Q 01/05

In Harry Potter, what is the study of wizarding wildlife called?

A) Cryptozoology

B) Arcanobiology

C) Beastology

D) Magizoology

Answer · why

D) Magizoology

Magizoology. Hogwarts students get their first taste of it in Care of Magical Creatures, the class Hagrid takes over in Harry's third year.

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

Newt Scamander. Rowling published the real guidebook under his name in 2001 to raise money for Comic Relief, and he went on to be the hero of the preq...

Q 03/05

Which of Hagrid's pets got him expelled from Hogwarts?

A) Fang

B) Fluffy

C) Norbert

D) Aragog

Answer · why

D) Aragog

Aragog. Tom Riddle framed him as the monster of the Chamber of Secrets; set loose in the Forbidden Forest, he raised a colony that later tries to eat ...

Q 04/05

In Harry Potter, which bird's cry was once thought to foretell death?

A) Jobberknoll

B) Augurey

C) Fwooper

D) Diricawl

Answer · why

B) Augurey

Augurey. Wizards eventually worked out that its cry only means rain is on the way, and took to keeping the birds as weather forecasters.

Q 05/05

In Harry Potter lore, 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

A toad hatches a chicken's egg. Spiders flee from the serpent that emerges, and the only thing it flees itself is the crowing of a rooster, which is f...