’s horcruxes

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http://community.sparknotes.com/2012/05/30/let-me-give-you-bad-advice-protecting-your-horcruxes

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1. Tom Riddle’s diary

2. Marvolo Gaunt’s ring

3. Salazar Slytherin’s locket

4. Helga Hufflepuff ’s cup

5. Rowena Ravenclaw’s Diadem

6. Nagini

7. Harry Potter

8. Bonus - Quirinus Quirrel, since Voldemort actually lived in

his body for a while

Before we end, 3 recommendations

JKR wrote this book for the charitable organization Comic

Relief. Throughout the book are hand-written comments by

Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger and Harry Potter.

A comic video showing

an alternative ending

Fan-fiction in which Harry

Potter applies rational thought

to an alternative Potterverse

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