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