To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter book being published, Bloomsbury released 20 official Harry Potter Quiz sets to a set of lucky bookshops and Mostly Books were chuffed to pieces to be one of those shops!
After releasing the tickets on July 14th, we sold out pretty much immediately - all 60 tickets were sold in less than five days - and excitement started to mount. The official quiz pack, including questions and the all important answers, appeared at the shop and we had to store it under lock and key. Our wonderful neighbours at Oxfam popped by with a whole load of goodies for us to decorate R&R with and many a discussions took place around costumes.
When the 17th finally arrived, Draco Malfoy (AKA our very own Imogen) took centre stage to host the quiz. Participants arrived in droves and excitement started to mount as they settled down at their tables and ordered some yummy refreshments from the R&R team. Wands were brandished and costumes compared as each team chose a suitable Potter-esque team name before the event kicked off.
Seven rounds, each containing seven questions then ensued with plenty of banter between Draco and the teams. A break halfway through enabled the quizzers to replenish their dwindling supply of refreshements and to browse the selection of Harry Potter goodies on offer.
A huge congratulations to Simon, Jeanette, Anna & Tom for winning first prize with a staggering 45 questions right out of 49!! The members of the winning team each won a whole stack of goodies, courtesy of our friends at Bloomsbury:
- A copy of the Illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- A hardback copy of the 20th anniversary 'House Edition' of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- A Hogwarts House Bookmark
- Some Harry Potter Bunting
- A Harry Potter doorhanger
After a prize-giving ceremony and some more Harry Potter related banter, the quizzers started to drift off, happy and relaxed after a brilliant night out.
This was our first joint venture with Rob, Rachel and the team at R&R and I hope that it won't be the last. Having the opportunity to use such a wonderful space for one of our events worked really well and both teams enjoyed the evening. We'll be looking forward to more collaborations in future.
Check out our Facebook page (here) for more pictures of the event. In the meantime, we will all enjoy memories of an enjoyable night out and the fact that Abingdon was lucky enough to give Harry Potter fans a great quiz!
* In case you're
wondering, the question was 'How many words are there in the
Philosopher's Stone?' and the answer is 76,944......You know what they say - every day's a school
day!
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