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A quiz on JK Rowling's book 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard'. This quiz includes Dumbledore's notes on each of the five stories.

A multiple-choice quiz by lordingtar. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
lordingtar

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
301,658

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Tough

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Question 1 of 10

1. "The Tale of the Three Brothers": What was Aberforth's favourite story as a child? Hint

Babbity Rabbity and her Cackling Stump

Grumble the Grubby Goat

The Wizard and the Hopping Pot

The Goat's Big Adventure

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Question 2 of 10

2. "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot": What was the grievance of the third person who came to the wizard's house? Hint

Her baby was ill

Her son was inflicted by a crop of warts

His donkey had disappeared

His father had been affected by Dragonpox

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Question 3 of 10

3. "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot": When did the wizarding community decide to go underground and conceal themselves from Muggle eyes? Hint

1744

1721

1603

1689

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Question 4 of 10

4. "The Fountain of Fair Fortune": When was the Fountain of Fair Fortune open to unfortunates? Hint

Between sunrise and sunset of the longest day of the year

On the spring and autumn equinox

Between sunrise and sunset of the shortest day of the year

On the king's birthday

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Question 5 of 10

5. "The Fountain of Fair Fortune": What did Amata hope the fountain would do for her? Hint

Give her the power to grow the rarest herbs in the country

Relieve her of poverty and powerlessness

Relieve her of grief and longing

Banish her disease and give her a long and happy life

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Question 6 of 10

6. "The Warlock's Hairy Heart": Where did the warlock keep his heart? Hint

In a casket made of 250 diamonds

In an enchanted crystal casket

In a ruby casket

In a plain wooden casket

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Question 7 of 10

7. "The Warlock's Hairy Heart": What does the warlock see love as? Hint

A humiliation

All of these

A weakness

A drain on a person's emotional and material self

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Question 8 of 10

8. "Babbity Rabbity and her Cackling Stump": Which of these did the 'Grand Sorcerer in Chief' NOT request of the King? Hint

Several large rubies

Diamonds

A sack of gold

A silver chalice

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Babbity Rabbity and her Cackling Stump": Who died by eating a poisonous toadstool on the morning the King was performing his magic? Hint

Bertrand

Babbity

Sabre

The Captin of the Brigade of Witch Hunters

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Question 10 of 10

10. "The Tale of the Three Brothers": A wand of what make is incompatible with that made of holly? Hint

Oak

Elder

Hazel

Chestnut

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "The Tale of the Three Brothers": What was Aberforth's favourite story as a child?

Answer: Grumble the Grubby Goat

Dumbledore mentions this at the end of 'The Tale of the Three Brothers'. He says this story had a deep impact on him as a child, and not on Aberforth whose favorite story was 'Grumble the Grubby Goat'.

2. "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot": What was the grievance of the third person who came to the wizard's house?

Answer: Her baby was ill

The night the wizard's father died and left him the pot, a woman came up and told him that her granddaughter was inflicted by warts. The next day an old man came up to him and told him that his donkey was either stolen or lost and he could not sell his wares without the donkey. Then in the evening a young woman came up to him and told him that her baby was ill. He refused to help all three of them.

3. "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot": When did the wizarding community decide to go underground and conceal themselves from Muggle eyes?

Answer: 1689

Dumbledore mentions this at the end of the story. He says that the International Statute of Secrecy was proposed in 1689 and with that the wizarding community voluntarily went underground.

4. "The Fountain of Fair Fortune": When was the Fountain of Fair Fortune open to unfortunates?

Answer: Between sunrise and sunset of the longest day of the year

The Fountain of Fair Fortune was open between sunrise and sunset of the longest day of the year. Commoners blighted by misfortune had to fight it out to get to the fountain. The person who bathed in it before sunset was fortunate forever. He/she would never suffer misfortune.

5. "The Fountain of Fair Fortune": What did Amata hope the fountain would do for her?

Answer: Relieve her of grief and longing

Amata had just been 'dumped' by her lover and hoped the fountain would make her happy again. At the end, she found a lover in Sir Luckless, without bathing in the fountain.

6. "The Warlock's Hairy Heart": Where did the warlock keep his heart?

Answer: In an enchanted crystal casket

The warlock took his to-be bride down to the dungeon and opened the enchanted crystal casket to reveal his hairy, shrunken heart.

7. "The Warlock's Hairy Heart": What does the warlock see love as?

Answer: All of these

Dumbledore says this in his notes at the end of 'The Warlock's Hairy Heart'.

8. "Babbity Rabbity and her Cackling Stump": Which of these did the 'Grand Sorcerer in Chief' NOT request of the King?

Answer: Diamonds

"The charlatan requested for a sack of gold to pay for the wands and other magical necessities, several large rubies for casting curative charms, and a silver chalice to be used in maturing potions."

9. "Babbity Rabbity and her Cackling Stump": Who died by eating a poisonous toadstool on the morning the King was performing his magic?

Answer: Sabre

When the King is unsure of what spell to perform next, the Captain of his Brigade of Witch Hunters asks him to revive Sabre with his magic. Te King attempts to (it is Babbity who actually performed all the magic the King was supposed to be doing), but no magic can raise the dead.

10. "The Tale of the Three Brothers": A wand of what make is incompatible with that made of holly?

Answer: Oak

Dumbledore mentions a superstition 'When his is oak and hers is holly, then to marry would be folly'.

Source: Author lordingtar

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