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Harry Potter: Herbology Trivia Quiz

This quiz is all about magical plants from "Harry Potter", Books One to Four, by JK Rowling. It is my first quiz so please enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by lovegood2499. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
lovegood2499

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
340,402

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
782

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of the plant that returns petrified or transfigured people to their original state? Hint

Mandrake

Fluxweed

Gillyweed

Venomous Tentacula

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the name of the plant used in Polyjuice Potion which must be picked at the full moon? Hint

Fluxweed

Aslania

Mandragora

Veriteserum

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Question 3 of 10

3. There are two other names for the plant used in potions known as aconite. What are they? Hint

butterbeer, bowtruckels

bezoar, basilisk

monkshood, wolfsbane

bouncing bulb, bozo

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Question 4 of 10

4. What's the name of the plant that Professor Sprout tells the class to watch out for because it's teething, when they're re-potting mandrakes? Hint

Pepper Imps

Devil's Snare

Venomous Tentacula

Blueberry-Apple Muffins

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Question 5 of 10

5. What does gillyweed do to you after you eat it? Hint

You temporarily grow gills and fins.

You have luck for the next 24 hours.

You turn into an elephant for the next hour.

You turn into a teacup permanently.

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Question 6 of 10

6. What kind of pus from a magical plant helps to cure acne? Hint

Flutterby Bush

Swelling Solution

Cockroach Clusters

Bubotuber

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Question 7 of 10

7. What type of foreign plant does Neville get for his birthday? Hint

Mimbulus Mimbletonia

Asphodel

Wormwood

Talking Muffins

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the Mimbulus Mimbletonia's defense mechanism? Hint

Stinksap

Rosewood

Veela

Skele-Gro

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Question 9 of 10

9. Where do Harry, Hermione, and Ron first encounter Devil's Snare? Hint

Gringotts

At St.Mungo's Hospital For Magical Maladies and Injuries

Underneath the trapdoor below Fluffy

At The Burrow

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who gives Harry the gillyweed before the second task? Hint

Neville

Dobby

Hermione

Malfoy

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the plant that returns petrified or transfigured people to their original state?

Answer: Mandrake

Mandrake is also known as mandragora. Hermione says this in her second year and earns ten points for Gryffindor from Professor Sprout! Go Hermione!

2. What is the name of the plant used in Polyjuice Potion which must be picked at the full moon?

Answer: Fluxweed

Fluxweed must be picked at the full moon to use in Polyjuice Potion. Veriteserum is a powerful truth potion, and Aslania is just a made up name.

3. There are two other names for the plant used in potions known as aconite. What are they?

Answer: monkshood, wolfsbane

Monkshood, wolfsbane, and aconite are all the same thing. A bezoar is a stone taken from the stomach of a goat and will counteract most poisons. A basilisk is the Heir of Slytherin's monster. A bouncing bulb is another plant used in Herbology. Bozo is a just a photographer for the Daily Prophet. Butterbeer is a frothy buttery drink served in Hogsmeade. Bowtruckles are magical creatures that live in trees that supply wand wood.

4. What's the name of the plant that Professor Sprout tells the class to watch out for because it's teething, when they're re-potting mandrakes?

Answer: Venomous Tentacula

Devil's Snare is a plant that hates sunlight and if you get caught in it you have to relax in order to escape. Pepper Imps are a wizarding sweet that make you smoke at the mouth and ears.

5. What does gillyweed do to you after you eat it?

Answer: You temporarily grow gills and fins.

Gillyweed is a magical water plant that temporarily makes you grow fins and gills. If you drank liquid luck, also known as the potion Felix Felicis, you would have the luckiest day for the next 24 hours. The teacup and elephant thing I just made up.

6. What kind of pus from a magical plant helps to cure acne?

Answer: Bubotuber

Bubotuber pus helps to cure acne but undiluted it causes sores and boils. Cockroach Clusters are a wizarding sweet made from cockroaches. UGH! And a Swelling Solution is a potion that causes body parts to swell to very huge proportions. A Flutterby Bush is another plant used in Herbology.

7. What type of foreign plant does Neville get for his birthday?

Answer: Mimbulus Mimbletonia

Asphodel and wormwood are both plants used in potions.

8. What is the Mimbulus Mimbletonia's defense mechanism?

Answer: Stinksap

Skele-Gro is a potion used to regrow bones after they've been removed. Rosewood is a type of wand wood. Veela are beautiful women with white-blonde hair. When they get angry they grow scaly wings and beaks.

Stinksap is the Mimbulus Mimbletonia's defense. It smells like rancid manure.

9. Where do Harry, Hermione, and Ron first encounter Devil's Snare?

Answer: Underneath the trapdoor below Fluffy

Gringotts is the wizard bank in Diagon Alley. St. Mungo's is the hospital for wizarding accidents and all that. The Burrow is where the Weasleys live. Right after they go underneath the trapdoor they land on Devil's Snare and they become entangled in it.

10. Who gives Harry the gillyweed before the second task?

Answer: Dobby

Dobby gives it to Harry in the book and Neville gives it to him in the movie. If you picked Neville first don't feel bad I would've done that too!

Source: Author lovegood2499

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