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A bloke that doesn’t know the purpose of the quaffle in a game of Quidditch is proving to be pretty useless tonight as he struggles to offer any answers at a Harry Potter themed trivia night.
Duncan Dursley (30) would be the first bloke to admit that he’s not classically book smart, as the only two books he’s ever read were Shane Warne and Wayne Bennent’s biographies.
But after accepting an invite from his housemates to a join a hyper-competitive Harry Potter themed trivia night at Betoota Uni bar ‘The Hogs Head Tavern’, Duncan has proven his years of using Harry Potter books to prop up wonky furniture have meant he’s not likely to win his team any points.
Doing his best to listen intently to the deeply niche questions being thrown at the room, Duncan has however been applauded tonight for at least pretending to know what an Animagus is, and just nodding quietly when any one of his team members confidently writes down an answer.
“Introduced in the Order of the Phoenix, what’s the name of Hagrid’s giant half-brother?” asked local trivia host Luna Longbottom to the uni bar packed with Potterheads.
“Uhmmmmm, ahhhh….” strained Duncan, pretending that the answer was right at the top of his head even though he didn’t even remember which character was Hagrid.
Watching his team quickly scribble down some words on the team sheet, witnesses say Duncan continued to scratch his chin, knowing full well the only thing he was good for tonight was keeping a seat warm and eating the communal wedges on the table.
Speaking later to The Advocate up at the bar, Duncan admitted he was only making up the numbers tonight.
“Mate I’ve got no clue about any of this, I wasn’t really the Harry Potter type,” said Big Dunc.
“Like I could name both the team lists of the 2009 Origin squads without a sweat, Harrison, Thaiday and Dallas Johnson in the back row etc, but this Harry and Hermione stuff, I’ve got nothing!”
