Quiz on Harry Potter

Which house does the Sorting Hat place Harry into?

• Hufflepuff
• Gryffindor ✓ (Correct answer)
• Ravenclaw
• Slytherin

Source: The Hat nearly chose Slytherin, but Harry's plea tipped it toward Gryffindor.

What sport is played on broomsticks at Hogwarts?

• Gobstones
• Quodpot
• Quidditch ✓ (Correct answer)
• Wizard's chess

Source: Quidditch uses four balls and seven players; catching the Golden Snitch ends the game.

Which platform must you reach to board the Hogwarts Express?

• Platform Ten
• Platform Nine
• Platform Nine and Three-Quarters ✓ (Correct answer)
• Platform King's Cross

Source: You reach it by walking straight through the barrier between Muggle platforms nine and ten.

What kind of creature is Hagrid's beloved Norbert?

• Hippogriff
• Dragon ✓ (Correct answer)
• Phoenix
• Basilisk

Source: Norbert was a Norwegian Ridgeback dragon, later discovered to be female and renamed Norberta.

What is the name of Harry Potter's pet owl?

• Hedwig ✓ (Correct answer)
• Errol
• Pigwidgeon
• Hermes

Source: Hedwig, the snowy owl, was named after a medieval saint Harry found in a history book.

What does the spell 'Wingardium Leviosa' do?

• Disarms an opponent
• Conjures light
• Unlocks doors
• Makes things levitate ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: Hermione's correct 'swish and flick' on this levitation charm saved the trio from a troll.

What is the name of the Weasley family home?

• The Burrow ✓ (Correct answer)
• Shell Cottage
• Spinner's End
• The Hollow

Source: The Burrow stays standing through sheer magic, with floors added haphazardly over generations.

Who is the headmaster of Hogwarts for most of the series?

• Albus Dumbledore ✓ (Correct answer)
• Severus Snape
• Minerva McGonagall
• Gilderoy Lockhart

Source: Dumbledore defeated the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, a duel that shaped wizarding history.

What position does Harry play on the Quidditch team?

• Keeper
• Chaser
• Beater
• Seeker ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: Harry became the youngest Seeker in a century, a role chasing the elusive Golden Snitch.

Which magical creature guards the wizard prison Azkaban?

• Dementors ✓ (Correct answer)
• Death Eaters
• Aurors
• Inferi

Source: Dementors feed on happiness; only the Patronus charm can drive them away.

What does the Mirror of Erised show the person looking into it?

• The future
• Their deepest desire ✓ (Correct answer)
• Hidden enemies
• The recently dead

Source: 'Erised' is 'desire' spelled backwards; the mirror reflects only what the heart most wants.

What form does Harry's Patronus take?

• A doe
• A wolf
• A stag ✓ (Correct answer)
• A phoenix

Source: His stag mirrors his father James's Animagus form; Lily's doe Patronus matched it.

What magical map shows everyone's location inside Hogwarts?

• The Marauder's Map ✓ (Correct answer)
• The Foe-Glass
• The Sneakoscope
• The Pensieve

Source: Made by Harry's father and friends, it reveals every footstep and secret passage in the castle.

What allows the trio to open the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets?

• A house-elf
• A snake-shaped tap
• Parseltongue ✓ (Correct answer)
• A basilisk fang

Source: The entrance only opens to Parseltongue, the rare ability to speak with snakes.

What is the core of Harry's wand?

• Dragon heartstring
• Unicorn hair
• Phoenix feather ✓ (Correct answer)
• Veela hair

Source: His wand shares a phoenix-feather core with Voldemort's, both from Dumbledore's bird Fawkes.

Which class does Severus Snape long to teach but is repeatedly denied?

• Potions
• Defence Against the Dark Arts ✓ (Correct answer)
• Transfiguration
• Charms

Source: Dumbledore withheld the cursed Defence post from Snape for years, fearing it would expose him.

Which potion grants the drinker good luck for a set period?

• Polyjuice Potion
• Amortentia
• Veritaserum
• Felix Felicis ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: Nicknamed 'liquid luck', Felix Felicis is dangerous in excess and banned from competitions.

Which three objects together make up the Deathly Hallows?

• Wand, Stone, Cloak ✓ (Correct answer)
• Goblet, Sword, Crown
• Mirror, Map, Locket
• Ring, Cup, Diadem

Source: The Elder Wand, Resurrection Stone, and Invisibility Cloak make their master 'Master of Death'.

What was the first Horcrux that Tom Riddle ever created?

• Marvolo Gaunt's ring
• The locket
• His diary ✓ (Correct answer)
• Nagini

Source: He made the diary at sixteen after killing Moaning Myrtle with the basilisk.

Who ends up as the true master of the Elder Wand?

• Severus Snape
• Lord Voldemort
• Draco Malfoy
• Harry Potter ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: Harry won it by disarming Draco, who had earlier disarmed Dumbledore, transferring allegiance.