Houzz Quiz: How Well Do You Know Harry Potter?
Got your hands on 'Harry Potter and The Cursed Child'? Relive the magic with that and this 7-question quiz
Relive the drama of the wizarding world by taking our quiz. If you consider yourself the Muggle-born design expert on the Harry Potter series, show your eye for detail by answering 7 questions (in honour of the first 7 books, of course) on some of the not-so-obvious design elements from the final book.
Ready to get started? Answer the following questions as best you can (no cheating), and check your answers against those underneath the last two photos. It's worth getting off your high hippogriff and giving it a try:
1. What are the official colors of each of the four student houses at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?
2. Harry's Aunt, Petunia Dursley, designed the entire interior of their over-the-top house on Privet Drive. Judging from the look of her home, what is Petunia Dursley's favorite color?
3. What is the exterior of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour's cottage made out of?
2. Harry's Aunt, Petunia Dursley, designed the entire interior of their over-the-top house on Privet Drive. Judging from the look of her home, what is Petunia Dursley's favorite color?
3. What is the exterior of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour's cottage made out of?
4. What are the columns and floors in Gringotts Wizarding Bank made out of?
5. What architectural feature hides the entrance to the Headmaster's office at Hogwarts?
6. How many doors and windows does the Shrieking Shack have?
5. What architectural feature hides the entrance to the Headmaster's office at Hogwarts?
6. How many doors and windows does the Shrieking Shack have?
7. What type of decorative animals roam around the grounds of Malfoy Manor?
Bonus question: What type of stones are in the hilt of Godric Gryffindor's Sword?
Next: Check your answers
Bonus question: What type of stones are in the hilt of Godric Gryffindor's Sword?
Next: Check your answers
1. Slytherin's colors are silver and green, Gryffindor's are scarlet and gold, Hufflepuff's are black and yellow, Ravenclaw's are blue and bronze.
2. Pink! With plenty of lacey accents.
3. True to its name, Shell Cottage (located right on the beach) is covered with overlapping shells.
4. The impressive main floor of Gringotts (although not as impressive as the massive caverns beneath it) is lined with stately marble columns and an elegant marble floor.
5. The Headmaster's office is slyly hidden behind a stone gargoyle in one of Hogwarts's hallways.
6. Gotcha! Trick question. The Shrieking Shack actually has no working doors or windows. The only entrance is through a tunnel under the Whomping Willow on Hogwarts's grounds.
7. A sort of tribute to the white hair that seems to run in the family, Malfoy Manor has several albino peacocks wandering the expansive estate.
2. Pink! With plenty of lacey accents.
3. True to its name, Shell Cottage (located right on the beach) is covered with overlapping shells.
4. The impressive main floor of Gringotts (although not as impressive as the massive caverns beneath it) is lined with stately marble columns and an elegant marble floor.
5. The Headmaster's office is slyly hidden behind a stone gargoyle in one of Hogwarts's hallways.
6. Gotcha! Trick question. The Shrieking Shack actually has no working doors or windows. The only entrance is through a tunnel under the Whomping Willow on Hogwarts's grounds.
7. A sort of tribute to the white hair that seems to run in the family, Malfoy Manor has several albino peacocks wandering the expansive estate.
Bonus question: Rubies — red stones in a gold hilt for the scarlet and gold colors of Gryffindor!
If you scored…
0-2: Time to study up, Muggle. Crabbe and Goyle could do better!
3-5: Not too bad, but it looks like you've got a little bit of Luna Lovegood in you — smart, but with your head in the clouds.
6-7: You're quite the Hermione Granger, aren't you? Did you ace your N.E.W.T.s too?
All photos courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
If you scored…
0-2: Time to study up, Muggle. Crabbe and Goyle could do better!
3-5: Not too bad, but it looks like you've got a little bit of Luna Lovegood in you — smart, but with your head in the clouds.
6-7: You're quite the Hermione Granger, aren't you? Did you ace your N.E.W.T.s too?
All photos courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
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