Missing In the Films Trivia Quiz

Answer: Veela

Veela are human-like, magical creatures that usually seem female, young, beautiful and blonde. They were introduced at the Quidditch World Cup as the entertainment provided by the Bulgarians. When upset and angry, their true nature is revealed and they become ugly, sharp toothed monsters.

Answer: Binns

Professor Binns was very old when he died in his chair in the staff room. That did not prevent him from getting up the next day to go and teach his History of Magic class. This was explained in the first Harry Potter book of the series and the professor appeared in each book up until Harry's O.W.L. year.

Answer: Winky

Winky was the house elf belonging to Barty Crouch. She was given clothes by him, i.e. sacked, immediately after the Quidditch World Cup final. Later she joined Dobby (the first named house elf) at Hogwarts. Winky did not appear in the films and her role as care giver for Barty Crouch junior was overlooked.

The only other named house elves in the series were Kreacher, who was owned by the Black family and Hokey, the house elf of Hepzibah Smith.

Answer: Bode and Croaker

Members of the Department of Mysteries at the Ministry of Magic were known as "Unspeakables". This was because nobody outside of the department knew exactly what they did in there.

Answer: Molly Weasley's brother

Fabian Prewett, Molly Weasley's brother, was murdered by Death Eaters. Tradition has it that wizards were presented with a gold watch on attaining their majority, i.e. reaching seventeen. In the book, Molly presented Harry with her brother's watch at his birthday party, held at The Burrow.

Answer: Pigwidgeon

Ron did not like the name that Ginny gave his tiny owl, but Pigwidgeon refused to answer to another name. The name was usually shortened to "Pig".

Sirius used the owl to send a message to Harry on the Hogwarts Express. In the P.S. he suggested that Ron may like to keep the owl as he (Sirius) had been the cause of Ron losing his pet rat.

Answer: Roberts and Payne

When the Weasleys, Harry, Hermione and the Diggorys arrived by portkey at the Quidditch World Cup, they were directed to the sites of Mr Roberts and Mr Payne.

Mr Roberts, along with his wife and two small children, were later tortured for fun by the Death Eaters.

Answer: True

In the film series, both Beauxbaton and Durmstrang appeared to be single sex schools. At the Yule Ball in the book "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", the Patil twins deserted Harry and Ron for boys from Beauxbaton.

I am in the middle of re-reading the Harry Potter books and was surprised to find mention of female Durmstrang students. No names were given, but they were mentioned as being members of the party of students that arrived just prior to Halloween.

Answer: Ludo Bagman

Ludo Bagman was once a highly successful Quidditch player. He had been a beater for the Wimbourne Wasps and had also played for England. Unfortunately, he had a gambling problem and got into trouble with Goblins, and had to disappear.

Answer: Peeves

Peeves was a poltergeist. Harry and his fellow first year students encountered him on their first day at Hogwarts when he was dropping walking sticks on them. As usual, Neville Longbottom came off worst in the encounter. At the battle for Hogwarts, Peeves finally stopped playing the fool and put his talents to real use.

Severus Snape and Potter also appear in every book, but they are also in the films too.