KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -The Potters took Sirius in as their own son. His prized possession during childhood was his flying motorbike. Sirius was an animagus and was able to transform into a big black dog, (a Grim) which is an omen of death, at will.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Deerhound named Cleod played the role of Padfoot, Sirius Blacks Animagus form in two Harry Potter films, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2005) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). The Deerhound is an extremely old breed and can be definitively traced back to the 16th and 17th centuries.

Detailed explanation-3: -However, we know of four unregistered Animagi: Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail), who can transform into a rat, Sirius Black, who can turn into a large, black dog, James Potter, who transformed into a stag, and Rita Skeeter, who becomes a beetle.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sirius Black Sirius’s Animagus form was that of a big shaggy-haired black dog, hence his nickname – Padfoot. Even Dumbledore wasn’t aware that Sirius and James had learned this skill.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the Twilight films, Jacob Black is a member of the native Quileute tribe and inherits the ability to shapeshift into a wolf at his will. Similarly, Sirius Black from the Harry Potter films is an Animagus that turns into a large black dog, often mistaken for a wolf.