Do you really recall that girl whose teasing sent a sensitive student into a bathroom stall for a face-to-face with a Basilisk? Her cruelty changed the history of Hogwarts ghosts forever, and yet she is often forgotten in the shadow of the girl she tormented. In this Olive Hornby Quiz, we’ll test your ability to guess the student responsible for Moaning Myrtle’s death.

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Olive Hornby Quiz Questions
- What was Olive Hornby best known for in Hogwarts history?
- Which House was Olive Hornby sorted into at Hogwarts?
- Who was haunted by the ghost of Moaning Myrtle?
- Why did Moaning Myrtle begin haunting Olive Hornby?
- What location did Myrtle haunt after being confined by the Ministry?
- What prompted the Ministry to confine Moaning Myrtle to Hogwarts?
- Which major event was Olive Hornby directly involved in?
- Who asked Olive to search for the missing Myrtle in 1943?
- What is implied about Olive Hornby's fate by the mid-1990s?
- What family event did Myrtle crash to haunt Olive?
- What kind of behavior got Olive on Myrtle’s bad side at school?
- What symbolic theme connects Olive and Myrtle's names?
- Why is Olive’s name significant in the context of Myrtle’s ghost story?
- Which Hogwarts ghost famously boasted about haunting Olive?
- Which year did Olive attend Hogwarts relative to Myrtle?
- What emotion did Myrtle express watching Olive find her body?
- What role did Olive’s actions play in Myrtle’s death?
- Why did Myrtle say Olive “never forgot” her death?
- What reason did Myrtle give for haunting Olive so persistently?
- Where did Olive most likely live after graduating Hogwarts?
- What complaint did Olive eventually make to the Ministry?
- Which magical department handled Olive's complaint?
- What was the Ministry's ruling on Myrtle's haunting of Olive?
- What recurring theme does Olive’s story illustrate?
- What age was Olive Hornby likely to be during Myrtle’s death?
- How does Myrtle describe haunting Olive at a wedding?
- Why did the Ministry finally intervene in Myrtle’s haunting?
- What was Olive’s reaction to finding Myrtle’s body?
- Which trait does Olive represent in Myrtle’s backstory?
- How does Myrtle’s story with Olive end canonically?
