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No Muggles Allowed

Test your knowledge of Pottermania

By Kevin J. Siu

When it hits shelves on July 16, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince � the sixth book in the boy-wizard saga � had better be magic. After all, the first five tomes have sold almost 300 million copies worldwide. The Potter brand � ranging from books to movies to licensed jelly beans � is worth an estimated $1 billion US. And just last week, author J.K. Rowling topped Amazon�s list of its biggest sellers of the last 10 years, handily elbowing aside John Grisham, Stephen King, Shakespeare and Dr. Seuss. Still, Pottermaniacs have more pressing preoccupations: Who�s the new Defense of Dark Arts professor? Is Harry finally getting a girlfriend? And, most distressingly, who�s going to wizard heaven this time around?

1. Which of the following is not one of the four houses of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?
	Gryffindor
	Slytherin
	Ravenclaw
	Aqualung
	Hufflepuff

2. In a 2003 BBC online poll, more than 7,000 respondents agreed that Dobby the House Elf, as depicted in the movie adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, bore a striking resemblance to what world leader?
	Tony Blair
	Jean Chr�tien
	Jacques Chirac
	Vladimir Putin
	George W. Bush

3. Which of the following is not a flavour of Bertie Bott�s Every Flavour Beans (or at least one that has not been mentioned in the books)?
	Gorgonzola
	Tripe
	Vomit
	Ear wax
	Sprouts

4. While his directorial predecessor, Chris Columbus, was best known for the Home Alone series, Alfonso Cuar�n was tapped to helm the darker third Potter film, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, because of his work on what coming-of-age film?
	Rushmore
	Thirteen
	The Breakfast Club
	Y Tu Mama Tambien
	The Princess Diaries

5. In a 2003 interview, J.K. Rowling said, �Well I had rewritten the death, rewritten it and that was it.... And I walked into the kitchen crying and Neil [Rowling�s husband] said to me, �What on earth is wrong?� and I said, �Well, I�ve just killed the person.� Neil doesn�t know who the person is. But I said, �I�ve just killed the person. And he said, �Well, don�t do it then....� And I said �Well it just doesn�t work like that. You are writing children�s books, you need to be a ruthless killer.�� Which character�s death was Rowling describing?
	Cedric Diggory
	Sirius Black
	Barty Couch Sr.
	Professor Quirrell
	Bertha Jorkins

6. Who is Tom Marvolo Riddle?
	The voice of the Harry Potter audio books
	The Yale-grad author of Barry Trotter and the Unauthorized Parody
	The super-fan who started a 2003 online petition to nominate J.K. Rowling for a Nobel prize
	The editor at Bloomsbury who discovered Rowling
	Lord Voldemort

7. Who are the Dementors?
	Ron�s favourite Quidditch team
	Hermione�s favourite Muggle metal band
	The faceless sentries of the wizard jail, Azkaban
	Draco Malfoy�s cronies, Crabbe and Goyle
	J.K. Rowling�s posse

8. What actor said the following about his Potter film role: �I think there�s a kind of instant understanding that this guy is an idiot. Only an idiot could have that much confidence and that much lack of awareness. He�s in his own impregnable bubble of delicious narcissism.� Several people mentioned that I was really sending myself up. There�s an implicit assumption that I�m an egomaniac.�
	Alan Rickman (Professor Severus Snape)
	Kenneth Branagh (Professor Gilderoy Lockhart)
	Robbie Coltrane (Rubeus Hagrid)
	Gary Oldman (Sirius Black)
	John Cleese (Nearly Headless Nick)

9. What does the Expelliarmus spell do?
	Induces belching
	Disarms one�s opponent
	Conjures an illusory unicorn
	Shoots lightning bolts
	Makes one�s victim break out in hives

10. Which public figure said, �It is good that you explain the facts of Harry Potter, because this is a subtle seduction, which has deeply unnoticed and direct effects in undermining the soul of Christianity before it can really grow properly.�
	George W. Bush
	Pope Benedict XVI
	Pat Robertson
	Mel Gibson
	Kirk Cameron