Harry Potter
What are the three D’s of a successful Apparition?
Destination, determination and deliberation
What is the difference between the "Chinese Fire Dragon" in Harry Potter and the Chinese Imperial Dragon lore in real life?
The Dragon breathes fire, which is more European Lore - Chinese Dragon Lore has them control the Weather (water in particular)
What is the name of the shape of an airplane's wing?
Airfoil
How many points do you receive for scoring a goal?
10
What causes the black paper to catch fire with the projector?
The parabolic mirror
What is Voldemort’s mother’s name?
Merope Gaunt
What is the Golden Rule of "Defence against Misconceptions Class"?
Respect the lore, but trust the science!
What is the difference between a polar and a nonpolar molecule
polar means oppositely charged (with dipoles), and non-polar means equally charged.
How long was the longest Quidditch Game in history?
3 months
What concept does the pen in a bottle demonstrate?
Newton's First Law: Inertia; objects at rest will stay at rest
What is the name of the magical creature that can only be seen by those who have witnessed death?
Thestral
What are the steps in "Defence Against Misconceptions" to determining if something is science or lore?
O.W.L
Observe the phenomenon
Weigh the Evidence
Logic and Defence
What are the 4 forces of flight?
Lift, Drag, Weight, and Thrust
Who wrote the book "Quidditch through the Ages"
Kennilworthy Whisp's
What is the Doppler effect?
When a wave source is in motion, the wavelength of the emitted waves is observed to change by an observer along its direction of motion.
Who is in the first memory Professor Dumbledore shows Harry in the Pensieve?
Bob Ogden, an employee of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement
What type of wizard tends to search for bowtruckels? Why?
Wand makers! Bowtruckles live in trees, good for wandmaking
How much cooler does it get outside when a full solar eclipse happens?
10 degrees F
During his time in Hogwarts, Harry owned 2 different brooms - which brooms were they?
Nimbus 2000 and a Firebolt
What stores the energy in potential energy?
Gravity
Which four characters hold the position of Minister of Magic throughout the books?
Cornelius Fudge, Rufus Scrimgeour, Pius Thicknesse and Kingsley Shacklebolt
Cultural Lore is often driven by _______ data while science uses ______ data
Embodied (what we feel) and Measurable
If you fly twice as fast on a broom, how much more drag will you experience pushing back?
4x more Drag
What is the only other way to win a Quidditch game besides catching the Snitch?
Scoring 150 pts more than the opposing team
What is the name of the force that opposes gravity?
The normal force