Prelims of the annual Harry Potter quiz conducted by LDQ Manipal

2. Prelims
• 20 Questions
• First 15 are for 1 mark each
• Last 5 have 2 part answers, each part worth 1 mark
• Total 25 marks
• The starred questions are the numbers whose corresponding alphabets spell out MAGIC. So,
questions 1,3,7,9 and 13 are starred.
• Starred questions will be considered in case of a tie.
• Top 8 teams in the finals
• QMs are Gawd so no fighting!
• Good Luck 

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To Ashwyn
& Shriya, for
Their inputs;
To Ashwin, for
designing the
Poster; To JKR,
For creating
this universe,
And to You, for
attending
This
Quiz!

4. 1.*
• Although the inventor of it is unknown, it was brought to Britain in
the 17th century by the notorious Eldon Elsrickle. He used it to
terrorize a great many people in London, until Blagdon Blay
invented its counter. In the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry, it’s one of the first things that the students learn.
• It is derived from the West African sidiki dialect, and it means
‘friendly to thieves’.
• What is it?

6. 2.
The following is an extract from a speech that J. K. Rowling at New
York’s Carnegie Hall in October 2007.
“In fact, recently I was in a script read-through for the sixth film, and
they had X saying a line to Harry early in the script, saying, ‘I knew a
girl once, whose hair —‘”
The crowd laughed.
“I had to write a little note in the margin and slide it along to the
scriptwriter – ‘___________ ___!’.
Id X and FITB

8. 3.*
Ian Whyte is a Welsh Actor. Standing
7’1” (2.159m) tall, he is also a
professional stuntman and a former
basketball player. Due to his tall
stature, he has portrayed Predators
in the Alien vs. Predator movies,
aliens in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus,
and even White Walkers in the
earliest seasons of Game of Thrones.
Whyte has a very specific acting
credit to his name with respect to
the Harry Potter films. What?

9. 3.* (Image)

11. 4.
The Annual International Wizard Gardening Competition is a yearly contest
held for wizards all around the world to show off their Herbology Skills.
This competition includes a division that is called the Contorting Cereals class.
Entries in this class have been seen by Muggles and were subjected to a lot of
speculation. The non-wizarding world perceived these entries to be ____ _______.
These are real in our world and said to be the result of some extraterrestrial
presence. In both the real world as well as the non-wizarding world of the
Harry Potter universe, ____ _______ are regarded as ‘magical’, and of ‘mysterious
origin’.
It attracted so much attention from Muggles, that a report from a Ministry of
Magic sponsored committee recommended that the International
Confederation of Wizards ban this particular class from the competition.
FITB

13. 5.
• The word x refers to a sect of people. It first came to be used in
New Orleans in the mid-20s. It was initially a slang word for a joint
of marijuana. In fact, x was the euphemism preferred by Bing
Crosby, Louis Armstrong and others who performed at nightclubs
during the Jazz Age. This word even made it into print as a
synonym for marijuana in a 1931 TIME article.
• This made readers of the Harry Potter books curious. They
wondered whether the reason J. K. Rowling used the word x the
way she did, was to imply that just like x’s are like marijuana users,
that is, too burned out to be skilled and deft in anything.
• Id x.

15. 6.
• Aingingein
• Creaothceann
• Shuntbumps
• Stichstock
• Swivenhodge
• _______
FITB.

17. 7.*
• We all know that Tom Marvolo Riddle is an anagram of ‘I am Lord
Voldemort’. However, when the book was translated to various
other languages, ‘I am Voldemort’ had to be translated accordingly.
Due to this, the anagrams of the translation resulted in that
particular character having a different name for each language.
• His name in the French translation was Tom _____ Jedusor. His
middle name is known to all of us from an entirely different part of
the entertainment world. This name belongs to another person
who is, in some sense, a “King”. Try and figure out what ‘I am
Voldemort’ would be translated to in French. Hence, arrive at this
character’s middle name.

19. 8.
• In the 1980s, there was an attempt to make a wizarding __________
_______. But it was shut down soon after its conception by the
British Ministry of Magic. The reasoning behind this was that
random visuals could accidentally be picked up by the Muggle
world, causing severe breaches to the Statute of Secrecy. Some
wizards felt that the Ministry’s explanation didn’t make sense, as
the wizarding world already used a similar entity that could
randomly be picked up by their Muggle equivalents. To this, the
Ministry argued that Muggles are very likely to dismiss sounds as
their mind simply playing tricks on them, but if they saw visuals,
they’d get suspicious and want to investigate.
• Put funda.

21. 9.*
• ____ ______ was invented by Ignatia Wildsmith in the thirteenth
century. Its manufacture is strictly controlled. The only licensed
producer of this is a company that is headquartered in Diagon
Alley.
• No shortage of ____ ______ has ever been reported. Nobody knows
anyone that makes it. Its price has remained fixed at 2 Sickles a
scoop for over a century. Every wizard household has its own
stock of ____ ______ very conveniently located; for instance, on the
mantelpiece.
• FITB.

23. 10.
X is a Harry Potter parody web series created by Neil Cicierega. The first
2 episodes were animated, and both were released in 2003 on
Newgrounds, an American online entertainment and social media
website. In 2006, the series was relaunched on YouTube.
Much of the humour in this series originates from the creator’s unique
interpretation of the main characters. Some the characters in this series
have personalities that completely contrast their attitudes in the original
books. For example, this series portrays Harry to be an extremely brash,
arrogant and vain teenager, while Dumbledore is portrayed to be a
nudist.
One of its 2007 episodes, titled “The Mysterious Ticking Noise” went viral
on YouTube due to its catchy, rhythmic script, and has over 185 million
views as of today.
Id X.

25. 11.
J. K Rowling is known for using charactonyms; names that suggest a
distinctive feature of the character. The name X has Greek roots. It is
a portmanteau of two words; ____ meaning strange or foreign, and
______, meaning ‘love of’. Hence the name X literally means ‘one who
loves, or is drawn to strange and unfamiliar things. Who is X?

27. 12.
The spell ‘morsmorde’ appears to be derived from the French mort
meaning “death” and mordre, meaning “to bite”.
To cast the spell, the caster simply has to point the wand upwards
and speak the incantation along with a hand movement in the shape
of an eight.
A green light emanates from the wand after the spell.
What is the spell ‘morsmorde’ used for?

29. 13.*
• Albus Dumbledore: Recreation
• Horace Slughorn: Had 2 perfect days
• Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger: Escape Death Eaters
What is this an exhaustive list of?

31. 14.
Pocket money failing to keep pace with your outgoings?
Like to earn a little extra gold?
Contact X, (WHO?)
Y (WHERE?),
for simple, part-time, virtually painless jobs
(WE REGRET THAT ALL WORK IS UNDERTAKEN AT APPLICANT’S OWN
RISK)
GALLONS OF GALLEONS!

33. 15.
X Tree is the name which in UK is given to the Mountain Ash as it
has traditionally used as an anti-witching device. X from the old
Breton means “strength”, “bravery” or “courage”. Y is an English
word meaning ‘join together by heating’. It is said that a wizard
prince once used the XY potion to awaken an unidentified princess.
The prince put some of the potion on his lips and then kissed the
princess. Harry had to brew this potion in order to gain entrance
into the Potions Club in his sixth year. ID XY.

35. 2 Part Questions

36. 16.
Eriovixia gryffindori, a dry-foliage mimicking spider, was discovered
by scientists Javed Ahmed, Rajashree Khalap, and Sumukha J.N., in
the Kahn forest in southwest India. This tiny spider’s brown, pointy
body is meant to trick predators into thinking it is a dried-up leaf.
However, according to Ahmed and his colleagues, all of whom are
avid Harry Potter fans the arachnid’s means of camouflage
reminded resembled something completely different, that we all
know from the Harry Potter universe. Ahmed then took to Twitter
and tweeted out to J. K Rowling, saying, “We named a spider after
the _______ ___, from the films!  Meet Eriovixia gryffindori.” J. K
Rowling tweeted back, saying, “@curiocritters I’m truly honoured!
Congratulations on discovering another _________ _____!”
Fill both the blanks. (1 mark for each blank)

39. 17.
The X are a race of semi-magical-humanoids, reminiscent of the Y
from Greek mythology. Not much is known about the biology of X,
but they appear to be young and beautiful creatures, and their
dances are magically seductive. These dances bewitch almost all
male beings, causing them to want to get closer to the X. X were also
the mascots of the Bulgarian national Quidditch team during the
1994 Quidditch World Cup. Id X and Y.

41. 18.
• 15- X + Hot Water Bottle + a toothbrush in the colour of your
choice
• 13- X + Hot Chocolate
• 11- Just X.
Id X and give the funda, i.e, what are the numbers?

43. 19.
X

45. 20.
• 1492 Pictures is an American film production company founded in
the year 1994. It is famously known for having produced the first 3
movies of the Harry Potter series. The number 1492 does have
significance in the Harry Potter universe, as it is the year of Sir
Nearly Headless Nick’s demise. However, another famous real life
event (that has nothing to do with magic or Harry Potter) occurred
in the same year. What is this event that we are talking about, that
has some connection to the first 2 installments of the Harry Potter
movies, and in a way, gave the production company its name?
• (1 point for identifying the real life 1492 incident + 1 point for
giving that incident’s connection to the first 2 HP movies)

47. Prelims – Answers
(Hand over your sheets!)

48. 1.*
• Although the inventor of it is unknown, it was brought to Britain in
the 17th century by the notorious Eldon Elsrickle. He used it to
terrorize a great many people in London, until Blagdon Blay
invented its counter. In the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry, it’s one of the first things that the students learn.
• It is derived from the West African sidiki dialect, and it means
‘friendly to thieves’.
• What is it?

50. Answer
• Alohomora

51. 2.
The following is an extract from a speech that J. K. Rowling at New
York’s Carnegie Hall in October 2007.
“In fact, recently I was in a script read-through for the sixth film, and
they had X saying a line to Harry early in the script, saying, ‘I knew a
girl once, whose hair —‘”
The crowd laughed.
“I had to write a little note in the margin and slide it along to the
scriptwriter – ‘___________ ___!’.
Id X and FITB

53. Answer
• Dumbledore’s gay!

54. 3.*
Ian Whyte is a Welsh Actor. Standing
7’1” (2.159m) tall, he is also a
professional stuntman and a former
basketball player. Due to his tall
stature, he has portrayed Predators
in the Alien vs. Predator movies,
aliens in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus,
and even White Walkers in the
earliest seasons of Game of Thrones.
Whyte he has a very specific acting
credit to his name with respect to
the Harry Potter films. What?

56. Answer
• He was used for full body shots of Madame Olympe Maxime in the
fourth movie.

57. 4.
The Annual International Wizard Gardening Competition is a yearly
contest held for wizards all around the world to show off their Herbology
Skills.
This competition includes a division that is called the Contorting Cereals
class. Entries in this class have been seen by Muggles and were subjected
to a lot of speculation. The non-wizarding world perceived these entries
to be ____ _______. These are real in our world and said to be the result of
some extraterrestrial presence. In both the real world as well as the non-
wizarding world of the Harry Potter universe, ____ _______ are regarded as
‘magical’, and of ‘mysterious origin’.
It attracted so much attention from Muggles, that a report from a
Ministry of Magic sponsored committee recommended that the
International Confederation of Wizards ban this particular class from the
competition.
FITB

59. Answer
• Crop circles

60. 5.
• The word x refers to a sect of people. It first came to be used in
New Orleans in the mid-20s. It was initially a slang word for a joint
of marijuana. In fact, x was the euphemism preferred by Bing
Crosby, Louis Armstrong and others who performed at nightclubs
during the Jazz Age. This word even made it into print as a
synonym for marijuana in a 1931 TIME article.
• This made readers of the Harry Potter books curious. They
wondered whether the reason J. K. Rowling used the word x the
way she did, was to imply that just like x’s are like marijuana users,
that is, too burned out to be skilled and deft in anything.
• Id x.

62. Answer
• Muggles

63. 6.
• Aingingein
• Creaothceann
• Shuntbumps
• Stichstock
• Swivenhodge
• _______
FITB.

65. Answer
• Quidditch (it is a list of broomstick sports!)

66. 7.*
• We all know that Tom Marvolo Riddle is an anagram of ‘I am Lord
Voldemort’. However, when the book was translated to various
other languages, ‘I am Voldemort’ had to be translated accordingly.
Due to this, the anagrams of the translation resulted in that
particular character having a different name for each language.
• His name in the French translation was Tom _____ Jedusor. His
middle name is known to all of us from an entirely different part of
the entertainment world. This name belongs to another person
who is, in some sense, a “King”. Try and figure out what ‘I am
Voldemort’ would be translated to in French. Hence, arrive at this
character’s middle name.

68. Answer
• Elvis (Je suis Voldemort = Tom Elvis Jedusor)

69. 8.
• In the 1980s, there was an attempt to make a wizarding __________
_______. But it was shut down soon after its conception by the
British Ministry of Magic. The reasoning behind this was that
random visuals could accidentally be picked up by the Muggle
world, causing severe breaches to the Statute of Secrecy. Some
wizards felt that the Ministry’s explanation didn’t make sense, as
the wizarding world already used a similar entity that could
randomly be picked up by their Muggle equivalents. To this, the
Ministry argued that Muggles are very likely to dismiss sounds as
their mind simply playing tricks on them, but if they saw visuals,
they’d get suspicious and want to investigate.
• Put funda.

71. Answer
• Blank : television station
• This is the explanation behind why the wizarding world uses
radios but avoids using television.

72. 9.*
• ____ ______ was invented by Ignatia Wildsmith in the thirteenth
century. Its manufacture is strictly controlled. The only licensed
producer of this is a company that is headquartered in Diagon
Alley.
• No shortage of ____ ______ has ever been reported. Nobody knows
anyone that makes it. Its price has remained fixed at 2 Sickles a
scoop for over a century. Every wizard household has its own
stock of ____ ______ very conveniently located; for instance, on the
mantelpiece.
• FITB.

74. Answer
• Floo Powder

75. 10.
X is a Harry Potter parody web series created by Neil Cicierega. The first
2 episodes were animated, and both were released in 2003 on
Newgrounds, an American online entertainment and social media
website. In 2006, the series was relaunched on YouTube.
Much of the humour in this series originates from the creator’s unique
interpretation of the main characters. Some the characters in this series
have personalities that completely contrast their attitudes in the original
books. For example, this series portrays Harry to be an extremely brash,
arrogant and vain teenager, while Dumbledore is portrayed to be a
nudist.
One of its 2007 episodes, titled “The Mysterious Ticking Noise” went viral
on YouTube due to its catchy, rhythmic script, and has over 185 million
views as of today.
Id X.

77. Answer
• Potter Puppet Pals

78. 11.
J. K Rowling is known for using charactonyms; names that suggest a
distinctive feature of the character. The name X has Greek roots. It is
a portmanteau of two words; ____ meaning strange or foreign, and
______, meaning ‘love of’. Hence the name X literally means ‘one who
loves, or is drawn to strange and unfamiliar things. Who is X?

80. Answer
• Xenophilius

81. 12.
The spell ‘morsmorde’ appears to be derived from the French mort
meaning “death” and mordre, meaning “to bite”.
To cast the spell, the caster simply has to point the wand upwards
and speak the incantation along with a hand movement in the shape
of an eight.
A green light emanates from the wand after the spell.
What is the spell ‘morsmorde’ used for?

83. Answer
• To conjure up the dark mark.

84. 13.*
• Albus Dumbledore: Recreation
• Horace Slughorn: Had 2 perfect days
• Ron Weasley: Escape Death Eaters
What is this an exhaustive list of?

86. Answer
• These are instances in which Felix Felicis (Liquid Luck) was
consumed.

87. 14.
Pocket money failing to keep pace with your outgoings?
Like to earn a little extra gold?
Contact X, (WHO?)
Y (WHERE?),
for simple, part-time, virtually painless jobs
(WE REGRET THAT ALL WORK IS UNDERTAKEN AT APPLICANT’S OWN
RISK)
GALLONS OF GALLEONS!

89. Answer
• X – Fred and George
• Y – Gryffindor Common Room

90. 15.
X Tree is the name which in UK is given to the Mountain Ash as it
has traditionally used as an anti-witching device. X from the old
Breton means “strength”, “bravery” or “courage”. Y is an English
word meaning ‘join together by heating’. It is said that a wizard
prince once used the XY potion to awaken an unidentified princess.
The prince put some of the potion on his lips and then kissed the
princess. Harry had to brew this potion in order to gain entrance
into the Potions Club in his sixth year. ID XY.

92. Answer
• Wiggenweld

93. 16.
Eriovixia gryffindori, a dry-foliage mimicking spider, was discovered
by scientists Javed Ahmed, Rajashree Khalap, and Sumukha J.N., in
the Kahn forest in southwest India. This tiny spider’s brown, pointy
body is meant to trick predators into thinking it is a dried-up leaf.
However, according to Ahmed and his colleagues, all of whom are
avid Harry Potter fans the arachnid’s means of camouflage
reminded resembled something completely different, that we all
know from the Harry Potter universe. Ahmed then took to Twitter
and tweeted out to J. K Rowling, saying, “We named a spider after
the _______ ___, from the films!  Meet Eriovixia gryffindori.” J. K
Rowling tweeted back, saying, “@curiocritters I’m truly honoured!
Congratulations on discovering another _________ _____!”
Fill both the blanks. (1 mark for each blank)

96. Answer
• Sorting Hat
• Fantastic Beast

97. 17.
The X are a race of semi-magical-humanoids, reminiscent of the Y
from Greek mythology. Not much is known about the biology of X,
but they appear to be young and beautiful creatures, and their
dances are magically seductive. These dances bewitch almost all
male beings, causing them to want to get closer to the X. X were also
the mascots of the Bulgarian national Quidditch team during the
1994 Quidditch World Cup. Id X and Y.

99. Answer
• X – Veela
• Y – Sirens

100. 18.
• 15- X + Hot Water Bottle + a toothbrush in the colour of your
choice
• 13- X + Hot Chocolate
• 11- Just X.
Id X and give the funda, i.e, what are the numbers?

102. Answer
• X = Reaching your
destination. (Variations of the
same are accepted)
• The numbers refer to the
number of Sickles you have to
pay on the Knight Bus to buy a
ticket and/or avail the extra
luxuries.

103. 19.
X

105. Answer

106. 20.
• 1492 Pictures is an American film production company founded in
the year 1994. It is famously known for having produced the first 3
movies of the Harry Potter series. The number 1492 does have
significance in the Harry Potter universe, as it is the year of Sir
Nearly Headless Nick’s demise. However, another famous real life
event (that has nothing to do with magic or Harry Potter) occurred
in the same year. What is this event that we are talking about, that
has some connection to the first 2 installments of the Harry Potter
movies, and in a way, gave the production company its name?
• (1 point for identifying the real life 1492 incident + 1 point for
giving that incident’s connection to the first 2 HP movies)

108. Answer
• 1492 event – Christopher Columbus discovered the New World
(America).
• Chris Columbus, the director of HP 1 and 2 decided to give his
production company a name that alludes to his historical
namesake.

109. Finals will begin in a while…