FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!

Moste Potente Potions Trivia Quiz

Spells and incantations get all the glory, but have you been paying attention in potions class? (Knowledge of the first six books as well as "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" is necessary to complete this quiz)

A multiple-choice quiz by maderine. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
maderine

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
127,817

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
9 / 20

Plays
18926

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 172 (7/20), Guest 199 (13/20), FabledHexor (9/20).

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 20

1. On Harry's first day in potions class, Professor Snape mentions a powerful potion made from asphodel and wormwood. What sort of potion is it? Hint

poison

dream potion

sleeping potion

truth potion

NEXT>

Question 2 of 20

2. Which ingredient would you not use if you were making a potion to cure boils? Hint

dried nettles

leeches

snake fangs

porcupine quills

NEXT>

Question 3 of 20

3. One of the uses of Jobberknoll feathers is for this sort of potion. Hint

love potion

pepperup potion

sleeping potion

truth potion

NEXT>

Question 4 of 20

4. Why might you take the Pepperup Potion? Hint

To spice up your food

To keep warm

To keep alert

To cure a cold

NEXT>

Question 5 of 20

5. Daisy roots, shrivelfig, caterpillar, rat spleen, leech juice - these are the ingredients of what potion? Hint

truth potion

swelling solution

shrinking solution

wit-sharpening potion

NEXT>

Question 6 of 20

6. The Polyjuice Potion is a complicated potion, and it takes a long time to prepare. For how long must the lacewing flies be stewed before the potion is ready? Hint

21 days

14 days

7 days

28 days

NEXT>

Question 7 of 20

7. For what sort of potion would you use Ashwinder eggs? Hint

poison

truth potion

love potion

memory potion

NEXT>

Question 8 of 20

8. In what sort of potion might you find armadillo bile? Hint

Wit-sharpening potion

Pepperup potion

Swelling solution

Poison

NEXT>

Question 9 of 20

9. What potion does Professor Snape use on his students when a firecracker explodes in Goyle's cauldron and showers the class with Swelling Solution? Hint

Reducing solution

Shrinking solution

Deflating draught

Counter-swelling solution

NEXT>

Question 10 of 20

10. What poisonous plant also goes by the name of wolfsbane and monkshood, and is an ingredient in the potion that Professor Snape prepares for Professor Lupin? Hint

Actaea

Agaric

Amanita

Aconite

NEXT>

Question 11 of 20

11. In the fifth year, Snape assigns much more difficult potions to prepare the students for their OWLs. What is the first potion that he assigns? Hint

Confusing Concoction

Draught of Living Death

Draught of Peace

Strengthening Solution

NEXT>

Question 12 of 20

12. What colour should the Strengthening Solution be? Hint

orange

turquoise

pink

red

NEXT>

Question 13 of 20

13. Scurvy-grass, lovage, and sneezewort are all plants which are of use in what kind of potion? Hint

confusing potion

strength potion

love potion

truth potion

NEXT>

Question 14 of 20

14. For how long must veritaserum mature before it is ready for use? Hint

1 day

1 year

1 week

1 month

NEXT>

Question 15 of 20

15. Glumbumble treacle can be used to cure what condition? Hint

nausea

melancholy

hysteria

fever

16. Amortentia is a potion easily recognizable by its distinctive mother of pearl sheen and the way its steam rises in characteristic spirals. It has a different odor to everyone who smells it. What sort of a potion is it? Hint

glamour potion

poison

love potion

luck potion

NEXT>

Question 17 of 20

17. This shrivelled, kidney-like stone is of use as an antidote to most poisons.

Answer: (It may be found in the stomach of a goat)

NEXT>

Question 18 of 20

18. This yellowish subtsance which smells of petrol is of use in curing acne. Hint

bubotuber pus

leech juice

armadillo bile

glumbumble treacle

NEXT>

Question 19 of 20

19. Occasional side effects of the Elixir to induce Euphoria are excessive singing and nose-tweaking. What might be used to counteract those effects? Hint

lemon juice

honey

sour milk

peppermint

NEXT>

Question 20 of 20

20. This potion has the colour of molten gold, and while exposed to the air, large drops will leap like goldfish above the surface without spilling. Hint

Scintillation Solution

Amortentia

Felix Felicis

Unctuous Unction

(Optional) Create a Free FunTrivia ID to save the points you are about to earn:

Select a User ID:

Choose a Password:

Your Email:

Most Recent Scores

Oct 03 2024 : Guest 172: 7/20
Sep 21 2024 : Guest 199: 13/20
Sep 06 2024 : FabledHexor: 9/20

Score Distribution

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. On Harry's first day in potions class, Professor Snape mentions a powerful potion made from asphodel and wormwood. What sort of potion is it?

Answer: sleeping potion

Asphodel with an infusion of wormwood make a sleeping potion so powerful that it is known as the Draught of Living Death.

2. Which ingredient would you not use if you were making a potion to cure boils?

Answer: leeches

The potion to cure boils is the first potion that Harry makes in Professor Snape's class. The potion does not contain leeches, but it does contain horned slugs.

3. One of the uses of Jobberknoll feathers is for this sort of potion.

Answer: truth potion

The Jobberknoll is a bird that spends its entire life without ever making a sound, then at the moment of its death, it repeats every sound it has ever heard, starting with the most recent. For that reason, its feathers, as well as being useful for truth potions, are also of use in memory potions.

4. Why might you take the Pepperup Potion?

Answer: To cure a cold

Trust the wizarding world to come up with a cure for the common cold.

5. Daisy roots, shrivelfig, caterpillar, rat spleen, leech juice - these are the ingredients of what potion?

Answer: shrinking solution

Neville Longbottom added too many rat spleens and too much leech juice, and caused his shrinking solution to turn orange.

6. The Polyjuice Potion is a complicated potion, and it takes a long time to prepare. For how long must the lacewing flies be stewed before the potion is ready?

Answer: 21 days

Not only must the lacewing flies be stewed for 21 days, but the fluxweed can only be picked at the time of the full moon. The Polyjuice Potion also requires the hair of the person whose form one wishes to assume, and it can only be used to assume the shape of another human.

7. For what sort of potion would you use Ashwinder eggs?

Answer: love potion

Ashwinder eggs are crimson in colour and emit heat. If they are not found in time, a clutch of eggs can cause a house to burn down. Frozen, the eggs are of use in love potions, and can also be eaten whole to cure ague.

8. In what sort of potion might you find armadillo bile?

Answer: Wit-sharpening potion

Harry was preparing a wit-sharpening potion when Karkaroff came in to speak with Professor Snape. Harry purposely spilled his armadillo bile to have an excuse to stay behind after class and eavesdrop.

9. What potion does Professor Snape use on his students when a firecracker explodes in Goyle's cauldron and showers the class with Swelling Solution?

Answer: Deflating draught

Harry threw the firecracker as a distraction to allow Hermione to sneak into Professor Snape's office and steal the missing ingredients for the Polyjuice Potion.

10. What poisonous plant also goes by the name of wolfsbane and monkshood, and is an ingredient in the potion that Professor Snape prepares for Professor Lupin?

Answer: Aconite

Aconite is highly poisonous, but its diluted essence has some medical applications such as lowering inflammation and the pain of rheumatism, neuralgia, lumbago, and pleurisy.

11. In the fifth year, Snape assigns much more difficult potions to prepare the students for their OWLs. What is the first potion that he assigns?

Answer: Draught of Peace

Harry forgets to add syrup of Hellbore, and ruins his Draught of Peace. Snape gives him a mark of zero.

12. What colour should the Strengthening Solution be?

Answer: turquoise

Harry was doing fine until he starting paying more attention to Umbridge's evaluation of Snape than he did to his potion, and accidentally turned it orange. Not only did he receive a mark of zero, he was also assigned a punitive essay on how and why he botched his potion.

13. Scurvy-grass, lovage, and sneezewort are all plants which are of use in what kind of potion?

Answer: confusing potion

In studying for his Potions OWL, Harry reads this several times while his mind is wandering. Isn't that ironic.

14. For how long must veritaserum mature before it is ready for use?

Answer: 1 month

Professor Umbridge wastes the entire store of veritaserum that Snape gave her, and when she demands to have more, Snape tells her that unless she wants to poison Potter (and he would have the utmost sympathy for her if she did), he can't help her.

15. Glumbumble treacle can be used to cure what condition?

Answer: hysteria

Because Glumbumble treacle induces melancholy, it is an effective treatment for the hysteria brought on by eating Alihotsy leaves.

Answer: love potion

Amortentia is the most powerful love potion in the world. It smells differently to each person according to what attracts them.

17. This shrivelled, kidney-like stone is of use as an antidote to most poisons.

Answer: bezoar

A bezoar is not, strictly speaking, a stone. It is actually a hardened hairball that has the appearance of a stone.

18. This yellowish subtsance which smells of petrol is of use in curing acne.

Answer: bubotuber pus

The pimple-curing properties of bubotuber pus were discovered by Sacharissa Tugwood, a witch famous for the invention of many beautifying potions.

19. Occasional side effects of the Elixir to induce Euphoria are excessive singing and nose-tweaking. What might be used to counteract those effects?

Answer: peppermint

In his heavily edited copy of "Advanced Potion-Making", the Half-Blood Prince suggests the addition of peppermint to this potion.

20. This potion has the colour of molten gold, and while exposed to the air, large drops will leap like goldfish above the surface without spilling.

Answer: Felix Felicis

"Until the effects wear off, all the drinker's endeavours will tend to succeed. However, if taken in excess the potion causes giddiness, recklessness, and dangerous overconfidence, and it is highly toxic in large quantities." (HBP, chapter 9)

Source: Author maderine

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor minch before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.