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Fun Trivia: H : Harry Potter: Other Characters

Special Sub-Topic: Severus Snape's Mother


What was the full name of Snape's mother (before she was married)?

    Eileen Prince. Eileen Prince went to Hogwarts in Tom Riddle's time.

What was Snape's mother's blood status?
    Pure Blood. She was possibly a Slytherin, as she was a Pure Blood, which is the only blood status worthy to be in Slytherin (with the exception of Severus Snape and Tom Riddle, as they both were Half-Blood).

Which team/club at Hogwarts did Snape's mother join?
    Gobstones Team. Gobstones was a Wizarding game similar to Muggle marbles, except that when a player loses a point, the gobstone spurts liquid at the player.

What position did Snape's mother play in the team?
    Captain. She was chosen the Team Captain.

Snape's mother joined the team in either her ____th or her ____th year at Hogwarts. In other words, which two possible years at Hogwarts did Snape's mother join the team?
    fourth or fifth. She joined the team in either her fourth or her fifth year at Hogwarts.

Who did Snape's mother marry?
    Tobias Snape. Tobias Snape was a Muggle.

Why did Severus Snape's father argue a lot with his wife?
    He hated magic. Tobias hated all things, especially magic, as Severus Snape always told Lily Evans.

Where did Severus and his parents permanently live?
    Spinner's End. Spinner's End was in Cokeworth town. In "Half-Blood Prince", Bellatrix described it as a "Muggle dunghill."

The name of the Potions schoolbook Snape's mother owned and later gave Severus was called "Advanced Potions Making".
    f. Eileen Prince owned "Advanced Potion-Making" fifty years before Harry's time, when she was at Hogwarts, and later gave it to her son, Severus. Severus Snape wrote a lot of helpful tricks and hints in the book, and when it came to the hands of Harry, he succeeded in every lesson.

What was the nickname Severus Snape gave himself that was related to his mother?
    The Half-Blood Prince. Snivellus and Snivelly were names the Marauders, especially Sirius and James, gave to Severus. Severus named himself the Half-Blood Prince due to the fact that he was a Half-Blood related to the Prince family.


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