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Harry Who? Trivia Quiz

I've never read a Harry Potter book, and don't ever intend to. So here's a Harry Potter quiz that's got nothing to do with that wretched schoolboy and his irritating friends.

A multiple-choice quiz by stedman. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
stedman

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
139,435

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
7211

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which famous film Harry was played by Orson Welles in "The Third Man"? Hint

Harry Lime

Harry Peach

Harry Plum

Harry Pineapple

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which author with the surname Potter wrote "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"? Hint

Charles H Potter

Dennis Potter

Beatrix Potter

Stephen Potter

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Question 3 of 10

3. Author J K Rowling is commonly known by her initials. Which other writer, also known by his initials, was the author of "The Waste Land" and the "Four Quartets"? Hint

J R Ewing

T S Eliot

B B King

A A Milne

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Question 4 of 10

4. The name "Rowling" is pronounced to rhyme with "Rolling". Where in the United Kingdom is there an annual "Cheese Rolling" competition? Hint

Primrose Hill, North London

Cooper's Hill, Gloucestershire

Notting Hill, West London

Herne Hill, South London

5. The first Harry Potter book is "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (although in the United States this was changed to "Sorcerer's Stone"). But in the "Monty Python's Flying Circus" song about philosophers, how much did Plato drink every day? Hint

Half a crate of whisky

Six bottles of Cointreau

Half a pint of shandy

A litre of methylated spirits

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Question 6 of 10

6. Next came "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets". Another very suitable chamber for young Master Potter is the Chamber of Horrors. Of which famous London attraction is this a part? Hint

St Paul's Cathedral

Madame Tussaud's

The Tower of London

The Houses of Parliament

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Question 7 of 10

7. Third in order is "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban". There is no such place as Azkaban prison. No, really, there isn't. J K Rowling made it up. But there is a country called Azerbaijan, which sounds fairly similar. What is the name of its capital city? Hint

Kiev

London

Paris

Baku

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Question 8 of 10

8. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was published in July 2000. Someone once amusingly defined a goblet as a baby turkey. But what is a baby turkey really called? Hint

Cygnet

Poult

Kitten

Calf

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Question 9 of 10

9. Finally (so far) came "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". In 1984, David Bruce opened a brew-pub in Denmark Hill railway station, in South London. He named it the "Phoenix and ...." what? Hint

Carrot

Crown

Parsnip

Firkin

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Question 10 of 10

10. The Harry Potter books are published in Great Britain by Bloomsbury Press. Which well-known female writer was at the centre of the Bloomsbury Group in the 1920s and 1930s? Hint

Jane Austen

Virginia Woolf

Charlotte Bronte

George Eliot

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which famous film Harry was played by Orson Welles in "The Third Man"?

Answer: Harry Lime

The film, with a script by Graham Greene and directed by Carol Reed, was released in 1949, and also starred Joseph Cotten. Over 50 years later, it is still regarded as one of the finest film thrillers ever made. If someone offers you the choice of watching a Harry Potter movie or "The Third Man", give Potter a miss. Trust me.

2. Which author with the surname Potter wrote "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?

Answer: Beatrix Potter

Dennis Potter is best known for his television plays, especially "Pennies From Heaven". Stephen Potter wrote the "Gamesmanship" series of books. Charles H Potter wrote "Perennials in the Garden for Lasting Beauty".

3. Author J K Rowling is commonly known by her initials. Which other writer, also known by his initials, was the author of "The Waste Land" and the "Four Quartets"?

Answer: T S Eliot

Did you realise that "T S Eliot" is an anagram of "toilets"? Incidentally, J K Rowling's initials actually stand for Joanne Kathleen. As if you cared.

4. The name "Rowling" is pronounced to rhyme with "Rolling". Where in the United Kingdom is there an annual "Cheese Rolling" competition?

Answer: Cooper's Hill, Gloucestershire

In this unique sporting event, a seven-pound Double Gloucester cheese is rolled down a very steep hill, pursued by a suicidal group of runners. The first one to catch the cheese is the winner. Serious injuries are not unknown, and in 1997 18 competitors and several onlookers were hurt. It makes the Pamplona Bull Run look like a childrens' egg-and-spoon race.

Answer: Half a crate of whisky

According to the song, "Half a pint of shandy" was sufficient to make John Stuart Mill "particularly ill". A litre of methylated spirits would probably kill you, although some of the down-and-outs in London seem to thrive on it.

6. Next came "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets". Another very suitable chamber for young Master Potter is the Chamber of Horrors. Of which famous London attraction is this a part?

Answer: Madame Tussaud's

Madame Tussaud lived from 1761 to 1850, and left post-revolutionary France in 1802, touring her waxworks exhibition around the British Isles for the next 33 years. The death-masks of such figures as Robespierre, Marat, and the Emperor Napoleon were taken from life, and are unique.

Answer: Baku

The Republic of Azerbaijan is bordered by the Caspian Sea to the west, and on the landward side by Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Iran. It was part of the Soviet Union between 1920 and 1991, and is now an independent republic.

8. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was published in July 2000. Someone once amusingly defined a goblet as a baby turkey. But what is a baby turkey really called?

Answer: Poult

Mature male turkeys are called "Toms" and females are "hens". That's all you really need to know about turkeys, other than that they taste good with redcurrant jelly.

Answer: Firkin

The name was inspired by the fact that the station had been badly damaged by fire, so the pub arose, literally, like a Phoenix from the ashes. In the 1980s, David Bruce built up a very popular string of pubs across London (and later in some other UK cities), all of which were called the "Something and Firkin". Sadly, he sold off the chain at the height of its success, and the "Phoenix" is now a branch of the "O'Neill's" fake-Irish pub chain.

A sad end for a fine establishment. A firkin, by the way, is a small barrel holding nine gallons.

10. The Harry Potter books are published in Great Britain by Bloomsbury Press. Which well-known female writer was at the centre of the Bloomsbury Group in the 1920s and 1930s?

Answer: Virginia Woolf

The Bloomsbury Group got its name from the house in Gordon Square, in the Bloomsbury area of London, that Virginia shared with her sister, Vanessa Bell. Virginia, who suffered from mental illness, drowned herself in the River Ouse, near her country home at Rodmell, Sussex, in 1941.

Source: Author stedman

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