Hufflepuff Quiz #6

This week's House Quiz is in Defense Against the Dark Arts. Wisteria ran off with the professor for, um, "office hours", before he could distribute the papers so here you go.

1) What is a Chimaera?

2) Name 3 of the 4 breeds of Winged Horses.

3) What are Yeti afraid of?

4) How does a wizard rid a farm of a Nogtail?

5) Why are Fwoopers sold with a silencing charm?

6) Where are Erklings found?

7) Name the only spell known to repel a Lethifold.
(Bonus if you can name the wizard who survived a Lethifold attack)

Answers should be posted to your blogs by Midnight on Saturday, 12 July. Good luck!

PS Use your copy of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, or this crib sheet, if you get stuck on an answer.

Hufflepuff Quiz #5, and the winner is...

The winner of the 5th Hufflepuff House Quiz is...

Ferula Vector!

Congratulations! I'm sure that coffee will come in handy when you're studying for your OWLs in a few weeks ;)

For those of you who didn't win, Clidonia has a fun contest up on her muggle blog for another chance to win coffee, so stop by.

Don't forget to sign up for the Hufflepuff KAL starting Friday. Non-'puffs are welcome to join us!

Hufflepuff House Quiz #5

Hello Hufflepuffs! This week's house quiz is in Transfiguration. Transfigure the following quote from Order of the Phoenix back into English and post it to your blog by noon (est) on Tuesday, July 1st.

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(I've never made a cryptogram before, so let me know if this is too hard and I'll post a clue.)

This week's prize is donated by our favorite Barista, Clidonia Acromantula - 1 lb of Starbucks coffee! Or tea if you prefer. Sorry Minee, Ravenclaws can't win the Hufflepuff Quiz, but you're welcome to try the puzzle :)

In other house news, check out what Emerald and Selena cooked up at our last chat!

Huzzah Hufflepuff!!!

Hufflepuff Quiz #4 - and the winner is...

After a lot of complicated Arithmantical calculations and deceiphering of Ancient Runes, the winner of the 4th Hufflepuff House Quiz is Emerald Rosmerta

Congrats Emerald! Your prize is a skein of hand dyed yarn from Calliope Candleworth.

Quiz #5 will be posted soon Hufflepuffs, so stay sharp ;)

Huzzah Hufflepuff!!!

- Lavender

Another Ravenclaw House Quiz

Please get their quills and parchment out. It's time for another House Quiz and another prize to an intelligent resourceful Ravenclaw. You may have to spend some long hours in the library doing some late night research.

Below are some quotes taken entirely from Order of the Phoenix. I would like you to identify who spoke each.

1. It's changing out there. Just like last time. There's a storm coming, Harry. And we all best be ready when she comes.

2. Dumbledore's Army was about doing something real. Or was that all just words to you?

3. Dementors in Little Winging? Whatever next? The whole world's going topsy-turvy.

4. The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skulls, to be perused by an invader. The mind is a complex and many-layered thing.

5. Face it, Petunia. Our boy has gone lumpy.

6. You're a fool, Harry Potter, and you will lose everything.

7. Practicing is good, but there's something else that's even more important: believing in yourself. Look at it this way: every wizard in history has started out as nothing more than we are now -- students. If they can do it, why not us?

8. I WILL have order!

9. When are you going to get it into your head? We're in this together.

10. When all this is over we'll be a proper family, you'll see.

11. That's right. Anyway, my mum always said things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end. If not always in the way we expect.

12. You may not like him, Minister, but you can't deny: Dumbledore's got style.

13. Who wants to watch me take off Snivelly's trousers?

14. One person can't feel all that, they'd explode!

15. They're very clean, these Muggles. It's unnatural.

16. How dare you speak his name! YOU FILTHY HALF BLOOD!

17. Just because you can use magic now does not mean you have to whip your wands out for everything.

18. Did you actually believe, or are you truly naive enough to think that children stood a chance against us? I'll make this simple, Potter. Give me the prophecy now, or watch your friends die.

19. You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

20. Ah, I thought we might hit this little snag. You seem to be laboring under the delusion that I am going to -- what is the phrase? -- come quietly.

Good luck! You will have until midnight PST on Saturday to post your answers.

Ravenclaw Pop Quiz

I hope everyone has been taking the time to get to know their fellow Ravenclaws because it's time for a pop quiz! Your answers must be posted to your blog by midnight PST on Saturday, June 7. So, no lollygagging, Eagles!

1. Which Ravenclaw does not like games?

2. Who is taking a course in Remedical Magical Symphony?

3. Who got 3 puncture wounds in the bottom of her foot by stepping on a hair brush?

4. Who was formerly employed by the Ministry of Magic?

5. Who has been enrolled in a Magic Fibres Class in order to learn to knit?

6. Whose mother is a squib?

7. Whose father is an auror?

8. Whose room smells like wet wool most of the time?

9. What Ravenclaws spent time in the infirmary for allergies?

10. Whose wand is made of holly with a kelpie feather?

11. Whose mother was a Ravenclaw and father was a Hufflepuff when they met at Hogwarts?

12. Whose silencing potion backfired?

13. Who has purple hair?

14. Whose son attends Hogwarts?

Good luck, Ravenclaws! Everyone who completes the quiz will be eligible to win a Houseprize.

Hufflepuff / Slytherin Quiz #3

The Hufflepuffs and Slytherins have been taking Care of Magical Creatures together this year, so this assignment is for both Houses to complete.

Professor Hagrid has asked for 6 inches of parchment (say 200 words) about a personal experience you've had with a magical creature (outside of Hogwarts), or about the magical creature you'd most like to have as a pet. Of course if you chose the latter option, you should write about why you'd like to have such a creature as a pet, but also the potential problems of domesticating that magical creature.

A listing of Magical Creatures can be found in your textbook, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Good luck!

ETA: This assignment is due at Midnight on Saturday, June 7th.

First Ravenclaw Winner

It's time to announce the winner of the first Ravenclaw House prize of the new term. The names of the all students who completed their first homework assignment by posting their biography were put into a magical mug. While showing Professor Lufkin around Hogsmeade, I smiled and sweetly asked him if he would kindly draw the name of the winner. He put his long thin hand into the mug and drew out the name of:

ANDROMACHE TONKS

Congratulations! My sweet little owl Paisley will be on its way to you shortly.

Hufflepuff House Quiz #2

Hello Hufflepuff! This week's House Quiz is in Herbology.



Unscramble the names of the potions ingredients listed below and post the list on your blogs. Then create your own word scrambles for the final 3 questions, and see if your fellow students can learn a bit more about you. There will be a drawing for a prize from my LYS.

To make it a bit easier for you, all the potions ingredients can be found here. Good luck!

Potions Ingredients
1. colimamhe

2. hianeaecc

3. lgveoa

4. nsaie

5. itlhhawcez (2 words)

6. ladeevrn

7. oynranlype

8. iwelnrepki

9. aavvakka (2 words)

10. waoalhmlsrm (2 words)

11. gseginn

12. uwgtrmo

13. What is your favorite thing to do besides knit and crochet?

14. Do you collect anything? (yes and no are invalid answers)

15. What is your favorite flower?

Huzzah Hufflepuff! Let's get 100% blogging this week so we can keep the lead for the house cup.