True or False: Harry Potter

Explanation: Harry James Potter was born on July 31, 1980, the same birthday as J.K. Rowling (born 1965). He is 1 year old when Voldemort attacks his parents in October 1981.

Explanation: Hermione is Muggle-born: her parents are dentists. That's why Draco insults her with the racist term "Mudblood" in the Chamber of Secrets.

Explanation: The anagram of "Tom Marvolo Riddle" is "I am Lord Voldemort". Each translation had to invent a different name to preserve the anagram (Tom Elvis Jedusor in French, Tom Vorlost Riddle in German, Tom Orvoloson Riddle in Italian).

Explanation: Ron is the 6th of 7 Weasley children. His little sister Ginny is the youngest — and the first girl born in the Weasley family in several generations.

Explanation: It's 11 inches long, made of holly, and contains a feather from Fawkes, Dumbledore's phoenix. Voldemort's wand contains a feather from the same phoenix — they are "brother wands".

Explanation: James Potter chose his best friend Sirius as godfather when Harry was born. After the Potters' death, Sirius spends 12 years in Azkaban on false charges before reuniting with Harry in Book 3.

Explanation: Dobby is a house-elf, serving the Malfoys until Harry frees him with a sock in Book 2. Goblins, on the other hand, run Gringotts bank (like Griphook).

Explanation: A **direct** look at the Basilisk kills instantly. An **indirect** look (through a mirror, reflection, or ghost) only petrifies. That's why Hermione, Colin Creevey, and Nearly Headless Nick survive.

Explanation: Lupin is a werewolf, bitten as a child by Fenrir Greyback. He transforms at every full moon. The Wolfsbane Potion invented by Damocles Belby lets him keep his human mind during the transformation.

Explanation: It's called Prongs, the same Animagus as his father James, one of the Marauders. Harry learns to conjure a corporeal Patronus with Lupin in his 3rd year to defend against Dementors.

Explanation: Hedwig is killed by an Avada Kedavra curse at the very start of Book 7, during Harry's escape from Privet Drive. Her death marks the end of Harry's childhood and the beginning of the Horcrux hunt.

Explanation: The Hat clearly hesitated — Harry had the qualities of a Slytherin (inherited from Voldemort via the scar). It's Harry's conscious plea of "Not Slytherin" that tips the scale toward Gryffindor.

Explanation: Draco is the only child of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy. He will himself have an only son, Scorpius Malfoy, seen in the epilogue of Book 7 at King's Cross station.

Explanation: Fred and George are identical twins — physically indistinguishable, only their mother Molly can sometimes tell them apart. They open the shop Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes on Diagon Alley.

Explanation: Dumbledore asks Snape to kill him to spare young Draco's soul and maintain Snape's cover with Voldemort. This is revealed through Snape's memories in Book 7.

Explanation: Rubeus Hagrid is a half-giant: his mother Fridwulfa was a giantess, his father a human wizard. That's why he stands about 11 feet tall. He was unfairly expelled from Hogwarts, accused of opening the Chamber of Secrets.

Explanation: Voldemort used Avada Kedavra, the Killing Curse, against James and then Lily Potter. Crucio is the Torture Curse, not lethal. Both are among the 3 Unforgivable Curses (with Imperio).

Explanation: Luna is in Ravenclaw, the house of wisdom and eccentricity. Her father Xenophilius runs The Quibbler. Luna is a year below Harry and joins Dumbledore's Army in Book 5.

Explanation: These 3 objects make whoever owns all three the "Master of Death". According to the Tale of the Three Brothers, they were given by Death herself to the Peverell brothers — Harry's ancestors.

Explanation: Nagini is a giant snake, Voldemort's companion and his final Horcrux. We learn in The Crimes of Grindelwald that Nagini was originally a Maledictus — a human woman cursed to transform permanently into a snake.