Harry Potter Book 5 - odd bits of information! Quiz

Answer: A Chinchilla's Escape from the Zoo

Harry was actually listening for any news that could have something to do with Voldemort.

Answer: Theodore Nott

Zacharias Smith is from Hufflepuff and plays on their quidditch team, Terry Boot is friends with Michael Corner, Ginny's boyfriend, and Marietta Edgecombe comes with Cho. Marietta is the person who eventually tells Umbridge about the D.A. Theodore Nott is in Slytherin and his dad is a death eater.

Answer: Weasley is our king

The Slytherins sing this during their quidditch game against Gryffindor. Pansy Parkinson conducts as they sing.
Weasley cannot save a thing,
He cannot block a single ring,
That's why Slytherins all sing:
Weasley is our King.

Weasley was born in a bin,
He always lets the Quaffle in,
Weasley will make sure we win,
Weasley is our King.

Answer: Thestrals

Thestrals are invisible to everyone except those that have seen death. Harry can see them because he saw Cedric Diggory die, Neville can see them because he saw his grandfather die, and Luna Lovegood can see them because she saw her mom die.

Answer: Educational decree 27

Educational decree 23 created the position of Hogwarts high inquisitor and named Dolores Umbridge as the first ever in that position. Educational decree 24 banned all clubs, teams, study groups, etc. from meeting without authorization of the high inquisitor (Umbridge)and was created when she discovered Harry was planning to teach students Defence Against the Dark Arts. Educational decree 26 banned teachers from giving students information not pertaining to their subjects and was created after the Azkaban break out.

Answer: Whiz-Bangs

The Weasley twins set the firecrackers off during lunch on Umbridge's first day as Headmistress of Hogwarts. They later advertise them in the Gryffindor common room - 5 galleons for a Basic Blaze box and 20 galleons for a Deflagraton Deluxe kit.

Answer: Ginny Weasley

Angelina also replaces Fred and George with Andrew Kirke and Jack Sloper as beaters.

Answer: 97th

Voldemort and Harry were the only two who could take the prophecy from the shelf and since Voldemort couldn't just suddenly appear in the Ministry of Magic, he tricked Harry into getting it for him.

Answer: An iguana

Harry did better than Hannah Abbot who instead, multiplied her ferret into a flock of flamingos.

Answer: Mundungus Fletcher

Lupin flew below Harry while Shacklebolt and Diggle circled him. The other people flying with him were: Nymphadora Tonks, Mad-Eye Moody, Hestia Jones, Sturgis Podmore, Elphias Doge, and Emmeline Vance.

Answer: An otter

It was this D.A. meeting that was disrupted when Dobby told Harry that Umbridge was coming.

Answer: Devil's Snare

When touched, Devil's Snare will immediately throttle a person. Harry, Ron, and Hermione came in contact with it in their first year when they were saving the Sorcerer's Stone. It was sent to Bode, who was recovering in Saint Mungo's after he was placed under the Imperius Curse (by Mr. Malfoy) and forced to try and get the prophecy.

The Venomous Tentacula is mentioned in book 2, Neville showed Harry his Mibulus Mimbletonia, which he received for his birthday, and a Mandrake is a plant also introduced in book 2 that is used to restore people to their original state.

Answer: Dumbledore

Number 12 Grimmauld Place, the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, was placed under the same spell that had hidden Harry and his parents from Voldemort 14 years earlier. In this spell, the secret keeper is the only person who can tell others where the place is hidden.

Answer: A mermaid

As well as a goblin, a centaur, and a house elf, there is a witch and a wizard.

Answer: Luna

"And it's not as though I'll never see Mum again, is it?"
"Er-isn't is?" Harry said uncertainly.
"Oh come on, you heard them lurking just behind the veil, didn't you?...They were just lurking out of sight, that's all." She walked away and as he watched her go, the terrible weight in his stomach seemed to have lessened slightly. (863-864)