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Quiz about The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore

The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore Quiz

We found out a lot more about Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. This quiz contains a lot of that information. BOOK SEVEN SPOILERS.

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

Author
Rosalin

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
268,790

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
6425

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

Last 3 plays: matthewpokemon (9/10), klotzplate (10/10), LauraMcC (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which name did Dumbledore share with his father? Hint

Albus

Percival

Wulfric

Brian

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which member of the Order of the Phoenix attended Hogwarts with Dumbledore? Hint

Elphias Doge

Fabian Prewett

Hestia Jones

Amelia Bones

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was Dumbledore's Patronus? Hint

Lynx

Swan

Doe

Phoenix

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who killed Ariana Dumbledore? Hint

Grindelwald

Albus

We don't know

Aberforth

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the name of Dumbledore's mother? Hint

Keren

Kelila

Kendra

Kedma

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Question 6 of 10

6. Why did Dumbledore put on the Gaunt ring? Hint

He wanted to use the Resurrection Stone

It was an accident, it slipped on when he picked it up

He thought it was the way to destroy the Horcrux

He didn't know it was dangerous

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which was the last of the Deathly Hallows that Dumbledore found? Hint

The Resurrection Stone

The Elder Wand

The Invisibility Cloak

The Sword of Gryffindor

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who won the Elder Wand from Dumbledore? Hint

Draco Malfoy

Lord Voldemort

Severus Snape

Harry Potter

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Question 9 of 10

9. Dumbledore used a phrase in a letter which Grindelwald later used as his slogan. What was it? Hint

Magic is Might

For the Greater Good

Power to Purebloods

Wizards Will Win

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Question 10 of 10

10. Harry names his younger son after Dumbledore. Which other person, killed in the fight against Voldemort, is young Albus also named after? Hint

Sirius Black

Severus Snape

Remus Lupin

Fred Weasley

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which name did Dumbledore share with his father?

Answer: Percival

Percival Dumbledore was sent to Azkaban for attacking three Muggle children. Harry discovers that these children had attacked Ariana, Dumbledore's sister.

2. Which member of the Order of the Phoenix attended Hogwarts with Dumbledore?

Answer: Elphias Doge

Elphias Doge and Dumbledore started Hogwarts at the same time. Hestia Jones and Fabian Prewett were much younger than Dumbledore, while Amelia Bones wasn't in the Order.

3. What was Dumbledore's Patronus?

Answer: Phoenix

Dumbledore summons Hagrid with his Phoenix Patronus in "The Goblet of Fire". Kingsley has a lynx Patronus, the swan is Cho Chang, and both Snape and Lily have a doe for their Patronus.

4. Who killed Ariana Dumbledore?

Answer: We don't know

Dumbledore never knew who killed his sister, but he was always afraid it might have been him.

5. What was the name of Dumbledore's mother?

Answer: Kendra

Kendra is derived from the Old English "to make known" or "to know how". The other three names are all Hebrew ones.

6. Why did Dumbledore put on the Gaunt ring?

Answer: He wanted to use the Resurrection Stone

When he found the ring Dumbledore was so desperate to see his parents and Ariana again that he put on the ring (which contained the Resurrection Stone) without thinking about the fact that it was a Horcrux.

7. Which was the last of the Deathly Hallows that Dumbledore found?

Answer: The Resurrection Stone

He won the Elder Wand from Grindelwald in 1945 and found the Invisibility Cloak when James Potter lent it to him in 1981, just before he died. Dumbledore found the Resurrection Stone in the Gaunts' old home in 1996 and Gryffindor's Sword is not one of the Deathly Hallows.

8. Who won the Elder Wand from Dumbledore?

Answer: Draco Malfoy

Malfoy wins the Wand from Dumbledore when he Disarms him at the end of Half Blood Prince but Voldemort doesn't know that and kills Snape, thinking that he won it. Harry won the wand from Malfoy and Voldemort stole it, but was never it's master.

9. Dumbledore used a phrase in a letter which Grindelwald later used as his slogan. What was it?

Answer: For the Greater Good

Grindelwald has the slogan carved over the entrance to Nurmengard prison. 'Magic is Might' is on the statue at the Ministry and I made up the other two.

10. Harry names his younger son after Dumbledore. Which other person, killed in the fight against Voldemort, is young Albus also named after?

Answer: Severus Snape

Albus Severus Potter is just starting Hogwarts at the end of the final book.

Source: Author Rosalin

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