50 Fun Facts About Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Goblet of Fire is which book in the Harry Potter series?

It follows Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts, the year of the Triwizard Tournament.

On what date was the book released simultaneously in the UK and US?

It was the first in the series to get a same-day release on both sides of the Atlantic, deliberately on a Saturday so kids were not in school.

Goblet of Fire is the only Harry Potter novel to win which major science fiction and fantasy award?

It took Best Novel in 2001.

Which two foreign wizarding schools send students to Hogwarts for the tournament?

Their headteachers are Olympe Maxime and the former Death Eater Igor Karkaroff.

Who is chosen as the Hogwarts champion before Harry's name unexpectedly comes out?

He is a Hufflepuff Seeker and prefect two years above Harry.

Who is the Beauxbatons champion?

In the second task she fails to reach her hostage, her little sister Gabrielle, whom Harry rescues instead.

Which Durmstrang champion is also a professional Quidditch Seeker?

He takes Hermione to the Yule Ball, to Ron's fury.

Students below what age are barred from entering the Triwizard Tournament?

Fred and George try an Ageing Potion to fool Dumbledore's Age Line and end up with beards.

Who is the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher this year?

Or so everyone thinks; the real ex-Auror spends the year locked in his own trunk.

Which Daily Prophet reporter writes a scathing article calling Harry a disturbed attention-seeker?

Rowling originally planned a nosy Weasley cousin named Mafalda for this subplot before cutting her.

What creature must the champions get past in the first task?

Harry summons his Firebolt with a Summoning Charm and flies past a Hungarian Horntail to grab the golden egg.

Whom does Harry ask to the Yule Ball, only to learn she is already going with Cedric?

He and Ron end up taking the Patil twins, Parvati and Padma.

Harry and Ron end up taking which twin sisters to the Yule Ball?

Ron spends the evening sulking as Hermione dances with the Durmstrang champion.

In the book, who gives Harry the Gillyweed that lets him breathe underwater in the second task?

The film hands the job to Neville, since the house-elf was cut entirely.

Whom does Harry rescue from the lake in addition to his own hostage, Ron?

The judges give him extra points for "moral fibre", tying him for first place.

What is the third task?

For the film, hedge walls 20 to 40 feet tall were built and then extended with CGI.

The Triwizard Cup turns out to be what kind of magical object?

Touching it whisks Harry and Cedric to a graveyard.

Who kills Harry's fellow Hogwarts champion in the graveyard?

He acts on Voldemort's order, "Kill the spare".

Where is the graveyard in which Voldemort is restored to a body?

It is where the Riddle family is buried; a Muggle caretaker named Frank Bryce is murdered at the Riddle House in the opening chapter.

What is the effect that connects Harry's and Voldemort's wands and shows echoes of Voldemort's victims called?

A rushed first edition had James emerging before Lily, the wrong order; it was corrected in later printings.

Who has been impersonating Mad-Eye Moody all year?

He kept up the disguise by constantly sipping Polyjuice Potion from a hip flask.

Which truth potion is used to make the impostor confess?

Three drops are enough to make anyone spill their secrets.

In the book, what happens to the impostor Moody after his confession?

Fudge's Dementor renders him soulless before he can testify, which is why the Ministry can deny Voldemort's return.

After Cedric's parents refuse the prize gold, what does Harry do with it?

The film never shows the 1,000 Galleons at all.

How much prize money does the Triwizard champion win?

It seeds Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.

Which group does Hermione found this year to campaign for house-elf welfare?

The Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare was dropped from the film entirely.

How does Hermione finally silence the Daily Prophet's tabloid reporter at the end of the book?

The blackmail buys a year of quiet; the whole scene was cut from the film.

How did the paperback's page count compare with the previous books?

Rowling said she "knew from the beginning it would be the biggest of the first four".

Which working title did the publisher list for the book in April 2000?

Rowling wavered between Triwizard Tournament and Goblet of Fire before choosing the latter for its "cup of destiny" feel.

How many copies of the book sold in the US over its first weekend?

FedEx used more than 9,000 trucks and 100 planes to make deliveries.

To launch the book, Bloomsbury ran a Hogwarts Express steam train from King's Cross to which Scottish city?

The locomotive, 34027 Taw Valley, was repainted red for the tour and later returned to green.

Which author's New York Times review called the book "every bit as good as Potters 1 through 3"?

He did grumble about "a moderately tiresome amount of adolescent squabbling".

Who directed the 2005 film adaptation?

He got the job after the Prisoner of Azkaban director said he would only make one Potter film.

Who plays the Hufflepuff champion in the film?

He replaced Joe Livermore, who had appeared briefly as the character in a Quidditch scene the film before.

Which actor made his first appearance as Lord Voldemort in this film?

His nephew Hero Fiennes Tiffin later played the young Tom Riddle in Half-Blood Prince.

Which future Doctor Who star plays the Death Eater who impersonated Moody?

Roger Lloyd-Pack plays his father, Bartemius Crouch Sr.

Who plays Mad-Eye Moody?

He described the character as "a gunslinger with a wand".

Who plays the Daily Prophet reporter in the film?

Critics called her scenes "wonderful", though the character's biggest twist never made it to screen.

Members of which two British bands appear as the wizard rock group the Weird Sisters at the Yule Ball?

Pulp's Jarvis Cocker wrote the songs; a Canadian folk group called the Wyrd Sisters sued over the name and lost.

Who composed the film's score, taking over from John Williams?

Only "Hedwig's Theme" survived from the earlier scores.

Goblet of Fire was the first Potter film to receive which BBFC rating in the UK?

The BBFC cited dark themes and frightening images; in the US it was the first of the series rated PG-13.

Roughly how much did the film gross worldwide, making it the top film of 2005?

It opened to million in North America and stayed number one for three weeks.

The film's only Academy Award nomination was in which category?

It did win the BAFTA for Best Production Design.

How much time did Daniel Radcliffe reportedly spend underwater filming the second task?

He trained for six months, and the tank was the largest underwater filming tank in Europe.

Unlike every earlier film, Goblet of Fire does not open where?

After the Riddle House nightmare, Harry wakes at the Burrow on the morning of the World Cup final.

In the film, which team do Harry and Ron support at the Quidditch World Cup?

In the book they back Ireland, who win despite Krum catching the Snitch.

Which two of these characters were cut from the film entirely?

Bill and Charlie Weasley, Narcissa Malfoy and Dobby also went missing.

Which veteran actor's scenes as wandmaker Ollivander were cut from the film?

He returned as Ollivander in the Deathly Hallows films.

Which company published the film's tie-in video game in November 2005?

The PlayStation 2 version sold at least 300,000 copies in the UK alone.

Where does Cedric tell Harry to take his golden egg to hear its clue?

Submerged in the bath, the egg's screech becomes a merpeople's song.