Potions

Question 1

In Harry’s first lesson with Snape, what is the first potion the class learn to make?

Answer 1

A potion to cure boils

Question 2

What colour is a Shrinking Solution supposed to be?

Answer 2

Acid green

Question 3

What would you get if you added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?

Answer 3

Draught of the living dead

Question 4

What O.W.L. result did Harry get in Potions?

Answer 4

Exceeds expectations

Question 5

Select all that apply:

What ingredients do you need to make a Polyjuice Potion?

• Fluxweed
• Shrivelfig
• Leeches
• Lacewing flies
• Knotgrass

Answer 5

Fluxweed, Leeches, Lacewing flies, Knotgrass

Question 6

How many hours of good luck were contained in the bottle of Felix Felicis Professor Slughorn offered as a prize?

Answer 6

12 hours

Question 7

When tasked to brew ‘something amusing’ what did Harry make for Professor Slughorn?

Answer 7

An elixir to induce euphoria

Question 8

After being attacked by Nagini in Order of the Phoenix, what potion did Arthur have to take every hour during his recovery?

Answer 8

Blood-replenishing potion

Question 9

Who was the writer of Magical Drafts and Potions?

Answer 9

Arsenius Jigger

Question 10

Muggles can make potions if they had the right ingredients. True or false?

Answer 10

False

Question 11

Which potion is distinctive because of its ‘mother-of-pearl sheen’?

Answer 11

Amortentia

Question 12

Which potion did poor Trevor the toad have to test out?

Answer 12

Shrinking solution

Question 13

Which potions book did Hermione read to learn how to make Polyjuice Potion?

Answer 13

Moste Potente Potions

Question 14

What colour is Veritaserum?

Answer 14

Clear

Question 15

Select all that apply:

Which scents does Harry smell when he sniffs Amortentia?

• Broomstick wood
• Butterbeer
• Treacle heart
• Hedwig’s feathers
• Something flowery from the burrow

Answer 15

Broomstick wood, treacle heart, and something flowery from the burrow