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Olive Hornby Quiz
Olive Hornby Quiz
Which House was Olive Hornby sorted into at Hogwarts?
She was a Ravenclaw student with Moaning Myrtle
She was a Slytherin, like Tom Riddle
She was the first Gryffindor prefect in her year
Her House is never revealed in canon
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What reason did Myrtle give for haunting Olive so persistently?
Olive’s betrayal of the chamber’s secret
Olive’s use of a Dark Mark charm
Olive’s jealousy over Myrtle’s grades
Olive’s teasing about her glasses
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What family event did Myrtle crash to haunt Olive?
Olive’s brother’s wedding
Olive’s own engagement ceremony
Olive’s graduation from Hogwarts
A family reunion hosted at the Leaky Cauldron
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What recurring theme does Olive’s story illustrate?
Romance between ghost and student
Dark magic in pureblood families
Bullying and posthumous justice
Academic rivalry among girls
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Why did the Ministry finally intervene in Myrtle’s haunting?
Olive became a ghost herself
Dumbledore demanded a formal inquiry
Myrtle attempted to possess Olive
Olive begged them due to years of torment
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What prompted the Ministry to confine Moaning Myrtle to Hogwarts?
Myrtle broke into the Ministry of Magic
Dumbledore asked for Myrtle to help with security
Olive Hornby filed a complaint about being haunted
Olive Hornby died and released the haunting
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Which major event was Olive Hornby directly involved in?
Discovering Myrtle’s dead body after the Basilisk attack
Attending Voldemort’s rise in the Great Hall
Fighting in the Battle of Hogwarts
Witnessing Sirius Black’s arrest
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What is implied about Olive Hornby's fate by the mid-1990s?
She published a memoir about Myrtle
She was teaching Divination at Hogwarts
She worked for the Department of Mysteries
She had died by then
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What symbolic theme connects Olive and Myrtle's names?
Both are references to mythical witches
Their names are acronyms of Latin hexes
They share names of famous magical creatures
Both are named after plants associated with memory and peace
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Why is Olive’s name significant in the context of Myrtle’s ghost story?
It means “betrayer” in Gobbledegook
It evokes irony, as olives symbolize peace
It was used in a prophecy about Hogwarts’ ghosts
It is an anagram for “evil honor by”
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Which year did Olive attend Hogwarts relative to Myrtle?
Same era, early 1940s
Ten years after Myrtle
During Dumbledore’s headmastership
Same time as Harry Potter
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What was Olive Hornby best known for in Hogwarts history?
She was Head Girl during the Chamber of Secrets attacks
She invented a charm to silence ghosts
She bullied Myrtle Warren, leading to Myrtle's death
She created the Marauder's Map with her classmates
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What kind of behavior got Olive on Myrtle’s bad side at school?
Mocking Myrtle’s glasses and appearance
Spreading lies about Myrtle’s parentage
Casting pranks on Myrtle’s dormitory
Competing for Head Girl against Myrtle
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Where did Olive most likely live after graduating Hogwarts?
In a flat in Hogsmeade
In the Ravenclaw tower guest quarters
Within Ministry housing for alumni
Not specified in canon
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Who asked Olive to search for the missing Myrtle in 1943?
Professor Horace Slughorn
Tom Riddle
Professor Albus Dumbledore
Headmaster Armando Dippet
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What role did Olive’s actions play in Myrtle’s death?
She tricked Myrtle into a duel with the Basilisk
They indirectly led Myrtle to the fatal bathroom
She gave Tom Riddle the password to open the chamber
She dared Myrtle to use an illegal potion
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How does Myrtle describe haunting Olive at a wedding?
She tried to curse the groom
She snuck in quietly to observe
She impersonated Olive’s mother
She crashed it with joy and made a scene
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Who was haunted by the ghost of Moaning Myrtle?
Rose Zeller
Patricia Stimpson
Owen Cauldwell
Olive Hornby
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What was the Ministry's ruling on Myrtle's haunting of Olive?
They exorcised Myrtle completely
They transferred Myrtle to a Muggle cemetery
They restricted Myrtle to Hogwarts bathrooms
They awarded Olive ghost immunity
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Which magical department handled Olive's complaint?
Department of Mysteries
Ministry of Magic, Ghost Division
Wizengamot Law Enforcement Office
Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures
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Why did Moaning Myrtle begin haunting Olive Hornby?
Because Olive summoned her using necromancy
To reveal the secret of the Chamber of Secrets
To take revenge for being mocked about her glasses
Because Olive killed her in the bathroom
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What age was Olive Hornby likely to be during Myrtle’s death?
Underage and not yet sorted
Around 13–14 years old
In her seventh year at Hogwarts
Already graduated and teaching
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What complaint did Olive eventually make to the Ministry?
That Myrtle’s ghost wouldn’t stop haunting her
That Hogwarts expelled her unjustly
That Myrtle had cursed her family heirloom
That she was wrongly accused of Myrtle’s murder
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Which trait does Olive represent in Myrtle’s backstory?
Loyalty to her best friend
Bravery in confronting dark magic
Cruelty masked as schoolgirl teasing
Leadership in ghostly affairs
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Why did Myrtle say Olive “never forgot” her death?
Because Olive carved a memorial plaque
Because Olive was the last to speak with her
Because Myrtle haunted her relentlessly
Because Myrtle saved her life in return
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What was Olive’s reaction to finding Myrtle’s body?
She was in a state of shock
She summoned Moaning Myrtle’s ghost
She laughed and walked away
She cast Lumos to check her pulse
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What location did Myrtle haunt after being confined by the Ministry?
Third-floor forbidden corridor
First-floor girls’ bathroom at Hogwarts
Dungeon corridor near the Potions classroom
Prefect’s bathroom near the Ravenclaw dorms
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Which Hogwarts ghost famously boasted about haunting Olive?
The Grey Lady
Peeves the Poltergeist
The Bloody Baron
Moaning Myrtle
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How does Myrtle’s story with Olive end canonically?
Olive dies and joins Myrtle in haunting
Olive defeats Myrtle in a duel of spirits
Both become ghosts who haunt bathrooms
Myrtle is ordered to return to Hogwarts forever
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What emotion did Myrtle express watching Olive find her body?
Indifference to Olive’s shock
Sadness for Olive’s trauma
Anger toward Olive’s lateness
Delight at Olive’s horror
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