Lupin the Werewolf Trivia Quiz

Answer: Remus

Lupin is named for a Roman legend. Remus and Romulus, twins, were left to die in a wood as babies. However, they were suckled by a she-wolf and soon discovered by a kindly shepherd who adopted them. Romulus went on to create the city of Rome, but Remus taunted him about a puny wall he was building, and Romulus killed him. Not very nice...

Answer: Very young

Lupin tells this to Ron, Harry, and Hermione when they are all in the Shrieking Shack near the end of Book 3. The potion that makes him tame was not invented when he was a boy, so his transformations then were extremely painful.

Answer: Wolfsbane Potion

Professor Snape is in charge of making this potion for Lupin. Before he knows Lupin is a werewolf, Harry is worried Snape might be trying to poison Lupin, in order to get his job. Technically, this potion could be called the Aconite Potion, as wolfsbane, aconite, and monkshood are all the same thing.

Answer: He looks just like me...

Lupin says these things, which Harry overhears in the Pensieve, after taking his OWLs when he was fifteen. Sirius asked him if he thought he got Question 10 right, which was : Give five signs that identify the werewolf. However, Lupin does shush his friends nervously when they start talking about sneaking out of Hogwarts with him.

Answer: Umbridge

Umbridge hates all half-breeds (centaurs, merpeople, half-giants, werewolves, etc.) and passes several laws that makes it almost impossible for people like Lupin to find work. Harry notices that Lupin is looking a little shabbier when he sees him at #12 Grimmaud Place.

Answer: True

At least, that's what Lupin believes. However, when James and Sirius are taunting Snape for no good reason, though Lupin does not help them, he doesn't stop them either. He himself points this out when Harry asks him and Sirius about Snape's worst memory.

Answer: crystal ball

Lavender wonders about this after the Gryffindor Third Years' first DADA lesson. In actuality, Lupin is most afraid of the full moon, which turns him into a werewolf. Hermione, unlike Lavender, realizes what the boggart is, and this is one of the ways she figures out what Lupin is.

Answer: False

Moony, or Lupin, is a werewolf, which is not the same as an animagi. Wormtail, or Peter Pettigrew, can turn into a rat; Padfoot (Sirius Black) could become a dog; and Prongs, Harry's father, could turn into a stag, which is also the shape Harry's Patronus takes (coincidently, it was Lupin who taught Harry how to conjure a Patronus).

Answer: Madam Pomfrey

Madam Pomfrey, as we all know, is the school nurse. She was furious when Gilderoy Lockhart, the DADA teacher before Lupin, accidentally de-boned Harry's arm instead of healing it. Lupin, however, is well aware that chocolate is the best remedy for Dementor after-shock.

Answer: His mother was ill

Lupin was terrified his friends would desert him if they found out he was a werewolf. Instead, they became illegal animagi (werewolves are only a threat to humans, so Peter, Sirius, and James would keep Lupin company as animals). Soon, they left the Shrieking Shack and started exploring Hogsmeade and the Hogwarts grounds. That's how they came to write the Marauders' Map.

Answer: Snape

Lupin says this when Snape is trying to take Sirius to the Dementors. A moment later, cords shoot from Snape's wand and tie Lupin up. Snape is going to take both of them to the Dementors to get Kissed, but Harry, Ron, and Hermione blast Snape with the Disarming Charm, and he is knocked unconscious.

Answer: Loony, loopy Lupin

Peeves has a lot of annoying songs. For example, when everyone thinks Harry is the Heir of Slytherin in Book 2, Peeves sings,
"Oh, Potter, you rotter,
Oh what have you done?
You're killing off students,
You think it's good fun!"

Answer: False

It is Snape. He tells all the Slytherins at breakfast what Lupin is, because Lupin managed to convince the Minister of Magic he was trying to save Ron, Hermione, and Harry's lives instead of helping Sirius Black get into the castle. Snape was also sort of cracked by losing his Order of Merlin, because Sirius escaped.

Answer: False

It's true Lupin's hair is greying, but this is probably just because he's a werewolf. He's only as old as Sirius, Snape, and James, which is, I'm guessing, mid-thirties. Hagrid is in his sixties at the time of the third Book. Lupin's face is also prematurely lined and his voice is hoarse. It's tough being a werewolf.

Answer: Transfiguration

When Sirius says he's bored and wishes it were the full moon, Lupin replies, "You might. We've still got Transfiguration, if you're bored, you could test me...Here." and hands him his book. Instead, Sirius and James start to provoke Snape.