'HARRY POTTER' QUIZ

Are you wild about 'Harry Potter'?

Would you vote for 'Harry Potter' for best picture? Take the quiz below to see how enchanted you were by the film. Then hit 'Submit' to make the results apparate at the end.

Illustration by Johanna Goodman / For The Times

By Glenn Whipp, Special to the Los Angeles Times


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  • 1. You read the "Potter" books:

    • A. Before seeing the movies.

    • B. After the movies inspired me to go back to the source material.

    • C. Uh...you do know they're for children, right?

  • 2. You saw "Deathly Hallows":

    • A. For a brief moment when I removed my sleep mask on the airplane.

    • B. Not yet. Waiting for the screener.

    • C. At the midnight screening, opening day.

  • 3. He Who Must Not Be Named is:

    • A. Frank McCourt.

    • B. He who must not be...huh?

    • C. Lord Voldemort.

  • 4. You voted best picture for "Lord of the Rings" movies:

    • A. Thrice!

    • B. Twice.

    • C. Never. And still steamed that the last one actually won over "Mystic River."

  • 5. British actors:

    • A. Poach parts that belong to more deserving Americans. Stop exporting jobs, Hollywood!

    • B. Brilliant!

  • 6. If you had a magic wand, you'd:

    • A. Open a butterbeer microbrewery.

    • B. Make J.K. Rowling write another "Potter" book.

    • C. End world hunger by turning every in-print "Harry Potter" book into a delicious noodle dish.

  • 7. Moaning Myrtle is:

    • A. Ghost who cries whenever death is mentioned.

    • B. Two parts coconut rum, two parts pineapple juice, two parts cranberry juice, one part peach schnapps. Garnish with pineapple slice.

  • 8. When adapting a beloved book for screen:

    • A. The source material is everything. Squeeze as much in as possible.

    • B. Use the source material as a starting point to make something cinematic.

  • 9. When you hear: "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter — Now Open at Universal Orlando," you think:

    • A. I want to vacation there!

    • B. I want to live there!

    • C. When does the David Lynch theme park open?

  • 10. Definitive Alan Rickman performance:

    • A. Hans Gruber in "Die Hard."

    • B. Severus Snape in the "Potter" series.

    • C. Col. Brandon in "Sense and Sensibility."

  • 11. Momentous "Potter"-related moment:

    • A. Harry finally brings down Voldemort.

    • B. Emma Watson turns 18!

  • 12. Quidditch:

    • A. Should be an Olympic sport in 2012. (Perfect timing, too! It's London!)

    • B. No, thank you. I just ate.

  • 13. "Potter"-wear in your close includes a...

    • A. Scarf.

    • B. Gryffindor robe.

    • C. Frayed scrap of a shirt torn off Rupert Grint's back while he ran away from me.

  • 14. A best picture nominee should:

    • A. Be reserved for movies that are works of groundbreaking cinema.

    • B. Make me laugh, make me cry and move me to wonder.

    • C. Print money for the studio that financed it.

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