Remus Lupin Quiz: The Ultimate ‘Moony’ Trivia Challenge

Remus Lupin plays a pretty big role in the Harry Potter series. He starts off the series as a Hogwarts Professor and we see him grow into one of Harry’s top protectors and mentors. We have put together the ultimate Remus Lupin quiz that will test your knowledge of the character. This includes questions about him from the books and movies.

The Ultimate Remus Lupin Quiz

Instructions: All you have to do is answer the questions below and we will give you a result at the end. It will automatically move you on to the next question after you select your answer. We have also provided some more context on each question and answer below the quiz.

What Is The Name Of The Actor Who Played Him In The Movies?
What Is Lupin's Boggart?
True Or False: Remus Was On The Gryffindor Quidditch Team
Which Werewolf Attacked Lupin When He Was A Child?
What Core Was Lupin's Wand Made From?
Which Animal Did Lupin's Patronus Take The Form Of?
Which Potion Did Severus Snape Make For Remus While They Taught Together At Hogwarts?
Who Did Remus Protect During The Battle of the Seven Potters?
True Or False: Lupin Was Married Before Getting Together With Nymphadora Tonks
What Is The Full Name Of Lupin's Son?
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Quiz Questions & Answers

Here are all of the quiz questions and answers. We have also provided some additional context about each question.

1) What Is The Name Of The Actor Who Played Him In The Movies?

The actor who plays Professor Lupin in the films is named David Thewlis. You have seen him in some big movies, including Wonder Woman, War Horse, and The Theory of Everything.

2) What Is Remus Lupin’s Boggart?

Professor Lupin’s boggart is a full moon. This is because he turns into a werewolf at the sign of any full moon.

3) True Or False: Remus Was On The Gryffindor Quidditch Team

This is false as there is no indication that Remus played Quidditch when he was a student at Hogwarts. His best friend, James Potter, was a Quidditch star for Gryffindor.

4) Which Werewolf Attacked Lupin?

The werewolf that attacked Lupin was Fenrir Greyback, who played a big role as one of Lord Voldemort‘s top Death Eaters. Other victims of Fenrir include Bill Weasley and Lavender Brown.

5) What Core Was Remus Lupin’s Wand Made From?

Remus Lupin’s wand was made from cypress wood and also contained a unicorn tail hair core. This gives him the same core as Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom, Cedric Diggory, and Ron Weasley. Lupin is the only known Witch or Wizard that used cypress for the wood of their wand.

6) Which Animal Did Lupin’s Patronus Take The Form Of?

Lupin’s Patronus charm took the form of a wolf. This was not confirmed in any of the books but later confirmed by J.K Rowling. It was also noted by her that it took the form of a wolf and not a werewolf.

7) Which Potion Did Severus Snape Make For Remus While They Taught Together At Hogwarts?

Severus Snape made Lupin Wolfsbane potion while they were both teaching at Hogwarts. This potion helped to ease the symptoms of lycanthropy but it does not cure it.

8) Who Did Remus Protect During The Battle of the Seven Potters?

Remus protected George Weasley during the battle of the Seven Potter, where they used Polyjuice Potion to look like Harry Potter. George ended up losing his ear after they were attacked.

9) True Or False: Lupin Was Married Before Getting Together With Nymphadora Tonks

This is false as there is no indication that Remus was married before he got together with Nymphadora Tonks. There is also no indication that Tonks was married before getting together with him.

10) What Is The Full Name Of Remus Lupin’s Son?

The full name of Remus and Nymphadora’s son is Edward Remus Lupin but he goes by “Teddy”. Teddy was raised by his grandmother Andromeda Tonks and Harry Potter was also his godfather.

Additional Remus Lupin Facts

Here are some additional pieces of trivia that we could not fit on our quiz.

1) David Thewlis originally auditioned for the role of Professor Quirrell in the first movie but he did not get the part. Producers liked him enough to cast him in the role of Lupin a few years later.

2) The name ‘Lupin’ comes from the Latin word “lupine” which means wolf.

3) The name Remus also has ties to wolves. It comes from an old Roman story about twin brothers named Remus and Romulus, who were raised by a wolf.

4) It is rumored that told Alfonso Cuaron (the director of the Prisoner of Azkaban) told David Thewlis to play the role as a “gay junkie”.

5) J.K Rowling says that Lupin was one of her favorite characters in the entire series and she cried when having to kill him off.

6) Lupin being a werewolf was used by Rowling as a metaphor for illnesses that have stigmas associated with them. She wrote him being a werewolf as being similar to someone having AIDS/HIV in the real world.


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