Q 01/05

Which curse rebounded on Voldemort when he tried to murder the infant Harry Potter?

A) Crucio

B) Avada Kedavra

C) Sectumsempra

D) Petrificus Totalus

Answer · why

B) Avada Kedavra

Avada Kedavra bounced back because Lily Potter had just died shielding her son: the baby kept only a scar, while Voldemort was torn from his own body.

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

Chamber of Secrets ends with the diary's teenage Riddle rearranging the letters of his full name; translators had to rename him so the trick still wor...

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

Prisoner of Azkaban keeps him offstage: Harry only hears his voice in a memory the Dementors stir up, and the escaped "servant" hunting Harry turns ou...

Q 04/05

The wand Voldemort bought from Ollivander as a boy is made from which wood?

A) Holly

B) Elder

C) Hawthorn

D) Yew

Answer · why

D) Yew

Yew, whose sap is poisonous, was Rowling's deliberate contrast to Harry's holly, a wood said to repel evil; the two wands also hold feathers from the ...

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

Merope Gaunt reached a London orphanage destitute, having sold a priceless family heirloom for ten Galleons, and lived just long enough to name her so...