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Flying Through Harry Potter Trivia Quiz

Welcome to Broom Flight Class. I'm Madame Hooch, and I'm going to teach you all you need to know about flying so you can get around the wizarding world.

A multiple-choice quiz by lingophilia. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
lingophilia

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
371,699

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
398

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. We'll start with the basics, practicing with Hogwarts brooms. Once you've mastered these, you can practice on a fancier model, like Harry Potter. Which of these brooms has Harry NOT ridden? Hint

Cleansweep Seven

Firebolt

Nimbus 2000

Shooting Star

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Question 2 of 10

2. You're doing very well on that broom. Perhaps you should try out for your House Quidditch team. But only if you know how the game is played. Which of these Quidditch facts is NOT true? Hint

Each goal scored is worth 5 points.

Originally, the snitch was a live bird called a snidget.

The name comes from the location of the first recorded game: Queerditch Marsh.

Quidditch pitches are typically 150 ft. by 180 ft. in the shape of an oval.

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Question 3 of 10

3. Yes, I agree, a broom is not the most comfortable of flying objects. Perhaps you'd like to try this old flying motorbike? It has a lot of history: it once belonged to Sirius Black, and then to Rubeus Hagrid. I know it looks a little banged up; it was in a fender bender with He Who Must Not Be Named, but it still runs pretty well! Which feature does this model NOT have? Hint

A sidecar

Invisibility booster

Dragon fire

A net and brick wall to deter pursuers

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Question 4 of 10

4. Not interested in the motorbike? It could use some work. What about this lovely, nearly sentient flying Ford Anglia? Pay no attention to the dents and scratches; the Whomping Willow treats everyone that way. This car is as good as a loyal phoenix. It even saved Harry, Ron, and Fang from some nasty creatures in the Forbidden Forest. Which ones? Hint

Aragog and his spider family

Bane and his fellow centaurs

Grawp and his giant friends

Lupin and his werewolf pack

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Question 5 of 10

5. Okay, okay, so maybe a flying car isn't up your alley. What about a flying carpet? They're technically illegal, but as long the authorities don't find out, you'll be fine. Which Ministry of Magic department should you worry about most? Hint

Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office

Improper Use of Magic Office

Department of Magical Law Enforcement

Office for the Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Objects

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Question 6 of 10

6. Maybe you'd be more interested in a magical flying beast. Maybe a hippogriff ... but what is the etiquette for approaching a hippogriff? Hint

Maintain eye contact and bow, but don't approach until the hippogriff bows in return.

You have to be female to even get near a hippogriff.

Talk to the hippogriff about astronomy and then ask politely for a ride.

Answer the hippogriff's riddle, but if you get it wrong, be prepared to defend yourself.

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Question 7 of 10

7. You're afraid of getting arrested? How about a thestral? One catch though, you might not be able to see it. What traumatic event must you have witnessed in order for thestrals to be visible to the naked eye?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. There's another flying beast that *might* let you ride it. There are many varieties, including the Chinese Fireball, Hungarian Horntail, Norwegian Ridgeback, and Swedish Short-Snout. Just watch out for the claws and the fire breath ... What animal am I referring to?

Answer: (one word)

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Question 9 of 10

9. There might be another way to fly, and all you need is a wand. Repeat after me: "Wingardium Leviosa". The Levitation Charm isn't usually used on people, but if you're a powerful wizard, you might be able to make it work. Which foe did Harry, Ron, and Hermione defeat using this charm, though not to levitate a person? Hint

blast-ended skrewt

giant

troll

werewolf

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Question 10 of 10

10. Only two wizards have been known to achieve true flight using only a wand, so your chances of managing it are pretty slim. Voldemort was one, but who was the other? Hint

Bellatrix Lestrange

Severus Snape

Sirius Black

Albus Dumbledore

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. We'll start with the basics, practicing with Hogwarts brooms. Once you've mastered these, you can practice on a fancier model, like Harry Potter. Which of these brooms has Harry NOT ridden?

Answer: Cleansweep Seven

Harry received the Nimbus 2000 in "The Sorcerer's Stone" after he was invited to join the Quidditch team. When his Nimbus was smashed by the Whomping Willow in "The Prisoner of Azkaban", he was forced to ride a school broom, which happened to be a Shooting Star. Fortunately, Sirius secretly bought and sent to him his beloved Firebolt soon after.

The Cleansweep Seven was the other broom suggested to him in his first year. It quickly became outdated; when Ron became a Prefect, his parents bought him a Cleansweep Eleven.

2. You're doing very well on that broom. Perhaps you should try out for your House Quidditch team. But only if you know how the game is played. Which of these Quidditch facts is NOT true?

Answer: Each goal scored is worth 5 points.

Each goal, scored by the quaffle passing through one of the three round goal posts, is worth ten points. However, the game can be won by catching the small golden snitch (which is no longer a live bird, as the species became protected in the 14th century), which ends play and awards the Seeker's team 150 points.

Answer: Invisibility booster

Harry rode in the sidecar on his last journey from Privet Drive with Hagrid in "The Deathly Hallows". As they were traveling, they were attacked by Death Eaters and then You Know Who. They had to use all the tricks that Arthur Weasley had installed on the bike to get rid of their enemies: a net, a brick wall, and dragon fire.

But still, it wasn't enough. Hedwig was killed and the motorbike crashed. If only they'd had the invisibility booster like they did on the Ford Anglia.

Answer: Aragog and his spider family

After Harry and Ron crashed the Ford Anglia into the Whomping Willow in "The Chamber of Secrets", where it got a proper thrashing, it drove itself off into the woods and went feral. It appeared fortuitously when Ron and Harry were in the Forbidden Forest trying to find the monster who was attacking students at the bidding of the Heir of Slytherin. Aragog the acromantula and his spider offspring were chasing them through the woods when the Anglia appeared and rescued them. Doesn't that sound like a car you would be interested in?

Answer: Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office

Technically, magic carpets have been defined as Muggle artefacts by the Ministry of Magic, so enchanting them is illegal. But I have it on good authority from Arthur Weasley that Ali Bashir is trying to unload a shipment of them. Unlike a broomstick, they're great for transporting whole families.

6. Maybe you'd be more interested in a magical flying beast. Maybe a hippogriff ... but what is the etiquette for approaching a hippogriff?

Answer: Maintain eye contact and bow, but don't approach until the hippogriff bows in return.

A chat about astronomy might work on a centaur, but they're pretty proud and most won't ever let a human ride them. Unicorns, not hippogriffs, allow women to touch them, but I don't know of any that allowed themselves to be ridden by a human. Riddles are for sphinxes, and you're better off avoiding them entirely unless you're a puzzle master. Hippogriffs are very proud, but will allow themselves to be ridden if you are polite and bow to them. Watch out for their sharp talons, and make sure you know how to perform a Disillusionment Charm, because the Ministry of Magic requires you to perform one on it daily. Also, did I mention riding them is illegal according to the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy?

Answer: death

Thestrals can be dangerous unless they've been trained. Hagrid is the only one who has ever domesticated an entire herd, but I'm sure he'd be willing to let you have one for the right price ... maybe a dragon egg? The best part is, they are very loyal and will always take you where you want to go.

Answer: dragon

Dragons are very dangerous. The Ministry of Magic says they're impossible to train and gives them a classification of XXXXX. Only one recorded dragon ride exists, when Ron, Harry, and Hermione used a nearly blind guard dragon to escape from Gringott's bank in "The Deathly Hallows". Though the poor beast was helpful to the trio, they could not control their flight.

Answer: troll

Wingardium Leviosa really isn't a form of true human flight, though it can be used on humans. When it is cast on a person, it is their clothes, not their body, that is being lifted off the ground, and so they have no control over their flight. Ron used the spell to great effect in "The Sorcerer's Stone" to drop a troll's club on its owner's head and knock it out.

10. Only two wizards have been known to achieve true flight using only a wand, so your chances of managing it are pretty slim. Voldemort was one, but who was the other?

Answer: Severus Snape

Voldemort first makes his flying ability known when he chases Harry and Hagrid's motorbike as Harry is leaving Privet Drive for the last time in "Deathly Hallows". Voldemort must have taught Snape how to fly, because he later used it to jump out a window and escape from Hogwarts before the last battle began.

Source: Author lingophilia

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