The Marauders
The Marauder who was not an animagus.
Who was Remus Lupin?
Make no assumptions! The beginning of this creature's name is Greek, making the rough meaning something like, "Horse griffin".
What is a Hippogriff?
Canonically, two witches were put on chocolate frog cards after the end of the series. One was Hermione Granger. The other was this member of Hogwarts staff.
Who is Minerva McGonagall?
Of the four founders of Hogwarts, only this one did not have an artifact turned into one of Voldemort's horcruxes.
Who was Godric Gryffindor?
"Did you put your name in the goblet of fire?" is infamously followed by this dialogue tag in the book.
What is "Dumbledore asked calmly."?
He is the only one of the four confirmed to have a sibling.
Who was Sirius Black?
While Xenophilious and Luna Lovegood both believed in them at one point, word of the author tells us they probably do not exist.
What are crumple-horned snorkacks?
This minor character was placed under the imperious curse by Draco Malfoy in The Half-blood Prince.
Who is Rosemeretta?
Three pieces of jewelry were made into horcruxes. This one also happened to be one of the Deathly Hallows.
What is the resurrection stone/Marvolo Gaunt's ring?
This line, spoken by Hermione in the movie version of Prisoner of Azkaban, was originally said by Ron in the book.
What is, "If you want to kill Harry, you'll have to kill us too!"?
The two marauders confirmed as pure-bloods
Who are James and Sirius?
In The Goblet of Fire Harry is presented a riddle to which the answer is "Spider", however, his first thought is this creature, which he had been caring for all year.
What is a blast-ended skrewt?
Who is Molly Weasley?
Moaning Myrtle's death preceded the creation of this horcrux.
What is Tom Riddle's diary?
In The Prisoner of Azkaban Snape insults Hermione in class, calling her "an insufferable know-it-all". In the books, Ron defends her, while in the movies, he simply says this.
What is, "He's got a point, you know."?
Of the four marauders, he is the only one whose mother goes unnamed.
Who is Peter Pettigrew?
(According to JK Rowling, Lupin's mother is a muggle named Hope.)
The endangered magical creature upon which the original golden snitch was based.
What is a snidget?
The magizoologist who married Rolf Scamander (grandson of Newt Scamander).
Who is Luna Lovegood?
*The second Peverell brother and first owner of the resurrection stone.
Who was Cadmus Peverell?
In the movie version of The Goblet of Fire, the song of the golden egg was cut down quite significantly, ending at "an hour through you'll have to look to recover what we took", but the book version ends much more ominously with this line:
What is, "But past an hour, the prospect's black. To late, it's gone, it won't come back."?
Counting from the time of their meeting to the death of the last marauder, the group lasted this long.
What is 27 years?
This creature was a major part in the downfall of Albus Dumbledore's production of The Fountain of Fair Fortune.
What is an ashwinder?
The woman murdered by Voldemort in Malfoy Manor at the begining of Deathly Hallows.
Who was Charity Burbage?
The victim of Voldemort's third horcrux.
Who was Hepzibah Smith?
In both the book and movie versions of The Deathly Hallows Harry and Ron have a fight which ends in the latter storming off. While in the movie, Ron coldly tells Harry, "Your parents are dead! You have no family!" the closest book quote is this less stinging line directed at both Harry and Hermione.
What is, "It's alright for you two, isn't it, with your parents safely out of the way."?