Harry Potter, Who? Trivia Quiz

Answer: He was a newsreel archivist for 20th Century Fox

Mr. Potter was especially known for contributing film clips to documentaries such as "Zelig" and "This is Elvis."

Answer: Cranes

The company was started in 1921 when, according to the company website at http://www.haroldpotter.co.uk, Mr. Potter noticed that "companies and individuals alike had a need for help with Lifting & Materials Handling solutions." So, if you're in Nottingham and have a need for a swing jib or a chain hoist, you know where to go!

Answer: Monty Python's Flying Circus

The wording of this sketch is eerily similar to the opening of the first Harry Potter book- "It was a day like any other and Mr and Mrs Samuel Brainsample were a perfectly ordinary couple, leading perfectly ordinary lives - the sort of people to whom nothing extraordinary ever happened, and not the kind of people to be the centre of one of the most astounding incidents in the history of mankind ... So let's forget about them and follow instead the destiny of this man ... (camera pans off them; they both look disappointed; camera picks up instead a swan little business man, in bowler, briefcase and pinstripes) ... Harold Potter, gardener, and tax official, first victim of Creatures from another Planet. "

Answer: Troll

"Troll" featured a troll who lived in the basement of an apartment building and changed the residents into monsters. The film's director, John Carl Buechler, sued J. K. Rowling in 2009, claiming that *he* was the real inventor of Harry Potter!

Answer: Law

An example of one of his pageturners is the stunningly gripping "The Principles of Liability in Tort." "The Principles of Land Law under the Land Registration Act" is another, guaranteed to keep you up at night with its cliffhanging suspense.

Apparently, Harold Potter is a name that attracts lawyerly types; an article in "Forbes Magazine" from July, 2005 contains the story of a New York trial lawyer who also shares the name.

Answer: fool with advance fee fraud email scammers from Lagos

Some people make a hobby of harassing African email scammers by impersonating various characters and publishing the often-hilarious results on the Internet. Approached by a Lagos scammer who wanted to wire her 30 million dollars, Edelson assumed a Potter personal with ridiculous results, as detailed at
http://www.scamorama.com/harrypotter-ayokure.html. As an example, she told the scammer:
"Thank you for the further details on this transaction. I must admit that I am really excited by this proposal. I'm just imagining what I might be able to purchase. A house, car - even a Nimbus 2000! What plans do you have?

There is one matter that I a a little nervous about though. After communicating with you, I received an e-mail from a Captain Michael Bala. I know that this matter is confidential. Could my e-mails to you have been intercepted. Could this be Malfoy? Is this person connected to this transaction in some way? Beware of Voldemort!

I need to know if I can trust this person and whether I should be communicating with him.

Be careful - our communications could be being monitored!

Also, I have a trusted friend here at Hogwarts (Prof. Dumbledore) who I know would be extremely interested. He is desperately seeking funding for a new roof at the University and also has an account at Gringott's. I'm sure he would be willing to help also, but I need to know whether we should be involving him in this transaction."

The response from the scammer?
"Harry we have started the process of registering a company name for you, the certificate should be out tomorrow or monday. As soon as it is out I will send a scanned copy to you for your perusal, as we will have to forward the originals of all document to the Ministry of Finance at the final stage. Though I used Harold Potter Nigeria, Limited. I hope you dont mind as I can not do anything to change that now. As we can not afford to spend money going to do another. We have limited amount of money with us budgeted for this project.

Harry I dont see any need to really involve anybody now as we dont have any difficulty, you can make a donation to Prof. Dumbledore in the end but for now keep it to yourself, except you want to tell me that you are not capable to handle this for us. "

Answer: Wrestling

There is no record of whether his finishing move involved Avada Kedavra.

Answer: P. G. Wodehouse

The novel is a convoluted comedy revolving around the exploits of Uncle Fred. Apparently, Potter fingers the lead character for some confusing crimes involving busted busts and broken whatnots.

Answer: Sheet music

Potter arranged the music for many classics of the day, such as "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," "Home on the Range," and "The Man on the Flying Trapeze."

Answer: received hundreds of phone calls from people looking for a young wizard

As Mr. Potter from Leonardtown proclaimed to the "Boston Sun":
"Oh my lordy Hannah," says the real-life Harry E. Potter, 76, of Leonardtown. "You have no idea what it is like to have this name. Just 15 minutes ago, I got a phone call from some girls who were about 13 or 14, and who giggled a lot. And you cannot be rude to them, you know that? You cannot be rude.

"That J.K. Rowling owes me something. I'm not sure what, but she owes me."