Q 01/05

What is the in-universe term for the study of magical creatures?

A) Cryptozoology

B) Arcanobiology

C) Beastology

D) Magizoology

Answer · why

D) Magizoology

Its practitioners work in the Ministry's Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures.

Q 02/05

Who is the in-universe author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them?

A) Gilderoy Lockhart

B) Miranda Goshawk

C) Bathilda Bagshot

D) Newt Scamander

Answer · why

D) Newt Scamander

Rowling published the real-world guidebook under his name in 2001, and he became the hero of the prequel films.

Q 03/05

Which giant talking spider got Hagrid expelled from Hogwarts?

A) Mosag

B) Ungoliant

C) Shelob

D) Aragog

Answer · why

D) Aragog

He was wrongly blamed for being the monster in the Chamber of Secrets; his kind still dwells in the Forbidden Forest.

Q 04/05

What is the Augurey also known as?

A) The Irish Phoenix

B) The Welsh Raven

C) The Scottish Screamer

D) The Celtic Crow

Answer · why

A) The Irish Phoenix

In Cursed Child, Voldemort's followers wear a tattoo of the mournful greyish-green bird.

Q 05/05

How is a Basilisk created?

A) A phoenix lays an egg in fire

B) A wizard curses a serpent

C) A snake swallows a dragon egg

D) A toad hatches a chicken's egg

Answer · why

D) A toad hatches a chicken's egg

Direct eye contact kills; indirect contact, through a mirror or a camera, only Petrifies.

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