Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Mystery Cache

This cache is located near one of Saskatoon’s original castle schools, which seemed a fitting locale for a cache in the Harry Potter theme.  Most of the answers can likely be found online although one or two of them may actually require a little reading or viewing.  Extreme stealth will be required during daytime hours as muggles and magicians alike will be roaming nearby.

Hogwarts is the fictional school created by J.K. Rowling that Harry Potter and his pals attend throughout the series.  It is a magical place, at times inspiring and at others frightening.  A series of spells and enchantments make it invisible to Muggles and student life revolves a series of four houses: Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Gryffindor.  The Sorting Hat determines which house each new student will enter and chose Gryffindor for Harry, the same house as his mother and father who were killed when he was a just a baby by the evil Lord Voldemort.

The above coordinates are false.  To find the snitch you will need to solve the following puzzle:

       N 52 AB.CDE

W 106 FG.HIJ

1. Where does the Hogwarts Express leave from?
   Platform 9 ¾ Victoria Station                       (A=1)

Platform 8 ½ Kensington Station                 (A=3)

Platform 9 ¾ King’s Cross Station               (A=0)

Platform 7 ¾ Paddington Station (A=2)

1.  Thestrals are the creatures that pull the Hogwarts carriages.  They are only visible to whom?

Full-blooded magicians                                 (B=8)

Those who have witnessed death               (B=7)

Members of Slytherin House                        (B=6)

Fourth and fifth year students                     (B=9)

1.  Hogwarts School motto is:

Never tickle a sleeping dragon                    (C=0)

Truth honour and magic                               (C=9)

Conceal thine true abilities                           (C=5)

There is no honour in deception                 (C=2)

1.  One of Dumbledore’s favorite sayings was: “Help will always be given at Hogwarts…”

To all who deserve it                                     (D=3)

To magic folks and mudbloods alike          (D=6)

To those in need                                             (D=4)

To those who ask for it                                 (D=8)

1. Ron and Hermoine had their first real kiss in what part of Hogwarts:

The Room of Requirement                           (E=0)

The Hospital Wing                                          (E=6)

The Chamber of Secrets                                (E=2)

The Forbidden Forest                                     (E=7)

1. Which student is left to defend the south wing of Hogwarts against Voldemort’s army alone?

Neville Longbottom                                       (F=4)

Ron Weasley                                                   (F=3)

Hermoine Grainger                                        (F=5)

Draco Malfoy                                                  (F=2)

1. What did Professor MacGonagall say to the stone statues upon their release in the Battle of Hogwarts?

Hogwarts is at risk.  Defend us.                   (G=6)

Do your duty to our school.                           (G=1)

Defend us at all costs.                                   (G=3)

Kill Lord Voldemort.                                       (G=5)

1. Which team won the Hogwarts Quidditch Cup in Harry’s first year?

Gryffindor                                                        (H=5)

Slytherin                                                           (H=1)

Tottenham                                                       (H=7)

Ravenclaw                                                       (H=2)

1. How much does it cost in muggle money to attend Hogwarts?

$37,000                                                            (I=9)

$10,000                                                            (I=6)

$42,000                                                            (I=0)

$15,515                                                            (I=5)

1. Where is the entrance to The Chamber of Secrets?

In Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom                   (J=3)

In the Slytherin common room                    (J=2)

In Prof. Dumbledore’s office                       (J=8)

In the Room of Requirement                       (J=1)