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Harry Potter challenge! (You Can Do It?).


Win tickets to the new Harry Potter A potter is someone who makes pottery.

Potter may also refer to: People
  • Potter, Alonzo, Bishop of Pennsylvania
  • Potter, Barnaby (1577–1642), Bishop of Carlisle
  • Potter, Beatrix (1866–1943), British children's writer
 movie for your entire class!

You could take your class to the movies! And win a Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone video game from EA Games. And Harry Potter posters for your entire class. Just answer the questions below using your knowledge of Harry Potter--or your science smarts! (The hints are clues for an encyclopedia encyclopedia, compendium of knowledge, either general (attempting to cover all fields) or specialized (aiming to be comprehensive in a particular field). Encyclopedias and Other Reference Books
 or Internet Internet

Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the
 search.) Then, ask your teacher for an entry form. Send us the entry form and a copy of this quiz A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which the players (as individuals or in teams) attempt to answer questions correctly. Quizzes are also brief assessments used in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and/or skills. , according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 the rules at right. Winners will be selected by a random drawing.
1. On a trip to the zoo, Harry lets loose a

* cobra.
* rattlesnake.
* boa constrictor.

Hint: This snake is non-venomous.

2. The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
  Wizardry train is powered by

* electricity.
* magic.
* steam.

Hint: The train engine produces power when
a material changes from a liquid to a gas.

3. Harry's Quidditch broomstick is a

* Comet Two Sixty.
* Nimbus Two Thousand.
* Cleansweep Seven.

Hint: Harry's broomstick is named after a
cloud.

4. Harry's wand is made from Phoenix
  feather and the wood of a holly tree.
  Hagrid's wand is made of

* willow.
* oak.
* mahogany.

Hint: Hagrid's wand is from a tree belonging
to the genus Quercus.

5. Harry sends messages by owl. His own
  personal owl is a

* snowy owl.
* eagle owl.
* barn owl.

Hint: Harry's owl lives in the arctic tundra in
the summer, where its main food source is
lemmings.
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Date:Nov 12, 2001
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