Q 01/05

In Deathly Hallows, what does the Taboo placed on Voldemort's name do to anyone who says it?

A) Strikes them mute

B) Reveals where they are

C) Wipes their memory

D) Snaps their wand

Answer · why

B) Reveals where they are

Reveals where they are: the jinx lets his followers trace anyone who speaks the name aloud. It is how Harry, Ron and Hermione are finally caught, afte...

Q 02/05

Which is the only Harry Potter novel in which Voldemort is never seen, even in a memory?

A) Chamber of Secrets

B) Half-Blood Prince

C) Prisoner of Azkaban

D) Order of the Phoenix

Answer · why

C) Prisoner of Azkaban

Prisoner of Azkaban: he is talked about throughout but never seen. Even Half-Blood Prince, where he never turns up in person, shows him again and agai...

Q 03/05

Which Hogwarts founder is Voldemort descended from?

A) Godric Gryffindor

B) Salazar Slytherin

C) Rowena Ravenclaw

D) Helga Hufflepuff

Answer · why

B) Salazar Slytherin

Salazar Slytherin: Voldemort's mother came from the last family known to descend from him. As the founder's heir, the teenage Riddle was able to open ...

Q 04/05

The name Voldemort reads in French as vol de mort, which can mean what?

A) Will of the dead

B) Lord of death

C) Flight of death

D) Voice of the dead

Answer · why

C) Flight of death

Flight of death, though vol can also mean theft. Rowling calls the name an invented word and says its final t is silent, as in the French mort, but th...

Q 05/05

What is the name of Voldemort's followers?

A) The Aurors

B) The Dark Order

C) The Death Eaters

D) The Inferi

Answer · why

C) The Death Eaters

The Death Eaters each carry his Dark Mark, a skull with a snake coming out of its mouth, branded on the left arm. It burns whenever Voldemort summons ...