Did You Win Free Tickets to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald?

Our trivia contest has ended. The name of the winner of two free tickets to a screening tonight of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald at AMC Loews Boston Common 19 can be found below. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Ent.

Today, the world of J. K. Rowling returns to the big screen when one of the most anticipated films of the fall season—Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald—opens across the country. A sequel to 2016’s hit Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the new film stars Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne, returning as magizoolgoist Newt Scamander, who again teams up with his mentor and former Hogwarts teacher Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) to stop evil wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) before he can destroy the world.

To mark the occasion, BU Today posted a trivia contest earlier today, with one lucky contestant correctly answering the questions below winning two tickets to a showing of the film at AMC Loews Boston Common 19 tonight, Friday, November 16, at 7:15 pm. When the contest closed at 1 pm, the names of those who answered all the questions correctly were entered in a random drawing and a winner was chosen.

The winner is Havva Begum Kabagoz (ENG’22).

The questions and answers to our quiz are below. Thanks for playing.

1. Newt Scamander is an employee in the Ministry of Magic’s Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. What is his specific profession in the Wizarding World?
Magizoologist

2. Young Albus Dumbledore is portrayed by Jude Law. In what other film did Law play a young character?
The Young Pope

3. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) is set in 1926 in New York. Where does Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald primarily take place?
Paris, France

4. David Yates, director of both Fantastic Beasts films, also directed several of the Harry Potter films. Which was his first Harry Potter film?
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

5. In the Fantastic Beasts films, Zoë Kravitz portrays Leta Lestrange, Newt’s former love. Although the family tree remains murky, which infamous Harry Potter character is Leta related to?
Bellatrix Lestrange

6. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them appears in the Harry Potter universe as a book written by Newt Scamander. In which Harry Potter book and film do Harry, Ron, and Hermione encounter the book?
The first book and film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

7. What was Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling’s inspiration for using Platform 9¾ at King’s Cross Station as the gateway to the Wizarding World?
Her parents met at King’s Cross Station

8. Ezra Miller portrays Credence Barebone in the Fantastic Beasts films, but he is better known for his role as which DC Comics superhero?
The Flash

9. Which Oscar-winning American director was initially considered the front-runner to direct the Harry Potter films but ultimately declined the job?
Steven Spielberg (Hon.’09)

10. In their teenage years, Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald became close friends. What tragedy ended their friendship?
Ariana Dumbledore, Albus’ younger sister, was killed during a duel between the two.

Watch the trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwaldhere.

Jacob Gurvis can be reached at jgurvis@bu.edu; follow him on Twitter at @JacobGurvis.