Harry Potter
Your Hardworking Brain
Magical Creatures
100

This is the first spell Hermione ever performs on-screen in The Sorcerer's Stone.

What is Alohomora?

100

This part of your brain helps you to think, set goals, recognize emotions, and take good care of your feelings.

What is the prefrontal cortex or thoughtful turtle?

100

This loyal creature pulls the carriages at Hogwarts and can only be seen by those who have witnessed death.

What is a Thestral?

200

Before Harry, this wizard was the last known Parselmouth at Hogwarts.

Who is Tom Riddle (Lord Voldemort)?

200

Our feelings and actions are influenced by and connected to this within the "magic triangle."

What are thoughts?

200

These small, mischievous blue creatures caused chaos during Gilderoy Lockhart’s class.

What are Cornish Pixies?

300

This is the name of the goblin who helped Harry break into Bellatrix’s vault.

Who is Griphook?

300

One way to positively reframe the thought, "I'm not good at anything!!!" (Multiple correct answers!)

I don't feel like I'm good at this yet, and there's other things I'm good at too.

300

This dangerous serpent-like creature can kill with a single glance.

What is a Basilisk?

400

This type of magical object stores a portion of a person's soul to grant immortality.

What is a Horcrux?

400

Things that can be helpful to do when you notice yourself becoming mad.

What is drawing, talking to a family member, taking space in room, moving your body, bubble breathing.

400

Hagrid illegally raised this fire-breathing creature from an egg and named it Norbert(a).

What is a Norwegian Ridgeback (dragon)?

500

The Deathly Hallows are the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone, and this item.

What is the Invisibility Cloak?

500

This part of your brain can be super-sensitive and take it's job a little tooooo seriously... so much so that even when there's not a dangerous threat directly in front of you, it still acts like there is.

What is the amygdala or the protective porcupine?

500

This shape-shifting creature takes the form of a person’s worst fear.

What is a Boggart?