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Easy Harry Potter Trivia Questions & Answers

First, these basic Harry Potter trivia questions are great for kids who haven’t read the book in a while or are just getting started!

1. Who is the author of the Harry Potter book series?

J.K Rowling

2. Name the three main characters in Harry Potter:

Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermoine Granger

3. Harry Potter is a:

A) Leprechaun

B) Wizard

C) Centaur

B) Wizard

4. What is the name of the wizarding school the students attend?

Hogwarts

5. How do the students access Hogwarts from platform 9 ¾?

Hogwarts Express (train)

6. What is the name of the train station to get on the Hogwarts Express?

Kings Cross

7. Name the 4 “houses” of Hogwarts:

  • Godric Gryffindor
  • Salazar Slytherin
  • Rowena Ravenclaw
  • Helga Hufflepuff

8. Who is the main villain in Harry Potter?

Voldermort (or He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named)

9. What is the name of the fictional London street where you can purchase everything needed for a wizard?

Diagon Alley

10. How many books are in the Harry Potter series?

7

11. Who is the headmaster of Hogwarts?

Albus Dumbledore

12. What popular sport is played by witches and wizards?

Quidditch

13. How is it decided which house the students are assigned to?

The Sorting Hat

14. Who is the Professor of Herbology?

A) Minerva McGonagall

B) Severus Snape

C) Pomona Sprout

C) Pomona Sprout

15.

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A) Minerva McGonagall

16. What is the name of Harry’s owl?

Hedwig

17. Harry’s scar is the shape of:

A lightning bolt

18. At what age do children receive their Hogwart’s letter?

11

19. Harry discovers in the Chamber of Secrets he can speak to what animal?

a snake

20. Which house does Harry Potter belong to at Hogwarts?

Gryffindor

21. Who is the first Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts?

Professor Quirinus Quirrell

22. Who is the potion’s teacher at Hogwarts? (Hint: he is head of Slytherin)

Professor Snape

23. What position does Harry play on the Quidditch team at Hogwarts?

Seeker

24. What is the name of the ghost who haunts the girl’s bathroom?

Moaning Myrtle

25. What is Hogsmeade in Harry Potter?

A wizarding village near Hogwarts

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Fun Hogwarts House Picture Quiz

Can you name which mascot goes to each house in Hogwarts?

Hogwarts picture quiz of the houses

Badger: Hufflepuff

Eagle: Ravenclaw

Lion: Gryffindor

Snake: Slytherin

Can you match the house with the correct colors?

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Slytherin

Ravenclaw

Hufflepuff

Gryffindor

Can you match the house with the correct characteristics?

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Gryffindor

Hufflepuff

Slytherin

Ravenclaw

Fun Harry Potter Character & Creature Trivia

Next, these Harry Potter trivia questions focus on the wonderous characters within the wizarding world.

38. Which character is known for blowing up stuff?

Seamus Finnigan

39. How many children are in the Weasley family?

7

40. What is Voldermort’s real name?

Tom Marvolo Riddle

41. Scabbers (the rat) turns out to be:

A) Peter Pettigrew

B) Remus Lupin

C) Dean Thomas

Answer: A) Peter Pettigrew

42. Sirius Black is Harry’s _________.

Godfather

43. Fred and George were known for playing:

A) Music

B) Pranks

C) Quidditch

Answer: B) Pranks

44. What are the names of Harry’s parents?

Lily and James Potter

45. Who was Harry living with in the muggle world?

Vernon, Petunia, and Dudley Dursley

46. Remus Lupin transforms into what animal?

Werewolf

47. Lord Voldemort’s followers are called:

Death Eaters

48.

Draco Malfoy's two sidekicks?

Crabbe and Goyle

49. Bellatrix Lestrange is:

A) Sirius Black’s cousin

B) A Death Eater

C) An evil witch

D) All the above

Answer: D) All of the above

50. What is the name of the Malfoy family house-elf?

Dobby

51. Who is the keeper of the Keys & Grounds and friends to Harry, Ron & Hermoine?

Hagrid

52. Which Weasley twin dies in the final battle?

Fred

53. Who is a Metamorphmagus, an auror, and a member of the Order of the Phoenix?

Nymphadora Tonks

*A metamorphmagus is someone who can change their appearance without potions or spells.

54. In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, what witch becomes the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor:

Dolores Umbridge

55. This character kills Severus Snape:

A) Bellatrix Lestrange

B) Draco Malfoy

C) Nagini

Answer: C) Nagini

56. Who is the Hogwarts caretaker?

Argus Filch

57. Which Hogwarts student re-opened the Chamber of Secrets?

Ginny Weasley

58. Who is Bill Weasley married to?

Fleur Delacour

59. Which student consistently helps Harry, Ron, and Hermoine but lacks the power or self-confidence to be a leading hero (until the final battle)?

Neville Longbottom

60. Who is the journalist that works at The Daily Prophet?

Rita Skeeter

61. Fluffy is the name of what animal in Sorcerer’s Stone?

Hagrid’s Three-headed dog

62. What is the name of Hermione’s cat?

Crookshanks

63.

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Hippogriff (body of a horse, wings and head of an eagle)

64. What pesky creatures have to regularly be removed from the garden?

Gnomes

65. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, what is the name of the singing mermaid in the lake during the Triwizard Tournament?

The Siren

66. What do Nifflers look for?

Anything that sparkles/shines. They are treasure-hunting creatures.

67. Which dragon species does Fleur Delacour face in the Triwizard Tournament’s first task?

Common Welsh Green (These dragons are typically not as dangerous)

68. Which creature possesses both barbaric tendencies and human intelligence. One such creature is named Firenze. (Hint: at one point he teaches divination at Hogwarts)

Centaurs

69. This magical creature can shapeshift into a person’s worst fear:

A) Boggart

B) Mandrake

C) Skrewts

Answer: A) Boggart

70. Hungarian Horntail is the name of what mystical creature?

A) Centaur

B) Merpeople

C) Dragon

Answer: C) Dragon

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71. “It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”

― Albus Dumbledore

72. “You’re a little scary sometimes, you know that? Brilliant… but scary.”

— Ron Weasley

73. “Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself.”

— Hermione Granger

74.”It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”

— Albus Dumbledore

75. “I solemnly swear I am up to no good.”

― Harry Potter

76. “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”

― Albus Dumbledore

77. “If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”

— Sirius Black

78. “The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”

— Albus Dumbledore

79. “Just because it’s taken you three years to notice, Ron, doesn’t mean no one else has spotted I’m a girl!”

— Hermione Granger

80. “I think we’ve outgrown full-time education … Time to test our talents in the real world, d’you reckon?”

— Fred Weasley

81. “I think I’ll just go down and have some pudding and wait for it all to turn up — it always does in the end.”

― Luna Lovegood

82. “I mean, it’s sort of exciting, isn’t it, breaking the rules?”

— Hermione Granger

83. “Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”

― Albus Dumbledore

84. “The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skulls, to be perused by an invader. The mind is a complex and many-layered thing.”

— Severus Snape

85. “We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.”

― Sirius Black

86. “Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.”

― Luna Lovegood

87.

Harry potter trivia, who said these quotes?

— Albus Dumbledore

88. “The thing about growing up with Fred and George is that you sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.”

— Ginny Weasley

89. “Once again, you show all the sensitivity of a blunt axe.”

— Nearly Headless Nick

90. “It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.”

— Albus Dumbledore

91. “It is the quality of one’s convictions that determines success, not the number of followers.”

—Remus Lupin

92. “He can run faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo.”

— Fred Weasley

93. “Of course it is happening inside your head…but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”

― Albus Dumbledore

94. “Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love.”

― Albus Dumbledore

95. Albus – “Lily! After all this time?” “Always”

― Snape

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Harry Potter Trivia Spells & Potions

Next, which spell or potion would you use? Would you be able to pass Snape’s intense class?

96.

Multiple choice easy and hard trivia questions for Harry Potter spells and potions

Answer: C) Gillyweed

97. What spell is used to conjure a Patronus, a protective guardian made of positive energy that drives away Dementors?

Expecto Patronum

98. What is the name of the potion that allows someone to assume the appearance of another person?

Polyjuice Potion (you do need the hair or body part of that person to make it)

99. This simple spell produces light at the tip of a wand. What is it?

Lumos

100. What spell disarms your opponent?

Expelliarmus

101. What is the infamous killing curse called? (Distinguished by a flash of green light)

Avada Kedavra

102. What does the spell Petrificus Totalus do?

It freezes or petrifies the body of the victim

103. Wingardium Leviosa is a classic charm used to do what?

Levitate and move objects.

104. Also known as liquid luck, this potion grants good fortune.

Felix Felicis

105. What is the name of the world’s strongest love potion in the Harry Potter books?

A) Amortentia

B) Wiggenweld Potion

C) Draught of Peace

D) Edurus Potion

Answer: A) Amortentia

106. What is the name of the truth serum that compels the drinker to speak the truth?

A) Felix Felicis

B) Girding Potion

C) Pepperup Potion

D) Veritaserum

Answer: D) Veritaserum

107. This charm is known as the summoning charm. What is it called?

A) Accio

B) Alohomora

C) Abrakadabra

Answer: A) Accio

108. What is the name of the charm used to protect the contents of something from getting stolen?

A) The Imperturbable Charm

B) Disillusionment Charm

C) Protego

Answer: A) The Imperturbable Charm (It creates an invisible barrier around the object, making it “imperturbed.”)

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Decide whether these Harry Potter trivia questions are true or false statements.

109.

True or false Harry Potter trivia

False. It is made of Pheonix feathers.

110. The name of the broomstick that Sirius Black gifts Harry is called The Lightning Bolt.

False. It’s called the Firebolt.

111. In “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” the password to Dumbledore’s office is “sherbert lemon.”

True.

112. Grawp is the name of Hagrid’s half-brother.

True.

113. Hermione’s muggle parents are teachers.

False. They are dentists.

114. Albus Dumbledore gives Harry a two-way mirror.

False. Sirius Black does.

115. The Fat Friar is the ghost from the Gryffindor house.

False. The Hufflepuff House.

Bonus: Can you name the other “head of house” ghosts at Hogwarts? Nearly Headless Nick – Gryffindor. The Grey Lady – Ravenclaw. The Bloody Baron – Slytherin.

116. The Devil’s Snare is a plant that ensares people who get too close.

True.

117. Arthur Weasley works for the Department of Magical Law Enforcement in the Ministry of Magic.

False. The Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office

118. Wizarding currency is made up of Galleon, Sickles, and Knuts. (Gold, silver, & bronze)

True.

119. Many of the names of plants in the wizarding world are based on real names.

True (Culpeper’s Complete Herbal)

120.

True or false Harry Potter trivia questions quiz

True.

121. Harry uses the Gryffindor common room to train Dumbledore’s Army.

False. He uses the Room of Requirement

122. True or False: Harry was the only person to survive the Killing Curse.

True

123. A Basilisk fang can be used to counter the killing curse.

False. But it can destroy Horcruxes.

124. True or False: Harry was a Horcrux.

True

125. 11 Players are on a Quidditch team.

False. It’s 7.

126. Quidditch involves 3 hoops on each end of the patch.

True.

127. The street address to the headquarters of the Order of Phoenix is 12 Grimmauld Place.

True.

128. A Remembrall glows green when you forget something.

False. It glows red.

129. True or False: Slytherin’s locket was a decoy Horcrux.

True

130. True or False: The Harry Potter series were the first children’s books on the New York Times Bestsellers list since 1952.

True

131. True or False: three actors played Albus Dumbledore in the movie series.

False (2)

132. True or False: all seven books were published in a 10-year period.

True

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Multiple Choice Harry Potter Trivia

133. What does Harry receive as a Christmas gift during his first year at Hogwarts?

A) Firebolt

B) Cloak of Invisibility

C) Wand

Answer: B) Cloak of Invisibility

134.

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Answer: C) Wands

135. Where do creatures like unicorns, centaurs, and Hippogriffs live?

A) The Forbidden Forest

B) Hagrid’s hut

C) Diagon Alley

Answer: A) The Forbidden Forest

136. What animal does Professor Moody turn Draco Malfoy into?

A) Bunny

B) Rat

C) Ferret

Answer: C) Ferret

137. Mad Eye Moody was considered to be a famous:

A) Auror

B) Death Eater

C) Professor

Answer: A) Auror

138. How can a house-elf be freed of its master?

A) Giving him or her clothes

B) Giving him or her

C) Reciting a spell

Answer: A) Giving clothes

139. Hermoine went to the Yule Ball with who?

A) Ron Weasley

B) Viktor Krum

C) Neville Longbottom

Answer: B) Viktor Krum

140. This magical device can store and review memories:

A) Philosopher’s Stone

B) Pensieve

C) Mirror of Erised

D) Elder Wand

Answer: B) Pensieve

141. What is a Horcrux?

A) The name of a wand

B) A magical creature that can fly

C) An object that holds a portion of a sorcerer’s soul

Answer: C) An object that holds a portion of the soul

142. Snape’s patronus is a doe. It’s the same as this character:

A) Lily Potter

B) Albus Dumbledore

C) Hermoine Granger

D) Molly Weasley

Answer: A) Lily Potter

143.

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Answer: D) Hogwarts Castle

144. Who kills Nagini, Voldemort’s snake Horcrux?

A) Neville Longbottom

B) Luna Lovegood

C) Fred Weasley

D) Hermione Granger

Answer: A) Neville Longbottom

145. How many Unforgivable Curses are there?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

Answer: C) 3 (Imperius Curse, Killing Curse & Torture Curse)

146. What is the name of the secret organization created to defeat the dark arts?

A) Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes

B) Ministry of Magic

C) Order of the Phoenix

Answer: C) Order of the Phoenix

147. Who is the Half-Blood Prince?

A) Harry Potter

B) Tom Riddle

C) Severus Snape

Answer: C) Severus Snape

148. George Weasley injures this body party in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:

A) Arm

B) Ear

C) Eye

Answer: B) Ear

149. How many books have been sold worldwide?

A) 500 million

B) 200 million

C) 300 million

Answer: A) 500 million

150. The late Alan Rickman played this character in the movie franchise:

A) Severus Snape

B) Albus Dumbledore

C) Remus Lupin

Answer: A) Severus Snape

151. Who played Cedric Diggory in the Harry Potter films?

A) Robert Downey Jr.

B) Robert Pattinson

C) Christian Bale

D) Tom Felton

Answer: B) Robert Pattinson

152. How many directors worked on the Harry Potter movie franchise?

A) 2

B) 3

C) 4

Answer: C) 4

153. Harry Potter fandom fans refer to themselves as:

A) Potterheads

B) Dumbledore’s Army

C) The Chosen Ones

Answer: A) Potterheads

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“I solemnly swear I am up to no good.”

154. What is the name of the enchanted map that reveals all of Hogwarts’ secret passages and rooms?

The Marauder’s Map.

155. What do you say to close Marauder’s Map?

“Mischief Managed”

156. Mandrake Root is used to cure what:

Being Petrified (Or transfigured. Or cursed)

157. What popular sweet drink is served at Hogsmeade?

Butterbeer

158. This is the name of Fred and George’s joke shop:

Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes

159. In Prisoner of Azkaban, how does Hermoine get to all of her classes?

Using a Time Turner

160. What are the two brooms called that Harry owns during his time at Hogwarts?

Nimbus 2000 and Firebolt

161. In what two pubs could you order a glass of butterbeer?

Leaky Cauldron and Three Broomsticks

162. What is Harry’s Patronus?

Stag

163. What magazine does Xenophilius Lovegood publish?

The Quibbler

164. What is the name of the pub in Hogsmeade where students can enter the secret passage to Hogwarts?

The Three Broomsticks.

165. What is the name of the pub where the Knight Bus drops Harry off in “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”?

The Leaky Cauldron.

166. What is the dark magical prison guarded by Dementors called?

Azkaban

167. What did Harry have to write every time he got in trouble with Dolores Umbridge?

“I must not tell lies.”

168. What is the name of the group of kids who oppose Voldemort’s regime in the last books/movies?

Dumbledore’s Army (DA).

169. How did Albus Dumbledore protect Harry after his parents died?

He used ancient magic that kept Harry safe as long as he lived with his blood relatives.

170. What is the name of the bank in Diagon Alley?

Gringotts Wizarding Bank

171. Harry loves and eventually marries:

Ginny Weasley

172. What does an auror do?

An auror catches dark wizards. It is an elite group of witches and wizards, loyal to the Ministry of Magic, whose mission is to fight against and capture anyone using the Dark Arts.

173. Where is the Forbidden Forest located?

Near the grounds of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

174.

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Answer D) Chocolate ants

175. What is the longest Harry Potter movie?

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2h 41m)

176. What is the longest Harry Potter book?

Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix (766 pages)

177. What U.S theme park can you visit to experience Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, and more

Universal Studios

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Finally, try this difficult Harry Potter trivia for die hard fans. It’s the equivalent to year seven at Hogwarts…you are testing your skills now!

178. Name all of the Weasley children:

Ginny, Ron, Fred, George, Percy, Charlie, Bill

179. What year do Hogwarts students take the O.W.L’s?

Fifth year

180. What is the name of the wizard hospital in London?

St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.

181. When is Harry’s birthday?

July 31st

182. In the 442nd Quidditch World Cup, which two teams played?

Ireland and Bulgaria

183. Which creature can only be seen by those who have seen death?

Thestrals

184. Who were the six Defense Against the Dark Arts professors who taught at Hogwarts?

Quirinus Quirrell, Gilderoy Lockhart, Remus Lupin, Alastor Moody, Delores Umbridge, and Severus Snape

185. What is the book’s name that gives instructions on making Horcruxes?

“Secrets of the Darkest Art” (or “Magyk Moste Evile”)

186. What disguises the secret entrance near Hogwarts to the Shrieking Shack (located in Hogsmeade)?

Whomping Willow

187. What does the Fidelius Charm do?

It is known as “The Secret Keeper” and involves the concealment of information inside a person. The chosen person is the only person who can reveal the protected information to others, however many previously knew it.

188. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, who replaces Professor Snape as the new Potions Master at Hogwarts?

Professor Horace Slughorn.

189.

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Rubeus

190. What are the real names of the four original Marauders?

James Potter, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin

191. Who is the younger brother of Albus Dumbledore?

Aberforth Dumbledore

192. What is the fountain’s name inside the Ministry of Magic’s atrium?

The Fountain of Magical Brethren.

193. Harry and Ginny married and had three kids named:

James Sirius, Albus Severus, and Lily Luna

194. Name Draco Malfoy’s parents:

Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy

195. Which two original Hogwart’s House leaders are the founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?

Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin.

196. The Hogwarts motto is “Draco dormiens nunquan titillandus,” which translates to:

Never tickle a sleeping dragon

197. Who are the actors that play Harry, Hermione, and Ron in the movie franchise?

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint

198. What does Darco Malfoy use to get the Death Eaters into Hogwarts?

A pair of Vanishing Cabinets

199. In Deathly Hallows, what items does Dumbledore leave for Harry?

The sword of Gryffindor and the Golden Snitch from his first match.

200. Who passed the fake sword of Gryffindor to Bellatrix Lestrange?

A) Albus Dumbledore

B) Severus Snape

C) Ginny Weasley

Answer: B) Severus Snape

201. Who killed Moaning Myrtle?

The Basilisk

202. What are the three Deathly Hallows?

Elder Wand, Resurrection Stone, and Cloak of Invisibility

203. Which two schools participate in the Triwizard Tournament alongside Hogwarts?

A) Durmstrang and Beauxbatons

B) Bulgarianosa and Alohoma

C) Victor and Fleur

Answer: A) Durmstrang and Beauxbatons

204. What is J.K. Rowling’s real name?

Joanne Kathleen Rowling

205. What are the three brothers’ names from “The Tale of the Three Brothers” in “The Tales of Beedle the Bard”?

Antioch, Cadmus, and Ignotus Peverell.

206. Where does the Weasley family live?

Their home is known as the Burrow. It is located outside of the village of Ottery St Catchpole, along the River Otter in Devon, England (also near the Lovegoods, the Diggorys, and the Fawcetts)

207. Inspired by the 2001 guidebook by J.K Rowling, what is the movie prequel to the Harry Potter series?

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Double Bonus Points: Name the 7 Harry Potter books:

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, Half Blood Prince, and Deathly Hallows.

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