Harry Potter Professors Quiz

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Harry Potter Professors Quiz
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Harry Potter's professors ranged from brilliant to boring. Test your knowledge of Harry Potter professors in this quiz from HowStuffWorks. Think you have what it takes?
What educational stage must one reach to become a professor at Hogwarts?
Masters in Magic
PhD in Potions
no specific level of education must be reached
What professor did NOT attend Hogwarts?
Hagrid
Firenze
Sybill Trelawney
What subject did Dumbledore teach at Hogwarts before becoming Headmaster?
Potions
Transfiguration
Divination

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What house does Filius Flitwick head?
Slytherin
Hufflepuff
Ravenclaw
What subject does Filius Flitwick teach?
Music
Charms
Magical Mysteries
What is Professor's Flitwick's other job at Hogwarts?
career counselor
chef
choirmaster

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What title did Professor McGonagall eventually receive at Hogwarts?
Honorary Professor
Headmistress
President
What is McGonagall's animagus?
house cat
panther
leopard
Which of Harry's pals eventually becomes Herbology professor at Hogwarts?
Luna Lovegood
Hermione Granger
Neville Longbottom

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What secret did Snape help Remus Lupin keep while Lupin was the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts?
Lupin didn't really like Hermione all that much.
Lupin was in love with Professor McGonagall.
Lupin's identity as a werewolf.
What position was Dolores Umbridge given during her tenure as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?
Hogwarts High Inquisitor
Vice Principal
Quidditch Coach
Who was a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor for a time (albeit in disguise)?
Hagrid
Barty Crouch Jr.
Voldemort

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What position does Madam Rolanda Hooch hold at Hogwarts?
Potions professor
Astronomy professor
Flying Instructor
What professor headed Slytherin during his tenure?
Horace Slughorn
Dolores Umbridge
Neville Longbottom
What professor was loyal to Voldemort?
Rowena Hufflepuff
Quirinus Quirrel
Salazar Slytherin

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What do students learn in Transfiguration?
how to safely use their wands
how to change objects
how to pass their N.E.W.T.s
What class did Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank substitute teach?
Care of Magical Creatures
Potions
Divination
Alecto Carrow joined the Hogwarts staff after the fall of the Ministry of Magic. What did she teach?
Muggle Studies
Pureblood Philosophy
Half-Blood Harassment

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What was one-time Defense Against the Dark Art professor Gilderoy Lockhart's profession before joining the staff?
door-to-door salesman
author
barkeep
What subject does Professor Aurora Sinistra teach?
Potions
Astrology
Astronomy
While not a professor, what does Argus Filch do at Hogwarts?
bus driver
landscaper
caretaker

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Who heads the Herbology Department at Hogwarts?
Pomona Sprout
Minerva McGonagall
Remus Lupin
What punishment did Dolores Umbridge mete out to Harry as his professor?
detention
writing with a Blood Quill, which cut his hand
cleaning toilets
What subject did Severus Snape NOT teach?
Transfiguration
Potions
Defense Against the Dark Arts

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What teacher taught History of Magic?
Leptin Supra
Minerva McGonagall
Cuthbert Binns
Who is Madame Irma Pince?
Hogwarts' cheerleading director
the Hogwarts' librarian
swimming coach
Before Muggle Studies took a sinister turn, who taught a much friendlier version of the subject at Hogwarts?
Charity Burbage
Severus Snape
Filius Flitwick

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What professor was in the Order of the Phoenix?
Minerva McGonagall
Dolores Umbridge
Leptin Supra
What professor was not a wizard?
Firenze
Hagrid
Remus Lupin
What professor had a childhood crush on Lily (Evans) Potter?
Lupin
Snape
Dumbledore

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