Q 01/05

What is Sirius Black's relationship to Harry Potter?

A) Uncle

B) Stepfather

C) Cousin

D) Godfather

Answer · why

D) Godfather

Godfather: James and Lily chose him when Harry was born. On the very night he proves his innocence to Harry, he asks whether Harry would like to leave...

Q 02/05

In which book is Sirius first mentioned, as the lender of a flying motorbike?

A) Philosopher's Stone

B) Chamber of Secrets

C) Prisoner of Azkaban

D) Goblet of Fire

Answer · why

A) Philosopher's Stone

Philosopher's Stone, sold as Sorcerer's Stone in the US: Hagrid names him in chapter one as the bike's owner. An early draft gave Sirius a whole scene...

Q 03/05

Which code name does Sirius ask Harry, Ron and Hermione to use when they talk about him?

A) Snuffles

B) Fang

C) Shadow

D) Grimble

Answer · why

A) Snuffles

Snuffles is the name he asks for in Goblet of Fire, because he is still a wanted man and anyone at Hogwarts might overhear them. Nobody listening woul...

Q 04/05

What of Sirius's dead mother still screams at visitors to the family home?

A) Her ghost

B) Her portrait

C) Her Howler

D) Her statue

Answer · why

B) Her portrait

Her portrait is stuck fast to the hall wall, so the Order has to creep past it rather than set her off. She and her husband Orion were second cousins,...

Q 05/05

What was the name of Sirius's younger brother?

A) Regulus

B) Alphard

C) Phineas

D) Cygnus

Answer · why

A) Regulus

Regulus Arcturus Black is the R.A.B. of the fake locket. Sirius died thinking his brother had simply lost his nerve, never learning that he had turned...