In Fond Memory Of Alan Rickman

NIT SILCHAR QUIZ WEEK 2016

Questions by:Amitabh Sharma

Harry PotterAND

THE QUIZ FOR MUGGLES

Prelims

21 questions

Questions 1, 5, 10, 15 and 21 are starred and will be used to resolve ties. Put a star next to these question numbers, with your quill on the answer parchments.

No negative marking

Top 6 teams will qualify for finals

Muggle technologies such as mobile phones and internet are not allowed during the quiz

However, Remembralls are always allowed!

* 1. These are the two lines that began it all. Identify the narrator, an extremely famous British actor, who has narrated all seven of the Harry Potter audio-books. He is also the voice behind the Cheshire Cat in the Alice in Wonderland movie and the Guide in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

2. This extremely dry and barren area (see yellow coloured area in the map) is the seventh largest of its kind and was home to an event of great significance in recent times.

What?

3. If O.W.L. stands for ‘Ordinary Wizarding Level’ and W.O.M.B.A.T. stands for ‘Wizards’ Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test’, then what does N.E.W.T. stand for?

4. X started off as a beater for a prominent Quidditch team and went on to play for the English national team as well. His Quidditch fame helped him escape Azkaban when he had to stand trial for passing on information to Death Eaters. Eventually, he joined the Ministry of Magic, rising up to become the Head of the Department of Magical Games & Sports, and was actively involved in the 1994 Quidditch World Cup and Triwizard Tournament.

X was however, also a notorious gambler and had to go on the run after dealing in Y, a very ‘unethical’ form of wizarding currency.

Id X and Y

* 5. Kentigern was a Scottish missionary, who is considered by most people to be the founder of the city of Glas Ghu, which eventually became Scotland’s present-day capital, Glasgow. He is known for his preachings and sermons despite strong anti-Christian sentiments in his time, and is believed to protect people who are bullied or who have been accused of infidelity.

Scots and Potterheads however know Kentigern by his more famous nickname. What nickname?

6. Before Albus Dumbledore became a Headmaster, he was a professor at Hogwarts.

What subject did he teach?

7. ‘Hatstall’ refers to a Hogwarts student whose sorting took more than 5 minutes, because the Sorting Hat found them to have a personality equally suited to two or more houses.

There have been several almost-hatstalls, such as Hermione (Gryffindor and Ravenclaw), Gilderoy Lockhart (Slytherin and Ravenclaw), Neville (Hufflepuff and Gryffindor) and Harry himself (Gryffindor and Slytherin).

However, as of today, only two persons have been known to be pure hatstalls. One was Peter Pettigrew.

Who was the other, in whose case, the Sorting Hat became confused between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, just like for Hermione?

8. One of the earliest parodies of Harry Potter was Michael Gerber’s Barry Trotter series, modeled on ‘Bored of the Rings’, a Lord of the Rings parody.

Gerber started writing the books after getting annoyed with the Warner Bros’ excessive control and over-commercialization of the Harry Potter brand.

The main villain in the series is a parody of Lord Voldemort, and the character’s name, quite appropriately, parodies the name of one of the most famous American organizations in the world. Interestingly, the organization’s name is a bit similar to ‘Voldemort’.Which organization?

9. This clip shows a defensive enchantment in the form of a waterfall, which washes away any kind of enchantments and concealments, including the Imperius Curse and the Polyjuice Potion.What is it called?

* 10. Following are the gems associated with each of the four Hogwarts houses –

• Gryffindor – Ruby• Ravenclaw – Sapphire• Slytherin – Emerald• Hufflepuff – Diamond What crucial feature of the respective houses do these gems indicate?

11. This 800 word short story (a portion of it has been shown on the next slide) tells about an adventure undertaken by James Potter and Sirius Black from the point of view of two muggle cops.

Written by JK Rowling as part of ‘What’s your story?’, a charity auction event where 13 authors were invited to write stories on A5 cards, the story was published online in 2011.

What is so special about this story (something which Rowling humorously referred to in the post-script : “From the ______ I am not working on – but that was fun!) ?

12. Where exactly is this short but excellent poem found?

Enter, stranger, but take heedOf what awaits the sin of greed

For those who take, but do not earn,Must pay most dearly in their turn.So if you seek beneath our floorsA treasure that was never yours,

Thief, you have been warned, bewareOf finding more than treasure there.

13. This English word, whose meaning is given below, actually comes from Latin, where it meant ‘left’. However, petty superstitions and beliefs that the left side was associated with the devil ultimately resulted in its present meaning.A modified version of this word gives the name of the Astronomy Professor at Hogwarts.Either give the word or name the professor.

14. Jelly Belly is an American candy and confectionary manufacturing company, widely known in India as well.

What beloved magical food product (which can sometimes taste like blackberry and chocolate while sometimes like vomit and troll bogey) does Jelly Belly have the official license to manufacture?

* 15. This clip shows one of the most famous scenes from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The Three Witches fortell Macbeth’s fate, which ultimately leads to the rise and eventual fall of this iconic character.

The Three Witches were collectively also known by another famous name, which can be safely declared to be one of the most misleading names in the Harry Potter series.

What name?

16. What book, which is also a standard textbook at Hogwarts, completes this list of works by famous author, Kennilworthy Whisp – • The Wonder of Wigtown Wanderers• He Flew Like a Madman (a biography of “Dangerous” Dai Llewellyn)• Beating the Bludgers - A Study of Defensive Strategies in Quidditch• ______

17. This character, known for her love of gossip and divination among other things, is someone who is probably hated by most shippers and romantic fan-fiction writers.

However, nobody is really sure whether this character is dead or alive, something which has generated immense controversy among fans. At one point during the Battle of Hogwarts, she was attacked by Fenrir Greyback. Hermione manages to save her from him, but the character’s fate after that remains unknown. The books haven’t mentioned her status clearly and JK Rowling hasn’t officially commented on the issue, although the movie adaptations strongly hint that she is dead, with even her official Pottermore page declaring her as ‘presumed dead’.

Who?

18. Probably one of the most famous omens that magical folk believe in, is that of a giant spectral black dog that haunts churchyards and is reputed to bring death to the person who encounters it.

Ron’s uncle, Bilius, was rumored to have died after seeing it. Harry supposedly witnesses the omen in his teacup during divination class and even during a Quidditch match, and Professor Trelawney predicts very bad times for him. However, like most of her prophecies, it doesn’t come true, and the omens that Harry thinks he is seeing turns out to be Sirius’ animagus form.

What is this omen known as?

19. What place, very popular among wizards, and which also serves as the entrance to Diagon Alley, is this?The place shares its name with one of the most famous Harry Potter fan-sites ever, which has been praised by Rowling herself.

20. A counter-jinx (or counter-spell) is a special type of spell whose purpose is to inhibit, remove or negate the effects of another specific spell.

There are many famous spell-counter spell pairs such as Lumos - Nox, Levicorpus - Liberacorpus, and Alohomora – Colloportus.

‘Rennervate’ (later changed to ‘Ennervate’) is a counter to a very popular spell used in duelling. Next to ‘Expelliarmus’ it was probably one of the most frequently used spells by Harry and the Dumbledore’s Army. What spell?

* 21. A leitmotif (sometimes, also called a theme) is a recurring piece of music used in movies and associated with a certain character, place, object or idea. Leitmotifs have been dedicated to famous characters like Indiana Jones, the Joker and Don Vito Corleone

Which character is this haunting leitmotif from the Harry Potter movies dedicated to?

Answers

* 1. These are the two lines that began it all. Identify the narrator, an extremely famous British actor, who has narrated all seven of the Harry Potter audio-books. He is also the voice behind the Cheshire Cat in the Alice in Wonderland movie and the Guide in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Stephen Fry

2. This extremely dry and barren area (see yellow coloured area in the map) is the seventh largest of its kind and was home to an event of great significance in recent times.

What?

The 2014 Quidditch World Cup(The area is the Patagonian Desert)

3. If O.W.L. stands for ‘Ordinary Wizarding Level’ and W.O.M.B.A.T. stands for ‘Wizards’ Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test’, then what does N.E.W.T. stand for?

Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test

4. X started off as a beater for a prominent Quidditch team and went on to play for the English national team as well. His Quidditch fame helped him escape Azkaban when he had to stand trial for passing on information to Death Eaters. Eventually, he joined the Ministry of Magic, rising up to become the Head of the Department of Magical Games & Sports, and was actively involved in the 1994 Quidditch World Cup and Triwizard Tournament.

X was however, also a notorious gambler and had to go on the run after dealing in Y, a very ‘unethical’ form of wizarding currency.

Id X and Y

X – Ludovic ‘Ludo’ Bagman

Y – Leprechaun Gold Coins

* 5. Kentigern was a Scottish missionary, who is considered by most people to be the founder of the city of Glas Ghu, which eventually became Scotland’s present-day capital, Glasgow. He is known for his preachings and sermons despite strong anti-Christian sentiments in his time, and is believed to protect people who are bullied or who have been accused of infidelity.

Scots and Potterheads however know Kentigern by his more famous nickname. What nickname?

Mungo

6. Before Albus Dumbledore became a Headmaster, he was a professor at Hogwarts.

What subject did he teach?

Transfiguration

7. ‘Hatstall’ refers to a Hogwarts student whose sorting took more than 5 minutes, because the Sorting Hat found them to have a personality equally suited to two or more houses.

There have been several almost-hatstalls, such as Hermione (Gryffindor and Ravenclaw), Gilderoy Lockhart (Slytherin and Ravenclaw), Neville (Hufflepuff and Gryffindor) and Harry himself (Gryffindor and Slytherin).

However, as of today, only two persons have been known to be pure hatstalls. One was Peter Pettigrew.

Who was the other, in whose case, the Sorting Hat became confused between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, just like for Hermione?

Minerva McGonagall

8. One of the earliest parodies of Harry Potter was Michael Gerber’s Barry Trotter series, modeled on ‘Bored of the Rings’, a Lord of the Rings parody.

Gerber started writing the books after getting annoyed with the Warner Bros’ excessive control and over-commercialization of the Harry Potter brand.

The main villain in the series is a parody of Lord Voldemort, and the character’s name, quite appropriately, parodies the name of one of the most famous American organizations in the world. Interestingly, the organization’s name is a bit similar to ‘Voldemort’.Which organization?

9. This clip shows a defensive enchantment in the form of a waterfall, which washes away any kind of enchantments and concealments, including the Imperius Curse and the Polyjuice Potion.What is it called?

The Thief’s Downfall

* 10. Following are the gems associated with each of the four Hogwarts houses –

• Gryffindor – Ruby• Ravenclaw – Sapphire• Slytherin – Emerald• Hufflepuff – Diamond What crucial feature of the respective houses do these gems indicate?

House Points

11. This 800 word short story (a portion of it has been shown on the next slide) tells about an adventure undertaken by James Potter and Sirius Black from the point of view of two muggle cops.

Written by JK Rowling as part of ‘What’s your story?’, a charity auction event where 13 authors were invited to write stories on A5 cards, the story was published online in 2011.

What is so special about this story (something which Rowling humorously referred to in the post-script : “From the ______ I am not working on – but that was fun!) ?

It is the only OFFICIAL prequel to the Harry Potter series

(The ‘Fantastic Beasts and where to Find them’ movie series has been declared to be ‘neither a prequel nor a

sequel’)

12. Where exactly is this short but excellent poem found?

Enter, stranger, but take heedOf what awaits the sin of greed

For those who take, but do not earn,Must pay most dearly in their turn.So if you seek beneath our floorsA treasure that was never yours,

Thief, you have been warned, bewareOf finding more than treasure there.

Gringotts Wizarding Bank

13. This English word, whose meaning is given below, actually comes from Latin, where it meant ‘left’. However, petty superstitions and beliefs that the left side was associated with the devil ultimately resulted in its present meaning.A modified version of this word gives the name of the Astronomy Professor at Hogwarts.Either give the word or name the professor.

Sinister; Professor Aurora Sinistra

14. Jelly Belly is an American candy and confectionary manufacturing company, widely known in India as well.

What beloved magical food product (which can sometimes taste like blackberry and chocolate while sometimes like vomit and troll bogey) does Jelly Belly have the official license to manufacture?

Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans

* 15. This clip shows one of the most famous scenes from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The Three Witches fortell Macbeth’s fate, which ultimately leads to the rise and eventual fall of this iconic character.

The Three Witches were collectively also known by another famous name, which can be safely declared to be one of the most misleading names in the Harry Potter series.

What name?

The Weird Sisters

16. What book, which is also a standard textbook at Hogwarts, completes this list of works by famous author, Kennilworthy Whisp – • The Wonder of Wigtown Wanderers• He Flew Like a Madman (a biography of “Dangerous” Dai Llewellyn)• Beating the Bludgers - A Study of Defensive Strategies in Quidditch• ______

17. This character, known for her love of gossip and divination among other things, is someone who is probably hated by most shippers and romantic fan-fiction writers.

However, nobody is really sure whether this character is dead or alive, something which has generated immense controversy among fans. At one point during the Battle of Hogwarts, she was attacked by Fenrir Greyback. Hermione manages to save her from him, but the character’s fate after that remains unknown. The books haven’t mentioned her status clearly and JK Rowling hasn’t officially commented on the issue, although the movie adaptations strongly hint that she is dead, with even her official Pottermore page declaring her as ‘presumed dead’.

Who?

Lavender Brown

18. Probably one of the most famous omens that magical folk believe in, is that of a giant spectral black dog that haunts churchyards and is reputed to bring death to the person who encounters it.

Ron’s uncle, Bilius, was rumored to have died after seeing it. Harry supposedly witnesses the omen in his teacup during divination class and even during a Quidditch match, and Professor Trelawney predicts very bad times for him. However, like most of her prophecies, it doesn’t come true, and the omens that Harry thinks he is seeing turns out to be Sirius’ animagus form.

What is this omen known as?

The Grim

19. What place, very popular among wizards, and which also serves as the entrance to Diagon Alley, is this?The place shares its name with one of the most famous Harry Potter fan-sites ever, which has been praised by Rowling herself.

The Leaky Cauldron

20. A counter-jinx (or counter-spell) is a special type of spell whose purpose is to inhibit, remove or negate the effects of another specific spell.

There are many famous spell-counter spell pairs such as Lumos - Nox, Levicorpus - Liberacorpus, and Alohomora – Colloportus.

‘Rennervate’ (later changed to ‘Ennervate’) is a counter to a very popular spell used in duelling. Next to ‘Expelliarmus’ it was probably one of the most frequently used spells by Harry and the Dumbledore’s Army. What spell?

The Stunning Spell (Stupefy)

* 21. A leitmotif (sometimes, also called a theme) is a recurring piece of music used in movies and associated with a certain character, place, object or idea. Leitmotifs have been dedicated to famous characters like Indiana Jones, the Joker and Don Vito Corleone

Which character is this haunting leitmotif from the Harry Potter movies dedicated to?

Lily Evans

Finals in 15 Minutes

Finals

31 questions, in honour of the birth-date of the one God that all Potterheads worshipQuestions divided into 3 rounds and 3 bonus questionsSeparate rules for each roundThe bonus questions, each with different points, have been kept at the end of each round. 10 seconds will be given to answer each such question

Wands at the ready!

AND THE DIRECT QUESTIONS

Harry Potter

12 direct questionsNormal pounce rules apply+10/0 for direct, +5/0 for pass and +20/-10 for pounce

1. The Flame-Freezing charm is a spell that changes the effects of a fire, so that instead of a burning sensation, it would feel like a warm breeze and the subject would assume that he is being gently tickled.

It was a favourite spell of the witch, Wendelin the Weird, due to which she has been featured both on chocolate frog cards and Bathilda Bagshot’s History of Magic.

What confusion, regarding a set of famous and horrifying incidents known to both magical and muggle historians, does this charm resolve?

How most witches survived the hunting and mass burning of witches

2. Hufflepuff is the only Hogwarts house to not require passwords or answers to questions, for entering its common room.

However, it has its own arrangement for ensuring that only Hufflepuffs and probably a few more enterprising students are able to enter the common room, with intruders being thoroughly doused in vinegar and barred access.

What arrangement?

In a stack of barrels concealed in the Hogwarts kitchen, the second one from

the bottom has to be tapped in the rhythm of ‘Helga Hufflepuff’

3. Which character is JK Rowling talking about, in this famous article that came out on Pottermore?

“… For all this, ______ remains a person of dubious morality in the seven published books, and I have often had cause to remark on how unnerved I have been by the number of girls who fell for this particular fictional character (although I do not discount the appeal of X, who plays ______ brilliantly in the films and, ironically, is about the nicest person you could meet). ______ has all the dark glamour of the anti-hero; girls are very apt to romanticise such people. All of this left me in the unenviable position of pouring cold common sense on ardent readers’ daydreams as I told them, rather severely, that ______ was not concealing a heart of gold under all that sneering and prejudice

Draco Malfoy

4. X is a character from Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, supposedly based on her sister-in-law. Her dislike of Fanny, the heroine, is famous and she takes every opportunity to take her down.

What is her not-so-human connection with Potterheads?

The character’s name was Mrs Norris, which is where Rowling derived the name

from

5. This is a song called ‘Save Ginny Weasley’ by the band, Harry and the Potters.

This genre originated between 2002 and 2004, and is characterized by humorous songs about the Harry Potter universe. Live performances even involve cosplay.

What is this genre, now even having a music festival to its credit, called?

Wrock / Wizarding Rock

6. ‘Gurg’ is the title given to the leader of a tribe. The Gurg has full command over the entire tribe and is served and brought food by other tribe members. Usually, the Gurg is identified by the biggest, ugliest and laziest member of the tribe.

Like many muggle kings in the past, the Gurg has to be given gifts to guarantee one’s safety/safe passage.

What magical species is being talked about?

Giants

7. This flowering bush, native to Europe, Africa and Asia, is most famous for its extensive use to create ornamental hedges and foliage, used in urban areas.

Quite appropriately, this bush has given its name to something which, geographically speaking, is quite urban and modern in the Potter Universe.

Which locality?

8. This Hogwarts musical group was presumably founded during Celestina Warbeck’s time at the school, and gives an indication of the school’s strong link with animals.

However, JK Rowling was not the person who originally introduced this idea, which is absent from the Harry Potter books. Instead, it was proposed by Alfonso Cuaron, while directing Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Rowling immediately fell in love with the idea. It was so popular that not only did it make an appearance in the third movie, but it also did in the fifth.

Name the group

The Frog Choir

9. ‘Hogwarts Headache’ is a term coined by Dr. Howard J. Bennett in a letter, entitled "Hogwarts Headaches - Misery for Muggles“, to the Editor of The New England Journal of Medicine in 2003 referring to a dull headache, that persisted throughout the day. The journal soon published a full report on the ailment, detailing how it mostly affected children, ranging in age from 8 to 10, and proposed viable solutions to tackle the problem.

How exactly is this headache caused?

Reading through long books at long stretches, especially the Harry Potter books, from part 4

onwards, in more-or less the same position without giving the eyes and shoulders the rest they require

10. The Harry Potter series has been translated into 68 languages, including Arabic, Gujarati, Traditional Chinese and Welsh.

However in many of these translations, the name ‘Tom Marvolo Riddle’ had to be slightly modified, such as changing ‘Marvolo’ to ‘Marvoldemus’ (in Serbian), ‘Mersvoluko’ (in Bulgarian), ‘Vandrolo’ (in Hebrew) and ‘Orvoloson’ (in Italian).

Why was this necessary?

To ensure Voldemort’s complete name could be anagrammed to ‘I am Lord Voldemort’

11. Sirius Black’s mother’s name was Walburga. ‘Walburga’ comes from Saint Walpurga, a 9th century German nun, in whose honour a festival known as ‘Walpurgisnacht’ (or Walpurgis Night) is celebrated across many European countries such as The Netherlands, Sweden, Czech Republic, Germany, Estonia and Finland.People believe that on that date, a nightly meeting is held on Mt. Brocken, the highest peak of the Harz Mountains. Who is supposed to participate in this meeting?

Witches!

12. This is a picture of an unidentified pipe-smoking wizard named ‘Wizzy’, which originally appeared on the cover of one of the Harry Potter books.However, after fans were left baffled with the identity of the wizard, it was replaced by another iconic image.

What image?

The first pictorial representation of

Dumbledore

BONUS QUESTION:

Names of Ministers of Magic

10 points for two20 points for three30 points for four

Cornelius FudgeRufus ScrimegourPius ThicknesseKingsley Shacklebolt

AND THAT THING CALLED TWITTER

Harry Potter

8 questionsFunda (or at least something close to it) for each of these tweets by JK Rowling is required, unless mentioned otherwisePounce Only ; +20/-10

1.

Fluffy

2.

Inclusion of LGBT students at Hogwarts

3.

Why Harry chose ‘Albus’ and ‘Severus’ over others to name his second son

4. Who?

Hagrid

5. What?

12 Grimmauld Palace

6.

Why the horcrux inside Harry was not destroyed, after Harry was bitten by the

Basilisk

7.

Ilvermony,and its connection with Native American tribes

8. Which two people?

Dumbledore and Gandalf

BONUS QUESTION:

Names of Hogwarts Headmasters

10 points for four20 points for five30 points for six

Phineas Nigellus BlackArmando DippetAlbus Dumbledore Dolores UmbridgeSeverus SnapeMinerva McGonagall

AND THE MISSING CONNECTION

Harry Potter

8 questions divided into two sets of 4 eachEach question in a set gives an answer, which by itself has more to do with muggles than wizards.However, the four answers in a set have a connection, which can be only be described as magical! + 10 for each correct answer, +20 for each correct connection

1. The expression ‘dog days’ refers to the hot, sultry days of summer, originally in areas around the Mediterranean Sea, and eventually to other areas, especially in the Northern Hemisphere.The coincidence of very warm temperatures in the early civilizations in North Africa and the Near East with the rising, at sunrise , of  a certain astronomical body, led to the association of this phrase with these conditions.What astronomical body?

2. In Greek myth, Echo was an Oread (a type of Nymph) who resided on Mount Cithaeron. She and other nymphs were often visited by Zeus during his trips to Earth. However, after Hera grew suspicious about what Zeus was doing, and tried to catch him in his act, Echo rose to defend Zeus. A wrathful Hera cursed her to be only able to speak the last few words spoken to her.As a result, when she met and fell in love with X, a legendary mythical character (who also has associations with modern psychology), she was unable to tell him and ultimately died of a broken heart.

Id X

3. FITB – The ______ Strain by Michael Crichton, author of The Jurassic Park, is a techno-thriller novel documenting the efforts of a team of scientists investigating the outbreak of a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism, code-named ______. The novel established Michael Crichton as a popular writer, and was his first novel to top the New York Times list. In 2008, Ridley Scott and his brother directed a critically acclaimed mini-series of the same name, loosely based on the novel. ______ can be considered to be one of the earliest examples of ‘Damsel in Distress’, complete with being chained to a rock and threatened by a scary monster.

4. FITB – Marcus Atilius ______  refers to a trio of grandfather, son and grandson, who were famous Roman consuls .

The son proved to be the most famous of the three. He was captured at Tunis in 255 BC, after a battle. After he was released on parole to negotiate a peace, he is supposed to have urged the Roman Senate to refuse the proposals and then, over the protests of his own people, to have fulfilled the terms of his parole by returning to Carthage, where, according to Roman tradition, he was tortured to death.

5. The ‘Zam zammah’ (from Rudyard Kipling’s Kim), the Jai Vaan (which gave its name to the Jaigarh fort) and the Big Bertha (used by the Germans in World War II) all refer to a type of military equipment, first used by the Moors during the Seige of Cordoba, and made famous by Napoleon.Name of the equipment?

6. The River Piddle  is a small rural river in the Dorset region of England. Several villages through which the river passes through are named after it. However, the Victorians changed the name to something very similar (which we know today as something formed on the ground after rain) due to 'piddle' being an alternative word for 'piss‘.What was the alternative name?

7. In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, this creature was a female monster in the form of a bird with a human face. They supposedly stole food from their victims while they were eating and carried evildoers (especially those who had killed their family) to the Erinyes in Hades.What creature?

8. ‘Yellowjacket’ is the name given to a type of insect. The insect can be identified by its distinctive markings, itsoccurrence only in colonies, and a characteristic, rapid, side-to-side flight pattern prior to landing. All females are capable of stinging. Despite having drawn the fear and loathing of humans, these insects are in fact important predators of pest insects.

Yellowjacket is also one of the many avatars of Hank Pym, from the Marvel Universe.What insect?

Exchange Parchments

1. The expression ‘dog days’ refers to the hot, sultry days of summer, originally in areas around the Mediterranean Sea, and eventually to other areas, especially in the Northern Hemisphere.The coincidence of very warm temperatures in the early civilizations in North Africa and the Near East with the rising, at sunrise , of  a certain astronomical body, led to the association of this phrase with these conditions.What astronomical body?

Sirius

2. In Greek myth, Echo was an Oread (a type of Nymph) who resided on Mount Cithaeron. She and other nymphs were often visited by Zeus during his trips to Earth. However, after Hera grew suspicious about what Zeus was doing, and tried to catch him in his act, Echo rose to defend Zeus. A wrathful Hera cursed her to be only able to speak the last few words spoken to her.As a result, when she met and fell in love with X, a legendary mythical character (who also has associations with modern psychology), she was unable to tell him and ultimately died of a broken heart.

Id X

Narcissus

3. FITB – The ______ Strain by Michael Crichton, author of The Jurassic Park, is a techno-thriller novel documenting the efforts of a team of scientists investigating the outbreak of a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism, code-named ______. The novel established Michael Crichton as a popular writer, and was his first novel to top the New York Times list. In 2008, Ridley Scott and his brother directed a critically acclaimed mini-series of the same name, loosely based on the novel. ______ can be considered to be one of the earliest examples of ‘Damsel in Distress’, complete with being chained to a rock and threatened by a scary monster.

Andromeda

4. FITB – Marcus Atilius ______  refers to a trio of grandfather, son and grandson, who wre famous Roman consuls .

The son proved to be the most famous of the three. He was captured at Tunis in 255 BC, after a battle. After he was released on parole to negotiate a peace, he is supposed to have urged the Roman Senate to refuse the proposals and then, over the protests of his own people, to have fulfilled the terms of his parole by returning to Carthage, where, according to Roman tradition, he was tortured to death.

Regulus

Sirius, Narcissa, Andromeda and Regulus

Siblings from the House of Black

5. The ‘Zam zammah’ (from Rudyard Kipling’s Kim), the Jai Vaan (which gave its name to the Jaigarh fort) and the Big Bertha (used by the Germans in World War II) all refer to a type of military equipment, first used by the Moors during the Seige of Cordoba, and made famous by Napoleon.Name of the equipment?

Cannon

6. The River Piddle  is a small rural river in the Dorset region of England. Several villages through which the river passes through are named after it. However, the Victorians changed the name to something very similar (which we know today as something formed on the ground after rain) due to 'piddle' being an alternative word for 'piss‘.What was the alternative name?

Puddle

7. In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, this creature was a female monster in the form of a bird with a human face. They supposedly stole food from their victims while they were eating and carried evildoers (especially those who had killed their family) to the Erinyes in Hades.What creature?

Harpy

8. ‘Yellowjacket’ is the name given to a type of insect. The insect can be identified by its distinctive markings, itsoccurrence only in colonies, and a characteristic, rapid, side-to-side flight pattern prior to landing. All females are capable of stinging. Despite having drawn the fear and loathing of humans, these insects are in fact important predators of pest insects.

Yellowjacket is also one of the many avatars of Hank Pym, from the Marvel Universe.What insect?

Wasp

The Chudley CannonsPuddlemere United

The Holyhead HarpiesThe Wimbourne Wasps

All Quidditch teams

BONUS QUESTION:

The three D’s of Appartition, according to Wilkie Twycross10 points for each

DestinationDeterminationDeliberation

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