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1. On Harry's first day in potions class, Professor Snape mentions a powerful potion made from asphodel and wormwood. What sort of potion is it? dream potion sleeping potion truth potion poison

2. Which ingredient would you not use if you were making a potion to cure boils? dried nettles porcupine quills snake fangs leeches

3. One of the uses of Jobberknoll feathers is for this sort of potion. truth potion sleeping potion love potion pepperup potion

4. Why might you take the Pepperup Potion? To spice up your food To keep warm To keep alert To cure a cold

5. Daisy roots, shrivelfig, caterpillar, rat spleen, leech juice - these are the ingredients of what potion? swelling solution shrinking solution wit-sharpening potion truth potion

6. The Polyjuice Potion is a complicated potion, and it takes a long time to prepare. For how long must the lacewing flies be stewed before the potion is ready? 21 days 14 days 7 days 28 days

7. For what sort of potion would you use Ashwinder eggs? truth potion love potion memory potion poison

8. In what sort of potion might you find armadillo bile? Poison Swelling solution Wit-sharpening potion Pepperup potion

9. What potion does Professor Snape use on his students when a firecracker explodes in Goyle's cauldron and showers the class with Swelling Solution? Deflating draft Counter-swelling solution Shrinking solution Reducing solution

10. What poisonous plant also goes by the name of wolfsbane and monkshood, and is an ingredient in the potion that Professor Snape prepares for Professor Lupin? Actaea Aconite Amanita Agaric

11. In the fifth year, Snape assigns much more difficult potions to prepare the students for their OWLs. What is the first potion that he assigns? Draught of Peace Strengthening Solution Draught of Living Death Confusing Concoction

12. What colour should the Strengthening Solution be? turquoise pink orange red

13. Scurvy-grass, lovage, and sneezewort are all plants which are of use in what kind of potion? love potion confusing potion strength potion truth potion

14. For how long must veritaserum mature before it is ready for use? 1 year 1 day 1 month 1 week

15. Glumbumble treacle can be used to cure what condition? nausea melancholy hysteria fever

16. Amortentia is a potion easily recognizable by its distinctive mother of pearl sheen and the way its steam rises in characteristic spirals. It has a different odor to everyone who smells it. What sort of a potion is it? poison love potion luck potion glamour potion

17. This shrivelled, kidney-like stone is of use as an antidote to most poisons. Answer: (It may be found in the stomach of a goat)

18. This yellowish subtance which smells of petrol is of use in curing acne. bubotuber pus leech juice armadillo bile glumbumble treacle

19. Occasional side effects of the Elixir to induce Euphoria are excessive singing and nose-tweaking. What might be used to counteract those effects? peppermint sour milk lemon juice honey

20. This potion has the colour of molten gold, and while exposed to the air, large drops will leap like goldfish above the surface without spilling. Scintillation Solution Amortentia Felix Felicis Unctuous Unction