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Remembrall trivia challenge

By Erin White
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 07.15.2005
Take our all-things Harry Potter trivia challenge - not quite the level of the Triwizard Tournament - write your answers down on a separate sheet of paper and you could win a prize, none of which are anywhere close to 1,000 galleons. Answers on Page E4.
Questions the Dursleys could answer (1 point each)
1. To which house at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry do Harry, Ron and Hermione belong?
2. From what platform does the Hogwarts Express depart?
3. What does Professor Trelawney see in Harry's tea cup during the first Divination class?
4. What do Dumbledore's passwords have in common?
5. Why had the Triwizard Tournament been on hiatus?
Questions for up and coming wizards (2 points each)
6. Dobby uses a Hover Charm to drop something to try to keep Harry from going back to Hogwarts? What does he drop?
7. What is Hagrid's first name?
8. What is the name of Hermione's cat?
9. After Arthur Weasley wins 700 galleons in the "Daily Prophet" draw, where does the family go?
10. What do Fred and George give Harry so that he can solemnly swear to be up to no good?
11. What is Professor Moody's nickname?
12. How does Ron get his new dress robes?
13. What is the name of the centaur who briefly teaches at Hogwarts?
Questions that would stump even Professor McGonagall (3 points each)
14. Name the three unforgivable curses.
15. To what address did Hogwarts send Harry's first letter? (1 point for each correct line) ________________________
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16. What did Fred bewitch Percy's Prefect badge to say?
17. What does Ron suggest when Hagrid is upset after a complaint is filed against Buckbeak?
18. What pulls the Beauxbaton's carriage?
19. What does Hermione discover and use to blackmail the reporter Rita Skeeter?
20. What happens to Harry as he writes "I must not tell lies" in Professor Umbridge's office?
Scoring
1 to 10 points - Are you friends with Dudley?
10 to 18 points - You're a muggle or - at best - a Squib.
18 to 28 points - You've got a lot of magic to learn before you'll be any use against Lord Voldemort.
28 to 38 points - Congratulations, you've passed your O.W.L.S.
38 to 44 points - Top marks! Even Hermione couldn't outsmart you.
Win a prize
We have a caldron filled with Bertie Botts' Every Flavour Prizes - small prizes in many flavors, including books and games.
It's a random drawing - even Dudley could win. Enter by sending your answers to us with your name, address and daytime phone number. Kids, include your age and the name and daytime phone number of a parent or guardian. Ten winners will be chosen.
Muggle mail: Caliente, P.O. Box 26807, Tucson, AZ 85726-6807
Owl post: 573-4140 (fax)
Floo Powder: caliente@azstarnet.com (Include "Remembrall" in the subject line.)
Broomstick deliveries: Main office, 4850 S. Park Ave., or Tucson's Newspapers branch office, 1640 E. River Road.
Deadline for entries: 5 p.m. Monday.
No follow-up phone calls or e-mails. Prizes will be mailed within two weeks. Employees of the Star and Tucson's Newspapers and their immediate families are not eligible to win. No purchase is necessary. The Arizona Daily Star may substitute prizes.
● Contact reporter Erin White at the Daily Prophet - oops! We mean the Arizona Daily Star - at 807-8429 or ewhite@azstarnet.com.