You know you have a bad case of Potter when...

♦ You refer to people who have not read the books as “muggles”.
♦ You know more about the Ministry of Magic than you do about your own government.
♦ You know your House, you’ve taken the sorting hat quizzes a million times.
♦ You want/have a Deathly Hallows tattoo. 
♦ You hate people who do not know the difference between an animagus and a werewolf but call themselves Potterheads. 
♦ You know all the spells by heart and can win a duel even with Voldemort... because you have practised so hard. 
♦ You can have a hundred Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans — earwax, vomit, earthworm et al — for the chance to spend a day at Hogwarts.
♦ In your mind you sort every person you meet into a House.
♦ You know your Patronus.
♦ You refuse to date anyone who hasn’t read the HP books or someone who says “It’s over. It has been years. Move on.”
♦ Whenever it’s foggy, you wonder if there are dementors outside.
♦ Every year you cut a cake on July 31. 

Sunandita Ghosh
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A Harry Potter trivia quiz for the serious fan

1. What is the first ever password to the Gryffindor Tower?
2. In which book is the Room of Requirement first mentioned and who was the user?
3. What is the password for the prefects’ bathroom on the fifth floor?
4. How many staircases are there in Hogwarts? 
5. What is Arthur Weasley’s greatest obsession? 
6. What form does Hermione’s boggart take?
7. Which year did Lily and James Potter die?
8. What subjects does Harry fail in his O.W.L.S.?
9. How many secret passageways are there out of Hogwarts?
10. What is Albus Dumbledore’s full name?

Compiled by t2 Potterheads

Answers

1. Caput Draconis
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Prof Dumbledore
3. Pine Fresh
4. 142
5. To find out how airplanes stay up
6. Professor McGonagall telling her she failed all her exams
7. 1981
8. History of Magic and Divination
9. Seven
10. Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore