[the_old_crowd] Re: Exceeds Expectations???

[Kathy King]

On 4/8/06, carolynwhite2 <carolynwhite2 at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Talisman" <talisman22457 at ...>
> wrote:
> >>
> > We could have a thorough rehash, if folks want to.
> >
> > We could post a set of the exam questions, so everyone who wanted
> to participate could have them for reference.
> >
> > Then, each of us could prepare a post.  It would indicate the score
> > received followed by the number of each question and the letter of
> > the answer chosen for it--to the best of our recollection.
> >
> > We could put it all on a grid, and see what sifts out.
> >
> > Anyone game?
> >
>
> Well, here are the questions which I typed up for another list. Let
> the rehash begin.
>
> Carolyn
> Who fortunately Exceeded Expectations too, and is now in possession
> of a Grade 1 W.O.M.B.A.T., which I plan to pin up with my Girl Guide
> and bicycling certificates.
>
> Snow:


Answering to the best of my recollection:

*************
>
> PART ONE: MAGICAL LAW
>
> 1. Which Ministry of Magic Department(s) and/or committee(s) would
> you contact to resolve each of the following dilemmas?
>
> Part 1
> Your neighbour is concealing a stash of flying carpets, some of which
> he is allowing to fly loose around his back garden.
> (a) Wizengamot
> (b) Department of International Magical Cooperation
> (c) Misuse of Muggle Artefacts office
> (d) Obliviators
> (e) All of the above
> (f) None of the above


Snow:
(b)

Part 2
> Your friend C possesses a Muggle Penny Farthing (old bicycle) that
> has been enchanted to skim an inch above the ground, achieving speeds
> over 100mph. C did not personally enchant the Penny Farthing, never
> rides it and merely wishes to keep it 'for sentimental reasons' as it
> was her grandmothers.
> (a) Department of Magical Transport
> (b) Improper Use of Magic Office
> (c) Obliviators
> (d) Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office
> (e)Committee on Experimental Charms
> (f) None of the above


Snow:
(f)

Part 3
> Your sixteen year old nephew, D, has hexed his seventeen year old
> sister, E. E has retaliated with a Stunning Spell that missed D and
> hit a Muggle motorist, who has smashed into a lamppost.
> (a) Department of Magical Accidents and catastrophes
> (b) Department of Magical Accidents and catastrophes and Oblivator
> Squad
> (c) Department of Magical Accidents and catastrophes, Oblivator Squad
> and Improper Use of Magic Office
> (d) Department of Magical Accidents and catastrophes, Oblivator
> Squad, Improper Use of Magic Office and Wizengamot


Snow:
(c)

Part 4
> Your friends wizard A and wizard B are in dispute over which of them
> owns a field in which Mooncalfs dance periodically. A accuses B of
> using a nightly Summoning charm to collect the precious Mooncalf dung
> which is rightfully A's.
> (a) Improper Use of Magic Office
> (b) Wizengamot
> (c) Pest Advisory Board
> (d) Improper Use of Magic Office and Wizengamot
> (e) Improper Use of Magic Office and Pest Advisory Board
> (f) Wizengamot and Pest Advisory Board


Snow:
(e)

Part 5
> Witch F fed love potion to a Muggle man, who has married her. When
> you went around with a wedding gift you discovered she is using him
> as an occasional table.
> (a) Auror Office
> (b) Misuse of Magic Office
> (c) Obliviators
> (d) Wizengamot
> (e) All of the above
> (f) None of the above


Snow:
(b) Never heard of a Misuse of Magic Office but it fit for me

2. Which of the following should be most SEVERELY punished by the
> Wizengamot?
> (a) The injury of three Muggles due to a poorly performed
> Forgetfulness Charm
> (b) The death of a chicken due to a poorly aimed Bat-Bogey hex
> (c) The use of the Cruciatus curse on a shark about to attack a Muggle
> (d) The use of the Imperius curse on a Muggle mugger


Snow:
(d) greater of the three evils and if the unforgivables are just that...

3. Which of the following should receive the LIGHTEST punishment from
> the Wizengamot?
> (a) Horns created accidentally on culprit's mother, caused by broken
> wand
> (b) Jellylegs Jinx performed on threatening Muggle
> (c) Breeding fanged Puffskeins
> (d) Underage witch performs Cleaning Charms in privacy of own home


Snow:
(d)

4. Which of the following does NOT require a Ministry of Magic
> license?
> (a) Crup ownership
> (b) Sale of Magical Artefacts
> (c) House-elf ownership
> (d) Apparition


Snow:
(b) Crup and House-elf are ownership and Crup needs a licence so...and
 apparition needs a licence

5. Which of the following wizarding laws, in your view, stands in
> most urgent need of change?
> (a) The detection of under-age magic in all magic households
> (currently impossible)
> (b) The ban on goblin possession of wands (ought to be lifted)
> (c) The re-classification of centaurs and merpeople (ought to take
> their views into account)
> (d) The guidelines on house-elf welfare (need to be enforced)
> (e) Definitions of `muggle baiting' (need to be made less stringent)


Snow
(c) {yet...notice the 'ought to' and the 'need to be' statements emphasized}
and yet it is in your view

PART TWO: MAGICAL TRANSPORT
>
> 6. Which mode of transportation would you advise for a young mother
> travelling with one-year old twins with a low boredom threshold, her
> grandmother, who suffers from severe motion sickness, and her
> husband, who has never mastered the three `D's' ?
>
> (a) Apparition
> (b) Broomsticks
> (c) Floo powder
> (d) Knight bus
> (e) Portkey


Snow:
(e)

7. Which of the following unorthodox  means of transport is
> considered the most serious breach of the International Statute of
> Secrecy
>
> (a) Thestrals
> (b) Abraxan horse-drawn giant carriages
> (c) Hippogriff
> (d) Flying muggle vehicle (eg, car, motorcycle)
> (e) Underwater ship


Snow:
(d)

8. Which mode(s) of transportation could you use to reach/enter each
> of the following wizarding institutions?
>
> Part 1 Azkaban
> (a) Brooms
> (b) Brooms/floo powder
> (c) Brooms/Knight bus
> (d) Brooms/Floo powder/Knight bus
> (e) Brooms/Floo powder/Knight bus/Apparition


Snow:
(a)

Part 2 Gringotts
> (a) Brooms
> (b) Brooms/floo powder
> (c) Brooms/Knight bus
> (d) Brooms/Floo powder/Knight bus
> (e) Brooms/Floo powder/Knight bus/Apparition


Snow:
(c)

Part 3 Hogwarts
> (a) Brooms
> (b) Brooms/floo powder
> (c) Brooms/Knight bus
> (d) Brooms/Floo powder/Knight bus
> (e) Brooms/Floo powder/Knight bus/Apparition


Snow:
(a)

Part 4 Ministry of Magic
> (a) Brooms
> (b) Brooms/floo powder
> (c) Brooms/Knight bus
> (d) Brooms/Floo powder/Knight bus
> (e) Brooms/Floo powder/Knight bus/Apparition


Snow:
(e)

Part 5 St Mungos
> (a) Brooms
> (b) Brooms/floo powder
> (c) Brooms/Knight bus
> (d) Brooms/Floo powder/Knight bus
> (e) Brooms/Floo powder/Knight bus/Apparition


Snow:
(c)

PART THREE: EVERYDAY MAGIC
>
> 9. Which of the following would, in your opinion, provide the best
> security for a convention of broomstick salesman in a large, Fire-
> bolt shaped marquee?
>
> (a) Fidelius Charm
> (b) Muggle-repelling charm
> (c) Confundus charm
> (d) Disillusionment charm
> (e) Unplottable marquee
> (f) Forgetfulness charm
> (g) Giant three-headed dog


Snow:
(e) the convention is held in a large shaped marquee; make it unplottable

10. Which of the following should not be used in cooking?
>
> (a) Alihotsy leaves
> (b) Bubotuber pus
> (c) Daisy roots
> (d) Dragon blood
> (e) Mandrake leaves
> (f) Murtlap tentacles
> (g) Shrake


Snow:
(f)

11. Which of the following would most effectively clean up a spillage
> of wart cap powder?

(a) Deletrius
> (b) Diffindo
> (c) Episkey
> (d) Evanesco
> (e) Scourgify
> (f) Tergeo
> (g) Mrs Skower's All Purpose Magical Mess Remover


Snow:
(d) its a dry spill

12. A doxy-bite can be healed most quickly and safely using:
>
> (a) Bubotuber pus
> (b) Bundimen secretion
> (c) Dittany
> (d) Dr Ubbly's Oblivius Unction
> (e) Murtlap essence
> (f) Reparo
> (g) Skele-gro
> (h) Spellotape


Snow:
(e)

13. Which of the following commonly held wizarding beliefs is
> actually true?
>
> (a) If an inanimate object appears to think for itself, Dark
> Magic has been involved in its creation
> (b) The use of magic in front of a Muggle is prohibited unless
> the witch or wizard is under threat of personal injury
> (c) Releasing a Portkey before it has arrived will result in
> death or serious injury
> (d) `Finite Incatatum' should be used as a precaution when a
> Muggle rings the doorbell
> (e) Bad luck can be prevented by turning three times on the spot
> and deliberately splinching one's thumbs


Snow:
(b) I thought about (a) but Mr. Weasley was the only one I ever heard say
that

PART FOUR: THE NATURAL WORLD
>
> 14. Which of the following small creatures would you CHOOSE to
> accompany you on a perilous journey?
>
> (a) Augurey
> (b) Crup
> (c) Jarvey
> (d) Kneazle
> (e) Murtlap
> (f) Niffler
> (g) Runespoor


Snow:
(d)

15. Which of the following is NOT listed as a pest by the Pest
> Advisory Board?
>
> (a) Bundimen
> (b) Chizpurfle
> (c) Doxy
> (d) Gnome
> (e) Horklump
> (f) Knarl
> (g) Pixie


Snow:
(g)

16. A dog acting in a suspiciously un-canine manner is most likely to
> be:
>
> (a) An animagus
> (b) A boggart
> (c) A Crup (or part Crup)
> (d) A grim
> (e) Imperius-ed
> (f) Magically trained
> (g) A Patronus


Snow:
(a)

17. Which of the following plants has NO curative, restorative or
> protective properties?
>
> (a) Alihotsy shrub
> (b) Belladonna
> (c) Bubotuber
> (d) Snargluff tree
> (e) Venomous Tentacular
> (f) Wolfsbane
> (g) Whomping Willow


Snow:
(g)

To the best of my recolection this was the way I answered, which is probably
why I got an Acceptable grade...then again I don't take it to heart for
there is more here than meets the eye, of that I am sure...even if it is
simply to deter our currant thoughts on the profound ending.


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