Shadowing Practice: Tom Felton vs. 'The Most Impossible Harry Potter Quiz' - Learn English Speaking with Video
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How many times does Draco say Father in all eight Harry Potter films?
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Bill!
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There's a Bill Weasley?
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1940...
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9...
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6...
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2...
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3...
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Hello, I'm Tom Felton and I am taking the most impossible Harry Potter quiz.
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Oh crikey.
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Tom, to celebrate the release of your new book Beyond the Wand, We thought it was finally time to challenge you to play the most impossible Harry Potter quiz
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Any self-proclaimed Harry Potter expert should know the answers to these tricky questions
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But just how well do you remember the Harry Potter films?
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Wands at the ready!
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You'll receive your first round via Owlpost in 3, 2, 1...
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Convenient!
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Hello!
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Very magical.
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Round one!
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The Harry Potter trivia round.
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Number one.
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In the Philosopher's Stone movie, who are the four students sorted before Harry in the sorting hat ceremony?
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Come on.
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I think Susan Bones is one of them.
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Puff-a-puff!
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Is that a point?
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Before Potter.
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Me?
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Draco Malfoy?
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Yeah.
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Draco Malfoy.
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Errr...
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Ron Weasley.
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You must be a Weasley.
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What a role.
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Not the foggiest, but the last one is.
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What's the first letter?
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Henry...
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Uh...
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Um...
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No. That's all I've got.
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You know her well.
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Hermione Granger!
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I'm happy with myself with that one.
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Question two.
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Um...
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Dumbledore?
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Does he say words of wisdom?
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Harry?
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No. Or James?
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Is it James, Harry's kid?
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Another one.
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Errr...
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Albus.
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Albus says...
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Peace, man.
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No, I don't know.
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What is it?
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It says, ready.
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Ready.
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Ready?
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There you go.
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Question three.
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Hermione created S-P-E-W.
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What does it stand for?
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Suspicious Potions Expelliarmus Witches.
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I've got no idea.
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Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare.
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It's on the tip of my tongue as well.
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Question four.
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In order of birth, name the seven Weasley siblings.
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The seven of them?
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Well, Ginny.
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If you're gonna go from the in order of birth.
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Well, no. He's got a brother, doesn't he?
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A dragon dealer.
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Norbert?
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No. That's the name of the dragon.
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That cousin, or sorry, that brother, and then Percy?
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No. I don't know the older ones.
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What are the older ones?
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Give me started.
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Bill?
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There's a Bill Weasley?
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Okay, Bill.
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Give us the next one.
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Charlie.
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He's the Dragon Dealer.
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Then Percy.
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Fred and George.
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I was gonna say Rupert.
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Ron.
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And, uh, Ginny.
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Thank you.
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Question 5.
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Expert level worth 10 house points.
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What would you get if you added powdered root of...
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Asphodel?
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Asphodel?
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To an infusion of wormwood.
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That actually rings a bell.
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I feel like Hermione said that or used that at some point.
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Erm...
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A polyjuice potion.
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That's not the answer, but at least it sounded...
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What is it?
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Draft of the living dead.
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Ah, yes.
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Snape says it, not Hermione.
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Okay.
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Well, I did pretty good, I think.
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Hello, mate.
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Very good.
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Perfect.
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Round two!
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Slytherin 101.
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You played the iconic Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, but how good is your Slytherin knowledge?
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Let's see if you slither-win this round.
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Very good.
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Who is the slithering Quidditch captain when Draco Malfoy joins the team in his second year?
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Uh, um, Marcus Flint.
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Fight that, Sorge!
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Alright.
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What is the name of the curse that was invented by Severus Snape?
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Sectum...
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Uh...
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Sectum Sempera.
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In the Goblet of Fire, Voldemort is resurrected with three items.
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Bone of the Father, flesh of the servant, and what other thing?
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Uh...
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Uh...
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I have no idea.
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A basilisk's...
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A basilisk's tooth.
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It's not my name.
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It's not blood.
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Oh, blood of the enemy.
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Yes.
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Yeah, brilliant.
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In what year did Tom Riddle open the Chamber of Secrets?
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1964. Before.
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1920...
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1940...
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9...
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6...
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2...
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3...
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1943, of course.
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How many times does Draco say, Father, in all eight Harry Potter films?
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No idea, I should remember.
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6. Up, 10.
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I would say around 9.
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It's nine.
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It's nine, yeah.
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Perfect.
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Okay, next round please.
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Is this the final round?
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It's not the final round, is it?
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Okay.
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I'm doing pretty good though.
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Yeah, alright.
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Quite happy with myself so far.
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Round three, name that movie.
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Here are three random screen caps from three different Harry Potter films.
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Can you name the film they belong to?
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I believe that is...
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Half-Blood Prince.
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Snape and Mum, I think.
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I'm gonna say Prisoner of Azkaban.
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That's.. it's Werewolf, isn't it?
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That's.. yes.
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Thank you.
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I think this is the first time we ever saw Voldy in a black suit.
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Not too dissimilar to Draco's, to be fair.
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I might say Prisoner of Azkaban, but I think it's later.
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Let's go with Goblet of Fire.
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Oh, bollocks.
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What is it?
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Order for the video.
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That's the one I meant.
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I get the men mixed up sometimes.
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Okay, not bad.
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Hello, old friend.
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Good job, mate.
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Your owl is very well trained.
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Round four, the one minute challenge.
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Name as many Harry Potter characters as you can in 60 seconds.
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I was going to go for the call sheet.
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Yes, go for it.
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Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Rubyus Hagrid, Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy,
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Gregory Goyle, Vincent Crabbe, Seamus Finnegan, Ginny Weasley, Fred Weasley, George Weasley,
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Percy Weasley, Bill Weasley, Voldemort,
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Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Malfoy, Bellatrix Lestrange, Marcus Flint, Um...
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Uh...
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Christ, Flitwick.
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Um...
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Grip Hook.
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Um...
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Uh...
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Dobby.
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James Potter.
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Lily Potter.
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Severus Snape.
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Oh, crikey.
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No. Give me some easiest ones.
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Some of the more...
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Professor Snape!
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I know, I've already said that.
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Professor Dumbledore!
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Um...
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Professor McGonagall.
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Uh...
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Very decent.
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How many did I get?
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27. Did I really?
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Bloody hell.
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Bloody hell.
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I'm very chuffed with that.
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And in first place, Slytherin.
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How'd you feel?
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Pretty relieved to be honest with you.
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Honestly, I expected to get about 5% of them, so I think I did better than that.
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My pot of knowledge was far past what I thought it would be, so...
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It's a fairly good score.
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36 points to Slytherin.
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Happy days.
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36!
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But last year, last year I had 37!
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Hi, I'm Tom Felton and my book, Beyond the Wand, is out now.
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Buy my book.
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You should be up here, not me.
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Thanks for watching, I think I did very well.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Tom Felton vs. 'The Most Impossible Harry Potter Quiz'”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Potter, Harry, Weasley, round, Draco. This video has 221 sentences and 1018 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:05. The speaker talks at a steady 126 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 73% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 40 of its 221 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| quiz noun | /kwɪz/ | A competition in the answering of questions. |
| asphodel noun | /ˈæsfədɛl/ | Any of the flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flower of these plants. |
| crikey | /ˈkɹaɪki/ | An exclamation of astonishment. |
| slither verb | /ˈslɪðɚ/ | To move about smoothly and from side to side. |
| puff noun | /pʌf/ | A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth. |
| dealer noun | /ˈdiːlə(ɹ)/ | One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman. |
| chuffed adjective | /ˈtʃʌft/ | Very pleased or satisfied; delighted. |
| dissimilar adjective | /dɪˈsɪmɪlə(ɹ)/ | Not similar; unalike; different. |
| foggiest adjective | Slightest, faintest, least. | |
| infusion noun | /ɪnˈfjuːʒən/ | A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities. |
| potion noun | /ˈpoʊ.ʃən/ | A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical. |
| proclaim verb | /pɹəʊˈkleɪm/ | To announce or declare. |
| resurrect verb | /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkt/ | To raise from the dead; to bring life back to. |
| trivia noun | /ˈtɹɪvi.ə/ | Insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information. |
| wormwood noun | /ˈwɚm.wʊd/ | An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mix up verb | To mix or blend thoroughly and completely. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I'm happy with myself with that one.
- It's on the tip of my tongue as well.
- He's got a brother, doesn't he?
- Can you name the film they belong to?
- How many did I get?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was invented · is resurrected |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should know · should remember · should be |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the most impossible · the foggiest |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | gonna go · gonna say |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 19 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: slither /ˈslɪðɚ/, tooth /tuθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: infusion /ɪnˈfjuːʒən/, potion /ˈpoʊ.ʃən/, suspicious /səˈspɪʃ.əs/, flesh /flɛʃ/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like quiz, asphodel, crikey.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.