more fun quiz questions/my answers

[Susan McGee]

No: HPFGUIDX 9537

and apologies to those who found them too easy, I'm just making this 
up as I go along...

Oh, if I were Whoopi Goldberg (who went to the people at Star Trek:
The Next Generation and said I want to be in Star Trek TNG, and they
said, Oh, gosh, we can't afford you, and she said you don't 
understand, I want to do this, you don't need to pay me, if I were 
Whoopi Goldberg I could go to those doing the HP movie and convince 
them to let me in it!)


> 
> The Knight Bus had a conductor, Stan Shunpike, but what was the 
name of the 
> driver? 

Answer: Ernie Prang, an elderly wizard wearing very thick glasses




> 
> What is the name of the Weasley family owl? 

Errol

> 
> How many galleons did Arthur Weasley win in the Daily Prophet  
Draw? 

700
> 
> Name the person most important to Fleur in the GoF...and their 
exact 
> relationship...

Gabrielle, her sister

> 
> While the Weasley family was in Egypt, where was Hermione?

"on holiday in France" according to her note to Harry

> 
> What did Madame Maxine's steeds need to drink?

single-malt whiskey

> 
> In the PS/SS, a friend of Dudley's goes with Dudley, Vernon, 
Petunia and > Harry to the zoo. What was his name and what was his 
usual practice? And 
> where was the snake from?

Piers Polkiss, a scrawny boy with a face like a rat, was usually the 
one who held people's arms behind their backs while Dudley hit them

Trick question. The boa was born in captivity. He was native to 
Brazil.
> 
>  Aunt Marge's dog chased Harry up a tree.  What was the dog's name? 
(and why 
> did he do nothing during the night?)

Ripper. Harry accidentally stepped on Ripper's tail.
The dog doing nothing in the night is a Sherlock Holmes reference.


> 
>  What is Uncle Vernons drill making company called? 

Grunnings
> 
>  What is the tavern that leads into Diagon Alley (sorry about the 
typo) called?

The Leaky Cauldron, a famous place

> 
>  What was the name of the wizard who bowed to Harry in the street 
before 
> Harry knew he was a wizard?

Dedalus Diggle bowed to Harry in the SHOP...NOT the street
 
> 
> Who was the prime suspect for setting off fireworks upon the demise 
of Lord 
> Voldemort?

We only know who Professor McGonagall suspects...

"Shooting stars down in Kent --I'll bet that was Dedalus Diggle.
He never had much sense."

> 
> There was a substitute teacher for Professor Hagrid while he was 
reeling 
> under the attacks
> of Rita Skeeter? Name? And what did the class learn about?

Grubbly-Plank teaches them about unicorns

> 
> Dumbledore likes to listen to chamber music in his spare time and 
what else 
> (according to the card)?

Ten pin bowling


> 
> What are Bill Weasley's boots made from?
> 
> 
Dragon hide (NOT Diagon hide)