Q 01/05

What was Lord Voldemort's birth name?

A) Marvolo Gaunt

B) Tom Marvolo Riddle

C) Thomas Riddle Sr.

D) Morfin Gaunt

Answer · why

B) Tom Marvolo Riddle

Rearranged, the letters spell 'I am Lord Voldemort'; translators had to change his middle name to make the anagram work in other languages.

Q 02/05

In which book is the 'I am Lord Voldemort' anagram first revealed?

A) Philosopher's Stone

B) Chamber of Secrets

C) Goblet of Fire

D) Half-Blood Prince

Answer · why

B) Chamber of Secrets

The teenage Riddle preserved in the diary rearranges the letters of his name in the climax of the second book.

Q 03/05

Which is the only novel in which Voldemort appears neither in person nor in flashback?

A) Chamber of Secrets

B) Order of the Phoenix

C) Prisoner of Azkaban

D) Half-Blood Prince

Answer · why

C) Prisoner of Azkaban

He is only heard there, when Harry passes out under the effect of a Dementor.

Q 04/05

Voldemort's wand is made from which wood, chosen for its poisonous sap?

A) Holly

B) Elder

C) Hawthorn

D) Yew

Answer · why

D) Yew

Rowling paired it deliberately against Harry's holly wand, holly being said to repel evil.

Q 05/05

Who was Voldemort's mother?

A) Merope Gaunt

B) Eileen Prince

C) Ariana Dumbledore

D) Hepzibah Smith

Answer · why

A) Merope Gaunt

She died within an hour of giving birth in a Muggle orphanage, having sold Slytherin's locket for a pittance.